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English version Mountain. Hoping to return alive. On the third day of the tenth month of the sixth year of Yonghui (655 AD), at night, I saw a boy with very handsome attire, who said he was the son of the Lord of Mount Tai (the god who governs Mount Tai). Thank you, paying respects to you, so I was sent to welcome you. The boy said to Jia Hui: 'If people do evil, they will not be punished while alive, but they will definitely be governed by ghosts after death. There is no chance of escaping. If you recite the Diamond Sutra once a day, then all sins will be eliminated, and the ghost officials will not be able to detain you.' From then on, Jia Hui recited the Diamond Sutra and was able to return home when the emperor granted amnesty to the world. Avoiding Evil During the Tang Dynasty, Yu Limian passed the imperial examination. During the Yuanhe period (806-820 AD), he failed the examination and was preparing to return home. A monk advised him, 'Young man, if you want to pass the imperial examination, why don't you read the Diamond Sutra?' So he recited it dozens of times every day. When he stayed overnight at Wangqiao, he saw a beautiful woman while taking a walk under the moon. He spoke to her and was lured to a village house. The laughter and noise were very loud. Entering the hall, he saw five or six more beautiful women. Yu Limian suspected they were monsters, so he secretly recited the Diamond Sutra. Suddenly, a strange light came out of his mouth, and the women scattered in fright. He only smelled a fishy odor, which turned out to be the residence of foxes. Everywhere was covered with dense trees, and he didn't know where to go. Soon a white dog appeared, guiding him forward, with light shining from its mouth to illuminate the road, and he reached his original place. After returning home, Yu Limian recited the Diamond Sutra tens of thousands of times. Subduing a Tiger During the Tang Dynasty, the Shami (novice monk) Daoyin of Shishou County often recited the Diamond Sutra. In the early years of Changqing (821-824 AD), he went out and returned home at night, and encountered a tiger on the way. The tiger roared and pounced forward. The Shami closed his eyes and sat down, silently reciting the Diamond Sutra. The tiger then lay in the grass guarding him, and left at dawn. Looking at the place where the tiger was squatting, saliva was flowing on the ground. During the Tang Dynasty, Wang Lingwang recited the Diamond Sutra when he was young. Returning to Qiongzhou, the road was very dangerous. Suddenly, he encountered a fierce beast, and the roaring sound was very loud. He hurriedly recited the Diamond Sutra, and the beast wagged its tail and left. Later, he served as a judge in Anzhou. Passing through the Yangzi River, a storm arose at night, and hundreds of ships sank, but only Wang Lingwang's ship was safe and sound. Converting Thieves During the Tang Dynasty, in the early years of Changqing (821 AD), Kai Xingli from Shanzhou often recited the Diamond Sutra, carrying it with him, and burning incense and paying respects everywhere. Once, he was carrying goods to Tongzhou, and encountered thieves on the way. Kai Xingli abandoned the goods and fled. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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李五六十斤。