鬼犹济物

景州李晴嶙言：有刘生训蒙于古寺。
一夕，微月之下，闻窗外寒窣声。
自隙窥之，墙缺似有二人影，急呼有盗。
忽隔墙语曰：“我辈非盗，来有求于君者也。
”骇问：“何求？”曰：“猥以夙业堕饿鬼道中，已将百载。
每闻僧厨炊煮，辄饥火如焚。
窥君似有慈心，残羹冷粥，赐一浇奠可乎？”问：“佛家经忏，足济冥途，何不向寺僧求超拔？”曰：“鬼逢超拔，是亦前因。
我辈过去生中，营营仕宦，势盛则趋附，势败则掉臂如路人。
当其得志，本未扶穷救厄，造有善因。
今日势败，又安能遇是善缘乎？所幸货赂丰盈，不甚爱惜，孤寒故旧，尚小有周旋。
故或能时遇矜怜，得一沾馀沥。
不然，则如目犍连母在大地狱中，食至口边，皆化猛火，虽佛力亦无如何矣。
”生侧然悯之，许如所请，鬼感激呜咽去。
自是每以残羹剩酒浇墙外，亦似有肸蚃，然不见形，亦不闻语。
越岁余，夜闻墙外呼曰：“久叨嘉惠，今来别君。
”生问：“何往？”曰：“我二人无计求脱，惟思作善以自拔。
此林内野鸟至多，有弹射者，先惊之使高飞。
有网罟者，先驱之使勿入。
以是一念，感动神明，今已得付转轮也。
”生尝举以告人曰：“沉沦之鬼，其力犹可以济物，人奈何谢不能乎？”

【译文】

景州人李晴嶙说：有位刘先生在一所古寺中教儿童读书。
一天夜里，月色微明。
他听到窗外似乎有寒寒窣窣的声音。
从窗户缝隙往外一看，在墙缺口处，隐隐约约似有两个人影。
刘先生急忙喊道：”有贼！”忽听隔墙有人轻声说道：“我们不是盗贼，是有事特来求你的。
”刘吃惊地问道：“求我干么？”墙外答道：“因我们生前造了恶业，死后堕在饿鬼道中，如今将近一百年了。
每当我们闻到从僧厨里飘出来的饭香，就饥火如焚，因暗中观察，看你是位有慈悲心的人，所以求你赐给我们一些残羹冷饭，以解饥渴之苦，可以吗？”刘说：“佛门中经常举行经忏法事，这种功德足以救济阴间的饿鬼，你们为什么不向寺里的和尚乞求超度？”饿鬼回答说：“鬼辈能够得遇超度，也得靠前世种有善因。
像我们俩，上辈子忙忙碌碌钻营于仕宦之途。
看谁权势大，我们就去巴结依附他。
若是这人势败了，我们就翻脸不认人，视同陌路。
当我们得意的时候，从未做过一些扶穷济困的好事。
前生既没有积下善因，如今落入饿鬼道中，又如何能遇到超度的善缘呢？所幸的是，当初我们得到的不义之财并没有过分的贪婪吝惜，亲朋故旧之中，有饥寒孤寡的，也能稍加周济。
所以如今还能不时地得到些小的矜怜，吃上一口残羹剩饭。
不然的话，非要落得像目犍连的母亲那样，被关进大地狱中，纵有食物送到嘴边，也会化成猛火焦炭，纵然有佛菩萨的大神通力，也奈何不了本身的业力啊！”刘先生听了，心生怜悯，便答应他们的请求。
饿鬼感激不已，呜咽悲泣而去。
从此，刘先生每每把残羹剩酒洒向墙外，那饿鬼也像有感应似的前来受享，但见不到任何行迹，也听不见说话。

过了一年多，一天夜里，忽然听见墙外呼唤道：“刘先生！承蒙您长期款待，今天来向你告别了！”刘先生惊问：“你们要去哪里？”鬼说：“我们俩没有别的法子求得超脱，只能做点儿力所能及的好事，以求自拔。
这片树林里野生鸟类很多，有人要来射击它们，我们就事先惊吓它们，令远走高飞。
有人下网捕捞湖中的游鱼，我俩就事先驱赶它们，使逃之夭夭，不致入网。
就因为这一念善心，感动了神明，遂赦免我俩的罪业。
今得以脱离鬼趣，要去转世托生了。
”

刘先生常把这段故事讲给别人听，并且说：“那些遭受沉沦的饿鬼，尚能以其微弱的力量救济动物，而人们对于许多善事，为什么总是借故推托说自己力所不能呢？”.

