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English version Qi's Governance Prioritizes the Vulnerable Mencius recounted the governance of King Wen in Qi. He said: 'An old man without a wife is called a 'widower'; an old woman without a husband is called a 'widow'; an old person without children is called 'childless'; a young person without a father is called an 'orphan'. These four are the most impoverished and helpless people in the world. King Wen, in enacting benevolent policies, always prioritized these four. The Book of Odes says: 'Admirable are the wealthy; pitiable are the lonely and solitary.' Four Wrongful Ways of Earning a Living The first is to make a living by using eloquent words to flatter those in power and running errands for them in all directions. The second is to make a living by using various incantations and divination to predict good and bad fortune. The third is to make a living by observing the stars. The fourth is to make a living by cultivating fields and preparing herbal medicines. A Conversation Across a Thousand Miles When Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, was the Prince of Qin, he was in the army and sent Fang Xuanling to report matters to Emperor Gaozu. Emperor Gaozu smiled and said: 'Xuanling is reporting matters for my son; even though we are separated by a thousand miles, it is as if we are talking face to face.' Long in Si River's Bank, Relying on Chen and Cai On the bank of the Si River in Shandong, there is an Apricot Altar, which is where Confucius and his disciples discussed learning. Confucius was about to go to the state of Chu, passing through the states of Chen and Cai. The officials of Chen and Cai sent troops to surround him. At this time, Confucius' ten outstanding disciples were all with him: Yan Yuan (Confucius' disciple, known for his virtue), Min Ziqian (Confucius' disciple, known for his virtue), Ran Boniu (Confucius' disciple, known for his virtue), Zhong Gong (Confucius' disciple, known for his virtue), Zai Wo (Confucius' disciple, known for his eloquence), Zigong (Confucius' disciple, known for his eloquence), Ran You (Confucius' disciple, known for his political affairs), Ji Lu (Confucius' disciple, known for his political affairs), Ziyou (Confucius' disciple, known for his literature), and Zixia (Confucius' disciple, known for his literature). Sixteen Great Kingdoms Refers to the five kingdoms of India (ancient India), such as Shravasti (ancient Indian kingdom) and Rajagriha (capital of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha), etc. Yan and Min Lack Literature, You and Xia Lack Conduct Yan and Min (Yan Yuan and Min Ziqian) were listed in the category of virtue, while You and Xia (Ziyou and Zixia) were listed in the category of literature. Maudgalyayana Transforms to Subdue the Dragon Nanda (name of a dragon), Upananda (name of a dragon), brothers, lived in the sea beside Mount Sumeru (name of a mountain in Buddhist cosmology). The Buddha (Shakyamuni Buddha) once flew to the Trayastrimsa Heaven (a heaven in Buddhism). These two dragons were very angry, (thinking) why did this bald-headed man fly over my head? Later, when the Buddha wanted to go to heaven, these two dragons spewed out black clouds and dark fog, obscuring the light of the sun, moon, and stars. The monks (Buddhist monks) all wanted to subdue them, but the Buddha did not allow it. Maudgalyayana (Buddha's disciple, known for his supernatural powers) said: 'I can subdue this dragon.' The Buddha then agreed. That dragon wrapped its body around Mount Sumeru seven times, and its tail dragged into the sea. