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译网天下
Touring Hades of the Hungry Ghosts

9th Moon 9th Day(31st October 1976)

Ji-Gong:For the purpose of writing this Book,we have been
put to so much inconvenience travelling from Earth to Hades
and return.For whom? On Earth there are so many people,so
many vehicles and traffic,so many types of pleasures,so much
so,that moral decadence has set in-getting worse everyday.
But in Hades the souls of sinners are howling so terribly
that even the mountains can vibrate.

*Sheng Xian Tang has been directed to write this Book,firstly
to inform people about the sufferings in Hades and secondly
to teach them to do good whenever possible.So,do not regard
this Book lightly and treat it as an amusement book for the
purpose of killing time.

*I hope that people will take it seriously and regard this
as a matter of importance.Yang Sheng,quickly prepare yourself
for the journey.

Mr.Yang:I am ready,dear Master,let's proceed.

Ji-Gong:It's a very great privilege for you,a human being,to
have the unique opportunity to sit on this lotus flower
platform and so you must regard this with great pride...
We have arrived;quickly get out.Today we will visit the
Hades of The Hungry Ghosts.

Mr.Yang:Wow,this place is like a vast wilderness with no
human beings.Which direction shall we take?

Ji-Gong:Not very far from here,there is a small mount beyond
which is the Hades of The Hungry Ghosts.

Mr.Yang:This place is so very empty;where then are the souls
of the dead?

Ji-Gong:If you walk on the left side you will soon know.

Mr.Yang:Ya,truly on the left side there is a small path where
I can see the soldiers of Hades having Ox-Head-Horse-Face,
catching some souls with bound hands walking ahead.

Ji-Gong:We will follow them.

O-h-H-f:(Shouting) You Earth person,who are you to come here
so freely?

Ji-Gong:If you open your eyes widely before scolding this
person,it will not be too late.

Mr.Yang:This Ox-head-Horse-faced General looks very ugly and
frightening.He holds a chain and fork and looks fierce as if
wanting to use force on us.

Ji-Gong:Don't be afraid;I will explain to him.

O-h-H-f:You two,who are you;quickly explain.Otherwise I will
arrest you and bring you before my Officer.

Ji-Gong:General.how long have you been a soldier of Hades?
Why is it that you don't know me?

O-h-H-f:I've been on this job a little more than two months.
I carry out my job according to the law.I can arrest anyone
who has no General pass-this is my duty.

Ji-Gong:I am Ji-Gong the Living Buddha and this person is a
human being on Earth of Sheng Xian Tang.a follower of
Guan Sheng Dijun and has received orders to travel to Hades
in order to write a Book to advise human beings on Earth to
do good.Today we are here to visit Hades of The Hungry Ghost.
We have the permit on our body;do not hinder us in our
pursuit.Otherwise you will have to suffer the consequences.

O-h-H-f:That being so.I will now kneel down to pay respects
to you.Oh! you are what the human beings on Earth refer to as
Ji-Gong Huofo.I departed from Earth not very long ago but
during my lifetime I had never seen or known you.Please may
I beg you and this man to kindly pardon me.If you want to
visit the Hades of The Hungry Ghosts,you have to pass the
small mount;I can lead you there.

Ji-Gong:Very well,Yang Sheng,we will follow this General.

Mr.Yang:Good,we will follow him.This path is strewn with
small sharp loose stones under which there is water and when
we walk,the sharp stones prick the soles of our feet.I can
see two Generals forcing a woman who appears quite well
dressed but she is bound with chains.What offence did she
commit?

Ji-Gong:Nowadays,rich human beings want to enjoy their lives
fully;They do not value cereals and edibles and they throw
them away.This woman had enjoyed herself too much and wasted
foodstuff;that is why her soul is here to make her realise
what hunger is and to suffer.

Mr.Yang:This mount is not high,but there are abundant trees,
rushes,rattan and is more or less like our hills on Earth.
There is a narrow path which can just allow three persons to
walk abreast.

Ji-Gong:After passing the small mount then you can see the
Hades of The Hungry Ghosts at its foot.

Mr.Yang:Yes,I can see.The Hades of the Hungry Ghosts is
surrounded by steel spikes and the roof is brown in colour...
Now we have arrived.

O-h-H-f:Please remain here while I go in and report your
arrival.

Mr.Yang:The words 'Small Hades of the Hungry Ghosts"are
carved convex on wood but are not very clear.At both sides
of the doorway are soldiers of Hades standing on guard.The
woman we just saw,now has been given a pass and has been led
inside.

O-h-H-f:I have reported to the Officer-in-charge.Now please
follow me inside.

Officer:Welcome.Ji-Gong Huofo and
Sheng Xian Tang's Yang Sheng for coming here.Should I fail
to entertain you sufficiently well.please be good enough to
pardon me.

