A RECORD OF SALVATION BY GUANYIN
A Strange story of karma and a crime of passion
By Master Zhuyun
This is the longest, and perhaps the most harrowing miracle tale I have translated to date. The tale is as much a story about the miraculous power of Guanyin, as it is a tale about the violence of borders and patriarchy, The tale is best left to speak for itself.
I have taken the text from here http://www.book853.com/show.aspx?id=1765&cid=26&page=19 I have scanned booklets of the tale here https://archive.org/details/images_20230707_1441 and here https://archive.org/details/images_20221007
貧婦遭殺 觀世音救苦 因果不爽 聞者驚心
A Poor wife slaughtered; Guanyin comes to save from hardship.
Cause and effect can never be averted; Let all marvel at this
這次筆者在基隆月眉山傳戒，有一天楊秀鶴居士，忽然對我說：「法師，你的「普陀山傳奇異聞錄」人人看到，人人贊歎，寫得太好了，不知感化了多少人信仰了佛教。
When I was last at mount Yuemei in keelung transmitting the precepts, Householder Yang Xiuhe 楊秀鶴 approached me and said “Master, your book Miracles of Moun Putuo has been read and praised by practically everyone, and has moved goodness knows how many people to convert to Buddhism.
我現在有件現實故事，這也是觀音大士救苦脫險的，你有空，我把那位老太太叫來，教她親自講給你聽，用你的生花妙筆，把這篇故事寫出來，在佛教雜志上發表，弘揚大士的恩德，同時可以使人們知道因果的可畏。」
Now I have a true story, about how the Great One Guanyin can save from hardship and danger. If you are free, I will bring that old lady to tell it to you herself. With your flowery pen, you can write this tale elegantly and publish it in the Buddhist magazines, to better transmit the compassion and virtue of the Great One--- and also let people know how terrifying the law of cause and effect are.”
我為了她一片真誠與驚異樣子感到有趣，想必一定有很好的材料，與不可思議的感應，不然楊居士不會對這件事有如此的重視，我答應她的要求。我說：「我們找一安靜的地方，妳把那位老太太請來，把詳細經過告訴我，然後我再擇要的把故事寫出來發表。」
I was intrigued by her absolute astonishment and sincerity, and felt that I had excellent material on my hands, and an most astonishing story of Ganying—or else why would Householder Yang view this tale so highly. I agreed to her proposal, saying “Lets find a quiet spot; you bring that old lady here, and let her tell her story to me. I will write it down and send it to the publishers”
楊居士很歡喜的去喊，那位老太太到香燈寮來，把案情經過說明如下：
Householder Yang delightedly called the old lady. She [came over] and told her story as follows.
（一）貧女不幸，丈夫早死
1. An unfortunate poor woman, Widowed too soon
楊居士把那位六十多歲老婦人扶來坐下，對我說：「這位就是情殺案中的女主角，並把身上的刀疤，一塊一塊給我看。現在你請她把一生經過告訴你，我來替你當翻譯。」我也就不客氣的當起新聞記者來，並且把重要的話當場記下來，為了慎重與征信起見，先請她把年齡、籍貫、住址說明。
Householder Yang helped that old lady- who was in her sixties- to the seat, and said “Here is the female protagonist in this crime of passion. She has shown me each and every one of my scars. Please invite her to tell you her story, and I will translate” [perhaps because she spoke in a topolect Master did not understand—ed.] I happily took on the role of a reporter, and tool down the the important points on the scene. Out of prudence and faith, I asked her to tell me her age, place of birth, and address.
