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English version: He said, 'You are the karmic creditors from a past life, which has led to your current illness and suffering. Do you know that most men and women in the world who suffer from madness, paralysis, tuberculosis, lameness, blindness, deafness, muteness, or are afflicted with chronic illnesses and bedridden for years, have their souls detained in the underworld? There, their sins from past and present lives are examined and judged, with karmic consequences exacted without the slightest error. If someone offers and donates the *Diamond Sutra* (*Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra*), either by personally transcribing it, or by upholding it throughout their life, the moment they have this thought, it moves the officials of the underworld to investigate their meritorious deeds. First, their soul is released, and then they encounter a good doctor, and their illness is cured.' Upon waking up and realizing this, the next morning, they burn incense and make a vow before the Buddha, promising to donate one thousand copies of the *Diamond Sutra*. Later, they dream of a *Vajra* (*Diamond*) deity, who gives them a pill to swallow. The next day, their illness is completely healed. After a month of recuperation, their body returns to its former state. All who see and hear of this cannot help but praise and marvel. Bearing a Son Pu Kezhong, a student from Xiushui, and his wife, Wang, had a son and a daughter who both died from smallpox. Grieving excessively, Wang lost her eyesight. She then devoted herself to reciting the *Diamond Sutra* (*Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra*), without interruption for several years. One day, while reciting the sutra, water suddenly flowed from her left eye, causing a sharp, splitting pain, and then she suddenly regained her sight. After a few days, her right eye recovered in the same way. As a result, she recited the sutra with even greater devotion. That night, she dreamed that the Buddha told her, 'You originally had no son, but because of your recitation of the sutra, I grant you a son.' Wang suddenly became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom they named Jingci. Shi Zhenyu, from Yin County, was naturally inclined towards doing good deeds. He was over forty years old and had no son. He took the monk Miyun of Tiantong Temple as his teacher, who gave him the name Tongdeng and instructed him, 'If you wish to have an heir, you should make offerings to monks and uphold the *Diamond Sutra* (*Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra*), and you will naturally have a son.' That night, he followed the monk's instructions, paid homage to the Buddha, and made a vow. He dreamed of a *Vajra* (*Diamond*) deity, who wrote the character '兆' (zhào, trillion) and gave it to him. Upon returning home, he began to observe a vegetarian diet, hand-copying a volume of the *Diamond Sutra* and reciting it devoutly every day, without interruption in cold or hot weather. Every year, he went to the mountains to make offerings to monks, and diligently performed various good deeds without ever tiring. As a result, he later had five sons. During the reign of Emperor Shunzhi (1644-1661) of the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Jie, the Zhejiang Provincial Military Commander, was sixty years old and still had no heir. His wife, Madam Chen, deeply believed in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha) and recited the *Diamond Sutra* (*Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra*) daily. She visited all the famous mountains to make offerings to monks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。