法苑珠林 49.37

49.37

Furthermore, Guo Ju was a man of Wen in Henei. His family was very wealthy. When his father died, the estate was divided into two shares of twenty million each. His younger brother took his share, while Ju alone took his mother to support and live with. Nearby their neighborhood was an unlucky house where no one lived; everyone urged him to live there, and he suffered no harm. His wife bore a son; fearing that raising the child would hinder supporting his mother, he ordered his wife to hold the child, and he dug into the ground intending to bury him. In the earth, he obtained a pot of yellow gold. Upon the gold was an iron voucher stating: 'Conferred upon the filial son Guo Ju.'