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English version: In Hezhou (present-day He County, Anhui Province), there lived a resident whose surname is forgotten. He raised over a hundred geese. One day, the geese ate the rice of a neighbor. The neighbor beat and killed over fifty of his geese. The resident's wife saw this and was initially very angry. However, after thinking deeply, she said, 'Even if I were to sue him, and even if I were to win, it would cost dozens of taels of silver, which is more than half the value of the geese. Besides, although the geese are dead, they can still be eaten, so why bother arguing over this? Furthermore, my husband is currently drunk and asleep. If he were to find out about this, he might get up and start fighting, which would be even more troublesome.' So she ordered the servants to collect the dead geese and pickle them. The next morning, the neighbor suddenly died of a sudden illness. Her husband, after sobering up, sighed in surprise that this person had died without any illness, finding it very strange. His wife then told him about what had happened yesterday. The husband deeply lamented, 'If you had told me about this yesterday, I would have certainly started a fight while drunk, wouldn't that have almost resulted in someone's death?' So he gathered relatives and friends as witnesses and bowed to thank his wife (the above two incidents were narrated by Shi Chengtai). In Yinjia Hui Brokerage in Chizhou Prefecture (present-day Chizhou City, Anhui Province), there was a cotton merchant who went to the countryside to collect cotton. On the way, he encountered a dog beater and bought a large dog to release it, feeding it with leftover food. The dog stayed by his side at all times. One day, he went to Dingjia Zhou to collect cotton. The brokerage owner called a boat to send him there. The dog also went along. The boatman saw that the guest had a lot of silver and had evil intentions. He rowed the boat to the riverbank, put the guest in a cloth bag, tied the opening, and threw him into the water. The dog then jumped into the water, grabbed the knot of the bag with its mouth, and barked incessantly. A fisherman saw this and pulled him out, thus saving the guest's life. After returning to the brokerage, he told the story in detail. The brokerage owner, to appease the guest, pretended not to know about it and went to the boatman's house to inquire. The guest believed him and even invited the boatman to the brokerage for a drink. Then the brokerage owner had the guest confront the boatman, who confessed his crime and returned the original silver. In Jiuhua Mountain (located in Qingyang County, Chizhou City, Anhui Province), there was a resident of a mountain village who liked to hunt deer. One day, he led a group of people to set up nets to catch deer. They saw an old deer with unique spots and colors. The group chased after it from all directions. Seeing the situation was dire, the deer fled into a villager's home. The group chased in after it. The deer knelt down, tears streaming down its face, begging for its life. The villager, however, thrust a spear into the deer's eyes. Before the deer could be skinned, the villager's eyes suddenly went blind. In Laotian Wu Liufang in Qingyang County (present-day Qingyang County, Chizhou City, Anhui Province), there was a family member named Wu Mao. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 。持戒茹素甚洁。左兵渡江抢虏杀人。主人尽走避之。惟吴毛代主看守房屋。被贼七枪而死。顷之厥弟来看。毛复醒。向弟曰。我夙业应七受猪身。因斋戒力。今受七枪以酬往因。径生天矣。言讫遂逝。其弟素不信善。闻之骇然。亦遂回心。 九华山涧多产石鸡。形似虾蟆而大。味胜家鸡。每有上司过县。必票取之。偶一夜。庄人以火照岩。舒手探取。被石鸡咬住两手。死不可㧞。直至五更。闻寺钟声。石鸡各似合掌念佛之状。庄人乃得脱走。 池州府有一人。恒诵三官经。流贼临城。其人梦三官告云。汝前世曾杀一人。今来报仇。不可免矣。惊惧而醒。复加恳祷。又得梦云。往业难逃。岂能曲救。但汝夙冤名朱七。骑红马。明日必来。汝可跪于门前。口称朱七将军饶命。彼或问汝何故知我名字。即以两梦告之可也。次日果于门前见有骑红马者。跪称朱七将军饶命。贼闻惊异。问知其故。遂怃然若失。置之不杀而去。 释复礼。访知友。归九华。夜梦黄冠羽流三人奔求救命。旁有同衣诋之。次日行路。见一童子手提三鳝。肥大异常。买放井中。旁有一释痛加诃骂。谓不宜放入于井。方悟夜梦即此三鳝云(已上六事俱释隆仁说)。 徽州商人程伯鳞。久居扬州。事观音大士甚虔。乙酉夏北兵破 { "translations": [ "现代汉语译本：\n持戒并吃素，非常洁净。左兵渡江抢劫杀人，主人都跑去躲避。只有吴毛代替主人看守房屋，被贼人刺了七枪而死。不久他的弟弟来看他，吴毛又醒了，对弟弟说：‘我前世的业报应该七次转生为猪。因为斋戒的力量，现在受七枪来偿还过去的因果。直接升天了。’说完就去世了。他的弟弟向来不相信善报，听了这话非常震惊，也就回心向善了。\n\n九华山的山涧里多产石鸡（一种鸟，因叫声似鸡而得名）。形状像蛤蟆但是很大，味道胜过家鸡。每当有上司经过县里，必定要征调石鸡。有一次夜里，庄稼人用火照着岩石，伸手去抓取。被石鸡咬住两手，死了也拔不出来。直到五更天，听到寺庙的钟声，石鸡都像合掌念佛的样子，庄稼人才得以脱身逃走。\n\n池州府有一个人，经常诵念三官经（道教经文，祭祀天官、地官、水官）。流寇逼近城池，这个人梦见三官告诉他说：‘你前世曾经杀过一个人，现在来报仇，不可避免了。’他惊恐地醒来，更加恳切地祈祷。又梦见三官说：‘过去的业报难以逃脱，怎么能徇私营救呢？但是你前世的冤家名叫朱七，骑着红马，明天必定会来。你可以跪在门前，口称朱七将军饶命。他如果问你为什么知道他的名字，就把两个梦告诉他就可以了。’第二天果然在门前看见一个骑着红马的人，他跪下来说朱七将军饶命。贼人听了非常惊异，问明缘由，于是怅然若失，放了他没有杀害。\n\n释复礼，拜访朋友，返回九华山。夜里梦见三个穿着黄色道袍的道士奔跑着求救，旁边有一个穿着同样衣服的人指责他们。第二天赶路，看见一个童子手里提着三条鳝鱼，肥大异常，买来放进井里。旁边有一个和尚痛加呵斥，说不应该放进井里。这才明白夜里梦见的就是这三条鳝鱼（以上六件事都是释隆仁说的）。\n\n徽州商人程伯鳞，长期居住在扬州，侍奉观音大士非常虔诚。乙酉年（1645年）夏天，北方军队攻破扬州，", "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:He 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?