這個老婦人，名陳美月，福建永春縣人氏，今年六十六歲，現住基隆市仁愛路博愛裡八號，博愛園三樓（慈善機關）。下面是她告訴我的話：
This old lady was called Chen Meiyue. She was from Yongchun in Fujian, and was now 66 years old. She was now living in no 8 Renai street, Keelung, Bo’ai gardens 3rd floor (a charitable organisation). This is her story,
「法師，我是一個苦命罪重的女人，我在二十三歲時，跟我的丈夫，由福建渡海來台謀生，來台後不幾年，我的丈夫不幸，生了不治的肺病，病了好幾年，把我們所有一點積蓄的錢，在幾年內，用得一干二淨。
“Master, I am a woman whose life has been hard and whose sins are great. When I was 23 years old, I followed my husband form Fujian across the ocean to Taiwan, to find a living. A few years after we arrived, my husband unfortunately contracted an incurable lung disease. He was sick for many years, and as a result every cent we had saved was wiped out.
到我三十三歲那年，我的苦命丈夫終於不治而死，丈夫生前是一個做工的人，就是因為積勞成疾，我帶著一子一女，守著待死的丈夫，那種苦難的生活，已經苦到極點。
When I was 32, my long-suffering husband finally died. He was formerly a labourer; he contracted the disease from exhaustion. With a son and daughter hanging on, I was watching over my dead husband. This is a bitter life—as bitter as bitter can be
丈夫死後，棺木埋葬一切費用，還是由他（死者）生前的朋友捐助。自從丈夫死了，我依靠堂叔堂嬸家中生活了兩年，可是堂叔家也是生活不裕，不能再住下去。
When my husband died, the coffin and burial fees were paid by his friends. After my husband died, I relied on my uncle and aunt堂叔堂嬸, who let me live in their home for two years. But even his family was poor, and he could no longer support us.
我僩母子三人，自謀生活，十歲的小孩子，每天在外邊，拾煤炭作苦工謀生活，我自己也是想盡方法，忍苦活下去，撫養子女。叔父不忍小孩子受苦，吃不飽，穿不暖，勸我改嫁，招夫養子。由堂叔做媒，招來一位本省人，他的名字叫黃石良。同居數年，倒也相安無事，生活雖然不怎麼好，可是也能活下去，子女也少受痛苦。
Me and my two children had to find a living. My 10-year-old-son every day went out to pick charcoal and other such hard jobs for a living. I myself tried to find a way to endure the hardship and raise my children. The [children’s] paternal uncle could not bear to see the children suffer, starve and freeze, and so counsel me to remarry, and find a husband to adopt them. With my uncle as a matchmaker, he found a person born in Taiwan (Benshengren) , called Huang Shiliang. We lived together for two years. We lived peacefully for several years. Even though our lives weren’t perfect, we could at least survive, and our children had to suffer less.
在日據時代，我是外省人，本省人不能與我做正式夫婦。在戶口上只是姘居，不能算是名正言順的夫妻。因此為了戶口，他就煩惱了幾年，想盡了方法，也是毫無辦法。因為黃石良的哥哥，是當代書的，他知道這是沒有辦法的事，並勸他不要這個女人，另外再娶一個本省的女人為妻。」
During the Japanese Colonisation, I was a Mainlander (Waishengren ) and could not be legally married to a Benshengren. We were registered in our Hukou as “cohabiting” and could not be considered a proper wife. Because of this hukou problem, my husband was vexed for many years, exhausting every solution to no avail. Because Huang’s elder brother was a scrivener 代書 he knew this was impossible, and so encouraged him to reject this woman, and take another benshengren as a wife.
（二）無法入戶，遷怒殺妻
Being impossible to register, he slew his wife in anger.