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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头枕山顶。目连倍现其身。绕山十四匝。尾拖海外。头枕梵宫。是龙瞋盛。雨金刚砂。目连变砂为宝华。轻软可爱。犹瞋不已。目连化为细身。入龙身内。从眼入耳出。从耳入鼻出。龙受苦痛。其心乃服。 外道移山制之不动 外道师徒五百。用咒移山。经一月日。簸峨已动。目连念言。此山若移。多所损害。即于山顶结跏。山还不动。外道相谓。我法山动。计日必移。云何安固。还若于初。必是沙门使尔。自知力弱。归心佛法。 一城释种举之梵天 琉璃大王灭释种。目连欲救。佛以定业难逃。不允其请。目连以神力。将钵盛五百释种。托至梵天。琉璃王灭释之后。举钵视之。唯血水而已。故知业力。佛亦不能救也。 止车烧堂 耆域善知方药。生忉利天。目连因弟子病。乘通往问。值诸天出游。耆域乘车不下。但合掌而已。目连以神力驻之。耆域云。诸天受乐。匆匆不暇相看。尊者欲何所求。目连具说来意。答云。断食为要。目连放之。车乃得前。帝释与修罗战胜。造得胜堂。楼台七宝。庄严奇特。梁柱支节。皆容一綖。不相着而能相持。天福之力能如此。目连飞往。帝释将之看堂。诸天女皆羞目连。悉隐避不出。目连念帝释着乐。不修道本。即以神通烧得胜堂。赫然崩坏 现代汉语译本 头枕山顶。目连（Maudgalyayana，佛陀十大弟子之一，以神通著称）显现巨大的身形。环绕山十四圈。尾巴拖到海外，头枕在梵天宫。龙非常嗔怒，降下金刚砂。目连将砂变成宝华，轻柔可爱。龙仍然嗔怒不已。目连化为细小的身形，进入龙的身体内，从眼睛进入，从耳朵出来；从耳朵进入，从鼻子出来。龙感受到巨大的痛苦，内心才降服。 外道（非佛教的修行者）想要移动山来制服目连，但山却纹丝不动。 外道师徒五百人，用咒语移动山。经过一个月的时间，山已经开始摇动。目连心想，这座山如果被移走，会造成很大的损害。于是在山顶结跏趺坐，山就不再移动。外道们互相说道：‘我们的法术已经使山动摇了，计算时日必定能够移走。为什么现在却如此安稳，还像最初一样？一定是沙门（佛教出家人）使用了法术。’他们自知力量不足，于是归心佛法。 一个城市里的释迦族人被举到梵天。 琉璃大王（Virudhaka，古代印度拘萨罗国的国王）灭绝释迦族人。目连想要救他们，佛陀（Buddha，佛教的创始人）认为这是定业（不可避免的业报），难以逃脱，没有允许他的请求。目连用神通力，用钵盛了五百释迦族人，托到梵天。琉璃王灭绝释迦族人之后，举起钵来看，里面只有血水而已。所以知道业力是强大的，佛陀也不能救度。 阻止车子，烧毁殿堂。 耆域（Jivaka，古印度著名医生）精通医药，往生到忉利天（Trayastrimsa，佛教欲界六天之一）。目连因为弟子生病，运用神通前往询问。正赶上众天人出游，耆域坐在车上没有下来，只是合掌致意。目连用神通力阻止了他的车子。耆域说：‘诸天享受快乐，匆匆忙忙没有空闲互相观看。尊者您有什么要求？’目连详细说了来意。耆域回答说：‘断食是关键。’目连放开了他，车子才得以继续前进。帝释（Indra，佛教的护法神）与阿修罗（Asura，一种好战的神）战斗胜利，建造了得胜堂。楼台用七宝装饰，庄严奇特。梁柱的支节，都容纳一根绳子穿过，不互相接触却能互相支撑，天福的力量能够如此。目连飞往得胜堂。帝释带领他观看殿堂，众天女都因为羞愧目连而全部躲避不出。目连心想帝释贪恋享乐，不修习道之根本，就用神通烧毁了得胜堂，轰然崩塌。
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English version His head pillowed on the mountain peak. Maudgalyayana (one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha, known for his supernatural powers) manifested his body multiplied. He circled the mountain fourteen times. His tail dragged in the sea, and his head pillowed on the Brahma palace. The dragon was greatly enraged and rained down vajra sand. Maudgalyayana transformed the sand into precious flowers, light and lovely. The dragon was still not appeased. Maudgalyayana transformed into a tiny body and entered the dragon's body, entering from the eye and exiting from the ear, entering from the ear and exiting from the nose. The dragon suffered great pain, and its heart was subdued. The heretics tried to move the mountain to subdue him, but it would not move. Five hundred heretic teachers and disciples used spells to move the mountain. After a month, the mountain had begun to shake. Maudgalyayana thought, 'If this mountain is moved, it will cause great harm.' So he sat in full lotus posture on the mountain peak, and the mountain did not move again. The heretics said to each other, 'Our magic has made the mountain shake, and we calculated that it would surely be moved. Why is it now so stable, as if it were at the beginning? It must be the shramana (Buddhist monk) who used magic.' Knowing their strength was weak, they turned their hearts to the Buddha's Dharma. A city of Shakyas was lifted to Brahma heaven. King Virudhaka (king of Kosala in ancient