法苑珠林 91.82

91.82

梁江陵陷時有關內人。梁元暉俘獲一士大夫。姓劉。位日新城失其名字。先此人先遭侯景亂喪失家口。唯餘小男年始數歲。躬自檐抱。又著連枷值雪。塗不能前進。元暉逼令棄去。劉君愛惜以死為請。遂強奪取擲之雪中。杖伯交下驅蹙使去。劉乃步步迴首號噭斷絕。辛苦頓弊。加以悲傷數日而死。死後元暉日日見劉曳手索兒。因此得病。雖復對之悔謝。來殊不已。元暉載病。到家而終。

When Jiangling of the Liang dynasty fell, there was a man from the Guanzhong region named Liang Yuanhui who captured a scholar-official surnamed Liu, whose rank was that of Xincheng, though his given name is lost. Earlier, this man had suffered the chaos caused by Hou Jing and lost his family members, leaving only a young boy several years of age. He personally carried the boy in his arms and on his shoulders; moreover, being bound with a cangue and encountering snow, he could make no headway on the road. Yuanhui forced him to abandon the boy; Lord Liu loved him dearly and begged for his son's life upon pain of death. Yuanhui then forcibly snatched the boy, threw him into the snow, and rained blows upon Liu with staves to drive and rush him along. Liu looked back with every step, wailing until his voice failed; utterly exhausted by suffering, coupled with grief, he died several days later. After his death, Yuanhui saw Liu every day dragging his arms and demanding his child. Because of this, Yuanhui fell ill; although he apologized and confessed his fault before him, the apparitions did not cease. Yuanhui traveled with his illness, and upon reaching home, he died.