Introduce:Character of Lin of scene city Li Qing: Liu gives birth to example to cheat Yu Gusi.
One evening, under small moon, outside Wen Chuang cold  Fu  sound.
From unoccupied place peep, the wall is short of be like have 2 people, breathe out urgently have thief.
Ignore partition words says: "My generation is not pilfer, will have the person that beg Yu Jun also.
" be astonished asks: "Why to beg? " say: "Numerous with ghoul of fall of course of study of early in the morning in, already will 100 carry.
Every hear monk hutch cook a meal to boil, if fire of always be hungry is burned.
Peep Jun Shi to have kind heart, cold congee of incomplete a thick soup, grant irrigate establish but? " ask: "Buddhist classics repent, road of full benefit dark, why to unplug to temple Seng Qiuchao? " say: "Ghost Feng Chao unplugs, be also before because of.
My people of a certain kind is strange in the past in, eunuch of battalion camp be an official, situation fill a curry with, situation be defeated to drop an arm to be like passerby.
When its achieve one's ambition, did not help end up to save be stranded originally, go to because of,have kind.
Now situation be defeated, how is you can be being encountered again predestined relationship of be apt to? Heavy full figure of Lu of place favour goods, do not cherish very, gu cold old friends and acquaintances, shang Xiaoyou deal with.
Reason or can when the pity that encounter pity, must touch Yu drop.
Otherwise, if look Qian joins a parent,be in earth jail, feed to buccal limit, all turn fierce internal heat, although Buddha force also is not had how.
" unripe side sorrows like that, if what ask,make, ghost appreciates sob.
Naturally every irrigate a wall with wine of remnant of incomplete a thick soup outside, yi Shi has  Man   Ting , disappear like that form, also do not hear language.
Jump over more than years old, night hears breathe out outside the wall: "Long Jia Hui of be favored with, will fasten gentleman today.
" unripe ask: "Why to go to? " say: "I 2 people are not had plan beg, alone thinks kind with extricate oneself.
This forest infield bird at most, the person that have eject, first of Jing make fly high.
The person that have net Gu, make precursorily be not entered.
Read aloud in order to be, touch deities, already must pay runner today also.
" unripe taste lift say in order to tell a person: "The ghost that sink into, its force is still all right with benefit other people, does person do sth to a person wither cannot? " [translation] Li Qing Lin says scene city person: Mr Liu teachs children to read in a Gu Si.
In a day of night, moonlight is small bright.
He hears the voice that there is  Fu  of cold cold  Fu  it seems that outside the window.
Look outside from window aperture, be in wall breach place, indistinct be like have two individual pictures.
Mr Liu cries hastily: " have a thief! " hear partition someone suddenly light tone say: "We are not bandits, it is occupied will beg you especially.
" Liu asks amazedly: "Beg my doing? " answer outside the wall: "Because we made evil trade before one's death, the fall after dying is in ghoul path, nowadays near centenary.
Every time we smell the rice that comes from the trail in monk hutch is aromatic, with respect to be hungry if fire is burned, because observe in the dark, seeing you is a person that has compassionate heart, beg you to grant us so cold meal of a thick soup of a few incomplete, in order to see thirsty pain, OK? " Liu Shui: "Job of classics repent law often is held in Buddhism, enough of this kind of merits and virtues relieves Acheron ghoul, you why not to the bonze beg release souls from purgatory in the temple? " ghoul answer says: "Ghost generation can be gotten encounter release souls from purgatory, also must rely on preexistence to plant because of,have kind.
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