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title: "法華經持驗記 · 唐孫咸"
description: "法華經持驗記由清代周克復纂輯，是一部記錄誦讀、修持《法華經》感應事蹟的佛教典籍。該書匯集歷代僧俗持誦《法華經》的靈驗故事，展現經典的殊勝功德與信仰實踐。內容涵蓋消災延壽、超度亡靈、悟道解脫等事蹟，彰顯《法華經》在大乘佛教中的核心地位。作為持驗類文獻，它不僅是研究明清佛教信仰的重要史料，更強化了《法華經》一乘圓教的權威性，對推動民間佛教修行產生深遠影響。"
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### 唐孫咸

> The translation of "唐孫咸" is:

為襄州梁崇義將校。雖在兵中。恒虔寫法華經。一日暴卒。信宿却甦。言至一王府。儀衛甚嚴。吏引一僧對事。僧號懷秀。亡已經年。在生犯戒。入冥無善可錄。乃謬云。我甞囑孫咸寫法華經。敕咸對理。咸初不省。對以無有。僧固執之不决。忽見地藏謂曰。汝若招承。亦自獲佑。咸依言。乃得放還。方對勘時。見一戎王自外來。從者數百。冥王降堦迎入。升殿坐。未幾為大風卷去。又一人常持金剛經。然好食肉。左邊有經數千軸。右邊積肉成山。以肉多將論罪。俄經堆中出火一星。飛向肉山。頃刻銷盡。此人遂履空而去。咸問地藏。向來戎王。風吹何處。地藏云。彼王當入無間。此風即業風也。因引咸看地獄。及門。煙焰煽赫。懼不敢視。忽鑊湯跳沫。滴落左股。痛徹心髓。地藏令吏送之歸。妻子環泣。已一日矣。遂破家寫法華經。矢志出家。所滴處成瘡。終身不愈。夫懷秀謬言。尚得免破戒之罪。況生前真實寫經者乎。地藏以招承諭咸。或僧有宿善致之。咸受鑊湯之厄。安知非業。而始終蒙地藏指示。竟得回生。則寫經之功德。又昭昭矣。

> For the commander of Xiangzhou Liang Chongyi, though he was amidst the military, he constantly and devoutly copied the Lotus Sutra. One day, he suddenly passed away, but after two days, he revived and spoke of entering a royal court with strict ceremonial guards. A clerk brought a monk to confront him; the monk, named Huai Xiu, had been deceased for over a year. Having broken precepts during his lifetime, he entered the underworld with no merits recorded, so he falsely claimed, "I once instructed Sun Xian to copy the Lotus Sutra." The king ordered Sun Xian to be questioned. Sun Xian at first did not recall and denied it. The monk stubbornly held his ground, unresolved. Suddenly, they saw Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who said, "If you admit the claim, you will receive protection." Sun Xian followed the advice and was released and allowed to return. During the interrogation, he saw a barbarian king enter from outside with several hundred attendants; the king of the underworld descended the steps to welcome him, and he ascended to take a seat. After a short while, he was swept away by a great wind. Another person who had constantly upheld the Diamond Sutra yet loved eating meat had thousands of sutra scrolls on his left side and a mountain of meat on his right. Because of the abundance of meat, he was about to be sentenced, but then a spark of fire flew out from the pile of sutras toward the mountain of meat, consuming it instantly. That person then walked on air and departed. Sun Xian asked Ksitigarbha where the barbarian king had been blown by the wind. Ksitigarbha replied, "That king is destined for the Avichi Hell; this wind is the wind of karma." He then led Sun Xian to view the hells. At the gate, smoke and flames blazed fiercely, and he was too afraid to look. Suddenly, a drop of boiling liquid splashed from a cauldron, landing on his left thigh, causing pain that pierced his heart and marrow. Ksitigarbha ordered a clerk to escort him back. His wife and children surrounded him weeping; a full day had already passed. He then gave away his entire estate to copy the Lotus Sutra and resolved to renounce worldly life. The spot where the liquid had splashed became a sore that never healed throughout his life. Now, even Huai Xiu's false claim could still spare him from the consequences of breaking precepts; how much more so for those who genuinely copied the sutras during their lifetimes? Ksitigarbha advised Sun Xian to admit his association, perhaps due to the monk's past good deeds. Sun Xian suffered the ordeal of the boiling cauldron, which may well have been his own karma, yet he was continuously guided by Ksitigarbha and finally returned to life—this clearly demonstrates the merit of copying the sutras.