[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) › 97.58 # 法苑珠林 97.58 法苑珠林 97.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [97.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.97.58) 晉唐遵字保道。上虞人也。晉太元八年暴病而死。經夕得穌。云有人呼將去至一城府。未進頃見其從叔自城中出。驚問遵。汝何故來。遵答。違離姑姊。並歷年載。欲往問訊。本明當發。夜見數人。急呼來此。即時可得歸去。而不知還路。從叔云。汝姑喪已二年。汝大姊兒道文近被錄來。既蒙恩放。仍留看戲。不即還去。積日方歸。家已殯殮。乃入棺中。又搖動棺器。冀望其家覺寤開棺。棺遂至路。落棺車下。其家或欲開之。乃問卜者。卜云不吉。遂不敢開。不復得生。今為把沙之役。辛勤極苦。汝宜速去。勿復住此。且汝小姊又已喪亡。今與汝姑共在地獄。日夕憂苦。不知何時可得免脫。汝今還去可語其兒。勤修功德庶得免之。於此示遵歸路。將別又屬遵曰。汝得還生良為殊慶。在世無幾倏如風塵。天堂地獄苦樂報應。吾昔聞其語。今覩其實。汝宜深勤善業務為孝敬愛法持戒。慎不可犯。一去人身入此罪地。幽窮苦酷。自悔何及。勤以在心不可忘也。我家親屬。生時不信罪福。今並遭塗炭長受楚毒。焦爛傷痛無時暫休。欲求一日改惡為善。當何得耶。悉我所具知故以囑汝。勸化家內共加勉勵。言已洟泣。因此而別。遵隨路而歸。俄而至家。家治棺將竟。方營殯殮。遵既附屍。屍尋氣通。移日稍差。勸示親識。並奉大法。初遵姑適南郡徐漢。長姊適江夏樂瑜。其小姊適吳興嚴晚。途路懸遠久斷音息。遵既差。遂至三郡。尋訪姑及小姊。姊子果並喪亡。長姊亦說。兒道文殮後棺動墮車。皆如叔言。既聞遵說道文橫死之意。姊追加痛恨。重為製服（右此一驗出冥祥記）。 > In the Jin dynasty, Tang Zun, styled Baodao, was a native of Shangyu. In the eighth year of the Taiyuan reign period of the Jin, he died of a sudden illness, but revived after a night. He recounted that someone had called and led him to a walled administrative seat. Before entering, he saw his paternal uncle coming out from the city, who asked Zun in astonishment: 'Why have you come?' Zun answered: 'I have been separated from my paternal aunt and elder sisters for many years, and wished to visit and inquire after them. I was originally supposed to set out tomorrow morning, but at night I saw several men who urgently summoned me here. I should be able to return home immediately, but I do not know the way back.' His uncle said: 'Your aunt passed away two years ago. Your eldest sister's son, Daowen, was recently summoned here; after receiving grace and being released, he stayed behind to watch a spectacle instead of returning immediately. Only after many days did he go back. By then, his family had already enshrouded and coffined him. He entered into the coffin and shook the vessel, hoping his family would notice and open the coffin. The coffin was brought to the road and fell from the hearse. Some in his family wished to open it, but they consulted a diviner, who said it was inauspicious, so they did not dare open it. Thus he could not revive. Now he is conscripted to haul sand, suffering extreme hardship and toil. You should leave quickly and not linger here. Moreover, your younger sister has also passed away; she is now in hell with your aunt, suffering grief and misery day and night, not knowing when they might be delivered. When you return now, tell her son to cultivate merit diligently, in the hope of liberating them.' Thereupon he showed Zun the way back. As they were parting, he instructed Zun again, saying: 'That you are able to return to life is truly an extraordinary blessing. One's time in the world is brief, fleeting like wind and dust. Heavenly realms and hells, the retributions of suffering and joy—formerly I only heard of them, but now I witness their reality. You must diligently pursue good deeds, devote yourself to filial piety and respect, love the Dharma and uphold the precepts, taking utmost care not to transgress. Once you lose human rebirth and enter this ground of sin, the darkness and misery will be agonizing; what good will your self-remorse do then? Keep this diligently in your heart and never forget it. The relatives of our family did not believe in sin and merit while alive; now they are all cast into misery, enduring long torment and pain, scorched and wounded without a moment's respite. If they sought a single day to reform their evil and do good, how could they attain it? I know all this fully, and therefore entrust it to you, so that you may exhort and guide those within our family to strive together.' Having spoken, he wept, and thus they parted. Zun returned along the path and soon arrived home. His family had almost finished preparing his coffin and was about to attend to the encoffining and funeral. When Zun entered his body, breath soon circulated through the corpse. With the passing of days, he gradually recovered. He exhorted his relatives and acquaintances, and they all revered the Great Dharma. Earlier, Zun's aunt had married Xu Han of Nanjun; his eldest sister had married Yue Yu of Jiangxia; and his younger sister had married Yan Wan of Wuxing. Due to the great distance, all news had long been severed. Once Zun recovered, he went to the three commanderies to search for his aunt and younger sister; his sister and nephews had indeed all passed away. His eldest sister also recounted that after her son Daowen was encoffined, the coffin shook and fell from the hearse, exactly as the uncle had said. Having heard from Zun the circumstances of Daowen's untimely death, his sister grieved and lamented all the more, and made mourning garments for him anew. 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