他為了戶口不能入戶，有人笑他說：「你替人家養了好幾年的子女，結果自己還不是正式的家長。在名義上與人姘居，不能算是成家，你為什麼不另外重娶一個本省的姑娘做老婆呢？」他對人說：「美月不能讓我入戶，我當顯一點手段給人看。」有人與他說：「叫你另娶你又不願意，這個女人又不能做正式夫妻怎麼辦呢？」他說：「我把她殺了，我也不讓給旁人去。」
Because he could not be registered, people laughingly told him “You helped raise someone else’s children for goodness knows how long, and yet in spite of this you are not a true head of a household. Cohabiting with someone cannot be said to be creating a family. Why don’t you marry another maiden benshengren to be a wife?” He then said to them “Meiyue cannot allow me to registered, let them see what I can do”. Someone else told me “You are unwilling to marry another, and this woman cannot become your true wife. What can you do?” He replied ‘I will kill her. I will not give her to another’
八月十五日那一天很熱鬧，他回來我看他臉色不對，因為有人暗中早已對我說，他要殺我的消息。夜間我就對他說：「我們夫妻同住幾年，感情很好，就是戶口的問題，那是國家的法律是如此，我又有什麼法子呢？你不能遷怒到我身上來！聽外人傳說，你要殺我，是不是有這話？」他說：「沒有這話，這是旁人對你開玩笑的，我們好好的夫妻，為什麼要殺你？不要聽人家的話。」我說：「我也是這樣子想，兒女對你都很好，戶口不戶口，有什麼問題呢？」由此說破了，我以為從此可以相安無事，也不把這件事放在心上。
It was lively on the Mid-autumn festival, but when he came back there was something off about his expression. This was because someone had already secretly told me of his plan to kill me. At night he told me “We lived as husband and wife for these years, we loved one another. It is just this problem about the hukou. Well, that is a problem of our country’s laws. What can we do to change that? Don’t vent your anger on me. I heard people say you want to kill me. Is that true?” He replied “Nothing of that sort. This is someone joking with you. We are living together as husband and wife, why should I kill you? Don’t listen to them”. I said “That is also what I thought. Your [step]son and daughter all treat you so well, hukou or no hukou, what is the problem”. From this I thought that there was nothing wrong, and decided not to think about it either.
（三）斬草除根，深夜殺人
Destroy the roots when cutting the grass:* A murder in the night
- This is a Chinese proverb equivalent to the English “Nits will become lice” – ed.
不知怎的，他在二十五那天半夜裡，當我與二個小孩子都睡得正熟，不知他什麼時候起來，拿了一把日本刺刀，兩邊口，瘋狂似的，連向我腹部刺了三刀，腸子從刀口裡流出來，其中有一條腸子斷了，腸子裡的屎，從腸子裡冒出來，兩手臂兩背肩共有十幾處刀傷，我當時也不感到痛，也不知道逃，後來聽他說：「斬草要除根，全家一個也不留」。
For whatever reason, on the night of the 25th, when I and my children were fast asleep, he woke up – I don’t know what time—and took a Japanese bayonet- and madly stabbed my abdomen thrice. My intestines spilt out from the wound. One wound severed my intestines, and the shit in my intestines all spilled out from them. My two arms and shoulders were stabbed at least 10 times. At that time, I did not feel any pain, and did not know what happened. Later I heard him say “When cutting the grass, you must get rid of the roots—I will not leave a single member of this family”
再殺我的十四歲的女兒，女兒當時受傷很重，從樓上想逃，跳下樓來，後來不久就死了。我的兒子這時看到我和他的姐姐遭殺，嚇呆了，站在一邊，我也不顧自己，叫兒子快逃命，這時他又用刀來追殺我兒子，我用手來搶他的刀，所以手指都被刀割斷了。（現在手雖好了，可是手指都不直了）兒子總算從虎口裡逃出來叫人營救，他見有人來，自己也想自殺，傷勢不重，給人把刀奪下來，有人去喊警察，四點多鐘警察就來了，
He then slaughtered my fourteen-year-old daughter. At that time, my daughter’s injuries were very severe. She thought of jumping from a building, and she did jump from the building. She did not live long after that. My son, on seeing that me and his sister were both slaughtered, was shocked into a daze. I had also lost all sense of self-preservation, and told my son to run for his life. At that moment, he then took the knife and ran after my son, intending to butcher him. I tried to snatch the knife away from him, and as such my hand was sliced by the knife. (Although my hand is now recovered, I cannot extend my fingers anymore). My son finally escaped the beast’s clutches and shouted for help and the police. When He saw that people were coming, he though to kill himself, but he was unable to wound himself severely. As such people wrestled the knife from him, whilst another shouted for the police. At around four, the police finally came.
