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English version: Fa, both became monks at Mount Putuo. Later, his wife passed away, and he also had a peaceful death. Zhou Zhihe of Gusu (Suzhou), made a living by selling medicine. Once, after his daughter-in-law died, she possessed her sister-in-law and said, 'I disrespect the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha), and I am punished to be a dog, beaten by the people in the kitchen every day, suffering unspeakably. I hope you can save me quickly.' The parents asked, 'I will perform the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance for you, will you benefit from it?' She replied, 'It is precisely relying on the power of the repentance that I am about to escape from suffering.' So the parents took the dog back from the Zhou family, and the dog died three days later. Jin Longchuan of Gusu (Suzhou) had a brother-in-law who opened a noodle shop in Nanhao. The family was beating a donkey, and the donkey suddenly spoke human language, 'I owe your old master five taels of silver, so I came to work. Why are you whipping me?' The family was shocked and told the master about it. The master checked his father's old accounts and found a promissory note for five taels of silver. So he took the note to the donkey and tore it up, saying, 'I have forgiven your debt.' The donkey then fell to the ground and died. Jin Longchuan also had a cousin who lived in Hushuguan. He had a son who was often sick. Once, the father and son were sleeping together, and a ghost took the father's soul to the underworld. The underworld official rebuked him, 'You owe someone a certain amount of debt, why haven't you paid it back for so long?' The father replied, 'I don't know him.' So he called that person out to recognize him, and it was his son. The father then remembered that he had owed a debt in a previous life. The underworld official ordered, 'You must quickly repay it for him in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha).' The father agreed and woke up. His son was safe and sound in bed. The father became even more enlightened, and later performed meritorious deeds and hired doctors for his son, calculating to repay the principal. The son then passed away. The mother cried bitterly. The father said, 'There is no need to cry. This is just someone who came to collect an old debt.' He described the previous dream in detail. So they mutually observed the precepts and practiced the Dharma, and are still alive today. A public servant from Wukang County, Huzhou Prefecture, whose name is forgotten. On the road, he encountered a man and two women following behind him. When he arrived at the home of the local notable Luo, he saw the three people entering the Luo family's gate directly. He felt strange in his heart. So he waited until dusk, but the three people did not come out. So he asked the gatekeeper for the people. The gatekeeper thought he was slandering him, and they argued and fought endlessly. This matter was reported to the master. The master understood the meaning and ordered each room to check the matters of production, and then he saw the pigs in the pigsty. