金世成，長山人。素不檢。忽出家作頭陀。類顛，啖不潔以為美。犬羊遺穢于前，輒伏啖之。自號為佛。愚民婦異其所為，執弟子禮者以千萬計。金訶使食矢，無敢違者。創殿閣，所費不資，人咸樂輸之。邑令南公惡其怪，執而笞之，使修聖廟。門人競相告曰：「佛遭難！」爭募救之。宮殿旬月而成，其金錢之集，尤捷于酷吏之追呼也。
金世成，长山人。素不检。忽出家作头陀。类颠，啖不洁以为美。犬羊遗秽于前，辄伏啖之。自号为佛。愚民妇异其所为，执弟子礼者以千万计。金诃使食矢，无敢违者。创殿阁，所费不资，人咸乐输之。邑令南公恶其怪，执而笞之，使修圣庙。门人竞相告曰：「佛遭难！」争募救之。宫殿旬月而成，其金钱之集，尤捷于酷吏之追呼也。
Jin Shicheng was a man of Changshan. He had never been careful of his conduct. Suddenly he left his home and became an ascetic monk. He seemed mad, and ate filth as if it were a delicacy: whenever a dog or a sheep left its droppings in front of him, he would get down and eat them. He called himself a Buddha. Foolish men and women marvelled at what he did, and those who bowed to him as his disciples were counted by the thousands upon thousands. When Jin shouted at them to eat dung, none dared disobey. He built halls and pavilions at untold cost, and everyone was glad to give for them. The county magistrate, Lord Nan, disliked his strange ways. He had him seized and flogged, and ordered him to repair the Confucian temple. His followers ran to tell one another, “The Buddha is in trouble!” They vied with each other to collect money and save him. The temple halls were finished within a month, and the money came in faster than it ever did for the harshest tax-collector shouting at the door.
異史氏曰：「予聞金道人，人皆就其名而呼之，謂為「今世成佛」。品至啖穢，極矣。笞之不足辱，罰之適有濟，南令公處法何良也！然學宮圮而煩妖道，亦士大夫之羞矣。」
异史氏曰：「予闻金道人，人皆就其名而呼之，谓为「今世成佛」。品至啖秽，极矣。笞之不足辱，罚之适有济，南令公处法何良也！然学宫圮而烦妖道，亦士大夫之羞矣。」
The Historian of the Strange says: I have heard that people all played on the holy man Jin’s name and called him “Jinshi Cheng Fo” — “in this life become a Buddha.” When a man’s conduct sinks to eating filth, it can sink no further. Flogging could not disgrace him; punishing him did some real good. How well Magistrate Nan applied the law! Yet that the school-temple should be left to fall down until a heretic must be troubled to rebuild it — that is a shame on the scholar-officials too.