康熙五年二月。就天童寺。修华严忏法。山中现五色云者七日。秋七月。副室举一子。其家至今守遗训。奉佛诵经不辍。 登科 唐。大历中。夔州推司。扬旬。常持金刚经。处心正直。阴德播传。有子年二十三岁。习举业。将入试。旬。夜梦金刚神曰。汝念经有感。特预报汝子必贵。若应试。须改名扬椿纳卷。吾于中助笔也。次日令子改名纳试卷。果中第六名。次年赴省试。椿自梦一金刚神语曰。今年省题。乃行王道而王。汝可预办入院。无泄。试日。正应此题中九十六名。就赴殿试毕。试官徼纳上三名卷。奏御榻。当夜椿又梦前神曰。汝䇿极好。却不中主文意。打在第五卷。吾已简寻汝真卷。却去御榻上。抽换了第一名卷子。后日唱名。定夺天下都魁。盖汝同父平昔念真经之验也。及唱名果应。 项希宪。宪副。初名德茶。梦己为辛卯乡科。以污两少婢。被主科名籍神人削去。遂力行种德事。捐资恳友高松声。精楷金刚经刊板岁施之。凡十余年。梦至一所。见黄纸第八名为项姓。中字馍糊。下为原字。傍一人曰。审视此汝天榜名次也。因易名梦原。壬子中北京乡试第二十九名。己未会试第三名。共疑梦名次之爽。迨殿试为二。甲第五名。方悟合鼎甲数之恰第八也。乡试榜纸俱白。而殿榜独黄 现代汉语译本：康熙五年（1666年）二月，在天童寺举行华严忏法仪式，山中出现五色祥云，持续了七日。秋季七月，副室生下一个儿子，他的家人至今遵守遗训，虔诚奉佛诵经，从未间断。 登科 唐朝大历年间（766年-779年），夔州推司扬旬，经常诵持《金刚经》，为人正直，暗中做了很多善事。他的儿子二十三岁，学习科举，准备参加考试。扬旬夜里梦见金刚神说：‘你念诵经文很有感应，特地预先告诉你，你的儿子将来必定显贵。如果参加应试，必须改名为扬椿才能纳卷，我会在其中帮助他。’第二天，他让儿子改名后才递交试卷，果然考中了第六名。第二年，扬椿赴省参加考试，梦见一位金刚神告诉他说：‘今年省试的题目是关于行王道而称王，你可以提前准备入院，不要泄露出去。’考试那天，题目正好应验，考中第九十六名。之后参加殿试完毕，试官挑选了前三名的试卷，呈给皇帝御览。当天晚上，扬椿又梦见之前的神说：‘你的策论写得非常好，但是不合主考官的意图，被打在第五卷。我已经找到你的真卷，从御榻上抽换了第一名的卷子。后天唱名，你必定夺得天下第一。这是因为你父亲平时念诵真经的验证啊。’等到唱名时，果然应验。 项希宪，官至宪副，最初名叫德茶。他梦见自己本应在辛卯科乡试中举，但因为玷污了两名年轻婢女，被主管科名的神人削去了功名。于是他努力行善积德，捐资恳请朋友高松声，用精楷书写《金刚经》并刊印施舍，持续了十多年。他梦见自己来到一个地方，看到一张黄纸上写着第八名是项姓，中间的字模糊不清，下面是‘原’字。旁边有个人说：‘仔细看看，这是你在天榜上的名次。’于是他改名为梦原。壬子年（1612年）考中北京乡试第二十九名，己未年（1619年）会试第三名。大家都怀疑梦中的名次不准。等到殿试时考中二甲第五名，这才明白是合了鼎甲的数，恰好是第八名。乡试的榜纸都是白色的，而殿试的榜纸却是黄色的。
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English version: In the second month of the fifth year of the Kangxi reign (1666), a Huayan repentance ceremony was held at Tiantong Temple. Five-colored clouds appeared in the mountains for seven days. In the seventh month of autumn, a concubine gave birth to a son. His family still adheres to the ancestral teachings, devoutly worshiping the Buddha and reciting scriptures without interruption. Passing the Imperial Examination During the Dali period (766-779) of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Xun, a clerk in Kuizhou, often recited the Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra), was upright, and secretly did many good deeds. His son, at the age of twenty-three, studied for the imperial examinations and prepared to take the exam. Yang Xun dreamed one night that a Vajra deity said: 'Your recitation of the scriptures has been effective. I am specially informing you in advance that your son will surely be prominent in the future. If he takes the exam, he must change his name to Yang Chun to submit the paper, and I will help him in the process.' The next day, he had his son change his name before submitting the exam paper, and he indeed passed, ranking sixth. The following year, Yang Chun went to the province to take the exam and dreamed that a Vajra deity told him: 'This year's provincial exam topic is about practicing the kingly way to become a king. You can prepare to enter the academy in advance, but do not reveal this.' On the day of the exam, the topic was exactly as predicted, and he passed, ranking ninety-sixth. After completing the palace exam, the