Chinese
请勿施舍。对于那些以善行著称的人们，也不应该那样做。如果因为神和人的国王拥有佛法而以善行著称，就不应该堕落，并且为了避免羞耻而应该努力。如果一个人以拥有功德而闻名，并且人们也这样期望，无论情况如何，如果你允许，那么美名就会像所说的那样增长。否则，名声就会变得毫无意义，就像一口干井一样，功德的名声也不会增长。人们的名声一旦衰落，就很难再次获得名声。像毒蛇的巢穴一样，应该抛弃那成为争论根源的家庭住所，而不应该让一位神来阻止我。你作为一位爱护忠诚臣民的人，本应该这样说。但我已经下定决心出家，世俗的事务对我有什么用呢？说完，国王允许了他，他便准备前往苦行的森林。之后，他的朋友、亲戚以及依赖他的人们聚集在一起，哭泣着抓住他的脚，不让他离开。他们说了各种各样温和或粗暴的话语，还说还有未完成的事情，以及“你们这些家人难道没有同情心吗？”等等，说了许多话并阻挡了他的道路，试图让他返回。他说道：朋友们，如果我沉迷于放纵和恶行，你们应该想方设法阻止我。但现在我活着却想住在森林里，你们为什么要阻止我呢？如果你们因为与我分离而不高兴，为什么不和我一起去森林呢？如果你们不让我去修行，为什么不这样对待那些去与敌人或军队作战的人呢？认为家庭的优点和苦行以及森林的缺点是颠倒的。如果我因为拥有伟大的功德，那么你们都应该跟随我出家。世间的友谊大多像舞者的行为一样不稳定，没有确定性。如果无论如何都无法以坚定的心来分离，那么以理智的方式，考虑到不应该阻止那些想要去苦行森林的人，用极其温和的言语劝诱他们，然后自己前往苦行森林，以谨慎的态度对待善行，圆满戒律和苦行，并致力于禅定。
English
Please do not bestow. It is not appropriate to act in such a way even towards those who are known for their virtuous deeds. If one is known for virtue because the king of gods and humans possesses the Dharma, one should not fall from that, and one should strive diligently to avoid shame. If someone is known to have qualities and is expected to be so, no matter what the situation, if you allow it, then the good name will increase as it is said. Otherwise, the reputation will become meaningless, like a dry well, and the reputation of merit will not increase. It is difficult for people to regain their reputation once it has declined. Like a nest of poisonous snakes, it is appropriate to abandon the household that has become a source of contention, and it is not appropriate for a single god to prevent me. You, as one who cherishes loyal subjects, should have said so. But I have resolved to renounce, so what use are worldly affairs to me? Having said this, the king granted permission, and he prepared to go to the forest of asceticism. Then, his friends, relatives, and those who relied on him gathered, weeping and grabbing his feet, not allowing him to leave. They spoke various kinds of gentle and harsh words, saying that there were still unfinished matters, and "Do you family members have no compassion?" and so on, saying many things and blocking his path, trying to make him return. He said: Friends, if I were indulging in recklessness and evil deeds, you should try various means to stop me. But now that I am alive and want to live in the forest, why do you hinder me? If you are unhappy about separating from me, why don't you come to the forest with me? If you don't allow me to practice asceticism, why don't you do the same to those who go to fight enemies or armies? Seeing the virtues of the household and the faults of asceticism and the forest is a perverted view. If I am great in virtue, then all of you should follow me and renounce. Worldly friendships are mostly unstable, like the behavior of dancers, and there is no certainty. If you cannot bear to separate with a steadfast mind, then, in a reasonable way, considering that those who want to go to the forest of asceticism should not be prevented, he persuaded them with extremely gentle words, and then he himself went to the forest of asceticism, diligently cultivated virtue, perfected discipline and ascetic practices, and devoted himself to meditation.