我當時還不知自己傷勢如何，只是顧念兒女的死亡，有人在旁指我身上說：「你看，你自己？怎麼渾身都是血？你看！你站的地方，遍地流滿了血，你的傷勢不得了。」經旁人這樣一說，我才感覺到自己受傷，身上所有的血已流盡了，這時自己也倒下去了。由警察派人送醫院急救。送到私立醫院，不敢收。傷口也沒有縫起來，吹了四個小時的風，醫院七點鐘開門，到十一點時才把手續辦好，開始醫治縫傷口。
At that time, I did not know how severe my injuries were. All I was thinking about was my daughter’s death. At that time, a bystander pointed to me and said “Look at yourself! Your whole body is covered in blood. Look! Blood is everywhere around you! You cannot possibly survive this”. Once the bystander said those words, did I begin to feel pain. All the blood in my body had flowed out by this point, and at that moment I collapsed. The police quickly sent me to the hospital. They sent me to a private hospital, but they were unwilling to accept me. My wounds were not fully sewed up by this point. After sucking on air for four hours, the [public?] hospital opened at seven. They finally arranged for the operation at eleven, and it was only then that they sewed up my wounds.
院長到我睡的地方來要驗血治傷，兩耳邊已經取不到血，周身都流不出點血來。因為血已流盡了，縫肚腸時，發現腸子斷了，尿從腸裡流出，有的地方已經腐爛了。因此醫生也就草草了事，把腸子亂七八糟的塞進去，再把傷口縫上，橫豎活不上幾個小時。把我放在太平間裡等死。凶手自殺兩刀，也住在隔壁醫傷。有人問他：「你為什麼要殺你太太？」他無話可答，只說：「這個女人是一個壞女人，我一定要殺死她，不知她能不能醫好？」旁人講：「不會好的，院長說夜裡十一點鐘，一定要死的。」我在隔壁，句句聽見，他用壞話來侮辱我的名譽，我想用手把縫的線抓破，求早一點死？可是一點力也沒有，動也動不起來，只有心中明白。後來又聽到醫院裡面看護的女人看好鐘點說：「這個女人，逃不過夜間十一點二十分鐘，你要注意她的時間。」那個看護女人還回去把她丈夫喊來作伴，等著我死。
The hospital head wanted to do a blood test on me, but he could not take blood from my two ears. Indeed, not a single drop of blood came out of my body, because it had all drained out. When they were sewing up my intestines, they realized my intestines were severed; and because the urine flowed out form my intestines, they were rotted in some places. Because of this, he got annoyed and just stuffed my guts back into my body, and sewed me up, [saying] I would not live for but a few hours. They then placed me into the quiet room, for me to await death. The killer also tried to commit suicide with two stabs. His injuries were being tended to in the next room. Someone asked him ‘Why did you want to kill your wife’. He had nothing to say in response ‘That woman is a bad woman. I absolutely will kill her. All I want to know is if she might survive’. The person next to him said ‘definitely not. The hospital head said she will be dead by eleven tonight’. As I was next door, I heard every word they said. He used those wicked words to insult me. I wanted to rip open my stitches, so I could die a bit quicker. But at this point I had absolutely no strength left; I could not even move. All I could do was think. Later I heard a woman who was overseeing the nurses take a look at the clock and say ‘that woman cannot possibly live past 11:20. Carefully watch her time’ That woman even shouted for her husband to come to her, so they could both wait for me to die
我知死期不久，自歎命苦，連淚也流不出來。這時來看守的一男一女，雙雙睡去，一點責任也不負。如果這時我死了，看他如何交差。時間一點一點的過去，靠近死亡的時間不到半點鐘，這時我忽然想起觀世音菩薩的聖號，開始念白衣大士神咒，過去我曾皈依三寶，吃花齋，算得上是一個佛教徒，如今遭此不幸，就這樣子死了？我死也罷，恐怕今後無人敢信佛教，皈依佛教，甚至譏笑以為信佛，皈依無用，因此我靜心閉目默念南無大悲觀世音菩薩聖號，約廿余聲。
I did not know how much longer I had to live. I sighed at my bitter fate, but by now not even tears could flow. At that moment the man and woman who came to watch over me slowly drifted off to sleep. They were completely irresponsible! Let’s see how they would’ve reported it to their superiors if I had died at that moment! The minutes slowly passed; and soon I was not more than half an hour from my death. At that moment I suddenly thought of the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and started to chant the mantra of the White Robed Great One. In the past I had taken refuge in the three jewels, and took a vegetarian diet—so you could say I was a bit of a Buddhist. But now, I met this catastrophe and will die just like that! If I met my end like this, I feared that nobody after me would believe in Buddhism, or take refuge in Buddhism. Indeed, they will indeed laugh at Buddhism, thinking that believing in the buddha and taking refuge are useless. Because of this, stilled my mind, shut my eyes, and chanted the name “I take refuge in the most compassionate Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara” about 20 or so times.
