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title: "雜譬喻經 · 17"
description: "雜譬喻經由後秦時期沙門道略集錄而成，是漢傳佛教早期譬喻類經典的重要彙編。該經通過生動的寓言故事和譬喻手法，闡釋因果業報、修行法門及般若空性等教義，內容通俗易懂且富含哲理。其成書背景與佛教東傳初期適應中土文化的弘法需求密切相關，融合了古印度佛教思想與漢地敘事傳統。作為研究早期佛教文學和教義傳播的關鍵文本，該經不僅在佛教文學史上佔有重要地位，更為大乘佛教譬喻文學的發展奠定了基礎，對後世禪宗公案及佛教民間故事影響深遠。"
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### （一七）

> Chapter 17

外國時有惡雨，若墮江湖河井城池水中，人食此水，令人狂醉七日乃解。時有國王多智善相，惡雨雲起王以知之，便蓋一井令雨不入。時百官群臣食惡雨水，舉朝皆狂脫衣赤裸，泥土塗頭而坐王廳上，唯王一人獨不狂也，服常所著衣天冠瓔珞坐于本床。一切群臣不自知狂，反謂王為大狂，「何故所著獨爾？」眾人皆相謂言：「此非小事，思共宜之。」王恐諸臣欲反，便自怖懅語諸臣言：「我有良藥能愈此病，諸人小停，待我服藥須臾當出。」王便入宮脫所著服，以泥塗面須臾還出，一切群臣見皆大喜謂法應爾，不自知狂。七日之後群臣醒悟大自慚愧，各著衣冠而來朝會，王故如前赤裸而坐，諸臣皆驚怪而問言：「王常多智，何故若是？」王答臣言：「我心常定無變易也，以汝狂故反謂我狂，以故若是，非實心也。」如來亦如是，以眾生服無明水一切常狂，若聞大聖常說諸法不生不滅、一相無相者，必謂大聖為狂言也。是故如來隨順眾生，現說諸法是善是惡、是有為是無為也。

> In foreign lands there would sometimes be evil rains. If this rain fell into rivers, lakes, wells, city moats, or ponds, anyone who drank that water would go mad for seven days before recovering. At that time there was a wise king, skilled in reading signs. When the clouds of the evil rain gathered, the king knew of it and had a well covered so the rain could not enter. But all his ministers and officials drank the evil rainwater, and the entire court went mad—they stripped off their clothes, smeared mud on their heads, and sat in the king's hall. Only the king alone did not go mad. He wore his usual robes, crown, and necklaces, and sat on his own seat. None of the ministers realized they were mad. Instead, they said the king was the mad one. "Why does he alone dress like that?" They all said to one another, "This is no small matter—let us think together about what to do." The king, fearing his ministers might revolt, grew anxious and said to them, "I have a good medicine that can cure this illness. Wait a little while—let me take it, and I will return shortly." The king then went into the palace, took off his robes, smeared mud on his face, and came back out after a moment. Seeing this, all the ministers rejoiced, thinking this was the proper way to be. They did not know they were mad. After seven days, the ministers recovered their senses and were deeply ashamed. Each put on his robes and crown and came to court. The king, as before, sat there naked. The ministers were all astonished and asked, "The king has always been wise—how can he be like this now?" The king replied, "My mind has always been steady and unchanging. It is because you were mad that you called me mad. That is why I did this—it was not my true mind." The Thus Come One is the same. Because beings drink the water of ignorance, they are always mad. If they hear the Great Sage always proclaim that all dharmas are neither born nor destroyed, are of one mark and have no mark, they will surely say the Great Sage is speaking madness. Therefore the Thus Come One, adapting to beings, teaches that dharmas are good or evil, conditioned or unconditioned.