百喻經 28 為婦貿鼻喻 Change The WifeS Nose

28 Change The Wife’S Nose

Once upon a time, there was a man whose wife was graceful except for her ugly nose. When he was out, he saw another graceful looking woman with a pretty nose. It came into his mind that “I would cut her nose and transplant it on my wife’s face. Wouldn’t that be nice?”

He then cut the nose off this other woman. Caring it home he hurriedly called out to his wife, “Come quickly! I got a pretty nose for you.” Once she came out, he cut off her nose and replaced it with the one he had cut off first. It did not fit; also the wife suffered a great pain. So are the stupid in the world. They hear that aged monks and Brahmans with great fame and merit are respected and much supported. They say to themselves in these words, “There is no difference between them and us.” They falsely pretend to be virtuous. Not only do they gain nothing, they get a bad name for their misbehavior as well. Those people are just like the stupid man cutting other’s nose only to injure his own wife.

28為婦貿鼻喻

譯文

從前有一個人，他的妻子長得端正，只是鼻子難看。這人外出之際，見別人的妻子面貌端正，鼻子長得很好，便說：「我現今可把她的鼻截取下來安著到我妻子面孔上去，不是很好麼!」隨即將別人妻子的鼻子截下來，拿回家去，急急地叫妻子：「你快出來，給你好鼻。」他妻子一出來，就割了她的鼻子，旋而將他人的鼻子安著在妻子面孔上。既安不上去，又失了她原先的鼻子，空佬佬地使她受了大苦痛。

世間的愚人也是這樣，聽聞那些年高的沙門、婆羅門有大名德，因而受到世人的敬重，獲得豐富的供養，便想：現今我與他們便是一樣的了。就虛假地自稱有德，既失掉了修證的功德，又損及了自身的品行。如截來他人的鼻子，徒然使自己受到損傷一般，世間的愚人，也是這般。

原典

昔有一人，其婦端正，唯有鼻丑。其人外出，見他婦面貌端正，其鼻甚好，便作是言：「我今寧可截取其鼻著我婦面上，不亦好乎!」即截他婦鼻，持來歸家，急喚其婦：「汝速出來，與汝好鼻。」其婦出來，即割其鼻，尋以他鼻著婦面上。既不相著，復失其鼻，唐①使其婦受大苦痛。

世間愚人亦復如是，聞他宿舊沙門、婆羅門有大名德，而為世人之所恭敬，得大利養，便作是念言：我今與彼便為不異。虛自假稱，妄言有德，既失其利，復傷其行，如截他鼻，徒自傷損。世間愚人，亦復如是。

注釋

①唐：徒然、空。