奇跡出現了，頓覺房間有了異樣。睜開眼來一看，房中一人也沒有，可是光明充滿了暗室，忽然看見觀世音菩薩，現身站在我面前。菩薩後邊站了無數的人，都在為我合掌念佛。菩薩手裡拿的像香蕉葉子，送來給我，我想為什麼送我香蕉葉呢？菩薩隨即就說：「這是芭蕉葉，不是香蕉葉，世間沒有的寶物，並不同世間的芭蕉葉。」我頓時覺得輕松了許多，我就隨著說了一句「啊！世間無有，如此很好。」因此我就很安定的睡著了，一直到天亮，一切痛苦皆無，就是感到沒有精神。
At that point the miracle happened. I suddenly became aware that the room had changed. I opened my eyes and noticed that there was not a person in the room, but it was filled with light. Suddenly I saw Guanyin standing before me. Behind the Bodhisattva were standing innumerable persons, all of them holding their palms together and chanting the Buddha’s name for me. The Bodhisattva held something like a banana leaf in hand and gave it to me. I thought “Why would she give me a banana leaf?” the Bodhisattva said “This is a plantain leaf, not a banana leaf. This treasure does not exist in the world, and it is not the same as worldly plantain leaves” I suddenly felt my body relax. I then said ‘Ah! It does not exist in the world! How wonderful!”. Because of this I fell asleep soundly until daybreak. All my pains had disappeared, but I felt I had no energy.
第二天台北法院派法醫來，為我檢驗，因為醫院報告上去說我在夜間十一點廿分，一定會死的；可是我沒有死，醫院過去斷定人死的時間，都很准確，從來沒有差錯，這個人沒有理由不死；可是事實我沒有死，因此轟動一時。基隆廳長來，親自對我說：「你過去一定做過什麼好事，有神明保護你，像你這樣的傷勢，十分有十二分也該死了，現在你不死，該死不死，有大福氣。」
The next day, the Taibei court sent forensic doctors to examine me. The hospital reported I would be dead by 11:20 PM, but I was not dead. The hospital had previously predicted the time a person would die. They were extremely accurate, and had up till this point never missed the mark. I had no reason to be not dead, but yet I was alive. This shocked them. The Keelung Head of Department came down, and said to me personally “You must’ve done something good in the past; a god is protecting you. Given you wounds, there’s a 120% chance you would’ve died. However, you are alive. You did not die when you should’ve: you are a really lucky person”.
