[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 9.88 # 諸經要集 9.88 諸經要集 9.88 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.88) 如舊雜譬喻經云。昔有一國五穀熟成。人民安寧無有疾病。晝夜伎樂人無憂惱。王問群臣。我聞天下有禍何類。答曰臣亦不見。王便使一臣。至於隣國求覓禍之神則化作一人。於市中賣之。狀類如猪。持鐵鎖繫縛賣之。臣問此名何等。答曰禍母。臣曰賣不。答曰賣。問曰索幾錢。答曰千萬。問曰此食何等。答曰食針一升。既買得已。臣使家家發求覓針。如是人民兩兩三三。相逢求針。使諸郡縣處處擾亂。百姓所在之處患毒無聊。臣白王曰。雖得禍母致使民亂。男女失業。欲殺棄之。未審許不。王言大善。便於城外將殺。刺便不入。斫則不傷。割而不死。積薪燒之。身赤如火。便走出去。過里燒里。過市燒市。入城燒城。入國燒國。擾亂人民。飢餓困苦。坐由厭樂買禍所致苦也。此喻女色欲火所燒。男子貪毒至死不知苦也。 > As the Old Sūtra of Miscellaneous Parables says: Formerly, there was a kingdom where the five grains ripened in abundance. The people were peaceful and free from illness, and day and night there was instrumental music and singing; people had no sorrow or vexation. The king asked his ministers, “I have heard that there is misfortune in the world. What does it look like?” They replied, “Your subjects have never seen it either.” The king then sent an official to a neighboring country to search for misfortune. A spirit transformed into a man selling it in the marketplace. In appearance it resembled a pig, bound and tied with an iron chain as it was being sold. The official asked, “What is its name?” He replied, “The Mother of Misfortune.” The official said, “Is it for sale?” He replied, “It is for sale.” He asked, “How much money do you seek?” He replied, “Ten million.” He asked, “What does it eat?” He replied, “It eats one sheng of needles.” Having bought it, the official sent people from household to household demanding and searching for needles. Thus the people met each other in twos and threes searching for needles, throwing all the commanderies and counties everywhere into turmoil. Wherever the common people were, they suffered bitterly and were in utter distress. The official addressed the king, saying, “Although we obtained the Mother of Misfortune, it has caused turmoil among the people, making men and women lose their livelihoods. I wish to kill it and cast it away; I do not know if you permit it.” The king said, “Very well.” They took it outside the city to kill it. When they stabbed it, the blade did not penetrate; when they chopped it, it was not harmed; when they slashed it, it did not die. They piled up firewood and burned it; its body became red like fire. It then ran off, burning whatever village it passed through, burning whatever market it passed through, burning whatever city it entered, and burning whatever country it entered. It threw the people into turmoil, leaving them famished, exhausted, and destitute. This suffering was brought about solely because they grew weary of pleasure and purchased misfortune. This is a parable for being burned by the fire of sexual desire for women: men are poisoned by lust and do not know suffering even unto death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.87) - [Next: 9.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.89) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.9.88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.9.88) · Pramāṇa