Chinese
索。如此，对于仅仅是无有功德之人宣称具有功德的言辞，具有功德知识的人们尚且不会舍弃，更何况是获得了任何功德之后不使之退失呢？像这样，以比丘、居士、修法者、证悟者等名称宣称具有功德，自己观察自己，心想众人对我如此期望，我不能欺骗他们。一定要在自己没有以那些功德庄严之前感到羞愧，要知道这是菩萨的行持。༈。又，在过去世，于波罗奈斯城，有一位名叫梵天施的国王，富有且财富众多。有一位名叫无比母的王妃，容貌美丽，受到国王的宠爱。当时，在山王雪山的南面，世尊化身为一只名叫金光孔雀的孔雀王，身形和肢体鲜亮，拥有珍宝般的喙，并有五百眷属跟随。一次，孔雀王在半夜时分，在波罗奈斯城上空鸣叫，住在楼上的无比母王妃听到了，对国王说：如此令人欢喜和爱恋的声音是谁的？国王说：天女，我也没有见过，只是听说雪山南面有一只名叫金光孔雀的孔雀王，它的声音悦耳动听。王妃说：请将那只孔雀王带到这里。国王说：在空中飞翔的它怎么能见到呢？王妃说：如果见不到那只孔雀王，我就会死去。国王因为爱恋无比母王妃，就说：我会派遣猎人和捕鸟人，你暂且等待。于是对猎人和捕鸟人说：你们去抓住那只孔雀王，带到这里来。如果能抓到它，那就好，如果抓不到，你们所有人的性命都将丧失。之后，那些猎人和捕鸟人因为害怕丧命，就带着鸟网和陷阱，前往雪山的南面去寻找孔雀。
English
So. Thus, even for the mere words of a person who proclaims to have qualities when they have none, those who know qualities will not abandon them. What need is there to say that one should not degenerate from any quality once it has been attained? Like this, if one proclaims to have qualities by names such as monk, layperson, practitioner of Dharma, realized one, and so on, one should examine oneself and think, 'People expect this of me, I must not deceive them.' One must feel ashamed until one has adorned oneself with those qualities, knowing that this is the conduct of a Bodhisattva. ༈. Furthermore, in a past time, in the city of Varanasi, there was a king named Brahma-datta, who was rich and had great wealth. There was a queen named Matchless Mother, who was beautiful and beloved by the king. At that time, on the southern side of Mount Snow, the Blessed One himself transformed into a peacock king named Golden Light, with a radiant form and limbs, a beak like a jewel, and five hundred attendants following him. Once, the peacock king crowed over the city of Varanasi in the middle of the night, and the queen Matchless Mother, who was staying on the roof, heard it and said to the king, 'Whose is this sound that is so delightful and loving?' The king said, 'Goddess, I have not seen it either, but I have heard that there is a peacock king named Golden Light on the southern side of Mount Snow, and its sound is melodious and pleasing.' The queen said, 'Please bring that peacock king here.' The king said, 'How can one see it flying in the sky?' The queen said, 'If I do not see that peacock king, I will die.' Because the king loved the queen Matchless Mother, he said, 'I will send hunters and bird catchers, wait for a while.' Then he said to the hunters and bird catchers, 'Go and catch that peacock king and bring it here. If you can catch it, that is good, but if you cannot, all of you will lose your lives.' After that, those hunters and bird catchers, fearing for their lives, took bird nets and traps and went to the southern side of Mount Snow to find the peacock.
Chinese
国王居住的那个地方，即使设置了陷阱和网罗，孔雀王看到的地方，陷阱和网罗都会破裂，即使过了七天，捕猎者们仍然无法抓住孔雀王。之后，孔雀王对他们生起了慈悲心，说道：‘以狩猎为生的你们，为何在这个地方疲惫不堪？’他们回答说：‘请孔雀王知晓，国王梵天赐予（梵：Brahmādatta）如此安排，我们为了生命的危险而如此努力。’孔雀说：‘我无法被陷阱和网罗抓住。如果国王梵天赐予（梵：Brahmādatta）想要见我，就请将城市打扫干净并装饰一番。第七天的时候，带领着四支军队到这里来，我就会去那里。’他们听从了孔雀的话，按照国王梵天赐予（梵：Brahmādatta）的吩咐，国王装饰了所有的城市，驾着七宝马车，带领着军队前往雪山的南面。孔雀王显现出金色的光芒，坐在珍宝马车上。听到孔雀的叫声，国王和军队都非常高兴，以极大的敬意迎接孔雀王，前往波罗奈斯城（梵：Vārāṇasī）。在波罗奈斯城的门口，孔雀发出了叫声，声音传遍了整个城市。所有居住在那里的人都非常高兴，前来观看。在那里，他们对王后无与伦比（梵：Apratimā）说：‘这只孔雀会自己来到你这里。’他们都感到高兴和尊敬。国王用鲜花和水果供养了孔雀王。另一次，国王因为一些事情感到忙碌，心想谁能来供养孔雀王呢？他心想，王后无与伦比（梵：Apratimā）既聪明又有智慧，一定能做到。于是他说：‘女神，请你像我一样供养这只孔雀王。’王后也用鲜花和水果进行了供养。之后，有一段时间，王后无与伦比（梵：Apratimā）爱上了另一个男人，他们约定的时间是在孔雀居住的花园里。孔雀向那个人宣讲佛法，那个人因为欲望而放弃了邪淫，然后离开了。
English
In the direction where the king resided, even though snares and nets were set, wherever the peacock king looked, the snares would break and the nets would be torn. Even after seven days, the hunters could not capture the peacock king. Then, the peacock king felt compassion for them and said, 'You who live by hunting, why are you exhausted in this place?' They replied, 'May the peacock king know that King Brahmadatta has arranged this, and we strive in this way for the danger to our lives.' The peacock said, 'I cannot be caught by snares and nets. If King Brahmadatta wishes to see me, then have the city cleaned and decorated. On the seventh day, come here with a fourfold army, and I will go there.' They listened to the peacock's words, and as King Brahmadatta had instructed, the king decorated all the cities, harnessed a chariot of seven jewels, and went with his army to the southern side of the snowy mountains. The peacock king, appearing golden, was placed on the jewel chariot. When its voice arose, the king and his army were overjoyed and paid great homage, going to the city of Vārāṇasī. At the gate of that city, the peacock's voice arose, spreading throughout the entire city. All who lived there were delighted and came to see. There, they said to Queen Apratimā, 'This peacock will come to you on its own.' They were joyful and respectful. The king offered flowers and fruits to the peacock king. Another time, the king was busy with something and wondered who could make offerings to the peacock king. He thought, 'Queen Apratimā is wise and intelligent, so she can do it.' So he said, 'Goddess, please make offerings to this peacock king as I have done.' She also made offerings with flowers and fruits. Then, after some time, Queen Apratimā became attached to another man, and the time they arranged was in the garden where the peacock resided. The peacock taught the Dharma to that man, and the man, due to desire, abandoned adultery and then left.