我聽廳長說我有大福氣，想想一生的苦境以及現在家破人亡，不覺悲從中來，放聲大哭。廳長勸我不要哭，他說：「你的腸胃都已爛了，你不能動，不要傷心，你的女兒已經好了。」我說：「你不要騙我，我的女兒已剖腹，然後火化，我皆知道。」他說：「你知道也不瞞你，你有福，你女兒無福，我當用我私人的經費，來替你醫病，據醫生告訴我，凡是肚腸子破了就無救的，你的肚子破了，屎都流出來了，並且爛了、斷了，現在居然不死，這是一件奇事，你一定有大福氣。」因此過年的時候，廳長派人送來很多東西給我，安慰我。
When I heard the Head of Department say I was a really lucky person. I thought of my life, which was nothing but hardship—and now, my family destroyed. I started to cry. The Head of Department told me not to cry. He said “your guts are already rotten. You should not move. You must not be sad. Your daughter has already recovered”. I said “Don’t lie to me. My daughter’s waist was sliced through. She has already been cremated. I know it all”. He said “Since you know it, I will not deceive you. You are lucky. Your daughter is not. I will use my own money to treat you. According to what the doctor told me, your stomach and intestines were broken, and could not be saved. Your stomach was broken, and the excrement all flowed out; and as such they rotted, and were broken. Yet you didn’t die. This is indeed a miracle. You are really lucky indeed”. For that reason, during the Chinese New Year period, the Head of Department would send a person to present gifts to me, and comfort me.
（四）凶手狠毒，還想殺人
The murderer was evil: he still wanted to kill.
凶手起初聽看護說我那天夜裡，非死不可，所以他很安心，他一點兒也沒有忏悔的心理，一心一意希望我死。過了兩天，他忽然問那個看護「那天夜裡十一點鐘，那個女人死了沒有？」看護說：「奇怪得很，不但沒有死，她的傷反而好了呢！現在仍在這裡養傷，一點痛苦也沒有。」石良咬牙發狠的說：「這一次殺她不死，我再殺她，要用刀把她的頭砍斷了，看她還會好起來不？」醫院裡恐怕他再行凶殺人，與其調換房間，可是他還要殺人，醫院裡用手铐腳鐐把他給制住了，一天他探知我住在樓上。他說：「我沒有刀，我要用手铐把她肚子的傷口打破，再把她腸子拉出來，看她死不死？」有一天他真的爬上樓來，所幸被人家發覺得早，把他被從樓上打得滾了下去，馬上被關起來，等他的傷醫好以後，被法院就判了他十五年的徒刑。
When the killer first heard I would not survive that night, he was at ease: He did not have a single but of remorse, but instead singleheartedly wished for my death. After these two days he asked the overseer of nurses “That night—at 11 o’clock. Was the women dead or not?”. The nurse said “Its really weird. Not only did she not die, but her wounds are healing! She is now recovering from her wounds over there, and she is not in pain”. He spluttered in hatred “That time I couldn’t kill her. I will try again. I will use a knife to hack off her head. Let’s she if she can recover from that”. The Hospital orderly in fear decided to shift the killer to another room. But he still wanted to kill me, [and so shackled him to the bed]. One day he discovered I was upstairs. He said “I may not have a knife, but I will use my [shackles] to reopen her wounds and draw out her intestines. Let’s see if she will die or not”. One day he actually did succeed in climbing upstairs, but fortunately he was discovered and he was driven back and locked up. After he recovered he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
（五）欲明現果，但看前因
If you want to understand the present fruits
Just look at the past causes.
我經過這一次的打擊，傷愈出院，常常自己在觀音大士前痛哭不止，我想我平生沒有做過什麼壞事，為什麼要遭這樣的痛苦，丈夫早亡，招了這樣一個毒心的男人，為什麼如此狠心殺我呢？我十四歲的女兒也慘遭毒手，一家人死的死了，傷的傷了，維持家庭的男人，判刑十五年，在他固然是罪有應得，可是我為什麼要受這樣一連串的打擊呢？我前生不知做了什麼壞事，還求菩薩慈悲指示。
After I recovered from this assault and was discharged, I often would cry uncontrollably before the Great One Guanyin. I thought “I have not done anything bad in this life—why must I suffer these pains? My husband’s early death led me to this poisonous man- why would he try to kill me so cruelly? My fourteen-year-old daughter also met this catastrophe. All my family who [were fated to] die are already dead; who were [fated to be] wounded are already wounded. The man who was the head of this family was imprisoned for 15 years. That was deserved, as he committed a crime, but why must I suffer these blows? What wicked deed did I perform in my past life? I begged the Bodhisattva to show it to me.
