50 Curing a Hunchback

50医治脊偻喻

Once a man who suddenly became a hunchback went to a doctor for treatment. The doctor treated him with some kind of ointment, and then squeezed the hunchback in between two pieces of wooden planks. He squeezed so hard that the hunchback’s eyes popped out.

Stupid people of the world are like this, too. Wishing to make money, they engage in many trades and professions, not stopping at any kind of illegal method. The profit they gain will not make up for the injuries they create. In the future they will fall into the hells and be like the hunchback whose eyes popped out.

译文

譬如有人突然患了佝偻病，请医生来疗治。医生把酥油涂在他身上，上下用板夹着，用力痛压，双目不觉一下子都压挤出来了。

世上的愚人也是这样，为了修福业，就做生意，利用了许多非法的手段，事情虽是做成了，但是所得抵不过所失，来世进入了地狱，就好比双目迸出一般。

原典

譬如有人，卒患脊偻，请医疗治。医以酥涂，上下着板，用力痛压，不觉双目一时并出。

世间愚人亦复如是，为修福故，治生估贩，作诸非法，其事虽成，利不补害。将来之世，入于地狱，喻双目出。