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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牛新生三牡。一壮二牝。即唤分差视之。三牛毛色与所见三人服色不异。方知三人已为牛矣。复查其姓名。皆欠骆家租米者也。后三牛既大。力有强弱。债多者强。债少者弱。分毫无爽焉。 吴城娄门内有姓蒋者。自幼喜毁神像。崇祯癸酉年拆其父所造火神殿为门房。毁神像以为薪然之。冬忽头痛。命家人鸣啰集众。众既集。眼珠忽迸出垂于鼻间。死而复苏。苏而复死。口唱冥府所历诸苦。共经四十二日乃绝。合城人无不见闻。 宁国府泾县水东乡民。忘其姓名。居常修善。斋僧布施无虚日。偶因病暴卒。至冥府。冥王稽其阳算未尽。遣还。民乞曰。为人多苦。不欲更还。如是再三。王乃问欲作何等。答曰愿预僧流。王惊曰。汝福几何。望此高位。计汝生平福力。祗可作一百户耳。民又固乞。设不能为名德沙门。求作一烧火僧足矣。王曰。烧火僧亦万万不易作。且与汝作一千户何如。民又不欲。王曰。必欲作烧火僧。且回阳间。尽其形寿极力修福。或可冀耳。民遂复苏。作福倍前。数年乃逝(九华空如老人说)。 世庙时休邑大傅瀛。有童子名程镃。与同族弟兄捉树上鹁鸠。议定上树者得其二。在树下者得其一。及上树取得三鸠。则树下者皆取去。镃追夺不肯还。遂并取掷杀之。夜梦二青衣执牌来 现代汉语译本 牛新生了三只小牛，一只是公牛，两只是母牛。于是叫来负责分管的人查看，发现这三头牛的毛色和之前见到的三个人的衣服颜色一样。这才知道这三个人已经转世为牛了。再查他们的姓名，都是欠骆家租米的人。后来这三头牛长大后，力气有强有弱，欠租米多的人力气就强，欠租米少的人力气就弱，一点都不差。 吴城娄门内有个姓蒋的人，从小就喜欢毁坏神像。崇祯癸酉年（1633年）拆了他父亲建造的火神殿，用来做门房，还把毁坏的神像当柴烧。冬天的时候，他忽然头痛，让家人敲锣召集众人。众人聚集后，他的眼珠忽然迸出来，垂在鼻子上。死了又复活，复活了又死去，口中唱着在地府所经历的各种苦难，一共经历了四十二天才断气。全城的人没有没见过的。 宁国府泾县水东乡的百姓，忘记了他的姓名。他平时经常行善，斋僧布施没有一天间断。偶然因为生病突然去世，到了冥府。冥王查核他的阳寿还没有尽，就派他回去。这个百姓请求说：‘做人太苦了，不想再回去了。’像这样说了两三次。冥王就问他想做什么。他回答说：‘希望能够成为僧人。’冥王惊讶地说：‘你的福报有多少，就想得到这么高的位置？按照你平生所积的福力，只可以做一百户人家。’这个百姓又坚决地请求，说即使不能成为有名望有德行的沙门（梵语，指出家修道者），求做个烧火僧也就足够了。冥王说：‘烧火僧也不是那么容易做的。暂且让你做一千户人家怎么样？’这个百姓还是不愿意。冥王说：‘一定要做烧火僧，那就回到阳间，尽你的寿命，极力修福，或许可以期望。’这个百姓于是就复活了，做善事的力度比以前增加了一倍。几年后就去世了（九华山的空如老人说的）。 世庙（明世宗嘉靖）时，休宁县的大傅瀛，有个童子名叫程镃。和同族的兄弟一起捉树上的鹁鸠（鸽子）。商议好上树的人得两只，在树下的人得一只。等到上树的人捉到三只鹁鸠，树下的人就把三只都拿走了。程镃追着要夺回来，他们不肯还，程镃就把三只鹁鸠都抢过来摔死了。晚上梦见两个青衣人拿着牌子来了。
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English version A cow gave birth to three calves, one male and two females. They called the person in charge to inspect them. The colors of the three calves' fur were the same as the colors of the clothes of the three people they had seen before. Only then did they realize that these three people had been reborn as cows. They checked their names and found that they were all people who owed rent rice to the Luo family. Later, when the three cows grew up, their strength varied. The one who owed more rent rice was stronger, and the one who owed less was weaker, without any discrepancy. In Loumen, Wucheng, there was a man named Jiang who had liked to destroy statues of gods since he was young. In the year of Guiyou in the Chongzhen reign (1633), he demolished the Fire God Temple built by his father to make a gatehouse, and burned the destroyed statues as firewood. In winter, he suddenly had a headache and asked his family to beat gongs and gather people. After the crowd gathered, his eyeballs suddenly popped out and hung down on his nose. He died and then revived, revived and then died, chanting the various sufferings he experienced in the underworld. He went through this for forty-two days before he died. Everyone in the city witnessed it. A commoner from Shuidong Township, Jing County, Ningguo Prefecture, whose name is forgotten, consistently practiced good deeds, offering vegetarian meals to monks and giving alms every day without fail. He suddenly died of illness and went to the underworld. The King of Hell checked that his lifespan in the mortal world