法苑珠林 49.41

49.41

Jiang Shi, whose courtesy name was Shiyou, was a man of Luo in Guanghan. His mother loved drinking river water. His son frequently went to fetch water and drowned. His wife grieved deeply, but fearing that the mother would learn of it, lied that the boy had gone away to study. Year after year, she made clothes and cast them into the river. Soon, a spring welled up beside their cottage, its flavor sweet and fine like river water, and a pair of carp emerged from it. (The above verification is taken from the Dongguan Han ji.)