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English version: You Wei Mingding said. During the Jiahe (present-day Jiaxing, Zhejiang) period, Shen Gong Guanghua, who once served as the salt and iron judge of Lianghuai, retired to his hometown. One day, while sitting idly with Wu Gong Song, a transport official from the same prefecture, they leisurely inquired about each other's daily activities. Shen Gong said, 'I eat vegetarian food every morning and recite the Diamond Sutra. I have been doing this for twenty years, and I have recited more than two collections.' Wu Gong didn't pay much attention to it. Not long after, Wu Gong suddenly rushed over early in the morning to congratulate Shen Gong, saying, 'Your son will surely pass the imperial examination in the southern province.' Shen Gong asked him the reason. Wu Gong said, 'I dreamed that someone said that a scholar in the prefecture, due to the merit of reciting the Diamond Sutra, had his son pass the examination. When I woke up, I only remembered that you were the most likely to fulfill this dream.' That autumn, Shen Gong's nephew, Shen Yingming, indeed passed the provincial examination in Yingtian Prefecture. It is said that Shen Gong recited the Diamond Sutra with the utmost sincerity, and he could silently recite it in his heart whether walking, sitting, or lying down. He used to travel back and forth to the home of Dongguo Jizi, reciting the sutra wholeheartedly on the way. It is estimated that the slaughterhouses, markets, and everything in the void that he passed by, due to being touched by the merit of the sutra, were liberated, and the number is unknown. Moreover, with a mind free from the four forms (self, person, sentient being, and life), he cultivated all good deeds and accumulated merit for generations, so his descendants successively passed the imperial examinations and became a prominent family in Jiaxing. All of this is the proof of the Diamond Sutra. Exemption from Drowning During the early Tang Dynasty, Yuan Chu (there was no Yuan Chu era in the Tang Dynasty, here it refers to the early Tang Dynasty), a man from Jiujiang, sold firewood in the market. He was seventy years old and often recited the Diamond Sutra. One day, while crossing the river, waves suddenly rose in the river, and all those who were crossing the river sank, only Yuan Chu floated on the water and drifted to the south bank. The people on the boats moored on the shore were very surprised, seeing a light several feet high emanating from Yuan Chu's back, thinking he was a noble person, and they competed to give him clothes and food. After getting acquainted, they learned that he was an old man from the countryside, so they asked him where the light came from. Yuan Chu said, 'I have been reading the Diamond Sutra for ten years, and the scripture is on my back. The disasters I have encountered in the past have all been avoided because of it.' Bai Renzhe, during the Longshuo (661-663) period, served as the magistrate of Laiyang County, transporting rice to Liaodong. When crossing the sea, he encountered a strong wind, and it was dark all around. Bai Renzhe was very afraid and hurriedly recited the Diamond Sutra. Suddenly, as if in a dream, he saw a Brahman monk who said to him, 'You are reciting the true scripture, so I have come to save you.' After a while, the wind stopped, and more than eighty people crossed safely. During the Qianyuan (758-760) period of the Tang Dynasty, the Guangzhou monk Qian Hui, from a young age --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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持金刚经。