[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 92.13 # 法苑珠林 92.13 法苑珠林 92.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [92.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.13) 又百喻經云。往有商人。貸他半錢久不得償。即便往債。前有大河。雇他兩錢然後得度。到彼往債竟不見得。來還度河。復雇兩錢。為半錢債而失四錢。兼有道路疲勞之困。所債甚少所失極多。果被眾人之所怪笑。世人亦爾。求少名利致毀大行。苟容己身不顧禮義。現受惡名後得苦報。 > Furthermore, the Sūtra of a Hundred Parables states: In the past there was a merchant who lent half a coin to someone and for a long time could not get repaid. He then went to collect the debt. Ahead of him was a great river; he paid two coins to hire someone and only then could cross over. Arriving there to collect the debt, he could not get it after all. Returning and crossing the river, he paid two coins again. For the sake of a half-coin debt, he lost four coins, besides suffering the exhaustion of travel on the road: what was owed was very little, but what was lost was exceedingly great, so that he was indeed mocked and laughed at by everyone. Worldly people are also like this: seeking minor fame and gain, they end up destroying great conduct, merely seeking to accommodate themselves without regard for propriety and righteousness; they incur a bad reputation in the present, and later receive bitter retribution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 92.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.12) - [Next: 92.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.14) - [Up: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.92.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.92.13) · Pramāṇa