examiners selected the top three papers and presented them to the emperor for review. That night, Yang Chun dreamed again that the previous deity said: 'Your essay is excellent, but it does not match the chief examiner's intention and was placed in the fifth volume. I have already found your true paper and replaced the first-place paper on the emperor's desk. When the names are announced the day after tomorrow, you will surely win the first place in the country. This is because of the merit of your father's usual recitation of the true scriptures.' When the names were announced, it was indeed as predicted. Xiang Xixian, who held the position of Vice Commissioner, was originally named Decha. He dreamed that he should have passed the Xinmao provincial examination, but because he defiled two young maids, his fame was removed by the deity in charge of the imperial examinations. Therefore, he worked hard to do good deeds and accumulate merit, donating funds and asking his friend Gao Songsheng to write the Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra) in fine calligraphy and print it for distribution for more than ten years. He dreamed that he came to a place and saw a yellow paper with the name Xiang in the eighth place, the middle character blurred, and the character 'Yuan' below. A person next to him said: 'Look carefully, this is your ranking on the heavenly list.' So he changed his name to Mengyuan. In the Renzi year (1612), he passed the Beijing provincial examination, ranking twenty-ninth, and in the Jiwei year (1619), he passed the metropolitan examination, ranking third. Everyone suspected that the ranking in the dream was inaccurate. When he passed the palace examination, ranking fifth in the second class, he realized that it matched the number of the top three, exactly the eighth place. The list of the provincial examination was all white, while the list of the palace examination was yellow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 。尤为冥定云。
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嘉禾。沈公光华。尝判两淮盐铁。归田日。偶与同郡运同吴公淞。闲坐。从容递问日间所为。沈云。晨朝茹素。持诵金刚经。积二十年。已逾二藏。吴亦漫然置之。居无何。吴忽晨起疾驰。诣沈贺云。郎君南闱必第矣。沈问何故。云梦一人言。郡中一士夫。以持金刚经功德。其子得隽。觉来。惟忆公当酬是梦。是岁之秋。沈公叔子应明。果登应天乡荐。闻沈公持诵金刚经最虔。而行住坐卧。能自暗诵。尝从东郭季子家往还。涂间一心持诵。计所经屠门市肆。及虚空一切。沾经功德超脱者。不知凡几。又以无四相心。修一切善法。累世积德。故子孙蝉联科第。为禾郡冠族。皆金刚经证验云。 免溺 唐。元初。九江人。贩薪于市。年七十。常持金刚经。一日渡江。中流浪起。同涉者俱没。惟初浮水上。漂南岸。群舟泊者。悉大惊。见初背上光高数尺。意其贵人。争以衣遗之。更与以饭。语渐熟。乃知村叟。因诘光所自。云某读金刚经十年。在背者经也。前后厄难。无不获免。 白仁哲。龙朔中。为来阳尉。运米辽东。过海遇风。四望昏黑。仁哲惧。急念金刚经忽如梦寐。见一梵僧谓曰。汝念真经。故来救汝。须臾风定。八十余人俱济。 唐。乾元中。广州僧䖍慧。自幼 现代汉语译本： 尤为冥定说。 嘉禾（今浙江嘉兴）。沈公光华，曾任两淮盐铁判官。退休回家后，一次与同郡的运同吴公淞闲坐，从容地互相询问白天的活动。沈公说：‘我每天早晨吃素，持诵《金刚经》，已经坚持了二十年，诵读超过了两藏。’吴公听后也没放在心上。过了不久，吴公忽然一大早急忙赶来，向沈公祝贺说：‘您的公子在南闱考试中必定能考中。’沈公问他原因。吴公说：‘我梦见一个人说，郡中有一位士大夫，因为持诵《金刚经》的功德，他的儿子得以考中。醒来后，只记得您最应该应验这个梦。’这年秋天，沈公的侄子沈应明，果然考中了应天府的乡试。据说沈公持诵《金刚经》最为虔诚，无论行走坐卧，都能在心中默默背诵。他曾经往返于东郭季子家，路途中一心持诵，估计所经过的屠宰场、市场，以及虚空中的一切，因沾染经文功德而超脱的，不知有多少。又以没有四相（我相、人相、众生相、寿者相）的心，修一切善法，累世积德，所以子孙接连考中科举，成为嘉兴的望族。这都是《金刚经》的灵验啊。 免溺 唐朝，元初（唐朝没有元初年号，此处指唐朝初期），九江人。在市场上贩卖柴火，年七十岁，常持诵《金刚经》。一天渡江时，江中忽然掀起波浪，一同渡江的人都沉没了，只有元初浮在水面上，漂到南岸。停泊在岸边的船只上的人，都非常惊讶，看到元初背上发出数尺高的光芒，以为他是贵人，争着把衣服送给他，又给他饭吃。交谈渐渐熟悉后，才知道他是乡下的老翁，于是询问他光芒从何而来。元初说：‘我读《金刚经》十年了，在背上的是经文啊。以前遇到的厄难，没有不因此而免除的。’ 白仁哲，龙朔（661年-663年）年间，担任来阳县尉，运送米粮到辽东。过海时遇到大风，四处昏暗。白仁哲非常害怕，急忙念诵《金刚经》，忽然像做梦一样，看见一位梵僧对他说：‘你念诵真经，所以我来救你。’一会儿风就停了，八十多人都平安渡过。 唐朝，乾元（758年-760年）年间，广州僧人䖍慧，自幼