盗举之不得动。相视惊异。追立问之。对曰。中有金刚经。想是神力。盗发囊见经。反与立钱百千。请经去。誓不作贼。 脱难 隋时。武牢县宰。陆彦通。日诵金刚经十卷。李密盗起。破城。众贼持剑赶杀。前有深涧。贼逼近。通跃入涧。空中见金刚神。以手接通臂。置石上。都无伤损。神曰。汝持经有感。特来救尔。因得保全还家。援笔书偈。香水沐浴。端坐而逝。 唐。一富商。恒诵金刚经。每以经自随。常贩外国。夕宿海岛。众商利其财。杀之。盛以大笼。加巨石。并经沉于海而去。其所沉之岛。乃是僧院。僧每夕闻人念经声在海底。大异之。因命善泅者。沉水访之。见一老人在笼中读经。乃牵挽而上。僧问故。云。被杀沉海。不知是笼。忽觉身处宫殿。常有人送饮食。安乐自在。众闻之。悉加赞羡。遂削发出家岛院。 唐。陆康成。尝任法曹椽。不避强御。公退。忽见亡吏。抱文按数百纸。请押。问曰。汝已去世。何得来。曰此幽府文簿。康成视之。但有姓名。略无他事。吏曰。皆来年兵刃死者。即问曰。我在内乎。吏曰然。因大骇曰。君既旧吏。得不救我。曰我特来启公。惟金刚经可托。语毕。即不见。康成乃发心读经。日数十遍。明年朱泚反。果署康成为御史。 现代汉语译本：李五力气很大，能举起六十斤重的东西。有盗贼想举起他，却怎么也动不了。盗贼们互相看着，感到惊异。于是停下来问他原因。李五回答说：‘我身中藏有一部《金刚经》（Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra，金刚般若波罗蜜经），想必是神力在保佑我。’盗贼打开他的囊袋，果然发现了经书。盗贼反而给了李五很多钱，请他把经书送给自己，并起誓不再做贼。 脱难 隋朝（581年-618年）时，武牢县的县宰陆彦通，每天诵读《金刚经》（Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra，金刚般若波罗蜜经）十卷。李密起兵造反，攻破城池。一群盗贼拿着剑追赶杀他。前面有一道深涧，盗贼逼近，陆彦通跳入涧中。在空中看见金刚神（Vajra deity），用手接住陆彦通的手臂，将他放在石头上，一点都没有受伤。金刚神说：‘你持诵经书感动了我，我特地来救你。’因此得以保全性命，回到家中。他援笔写下偈语，用香水沐浴，端坐而逝。 唐朝（618年-907年），有一位富商，经常诵读《金刚经》（Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra，金刚般若波罗蜜经），并且总是把经书带在身边。他经常到外国做生意。一天晚上，他住在海岛上，其他商人贪图他的钱财，杀了他，把他装在一个大笼子里，加上巨大的石头，连同经书一起沉入海中。他被沉入的那个岛，正好是一个僧院。僧院里的僧人每天晚上都听到海底传来念经的声音，感到非常奇怪。于是命令善于游泳的人，潜入水中寻找。发现一位老人在笼子里读经。于是把他牵引上来。僧人问他缘故，老人说：‘我被人杀害沉入海中，不知道自己身在笼子里，忽然觉得身处宫殿，经常有人送来饮食，安乐自在。’众人听了，都非常赞叹羡慕。于是剃发出家，住在岛上的僧院里。 唐朝（618年-907年），陆康成曾经担任法曹椽，不畏惧强权。一天办公退下来，忽然看见已故的下属，抱着几百张文书，请求他签字。陆康成问道：‘你已经去世了，怎么会来这里？’下属说：‘这是幽冥府的文簿。’陆康成看了看，上面只有姓名，没有其他事情。下属说：‘都是明年将要死于兵刃的人。’陆康成问道：‘我在其中吗？’下属说：‘是的。’陆康成非常害怕，说：‘你既然是以前的下属，能不能救我？’下属说：‘我特地来告诉您，只有《金刚经》（Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra，金刚般若波罗蜜经）可以依靠。’说完，就不见了。陆康成于是发心读经，每天读几十遍。第二年，朱泚造反，果然任命陆康成为御史。
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English version: Li Wu was very strong and could lift things weighing sixty catties. Robbers tried to lift him but couldn't move him at all. The robbers looked at each other, surprised. They stopped and asked him the reason. Li Wu replied, 'I have a Diamond Sutra (Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra) hidden on me, and I think it's divine power protecting me.' The robbers opened his bag and found the scripture. The robbers instead gave Li Wu a lot of money, asking him to give them the scripture, and vowed never to be thieves again. Escaping Disaster During the Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD), Lu Yantong, the magistrate of Wu Lao County, recited ten volumes of the Diamond Sutra (Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra) every day. Li Mi rebelled and broke through the city. A group of robbers chased after him with swords, trying to kill him. There was a deep ravine in front of him. The robbers approached, and Lu Yantong jumped into the ravine. In the air, he saw a Vajra deity who caught Lu Yantong's arm with his hand and placed him on a stone, without any injury. The deity said, 'Your recitation of the scriptures has moved me, and I have come to save you.' Therefore, he was able to save his life and return home. He took up a pen and wrote a verse, bathed in fragrant water, and passed away peacefully. During the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), there was a wealthy merchant who often recited the Diamond Sutra (Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra) and always carried the scripture with him. He often traded in foreign countries. One night, he stayed on an island. Other merchants