No. 1597-1-a題
Number 1597-1-a Topic
我不識彌勒何許人。現示何世。明州人傳言。這胖和尚。喫酒喫肉。布袋自隨。生大輕慢。以紙包屎物。示人云。這是彌勒內院的。這是兜率陀天的。意氣薰布。惑亂此方女男。前莆田令。好沒來繇。與渠往來。容通消息。當時幸不遇我。遇我則問。渠是甚麼。待他放下布袋。叉手向前。便驀頭一棒。他問。過在甚處。又與一棒。曰打破布袋了。管教渠無言可答。且教他那十七八個小孩子都哭啼呌腦痛痛去也。咄。 芳洲外史題
I do not know who Maitreya is, or in what age he appears. The people of Ming Prefecture say that this fat monk drinks wine and eats meat, carrying his cloth bag wherever he goes. Many look down on him with contempt. He wraps filth in paper and shows it to people, saying, "This is from Maitreya's inner court. This is from the Tushita Heaven." The stench spreads, confusing the men and women of this region. The former magistrate of Putian had no good reason to associate with him and exchange news. Fortunately, I never met him back then—had I met him, I would have asked, "What exactly are you?" And when he set down his cloth bag, I would have clasped my hands, stepped forward, and given him a sudden strike on the head. If he asked, "What fault is this for?" I would hit him again, saying, "I've broken your cloth bag. Now you'll have nothing to say." And I would make those seventeen or eighteen children all cry out, wailing about their headaches, and send them away. Hmph!
— Signed, Fangzhou Waishi