was not yet exhausted and sent him back. The commoner begged, 'Being a human is too bitter, I don't want to go back.' He repeated this two or three times. The King then asked what he wanted to be. He replied, 'I wish to become a monk.' The King was surprised and said, 'How much merit do you have to aspire to such a high position? According to the merit you have accumulated in your life, you can only be the head of a hundred households.' The commoner insisted on begging, saying that even if he could not become a famous and virtuous Shramana (Sanskrit, meaning a wandering ascetic), he would be satisfied with being a fire-tending monk. The King said, 'Even being a fire-tending monk is not easy. How about I let you be the head of a thousand households?' The commoner still refused. The King said, 'If you must be a fire-tending monk, then return to the mortal world, exhaust your lifespan, and strive to cultivate merit, and perhaps you can hope for it.' The commoner then revived and did good deeds twice as much as before. He died several years later (as told by the Elder Kongru of Jiuhua Mountain). During the reign of Emperor Shizong (Jiajing) of the Shi Dynasty (Ming Dynasty), Da Fu Ying of Xiuning County had a boy named Cheng Zi. He and his cousins were catching turtledoves (pigeons) in a tree. They agreed that the one who climbed the tree would get two, and the one who stayed under the tree would get one. When the one who climbed the tree caught three doves, the ones under the tree took all three. Cheng Zi chased after them to get them back, but they refused to return them. Cheng Zi then snatched all three doves and threw them to their deaths. That night, he dreamed that two men in green robes came holding plaques. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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捉云。有人命事。镃避走约二里许。窜入观音大士殿中。见大士俨然在焉。二青衣亦追至。镃诉于大士曰。我未尝杀人。何为捉我。二青衣出牌示曰。是三鹁鸠相告。今须同去理会。镃辩曰。鹁鸠不过小禽。何足偿命。况我本与彼约。彼人负约。致我生忿而掷杀之。则罪不独在我也。大士曰。鹁鸠若大。损犯禾苗。则汝杀之其罪稍轻。今既初生未尝有过。汝今杀之理须偿命。况彼人虽负约。而致之死地者实汝罪也。但念汝年幼未有成立。因命二青衣宽其限至十二年后。某日某时再来追之。二青衣奉大士命而散。镃亦遂寤。至十二年后。镃商于淞江。至期忽自立于秀野桥下而毙。 大傅瀛程玄伟。生一子。名本大。习儒业。费其家产略尽。于崇祯辛巳同族兄程天明往姑苏。将本处祖屋卖与其侄。得价仅数十金。俱被天明扣去。空手而回。不数日遂抱郁死。止存一女已嫁商山吴宅。女归送殓。竟于途中见乃父魂。因附其身而归骂曰。天明甚无情谊。令我抑郁而死。今已诉于冥王。兼告乡约程宗涵作证矣。我又于抗州江干遇故侄程宽。寄我要打侄妇吴氏十掌云。我止有一子。汝何不肯抚养。乃起异心耶。玄伟闻而诃曰。汝在生时。破吾家事殆尽。今既死去。何故尚来作祟。答曰。吾前世本为商人。汝为店主。见我财宝 现代汉语译本： 捉云。有人命案发生。镃（人名）为了躲避，跑了大约二里路。藏进观音大士殿中。看见观音大士端庄地坐在那里。两个青衣（阴间的差役）也追到了。镃向观音大士诉说：‘我没有杀过人，为什么要抓我？’两个青衣拿出牌子展示说：‘是三只鹁鸠（一种鸟）告发的，现在必须一起去审理。’镃辩解说：‘鹁鸠不过是小鸟，怎么能抵偿人命？况且我本来与那人有约定，是他违背约定，导致我生气而失手杀了他。那么罪责不应该只在我一个人身上。’大士说：‘鹁鸠如果长大了，损害庄稼，那么你杀了它罪过还轻些。现在它们刚出生，没有犯过任何过错，你现在杀了它们，理应偿命。况且那人虽然违背了约定，但导致他死亡的确实是你的罪过。但考虑到你年纪还小，还没有成家立业，因此命令两个青衣宽限你十二年，到十二年后的某日某时再来抓你。’两个青衣遵从大士的命令离开了。镃也因此醒悟。到了十二年后，镃在淞江做生意，到了约定的日期，忽然自己站在秀野桥下而死。 大傅瀛程玄伟（人名）。生了一个儿子，名叫本大（人名）。学习儒业，几乎耗尽了家产。在崇祯辛巳年（1641年），和族兄程天明（人名）一起去姑苏（苏州），将本处的祖屋卖给了他的侄子。得到的价钱只有几十两银子，都被程天明扣留了。空手而回，没过几天就忧郁而死。只留下一个女儿已经嫁给了商山吴家。女儿回家奔丧，竟然在途中看见了她父亲的魂魄。于是附在她身上回家骂道：‘程天明太没有情义了，让我忧郁而死。现在我已经向冥王申诉了，并且已经告知乡约程宗涵（人名）作证了。我又在杭州江边遇到了已故的侄子程宽（人名），他托我打侄媳妇吴氏十个巴掌，说我只有一个儿子，你为什么不肯抚养，竟然起了异心？’程玄伟听了呵斥道：‘你活着的时候，败光了我的家产，现在已经死了，为什么还要来作祟？’回答说：‘我前世本来是商人，你是一家店铺的店主，你看到了我的财宝’