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You can kneel in front of the door and say, \"General Zhu Qi, spare my life.\" If he asks you why you know his name, you can tell him about the two dreams.' The next day, he indeed saw a man riding a red horse in front of the door. He knelt down and said, 'General Zhu Qi, spare my life.' The bandit was very surprised upon hearing this and asked for the reason. He was then lost in thought and let him go without killing him.\n\n释 Fuli visited a friend and returned to Jiuhua Mountain. At night, he dreamed of three Taoists in yellow robes running and begging for help. Beside them was someone in the same clothing who was criticizing them. The next day, while traveling, he saw a child carrying three eels, exceptionally fat and large, and bought them to release into a well. A monk nearby scolded him severely, saying that they should not be released into the well. Only then did he realize that the dream he had the night before was about these three eels (the above six stories were all told by Shi Longren).\n\nCheng Bolin, a merchant from Huizhou, lived in Yangzhou for a long time and was very devout in serving the Bodhisattva Guanyin. In the summer of Yiyou year (1645), the northern army broke through Yangzhou," "English version:\nHe observed the precepts and was a strict vegetarian, very pure. The soldiers of the Left Army crossed the river, looting and killing. The masters all fled to avoid them. Only Wu Mao stayed behind to guard the house for his master. He was stabbed seven times by the bandits and died. Soon after, his younger brother came to see him. Wu Mao woke up again and said to his brother, 'My past karma dictated that I should be reborn as a pig seven times. Because of the power of fasting and observing the precepts, I now receive seven stabs to repay the past cause. I am ascending directly to heaven.' After saying this, he passed away. His brother had never believed in good deeds, but upon hearing this, he was shocked and repented.\n\nThe mountain streams of Jiuhua Mountain are rich in stone chickens (a type of bird, named for its chicken-like call). They resemble toads but are large, and their taste surpasses that of domestic chickens. Whenever a superior official passed through the county, they would invariably requisition stone chickens. One night, villagers used fire to illuminate the rocks and reached out to grab them. Their hands were bitten by the stone chickens, and they could not be pulled out even in death. It was not until the fifth watch (early morning) that they heard the temple bells. The stone chickens all seemed to be joining their palms in prayer like the Buddha. The villagers were then able to escape.\n\nIn Chizhou Prefecture, there was a man who constantly recited the Sanguan Jing (Taoist scripture, worshiping the Three Officials: Heaven, Earth, and Water). When the rebel bandits approached the city, the man dreamed that the Three Officials told him, 'In your previous life, you killed a person, and now they have come for revenge. It is unavoidable.' He woke up in fear and prayed even more earnestly. He dreamed again that the Three Officials said, 'Past karma is difficult to escape. How can we bend the rules to save you? But your karmic enemy is named Zhu Qi, riding a red horse, and will surely come tomorrow. You can kneel in front of the door and say, \"General Zhu Qi, spare my life.\" If he asks you why you know his name, you can tell him about the two dreams.' The next day, he indeed saw a man riding a red horse in front of the door. He knelt down and said, 'General Zhu Qi, spare my life.' The bandit was very surprised upon hearing this and asked for the reason. He was then lost in thought and let him go without killing him.\n\n释 Fuli visited a friend and returned to Jiuhua Mountain. At night, he dreamed of three Taoists in yellow robes running and begging for help. Beside them was someone in the same clothing who was criticizing them. The next day, while traveling, he saw a child carrying three eels, exceptionally fat and large, and bought them to release into a well. A monk nearby scolded him severely, saying that they should not be released into the well. Only then did he realize that the dream he had the night before was about these three eels (the above six stories were all told by Shi Longren).\n\nCheng Bolin, a merchant from Huizhou, lived in Yangzhou for a long time and was very devout in serving the Bodhisattva Guanyin. In the summer of Yiyou year (1645), the northern army broke through Yangzhou," "English version:\nHe observed the precepts and was a strict vegetarian, very pure. The soldiers of the Left Army crossed the river, looting and killing. The masters all fled to avoid them. Only Wu Mao stayed behind to guard the house for his master. He was stabbed seven times by the bandits and died. Soon after, his younger brother came to see him. Wu Mao woke up again and said to his brother, 'My past karma dictated that I should be reborn as a pig seven times. Because of the power of fasting and observing the precepts, I now receive seven stabs to repay the past cause. I am ascending directly to heaven.' After saying this, he passed away. His brother had never believed in good deeds, but upon hearing this, he was shocked and repented.