法苑珠林 91.78

91.78

晉時會稽孔基。勤學有志操。憑結族人孔敝敝使其二子以基為師。而敝子並凶猥。趣尚不同。基屢言之於敝。此兒常有忿恚。敝尋喪亡。服制既除。基以宿舊乃齎羊酒往看言子。子猶懷宿怨。潛遣奴於路側殺基。奴還未至。仍見基來。張目攘袂。厲聲言曰。姦醜小竪人面獸心。吾蒙顧在昔敦戢平生。有何怨惡候道見害。慢天忘父。人神不容。要當斷汝家種。從此之後數數見形。孔氏無幾。大兒向廁忽便絕倒。駱驛往看已斃於地。次者尋復病殂。兄弟無後。

During the Jin dynasty, Kong Ji of Kuaiji was diligent in study and had moral integrity. Relying on kinship ties, he affiliated with his kinsman Kong Bi. Bi had his two sons take Ji as their teacher, but Bi's sons were both violent and vulgar, having different inclinations. Ji repeatedly spoke of this to Bi, and these boys harbored resentment. Soon Bi died. When the mourning period was concluded, Ji, out of long-standing family ties, brought mutton and wine to visit Bi's sons. The sons still held their old grudge and secretly dispatched a servant to kill Ji by the roadside. Before the servant had even returned, they saw Ji come: opening his eyes wide and rolling up his sleeves, he said in a stern voice: 'You wicked and ugly youngsters, with human faces and the hearts of beasts! I received your father's regard in the past and maintained lifelong affection; what grudge or malice did you have that you ambushed me on the road and killed me? Despising Heaven and forgetting your father, neither gods nor men can tolerate you! I shall certainly sever your family line!' From then on he repeatedly manifested his form. Not long after, the elder son suddenly collapsed unconscious while going to the latrine; when people rushed to see, he was already dead on the ground. The next son also soon fell ill and died; the brothers had no descendants.