一日我在念佛，忽然昏去，看見自己變成一位公子的樣子，手中拿了一枝弓箭，公子身邊有一人隨從，樣子似主僕二人，看見一只猩猩，公子對准猩猩就是一箭，猩猩中箭倒地，那一個跟從的人就趕前來，把猩猩拖回去殺死，以後不久，又看見來了一只猩猩欲報仇，我就逃走。猩猩在後邊追來，我就跳入水中，牠抱住我的頭，想要扼死我，我即念觀世音菩薩，救苦救難，這時大士出現，對畜生大喝道：「畜生還要害人。」猩猩合掌，大士帶去，並說：「關牠八年，如能改過就放牠出來。」大士去了，忽然驚醒。似夢非夢，這明明是大士將我前生之身，現出來給我知道。
One day when I was reciting the name of the Buddha, I entered into a trance. I saw myself turn into a prince. He was holding a bow and arrow. Beside him was another person- perhaps his manservant. he saw an orang-outan . The prince took aim at the orang-outan, and shot it. The person following the prince chased after the ape, and dragged it off to be killed. Not after that, I then saw an orang-outan wanting nothing but revenge. I ran away. The orang-outan then chased me, and I jumped into the water. It held onto my head, wanting to strangle me. I then recited the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the saviour from hardship and difficulty. At that moment the Great One manifested herself, and shouted to the animal “You are an animal, and still want to harm people”. The ape placed its palms together. The great one took it, and said ‘Lock it up for 8 years. If it can reform then let it out’. The great one left, and I woke up in a start. This was like a dream but not a dream; this was clearly the Great One showing my past life to me.
我前生是這位公子，我的女兒是那位僕人，猩猩就是現在殺我的男人，我射傷猩猩，我的僕人把猩猩殺死，現在遭男人殺傷，我的女兒給他殺死，猩猩報仇，想在水中扼死我，這次男人在醫院總想要殺死我，最奇怪的事，我的那個男人判刑十五年，結果只坐了八年的牢，遇著大赦把他放出。正合觀萻菩薩把猩猩帶去說：「關他八年，改過放出。」的數目，這種前因後果，絲毫不爽。我從此知道，我前世打獵，不知傷害多少生命，所以今生受這些痛苦，那都是我罪有應得，只有誠懇的信佛，消災減罪。
I was that prince, my daughter was the manservant, and the ape was the man, and that orang-outan was the man who tried to kill me. It was I who shot the orang-outan, and my manservant who killed the orang-outan. For that reason, the man who killed my daughter and tried to kill me, was the revenge of the orang-outan; The orang-outan trying to drown me in the wate, this time [appeared as] the man trying to kill me in the hospital. The strangest thing was this: although the man was sentenced to 15 years, he was only in jail for 8 years. Owing to a general pardon he was released. This was exactly as Guanyin Bodhisattva said when she took away the ape “Lock it up for 8 years, after its reformed, let it out”. This sort of cause and effect does not miss the mark by even a hair. As such I knew: in my previous life I was a hunter, goodness knows how many lives did I harm. For that reason, I now suffer these hardships. That was the result of my sins. It is only through sincere belief in the buddha, would my disasters be dispelled and my sins lessened.
（六）大小手術十六次 Sixteen operations, big and small .
我病好以後，因為腸子在內部沒有按位置納進去擺好，所以有的地方多，有的地方空的，吃飯，咳嗽都很痛苦，有時睡下去翻身，腸子在肚子裡滾動。因此去請問醫生，醫師答道：「當時因為判你會死的，所以就馬馬虎虎的把跑出來的腸子塞進去，縫起來了事。」因此我的病，前後又經過三次大開刀，十三次的小開刀。普通人經過三次大開刀非死不可。可是我不但沒有死，開刀也不大痛苦，或許是我應該受的業報吧？
Because my intestines were not properly placed in my body; in some places there were more, and in other places there were voids. As such, even after I recovered, eating and coughing would bring me a lot of suffering. Sometimes when I turned my body over in sleeping, my guts would roil around in my body. I thus asked the doctor, who said “Because at that time, I thought you will die, so I just shoved your intestines back into your body and sewed them back in” Because of this problem, I eventually underwent three large operations, and thirteen smaller ones. Even an ordinary person would hardly escape death with three large operations, but not only did I not die, the operations did not cause me pain. Or was this my karma?