\n\nThe mountain streams of Jiuhua Mountain are rich in stone chickens (a type of bird, named for its chicken-like call). They resemble toads but are large, and their taste surpasses that of domestic chickens. Whenever a superior official passed through the county, they would invariably requisition stone chickens. One night, villagers used fire to illuminate the rocks and reached out to grab them. Their hands were bitten by the stone chickens, and they could not be pulled out even in death. It was not until the fifth watch (early morning) that they heard the temple bells. The stone chickens all seemed to be joining their palms in prayer like the Buddha. The villagers were then able to escape.\n\nIn Chizhou Prefecture, there was a man who constantly recited the Sanguan Jing (Taoist scripture, worshiping the Three Officials: Heaven, Earth, and Water). When the rebel bandits approached the city, the man dreamed that the Three Officials told him, 'In your previous life, you killed a person, and now they have come for revenge. It is unavoidable.' He woke up in fear and prayed even more earnestly. He dreamed again that the Three Officials said, 'Past karma is difficult to escape. How can we bend the rules to save you? But your karmic enemy is named Zhu Qi, riding a red horse, and will surely come tomorrow. You can kneel in front of the door and say, \"General Zhu Qi, spare my life.\" If he asks you why you know his name, you can tell him about the two dreams.' The next day, he indeed saw a man riding a red horse in front of the door. He knelt down and said, 'General Zhu Qi, spare my life.' The bandit was very surprised upon hearing this and asked for the reason. He was then lost in thought and let him go without killing him.\n\n释 Fuli visited a friend and returned to Jiuhua Mountain. At night, he dreamed of three Taoists in yellow robes running and begging for help. Beside them was someone in the same clothing who was criticizing them. The next day, while traveling, he saw a child carrying three eels, exceptionally fat and large, and bought them to release into a well. A monk nearby scolded him severely, saying that they should not be released into the well. Only then did he realize that the dream he had the night before was about these three eels (the above six stories were all told by Shi Longren).\n\nCheng Bolin, a merchant from Huizhou, lived in Yangzhou for a long time and was very devout in serving the Bodhisattva Guanyin. In the summer of Yiyou year (1645), the northern army broke through Yangzhou," "English version:\nHe observed the precepts and was a strict vegetarian, very pure. The soldiers of the Left Army crossed the river, looting and killing. The masters all fled to avoid them. Only Wu Mao stayed behind to guard the house for his master. He was stabbed seven times by the bandits and died. Soon after, his younger brother came to see him. Wu Mao woke up again and said to his brother, 'My past karma dictated that I should be reborn as a pig seven times. Because of the power of fasting and observing the precepts, I now receive seven stabs to repay the past cause. I am ascending directly to heaven.' After saying this, he passed away. His brother had never believed in good deeds, but upon hearing this, he was shocked and repented.\n\nThe mountain streams of Jiuhua Mountain are rich in stone chickens (a type of bird, named for its chicken-like call). They resemble toads but are large, and their taste surpasses that of domestic chickens. Whenever a superior official passed through the county, they would invariably requisition stone chickens. One night, villagers used fire to illuminate the rocks and reached out to grab them. Their hands were bitten by the stone chickens, and they could not be pulled out even in death. It was not until the fifth watch (early morning) that they heard the temple bells. The stone chickens all seemed to be joining their palms in prayer like the Buddha. The villagers were then able to escape.\n\nIn Chizhou Prefecture, there was a man who constantly recited the Sanguan Jing (Taoist scripture, worshiping the Three Officials: Heaven, Earth, and Water). When the rebel bandits approached the city, the man dreamed that the Three Officials told him, 'In your previous life, you killed a person, and now they have come for revenge. It is unavoidable.' He woke up in fear and prayed even more earnestly. He dreamed again that the Three Officials said, 'Past karma is difficult to escape. How can we bend the rules to save you? But your karmic enemy is named Zhu Qi, riding a red horse, and will surely come tomorrow. You can kneel in front of the door and say, \"General Zhu Qi, spare my life.