coveted his wealth, killed him, put him in a large cage, added huge stones, and sank him into the sea along with the scripture. The island where he was sunk happened to be a monastery. The monks in the monastery heard the sound of reciting scriptures from the seabed every night, and they felt very strange. So they ordered a good swimmer to dive into the water to find out. They found an old man reading scriptures in a cage. So they pulled him up. The monks asked him the reason, and the old man said, 'I was killed and sunk into the sea. I didn't know I was in a cage. Suddenly, I felt like I was in a palace, and people often brought me food and drink, and I was comfortable and at ease.' When everyone heard this, they all praised and admired him. So he shaved his head and became a monk, living in the monastery on the island. During the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), Lu Kangcheng once served as a law enforcement officer, unafraid of the powerful. One day, after finishing his official duties, he suddenly saw a deceased subordinate, holding hundreds of documents, asking him to sign. Lu Kangcheng asked, 'You have already passed away, how can you come here?' The subordinate said, 'These are the documents of the Netherworld.' Lu Kangcheng looked at them, and there were only names on them, nothing else. The subordinate said, 'They are all people who will die by weapons next year.' Lu Kangcheng asked, 'Am I among them?' The subordinate said, 'Yes.' Lu Kangcheng was very frightened and said, 'Since you are a former subordinate, can you save me?' The subordinate said, 'I have come specifically to tell you that only the Diamond Sutra (Vajra Prajna Paramita Sutra) can be relied upon.' After saying that, he disappeared. Lu Kangcheng then resolved to read the scriptures, reciting them dozens of times every day. The following year, Zhu Ci rebelled and appointed Lu Kangcheng as a censor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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康成叱泚曰。贼臣敢干国士。泚怒。命兵环射之。康成默念金刚。矢无伤者。泚曰。儒以忠信为甲胄。信矣。乃舍之。康成遂入终南山。不复仕。 项兰斋。在督。自云。丙辰春。梦谒至尊无敌大王。见带血菜色人弥万。曰此二东也。可识之。还劝人斋素。念佛诵金刚经。可生免兵荒。死度苦厄。居无何。山东数府大饥。死亡略尽。而辽事随大坏。死更倍焉。梦之二东遂验。项虔持金刚经。未尝一日辍。 还阳 慕容文䇿。隋人。常持金刚经。不吃酒肉。大业七年。暴卒。三日复活玄。初见二鬼。追至一城。极严峻。入行四五里。见有宫殿羽卫。王当殿坐。僧道四夷。不可胜数。使者入见。文䇿在后。一一问在生善恶。东西分立。乃唱䇿名。问曰。作何善。对曰。小来持金刚经。王合掌叹曰。功德甚大。且放还。 唐。江陵开元寺。僧法正。日持金刚经三七遍。长庆初。暴卒。至冥司见王。主问生平有何功德。答曰。常念金刚经。乃揖上殿。登绣座念经。侍卫悉合掌。阶下考掠皆停息。念毕。遣一吏引还。王下阶送曰。上人更得三十年在人间。勿废读诵。因随吏行。至一大坑。吏自后推之。若陨空乃苏。死已七日。惟面不冷。 武德间。长安苏仁钦。其父文忠。家巨富。债利加五。大 现代汉语译本 康成斥责叱泚（人名）说：‘叛臣竟敢冒犯国家的贤士！’叱泚大怒，命令士兵将康成包围起来射箭。康成默默念诵《金刚经》，箭都不能伤到他。叱泚说：‘儒士以忠信为铠甲，真是可信啊！’于是放了他。康成于是进入终南山，不再做官。 项兰斋（人名），在督察任上，自称在丙辰年（1616年）春天，梦见谒见至尊无敌大王。看见带着血迹、面呈菜色的人数以万计，大王说：‘这些人是二东（指山东和辽东）的人，可以记住他们。’醒来后劝人斋戒素食，念佛诵《金刚经》，可以免于兵荒，死后可以脱离苦难。不久，山东数个府发生大饥荒，死亡人数几乎殆尽，而辽东的战事也随之彻底失败，死亡人数更多。梦中说的‘二东’应验了。项兰斋虔诚地持诵《金刚经》，从未有一天停止。 还阳 慕容文䇿（人名），隋朝人，经常持诵《金刚经》，不喝酒吃肉。大业七年（611年），突然去世。三天后复活。起初看见两个鬼，追他到一座城，极其严峻。进入城内走了四五里，看见有宫殿和仪仗队。阎王在大殿上坐着，僧人、道士和四夷之人，数不清。使者进入禀报，慕容文䇿在后面，阎王一一询问他们在世时的善恶行为，然后将他们东西分开站立。于是唱到慕容文䇿的名字，问他说：‘你做了什么善事？’回答说：‘从小就持诵《金刚经》。’阎王合掌赞叹说：‘功德很大，暂且放他还阳。’ 唐朝，江陵开元寺的僧人法正（人名），每天持诵《金刚经》三七（二十一）遍。长庆初年（821年），突然去世。到了阴间见到阎王，阎王问他生平有什么功德。回答说：‘经常念诵《金刚经》。’于是阎王作揖请他上殿，登上绣花座位念诵《金刚经》。侍卫们都双手合十，阶下正在受刑的人也都停止了。念诵完毕，阎王派一个官吏引他回去。阎王走下台阶送他说：‘上人还能在人间活三十年，不要停止读诵《金刚经》。’于是跟随官吏行走，走到一个大坑边，官吏从后面推他下去，好像从空中坠落一样，于是苏醒过来。已经死了七天，只有面部还温暖。 武德年间（618-626年），长安人苏仁钦（人名），他的父亲苏文忠（人名），家产非常富有，放债取利，利息加到五成。