India) exterminated the Shakyas. Maudgalyayana wanted to save them, but the Buddha (founder of Buddhism) said that this was fixed karma (inevitable karmic retribution), difficult to escape, and did not grant his request. Maudgalyayana used his supernatural power to put five hundred Shakyas in his bowl and transported them to Brahma heaven. After King Virudhaka exterminated the Shakyas, he lifted the bowl to look, and there was only blood. Therefore, it is known that the power of karma is strong, and even the Buddha cannot save them. Stopping the chariot, burning the hall. Jivaka (a famous physician in ancient India) was skilled in medicine and was reborn in Trayastrimsa heaven (one of the six heavens of desire in Buddhism). Maudgalyayana, because his disciple was ill, used his supernatural powers to go and ask. He happened to meet the devas (gods) going out for a stroll. Jivaka sat in his chariot and did not get down, but only put his palms together in greeting. Maudgalyayana used his supernatural power to stop his chariot. Jivaka said, 'The devas are enjoying themselves and are too busy to look at each other. What do you want, venerable one?' Maudgalyayana explained his intention in detail. Jivaka replied, 'Fasting is the key.' Maudgalyayana released him, and the chariot was able to proceed. Indra (a protector deity in Buddhism) won the battle with the Asuras (a race of warlike deities) and built the Victory Hall. The pavilions were decorated with seven treasures, magnificent and unique. The joints of the beams and pillars could all accommodate a rope passing through, not touching each other but able to support each other. The power of heavenly blessings is such. Maudgalyayana flew to the Victory Hall. Indra led him to see the hall, and all the goddesses were ashamed of Maudgalyayana and all hid and did not come out. Maudgalyayana thought that Indra was attached to pleasure and did not cultivate the root of the Way, so he used his supernatural powers to burn down the Victory Hall, which collapsed with a crash. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。仍为帝释广说无常。帝释欢喜。后堂俨然。无灰烟色。 子系母故 尊者幼丧父。母欲改适。因子系故。不遂其心。犹绳系扇。故曰扇绳。 马麦之报 佛与弟子。三月在毗兰邑食马麦。以偿宿报。独憍梵于天上受供。 尸利沙国 大国名。 塔犹却贝 阿育王礼诸罗汉塔。次至薄拘罗塔。而说偈言。虽自练无明。于世少利益。因供二十贝子。而贝子从塔飞出。来着王足。诸臣惊怪。以生平闲静少欲。其塔犹有是力(又外国用贝。如此土用钱。人以贝供尊者塔前。贝即落地。以示不受)。 不假玑衡 璇玑玉衡也。注。璇。美珠也。玑。机也。以璇饰玑。所以象天之体转运也。衡。横也。谓衡箫也。以玉为管。横而设之。所以窥玑。而齐七政之运行。犹今之浑天仪也。 比之螺蛤 阿㝹楼䭾听法之次。多昏睡。佛责云。咄咄何为睡。螺蛳蚌蛤类。一睡一千年。不闻佛名字。 难兄难弟 东汉太丘长陈实生二子。曰元方。季方。俱有俊才。二子之子。各论父功德。诣祖决其优劣。实曰。元方难为兄。季方难为弟。 文殊十瑞 一。光明满室。二。甘露盈庭。三。地涌七珍。四。神开伏藏。五。鸡生凤子。六。猪 现代汉语译本：仍然为帝释（Indra，天神之王）广泛宣说无常的道理，帝释听后非常欢喜，后堂的景象庄严如初，没有一丝灰尘烟火的痕迹。 子系母故 尊者（Arhat，阿罗汉）年幼时丧父，母亲想要改嫁，因为有儿子牵绊的缘故，未能如愿。就像用绳子系住扇子一样，所以说‘扇绳’。 马麦之报 佛陀（Buddha）和弟子们，有三个月的时间在毗兰邑（Veranja）食用马麦（horse barley），以此来偿还过去的业报。只有憍梵钵提（Gavampati）在天上接受供养。 尸利沙国 是一个大国的名称。 塔犹却贝 阿育王（King Ashoka）礼拜各位阿罗汉的佛塔，之后来到薄拘罗塔（Bhakkula Stupa），并说了偈语：‘即使独自修习断除无明，对于世间也少有利益。’因为供养了二十个贝子（cowrie shells），贝子就从塔中飞出，落到阿育王的脚边，众臣都感到惊奇怪异。因为薄拘罗一生清静寡欲，他的塔仍然有这样的力量（而且外国使用贝壳，就像我们这里使用钱币一样，有人用贝壳供养尊者的塔前，贝壳立刻掉落，以此显示尊者不受供养）。 不假玑衡 璇玑玉衡是一种天文仪器。注释说：璇，是美丽的珠子。玑，是机。用璇来装饰玑，用来象征天体的运转。衡，是横木。指的是衡箫。用玉做管，横着设置，用来窥测玑，使七政的运行对齐。就像现在的浑天仪一样。 比之螺蛤 阿㝹楼䭾（Anuruddha）听法的时候，经常昏睡。佛陀责备他说：‘咄咄，为何要睡觉？就像螺蛳蚌蛤一样，一睡就是一千年，听不到佛的名字。’ 难兄难弟 东汉太丘长陈实生了两个儿子，名叫陈元方、陈季方，都很有才华。两个儿子的儿子，各自评论父亲的功德，到祖父那里评判谁更优秀。陈实说：‘元方难以做哥哥，季方难以做弟弟。’ 文殊十瑞 一、光明充满房间。二、甘露充满庭院。三、地上涌出七宝。四、神灵开启伏藏。五、鸡生出凤凰的儿子。六、猪