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。
金世成是長山人，向來行為不檢點，忽然出家做了頭陀。他像個瘋子，把汙穢的東西當作美味來吃。狗、羊在他面前拉下糞便，他就趴下去吃。他自稱是佛。無知的男女覺得他的行為神奇，拜他為師的人多得數以千萬計。金世成呵斥他們，叫他們吃糞，沒有人敢違抗。他建造殿閣，花費很大，人們卻都樂意捐錢。縣令南公厭惡他的怪異行為，抓來鞭打一頓，命他修繕聖廟。他的弟子爭相告訴別人：「佛遭難了！」紛紛募款救他。廟宇約一個月便修好了，錢財彙集的速度，竟比酷吏催逼徵收還快。
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。
金世成是长山人，向来行为不检点，忽然出家做了头陀。他像个疯子，把污秽的东西当作美味来吃。狗、羊在他面前拉下粪便，他就趴下去吃。他自称是佛。无知的男女觉得他的行为神奇，拜他为师的人多得数以千万计。金世成呵斥他们，叫他们吃粪，没有人敢违抗。他建造殿阁，花费很大，人们却都乐意捐钱。县令南公厌恶他的怪异行为，抓来鞭打一顿，命他修缮圣庙。他的弟子争相告诉别人：“佛遭难了！”纷纷募款救他。庙宇约一个月便修好了，钱财汇集的速度，竟比酷吏催逼征收还快。
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。」
異史氏說：「我聽說，人們都借金道人的名字稱呼他，說他是『今世成佛』。品行低下到了吃汙穢的地步，已經不能再低下了。鞭打不足以讓他感到羞辱，處罰卻恰好能辦成有益的事，南縣令處置得多好啊！可是，學宮破敗，竟要勞煩一個妖道來修繕，這也是士大夫的羞恥！」
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。」
异史氏说：“我听说，人们都借金道人的名字称呼他，说他是‘今世成佛’。品行低下到了吃污秽的地步，已经不能再低下了。鞭打不足以让他感到羞辱，处罚却恰好能办成有益的事，南县令处置得多好啊！可是，学宫破败，竟要劳烦一个妖道来修缮，这也是士大夫的羞耻！”
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.