Ji-Gong::Oh,don't mention it.I am afraid we have come to
bother you.Because Sheng Xian Tang has received the order to
write a Book "Journeys to the Under-World",I have brought
Yang Sheng here so that he can personally see what is
happening in Hades and on returning.write the Book.Now that
we have arrived,hope you will be good enough to conduct
Yang Sheng accordingly .

Officer:This place is a section of the Second Tribunal.
I will show Yang Sheng the works in this Hades of The
Hungry Ghosts.Please have a rest here and in the meantime
drink tea.

Mr.Yang:Very well,I will follow Officer...In this block
there are rooms inside each are three big pieces of Japanese
floor straw mars;the people inside these rooms are very well
dressed but their faces are very pale and they are all
moaning.

Officer:All these were businessmen when they were alive;
they were very well dressed.ate well,spent lavishly.enjoyed
themselves to the fullest but had no pity whatsoever on the
poor,needy and deserving.When dead,their souls are sent here
to suffer.I will call one male soul and you can question him.

Mr.Yang:Mister,why are you suffering here?

1.Soul :When I was alive,I owned a factory.Business prospered
very much and I mixed socially to a great extent and
entertained lavishly-money was no problem.but I was very.
very stingy to my workers who later became very unhappy and
dissatisfied with me.I did not do charitable and welfare
work and the highest donation I would give was not more than
$500/-[money of Tai-Wan].

*I did not think much about doing charitable deeds.if any
poor person or poor relative came to ask for assistance or
money,I would tell my staff to say that I was not in.This is
not all.In the house,

*I did not think of saving up on expensive foodstuff and
delicacies but threw them away.

*Outside the house,Imaintained a few mistresses and provided
them with luxurious houses and maintained them with several
thousand dollars monthly.

*Two years ago,I had high blood pressure and died.Now I am
sent to this Hades of The Hungry Ghosts to suffer for the
sins I committed on Earth.Although I am dressed very well in
Western fashion,yet I do not have anything good to eat.Once
a week,I have only one meal of vegetable broth.On the third
day I feel 'infatuate' and faint and the ox-head-horse-faced
General splashes revival water on my face to revive me.
My stomach is still empty and I feel very hungry.Have you
any food for me to eat?

Officer:You brute! Get in quickly;don't take too much liberty.
What you had done before,now you have to suffer.You had
enjoyed too much and now don't cry.Go inside and ask the
woman to come here to inform this good man Yang Sheng what
she had done on Earth to make her come to this Hades of The
Hungry Ghosts .

2.Soul :When I was alive,I was a rich man's wife.My husband
was a building contractor and earned a lot of money.At first
we stayed in a small house and when business prospered we
stayed in a big bungalow.Because we had plenty of money,we
acquired the bad habit of lavish spending and gambling,
playing mahjong day and night,not taking care of the home.
Very often.I invited my friends to dance halls to enjoy
ourselves,going to midnight restaurants and eating places to
have grand feasts.

*All my life I was never frugal on eating,drinking,gambling
and enjoying;money was no matter.When it came to doing
welfare and social work,I did not donate even a single cent.
Now that I am dead my soul is sent here to undergo suffering.
The Head of this Second Tribunal is very heartless.That is
why I am now very hungry and in great pain.

Mr.Yang:From the look of her face,this female soul is
suffering very much;she is constantly biting her fingers as
if she is very hungry.

Officer:Woman,go backquickly.

Mr.Yang:I want to ask Officer,please inform me why every male
and female is so very well dressed here yet all of them are
looking like beggars at the roadside,moaning and hair undone,
stretching their hands out begging for food.

Officer:When they were living,they were reckless and misused
God's gift of foodstuff.squandering money,spending money for
their own enjoyment rather than caring for charitable and
welfare work to help the poor and needy,or in the case of
wealthy men they abandoned their own wives in the house and
maintained women outside or in the case of women who became
wealthy and famous like singers,dancers and filmstars etc.

*they separated from their husbands and families to suit
their vanity.When people attain wealth and fame their hearts
often change and they tend to do worthless and infamous deeds;
when these people die,their souls are sent here to suffer.

*I hope that those living people who are better off and
wealthy.will use part of their money to help the less
fortunate and poor fellowmen.Do not be too showy.You must
remember that if there is too much enjoyment.drinking.eating.
gambling.merry making and excessive expenditure without
helping the needy and doing charity.bad luck will surely come.

*Those who are now in a happy and honourable position had
accumulated virtues and meritorious deeds in their previous
lives.Therefore,in present life you must do charitable and
good deeds to help those in need,or printing and distributing
moral tracts to advise people to do good.Not only will your
name be known for a hundred years,but your good and
meritorious deeds will be remembered and your souls will also
go to Paradise.

Ji-Gong:Time is up,let us prepare to return.

Officer:Good.In case I have failed to entertain you
sufficiently well,please excuse me.

Mr.Yang:Thank you very much Officer,for explaining in detail
to me.I am returning now.

Ji-Gong:Ouickly get up on the lotus flower platfrom...
We have arrived at Sheng Xian Tang.Yang Sheng.get down.Soul,
return to your body.
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