張姓暴卒，隨鬼使去，見冥王。王稽簿，怒鬼使誤捉，責令送歸。張下，私浼鬼使，求觀冥獄。鬼導歷九幽，刀山、劍樹，一一指點。末至一處，有一僧紮股穿繩而倒懸之，號痛欲絕。近視，則其兄也。張見之驚哀，問：「何罪至此？」鬼曰：「是為僧，廣募金錢，悉供淫賭，故罰之。欲脫此厄，須其自懺。」張既蘇，疑兄已死。時其兄居興福寺，因往探之。入門，便聞其號痛聲。入室，見瘡生股間，膿血崩潰，掛足壁上，宛然冥司倒懸狀。駭問其故。曰：「掛之稍可，不則痛徹心腑。」張因告以所見。僧大駭，乃戒葷酒，虔誦經咒。半月尋愈。遂為戒僧。
一個姓張的人突然死了，跟著鬼使去見冥王。冥王查了簿冊，怒斥鬼使抓錯了人，命令他們把他送回去。張某退下後，私下央求鬼使，想看看陰間的監獄。鬼使領著他走遍九幽，刀山、劍樹，一一指給他看。最後來到一個地方，只見一個和尚的大腿被刺穿，穿上繩子倒吊著，痛得大聲嚎叫，幾乎要斷氣。張某走近一看，竟是自己的哥哥。他又驚又悲，問：「犯了什麼罪，要受這樣的處罰？」鬼使說：「他做和尚，四處募來的錢全都花在淫樂和賭博上，所以受罰。想脫離這場苦難，必須自己悔罪。」張某甦醒後，懷疑哥哥已經死了。當時哥哥住在興福寺，他便去探望。一進寺門，就聽見哥哥痛苦的號叫。走進屋裡，只見哥哥的大腿上生了瘡，膿血潰流，兩腳掛在牆上，簡直就是在陰間倒吊的樣子。他吃驚地問怎麼回事。哥哥說：「掛起來稍微好受一點，不然就痛得直透心肺。」張某便把自己見到的情景告訴他。和尚大驚，開始戒除葷食和酒，虔誠地誦經唸咒，半個月便痊癒了。從此成了嚴守戒律的和尚。
张姓暴卒，随鬼使去，见冥王。王稽簿，怒鬼使误捉，责令送归。张下，私浼鬼使，求观冥狱。鬼导历九幽，刀山、剑树，一一指点。末至一处，有一僧扎股穿绳而倒悬之，号痛欲绝。近视，则其兄也。张见之惊哀，问：「何罪至此？」鬼曰：「是为僧，广募金钱，悉供淫赌，故罚之。欲脱此厄，须其自忏。」张既苏，疑兄已死。时其兄居兴福寺，因往探之。入门，便闻其号痛声。入室，见疮生股间，脓血崩溃，挂足壁上，宛然冥司倒悬状。骇问其故。曰：「挂之稍可，不则痛彻心腑。」张因告以所见。僧大骇，乃戒荤酒，虔诵经咒。半月寻愈。遂为戒僧。
一个姓张的人突然死了，跟着鬼使去见冥王。冥王查了簿册，怒斥鬼使抓错了人，命令他们把他送回去。张某退下后，私下央求鬼使，想看看阴间的监狱。鬼使领着他走遍九幽，刀山、剑树，一一指给他看。最后来到一个地方，只见一个和尚的大腿被刺穿，穿上绳子倒吊着，痛得大声嚎叫，几乎要断气。张某走近一看，竟是自己的哥哥。他又惊又悲，问：“犯了什么罪，要受这样的处罚？”鬼使说：“他做和尚，四处募来的钱全都花在淫乐和赌博上，所以受罚。想脱离这场苦难，必须自己悔罪。”张某苏醒后，怀疑哥哥已经死了。当时哥哥住在兴福寺，他便去探望。一进寺门，就听见哥哥痛苦的号叫。走进屋里，只见哥哥的大腿上生了疮，脓血溃流，两脚挂在墙上，简直就是在阴间倒吊的样子。他吃惊地问怎么回事。哥哥说：“挂起来稍微好受一点，不然就痛得直透心肺。”张某便把自己见到的情景告诉他。和尚大惊，开始戒除荤食和酒，虔诚地诵经念咒，半个月便痊愈了。从此成了严守戒律的和尚。
A man named Zhang died suddenly and went off with the ghost runners to appear before the King of the Underworld. The King checked his register and, angry that the runners had seized the wrong man, ordered them to take him back. When Zhang had come down from the hall, he privately begged the runners to let him see the prisons of the underworld. The ghosts led him through the Nine Dark Regions, pointing out the Mountain of Knives, the Trees of Swords, one after another. At the last place they came to, a monk hung upside down from a rope threaded through his pierced thighs, howling with pain as if he would die of it. Zhang went closer: it was his own elder brother. Shocked and grieved, he asked, “What did he do to come to this?” “He was a monk,” said the ghost. “He collected money far and wide and spent all of it on women and gambling. That is why he is punished. If he wants to be free of this torment, he must repent of it himself.” When Zhang came back to life, he suspected his brother was already dead. His brother was living at the Xingfu Temple at the time, so Zhang went to see him. As soon as he came through the gate he heard him howling with pain. Going into the room, he found that sores had broken out between the monk’s thighs and were bursting with pus and blood. His feet were hung up on the wall, just as he had hung in the court of the underworld. Horrified, Zhang asked what had happened. “Hanging them up eases it a little,” said the monk. “Otherwise the pain goes right through to my heart.” Zhang then told him what he had seen. The monk was terrified. He gave up meat and wine and devoutly chanted sutras and spells. In half a month he was well. After that he was a monk who kept the precepts.
異史氏曰：「鬼獄渺茫，惡人每以自解；而不知昭昭之禍，即冥冥之罰也。可勿懼哉！」
異史氏說：「陰間監獄的事模糊難知，惡人常拿這一點來寬慰自己，卻不知道，眼前明明白白遭受的災禍，正是暗中降下的懲罰。怎能不害怕呢！」
异史氏曰：「鬼狱渺茫，恶人每以自解；而不知昭昭之祸，即冥冥之罚也。可勿惧哉！」
异史氏说：“阴间监狱的事模糊难知，恶人常拿这一点来宽慰自己，却不知道，眼前明明白白遭受的灾祸，正是暗中降下的惩罚。怎能不害怕呢！”
The Historian of the Strange says: The prisons of the ghosts are dim and far away, and the wicked often take comfort in that. They do not know that the misfortune they suffer in the light of day is itself the punishment of the dark. How can one not fear it!