寒暑不易。因与缁俗数十人。泛海往南安。忽风涛坏船。满船人俱没。惟䖍慧在浪中。遇一丛蓬蒿着身。渐至蓬蒿之上。随浪三日夜。方得济岸。仔细视蒿中。乃金刚经一卷。并无淹湿。虔慧拜受此经。精诚供养。年至百三十岁。端坐告终。其经内自出香烟。渐成五色云。徐徐上升。 止焚 饶州。银山采户。逾万。并是草屋。延和中。火发。万室皆空。惟一家中。火独不及。时本州扬体几。自问老人。老人对曰。家事佛。持金刚经耳。 却鬼 魏恂。左庶子尚德之子。持金刚经。为监门卫大将军。时有蔡䇿。暴亡。数日复苏云。至冥司。怪使者追人不得。将挞之。使者云。魏恂持金刚经。善神拥护。追之不得。即别遣使复追。须臾还报并同。冥官曰。且罢追。恂闻。尤加精进。 唐。王陁。为鹰扬府果毅。因病。遂断荤肉。发心诵金刚经。日五遍。后染疾。见群鬼来。陁即念经。鬼闻便退。遥曰。王令追汝。且住诵经。陁歇诵。鬼悉向前。陁乃昏迷。须臾又见一鬼云。念经人。王令权放六月。既寤。遂一心持诵。昼夜不息。至六月。鬼亦不来。夜闻空中呼曰。汝以持经功德。当寿九十矣。 唐。沈嘉会。贞观中。任校书郎。以事配兰州。思归甚切。每旦夕东向拜太 现代汉语译本 虔慧法师持诵《金刚经》（Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra），无论寒暑从未间断。一次，他与几十位僧人和俗人一起乘船前往南安，忽然遭遇风暴，船只损毁，满船的人都沉入了水中。只有虔慧在波浪中，遇到一丛蓬蒿缠绕在身上，渐渐地到了蓬蒿之上。随着波浪漂流了三日三夜，才得以靠岸。仔细查看蓬蒿之中，竟然有一卷《金刚经》，完全没有被水浸湿。虔慧拜受这部经书，精诚地供养。活到一百三十岁，端坐着安详去世。经书内自然散发出香烟，渐渐地形成了五色祥云，缓缓上升。 止焚 饶州银山的采矿户，有一万多家，都是茅草屋。延和年间（1118-1122）发生火灾，所有的房屋都被烧毁，只有一家没有被火烧到。当时本州的扬体几，询问一位老人。老人回答说：‘我家信奉佛法，只是诵持《金刚经》罢了。’ 却鬼 魏恂，是左庶子尚德的儿子，持诵《金刚经》，担任监门卫大将军。当时有蔡䇿，突然去世，几天后又苏醒过来说，到了阴间，阴间的使者因为追不到人而感到奇怪，将要鞭打他。使者说：‘魏恂持诵《金刚经》，有善神拥护，追不到他。’于是另外派遣使者再次去追，一会儿回来报告说情况相同。冥官说：‘暂且停止追捕。’魏恂听了，更加精进地修行。 唐朝的王陁，担任鹰扬府果毅。因为生病，于是断绝了荤腥，发心诵读《金刚经》，每天五遍。后来染上疾病，看见一群鬼前来。王陁立即念诵经文，鬼听到后便退去，远远地说：‘王令追捕你，暂且停止诵经。’王陁停止诵经，鬼全部向前。王陁于是昏迷。一会儿又看见一个鬼说：‘念经的人，王令暂时放过你六个月。’醒来后，便一心持诵经文，昼夜不停。到了六个月，鬼也不再来了。夜里听到空中呼喊说：‘你因为持经的功德，应当活到九十岁。’ 唐朝的沈嘉会，贞观年间（627-649）担任校书郎。因为事情被流放到兰州，思念家乡非常迫切。每天早晚都面向东方，遥拜父母。
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English version The Venerable Qianhui recited the 'Diamond Sutra' (Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra), never ceasing regardless of heat or cold. Once, he and dozens of monks and laypeople sailed to Nan'an. Suddenly, they encountered a storm, and the ship was destroyed, with all the people on board sinking into the water. Only Qianhui, amidst the waves, encountered a clump of artemisia clinging to his body, gradually reaching the top of the artemisia. He drifted with the waves for three days and nights before reaching the shore. Upon careful inspection of the artemisia, there was a volume of the 'Diamond Sutra', completely untouched by the water. Qianhui reverently received this sutra and offered it with utmost sincerity. He lived to be one hundred and thirty years old, passing away peacefully in a seated posture. Fragrant smoke naturally emanated from within the sutra, gradually forming five-colored auspicious clouds, slowly ascending. Stopping Incineration In Raozhou, the silver mine households numbered over ten thousand, all living in thatched huts. During the Yanhe period (1118-1122), a fire broke out, and all the houses were burned down, except for one family that was untouched by the fire. At that time, Yang Tiji of the prefecture inquired of an old man. The old man replied, 'My family believes in Buddhism and simply recites the 'Diamond Sutra'.' Repelling Ghosts Wei Xun, the son of the Left Secretariat Shangde, recited the 'Diamond Sutra' and served