Chinese
那位妃子心想，我的事情孔雀是知道的，这孔雀王会说人话，如果对梵天施国王说了，我岂不是要被杀？于是就给了孔雀王有毒的饮食，但孔雀王依然如此身形俊美，惹人喜爱。妃子心生疑惑之时，孔雀王说：“我知道你爱上了别的男人，虽然你给我有毒的食物，但也杀不死我的。”妃子无地自容，吐血不止，得了重病而死，转生到号哭地狱。孔雀王安然脱身，回到自己的住所，为众生说法。当时的梵天施国王就是舍利子，当时的妃子无地自容就是现在的婆罗门女子幻母。” 又，过去无量劫之前，有个国王名叫车乘女，统治着八万四千小国，后来生了个儿子名叫慧光，当世尊转生为慧光时，他具有聪慧的头脑，超越他人，被立为王储。后来父王去世，准备为王子举行灌顶仪式时，王子对大臣们说：“我不能当国王，如果我对这些不听话的众生处以杀戮等刑罚，我就会有罪过。如果国民能够行持十善业，我就当国王。”大家都说好，请您做见证，于是就为他举行了灌顶仪式。他下令奉行十善业，魔王心生嫉妒，写了一封诬陷信，说以前行善没有明显的征兆，从今以后要行持十不善业，并把信分发给所有的小国。大家都觉得不可信，就去禀告国王，国王感到惊讶，心想我没有写过这样的话，为什么会变成这样呢？国王亲自去调查百姓是否和以前一样，在路上，魔王让国王听到燃烧的火焰中，一个痛苦挣扎的人的叫声。
English
That queen thought, "The peacock knows about my affair. This peacock king can speak human language. If he tells King Brahma-given, wouldn't I be killed?" So she gave the peacock king poisoned food and drink. But the peacock king remained so beautiful and pleasing to look at. When the queen became suspicious, the peacock king said, "I know you have fallen in love with another man. Even though you give me poisoned food, you cannot kill me." The queen was ashamed and vomited blood, became seriously ill and died, and was reborn in the Weeping Hell. The peacock king escaped safely, returned to his own abode, and taught the Dharma to all beings. The King Brahma-given at that time was Shariputra, and the queen Without Equal at that time is now the Brahman girl Illusion Mother." Furthermore, in the past, beyond countless eons, there was a king named Cart-carriage Woman, who ruled over eighty-four thousand small kingdoms. Later, a son was born to him named Wisdom Light. When the Bhagavan was born as Wisdom Light, he possessed a wise mind and, surpassing others, was made the crown prince. Later, when the father king passed away and they were about to enthrone the prince as king, the prince said to the ministers, "I cannot be king. If I inflict punishments such as killing on these disobedient beings, I will incur sinful deeds. If the people of the country can practice the ten virtues, then I will be king." Everyone agreed and said, "Please be our witness," and so they enthroned him as king. He issued a decree to practice the ten virtues, and the king of demons became jealous. He wrote a slanderous letter saying that although they had done good deeds before, there were no obvious signs, and from now on they should practice the ten non-virtues, and he sent the letter to all the small kingdoms. Everyone was incredulous and reported it to the king. The king was surprised and thought, "I have not written such words, why has it become like this?" The king himself went to investigate whether the people had changed from before. On the way, the king of demons made the king hear the sound of a person suffering and struggling in the burning flames.