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title: "雜譬喻經 · 21"
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。"
url: "https://rushiwowen.co/en/r/cmcz1n3dn000olj04e90bt3eq"
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### （二一）

> Here is the translation of the provided Chinese Buddhist text into accessible

昔有一居士，其婦妊身，請佛到舍供養畢，欲令如來占其妻後生子欲知男女。佛言：「後當生男，端正殊好，及至長大，當於人中受天上樂，後當得羅漢道。」居士聞之心疑不信，後復請六師供養畢，復令占之，居士語六師言：「前使瞿曇沙門占之，言後當生男，不知實為男不？」六師言：「當生女。」彼六師等憎疾佛法，苟欲相反還自思惟：「若彼生男者，彼居士便當棄我奉事瞿曇。」便作詭語：「居士！君婦當生男，生男之後方大凶禍，家室親屬七世絕滅，以不吉故，我前詭言是女也。」居士聞之，心用惶怖不知所如。彼六師等便語居士：「欲得吉利，惟當除去之耳。」六師便為居士婦按腹，按腹欲令落之。按腹不止，居士婦遂命終，而兒不死，宿命福德故也。居士便棄其婦著死人處，大積薪燒之，火焰既盛，佛便將諸弟子就往觀之，居士婦身破壞，便見其兒在蓮花上坐，端正殊好顏貌如雪。佛命耆域：「取此兒來。」耆域即取來，出還本居士，居士遂便長育之。至年十六才美過人，便廣設多美飲食請彼六師，六師既坐，未久之間便失笑，其人問：「何故笑也？」六師便答：「吾見五萬里有山，山下有水，有一獼猴落水，是故笑耳。」此兒知其虛妄，便鉢中盛種種好羹以飯覆上，使人擎與之，餘人鉢中下著飯上著羹。諸人皆食，唯六師獨瞋不食。主人問：「何故不食？」六師答言：「無羹云何食？」主人言：「君眼乃見五萬里獼猴落水，何不見飯下羹耶？」於是六師大瞋，竟不食而還，徑向尸利求多廣說。其人姉與求多作婦，尸利求多聞之亦瞋，告六師言：「瞿曇是彼師，我為大師請來毀辱之也。」是以作火坑、毒飯也。此喻極廣，不能一一出，故略舉其要也。

> Once, there was a layman whose wife was pregnant. He invited the Buddha to his home for a meal and, after offering hospitality, asked the Buddha to predict whether his wife would give birth to a boy or a girl. The Buddha said, "She will give birth to a son, handsome and exceptional. As he grows up, he will enjoy heavenly pleasures among humans and later attain the path of Arhatship." The layman heard this but was doubtful and did not believe it. Later, he invited six heretical teachers for a meal and, after offering hospitality, asked them to make a prediction. He said to the six teachers, "Previously, I asked the ascetic Gautama to predict, and he said a son would be born. I don't know if it will truly be a boy." The six teachers said, "A daughter will be born." These six teachers harbored deep jealousy and hatred toward the Buddha's teachings, and they sought to contradict him. They reasoned among themselves, "If a son is born, this layman will abandon us and follow Gautama." So they devised a lie: "Layman! Your wife will indeed give birth to a son, but after his birth, great misfortune will strike. Your family and relatives will be wiped out for seven generations. Precisely because it is inauspicious, I falsely said it would be a daughter." Hearing this, the layman was filled with terror and did not know what to do. The six teachers then told him, "If you want good fortune, the only way is to remove the child." The six teachers then pressed on the layman's wife's belly, trying to cause a miscarriage. They pressed without stopping, and eventually, the wife died—but the child survived, thanks to the blessings of its past karma. The layman then abandoned his wife's body at a cremation ground and piled up a great amount of firewood to burn it. As the flames blazed fiercely, the Buddha led his disciples to witness the scene. The wife's body broke apart, and there sat the child on a lotus flower, handsome and exceptional, with a complexion as radiant as snow. The Buddha commanded Jīvaka, "Bring that child to me." Jīvaka brought the child over and returned him to the layman, who then raised him. By the time the child reached sixteen, his talents and beauty surpassed others. He prepared a lavish feast and invited the six teachers. After they had been seated for only a short while, they suddenly burst out laughing. Someone asked, "Why are you laughing?" The six teachers replied, "I see a mountain five hundred miles away. At the foot of the mountain there is water, and a monkey has fallen into it. That is why I laugh." The boy knew they were lying. He then filled his bowl with delicious soup and covered it with rice, and had it served to them. For the others, he placed rice at the bottom with soup on top. Everyone ate except the six teachers, who became angry and refused to eat. The host asked, "Why aren't you eating?" The six teachers replied, "There's no soup—how can we eat?" The host said, "You claim to see a monkey falling into water five hundred miles away, yet you cannot see the soup beneath the rice?" At this, the six teachers flew into a great rage and left without eating. They went straight to Śrīgupta to spread their complaints widely. The boy's sister was married to Śrīgupta, and when he heard the story, he too became angry and told the six teachers, "Gautama is his teacher—I am a great teacher, and they have come to insult me!" This is why he devised the fire pit and poisoned food. This analogy is extremely expansive and cannot be explained in full detail here, so I have briefly outlined its essentials.