因為我窮，沒有錢給醫生，醫生沒有道德心，把肚子開刀，腸子拉出來，見有不好的地方，就用刀割去一段，然後再拉出一段來縫上，結果腸子短了，回去覺得不舒服。過去被殺了三刀，就開了三次大刀，渾身有十三個地方中傷，後來也開了十三次小刀。都是當時這些地方沒有細心醫治，所以後來都一一的發作起來，都要重開刀。
Because I was poor, I had no money for the doctor. The doctor was also unethical; Every time he opened my stomach, he pulled open my intestines. He cut out whatever bad patches of the intestines, and sewed the rest back together. Because of this, my intestines got shortened; and I didn’t feel well even when I returned. Three wounds inflicted on me, and three operations opened on me; I had 13 wounds on my body, and underwent 13 minor operations. This was because at that time I was not subject to careful medical attention, and so these problems arose, needing further operations.
（七）夢中菩薩打針救苦 The Bodhisattva gave me an injection in my dream.
我的病傷，雖然經過這次開刀，因為沒有錢，醫生也不熱心，我的病多數都是菩薩夢中治好的。因為那時有很多布線納進腹中腸內，屢經醫治，都不能除根。後來我也氣了，不去請醫生，只有求大士加被救苦，有多次刀傷發炎，夜裡夢菩薩來替我打針，看到他很大的針打進去，有一個白的東西冒出來，第二天一看，就有一塊小布條似的東西，從刀傷處吐出來，把它用力扯去，過一天就好了，數次皆是如此。菩薩慈悲救苦之恩德，使我永生不忘。總之，懇請法師慈悲，把我這個故事寫出來，給大家知道。讓大家都知道信仰佛教念「觀世音菩薩」的聖號。」
Although I underwent numerous operations to cure my illness, because I did not have any money, the doctors were not enthusiastic. Most of my illnesses were cured by the Bodhisattva in my dreams. A great deal of thread and gauze entered my intestines, and despite frequent medical interventions, they were unable to get rid of it. I too gave up on this, and just begged the Great One to save me from my ills. Because of the numerous surgeries, my wounds became inflamed. I dreamt the Bodhisattva gave me an injection- I saw him using a very large needle to pierce me, and a large amount of white stuff flowed out. The next day, I was got better. This happened multiple times. I will never forget the kindness the Bodhisattva gave to me. All in all, I wish the master will be compassionate, and write down this story for the world to know, and let everyone know the practise of chanting the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
（八）寄語讀者勿等閒視 Reader, do not take this lightly!
這是我親自所目睹的事實，因為她把渾身的刀傷都給我看過，其實我看到實在駭怕得很，菩薩救苦感應，實在不可思議，這不是人力可能想象得到的。她前後有兩小時的時間，把故事說完，我整個精神都被牽入緊張的狀態。楊居士對我說：「她現在很有修持，本是一個目不識丁的人，有人送她一部《法華經》結緣，她現在也會誦《法華經》。」佛法真是不可思議，希望讀者，不要作等閒的故事來看。讓我們都來稱念「南無觀世音菩薩！」
This was what I personally witness. She showed all her wounds to me. In truth, when I saw them, I was most frightened. The Bodhisattva’s response is truly remarkable; it is note something that can be imagined by man. She told this story in two hours, and I was utterly absorbed by it. Householder Yang said to me “She is now very devout; she was initially completely illiterate, but someone gave her a copy of the Lotus Sutra—now she can chant the Flower Ornament Sutra”. The buddha dharma is truly remarkable. I hope that he reader shall not take this as an idle tale. Let us all chant NAMO GUANSHIYN PUSA!