法苑珠林 67.55

67.55

King Fuchai of Wu killed his minister Gongsun Sheng without guilt. Later, Yue attacked Wu, and Wu fled in defeat. [Fuchai] said to Grand Minister Pi, 'Formerly I killed my minister Gongsun Sheng and cast him down beneath Mount Xu. Now our path must pass by it. Looking up, I fear the azure sky; looking down, I am ashamed before the earth. I lift my feet but cannot advance; my heart cannot bear to go. You, sir, try calling out before us; if Sheng is still there, there should be an answering voice.' Pi then faced the mountain of Yuhang and called out, saying, 'Gongsun Sheng!' Sheng immediately answered from above, saying, 'Present!' He called three times, and [Sheng] answered three times. The Lord of Wu was terrified; he looked up to heaven and sighed, saying, 'Azure heaven! Azure heaven! How could I, the solitary one, ever return?' The Lord of Wu thereupon died and did not return.