as the General of the Surveillance Gate Guard. At that time, Cai Ce suddenly died, but after several days, he revived and said that when he arrived in the underworld, the messengers of the underworld were surprised that they could not capture him and were about to whip him. The messengers said, 'Wei Xun recites the 'Diamond Sutra', and he is protected by benevolent deities, so we cannot capture him.' Therefore, they dispatched other messengers to capture him again, and after a while, they returned and reported the same situation. The underworld official said, 'Temporarily cease the pursuit.' Wei Xun, upon hearing this, became even more diligent in his practice. During the Tang Dynasty, Wang Tuo served as a resolute officer in the Yingyang Prefecture. Because of illness, he abstained from meat and fish and resolved to recite the 'Diamond Sutra' five times a day. Later, he contracted a disease and saw a group of ghosts approaching. Wang Tuo immediately recited the sutra, and the ghosts retreated upon hearing it, saying from afar, 'The king orders your capture; temporarily cease reciting the sutra.' Wang Tuo stopped reciting, and the ghosts all moved forward. Wang Tuo then fell into a coma. After a while, he saw another ghost saying, 'The king orders that the sutra reciter be temporarily released for six months.' Upon awakening, he single-mindedly recited the sutra day and night without ceasing. After six months, the ghosts no longer came. At night, he heard a voice calling from the air, 'Because of the merit of reciting the sutra, you shall live to be ninety years old.' During the Tang Dynasty, Shen Jiahui served as a proofreader during the Zhenguan period (627-649). Due to an incident, he was exiled to Lanzhou and longed for his hometown very much. Every morning and evening, he faced east and paid homage to his parents. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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山。愿得生还。永徽六年。十月三日。夜见童子。仪服甚秀。云是太山府君之子。谢君拜礼。故遣奉迎。谓嘉会曰。人之为恶。生不受诛。死必为鬼所治。无有徼幸得免者也。若日持金刚经一遍。即万罪皆灭。鬼官不能拘矣。嘉会自此持金刚经。遇赦得归。 避邪 唐。于李面。举进士。元和中。下第将归。有僧劝曰。郎君欲及第。何不读金刚经。遂日念数十遍。至王桥宿。因步月。见一美女。与言。遂被诱。至村舍。戏笑甚喧。升堂又见美女五六人。回疑为怪。乃阴念经。忽有异光自口出。群女骇散。但闻猩秽气。盖狐狸所宅也。榛棘满目。不知所适。俄有白犬。导回前行。口有光照路。遂达本所。回后诵经。至数万遍。 伏虎 唐。石首县。沙弥道荫。常念金刚经。长庆初。他出夜归。中路遇虎。吼掷而前。沙弥乃闭目坐。默念经。虎遂伏草守之。及曙乃去。视其蹲处。涎流于地。 唐。王令望。少持金刚经。还邛州。路极险阻。忽遇猛兽。振茆非常。急念金刚经。猛兽曳尾而去。后任安州判司。过洋子江。夜风暴起。船数百艘尽没。惟令望船独全。 化贼 唐。长庆初。陕州人。幵行立。常持金刚经。随身到处。焚香拜礼。偶载货往同州。途遇盗。立弃货而逃。行 现代汉语译本 山。希望能够活着回去。（永徽六年（655年））十月三日，夜里见到一个童子，衣着容貌非常俊秀，说是泰山府君（掌管泰山的神）的儿子。感谢您，向您行礼，所以派我来迎接您。童子对嘉会说：‘人作恶，活着的时候不受惩罚，死后必定会被鬼所管治，没有侥幸可以逃脱的。如果每天持诵《金刚经》一遍，那么所有的罪过都会消灭，鬼官就不能拘禁你了。’嘉会从此持诵《金刚经》，遇到皇帝大赦天下得以回家。 避邪 唐朝，于李面，考中进士。（元和年间（806-820年））科举不中，准备回家。有个僧人劝他说：‘郎君想要考中进士，为什么不读《金刚经》呢？’于是每天念诵几十遍。到王桥住宿，晚上散步赏月，见到一个美女，和她说话，就被引诱到一处村舍。嬉笑打闹非常喧闹。进入厅堂又见到五六个美女，于李面怀疑是妖怪，于是暗中念诵《金刚经》。忽然有一道奇异的光芒从口中发出，众美女惊骇逃散，只闻到腥臭的气味，原来是狐狸居住的地方。到处都是茂密的树木，不知道该往哪里去。不久出现一只白狗，引导他向前走，口里发出光芒照亮道路，于是到达了原来的地方。于李面回家后诵读《金刚经》，达到几万遍。 伏虎 唐朝，石首县的沙弥（出家男子）道荫，经常念诵《金刚经》。（长庆年间（821-824年））一次他外出后晚上回家，半路遇到老虎，老虎吼叫着扑过来。沙弥于是闭上眼睛坐下，默默念诵《金刚经》。老虎于是趴在草丛里守护着他，等到天亮才离开。看老虎蹲着的地方，口水流在地上。 唐朝，王令望，年轻时持诵《金刚经》。返回邛州，路途非常危险。忽然遇到猛兽，吼叫的声音非常大。他急忙念诵《金刚经》，猛兽摇着尾巴离开了。后来担任安州判司，经过洋子江，夜里狂风大作，几百艘船都沉没了，只有王令望的船安然无恙。 化贼 唐朝。（长庆初年（821年））陕州人幵行立，经常持诵《金刚经》，随身带着，到处焚香拜礼。一次他载着货物前往同州，路上遇到盗贼，幵行立丢弃货物逃跑。