Shi Heshi: Recitation and Compassion alongside Work
Person：Shi Heshi
Period：Tang (capital region)
Tang; Shicun in Fenggu Township, southwest of the capital.
Reading preferences
以下依所列原典轉述；神異內容均為原書所載。
故事
《法華經顯應錄》在「信男」門記載，唐代京城西南豐谷鄉史村有史呵誓。他自少向善，品行清高，常誦法華「四安樂行品」，把悲憫與忍耐放在心上。
書中說，他因經文勸人哀憫一切，發誓不乘馬。這是史呵誓個人的受持方式，並不是原書為所有讀者訂下的共同戒條。後來他的名字列於令史，往返京省之間，心仍繫於持誦。可見這段敘事中的修學，並沒有完全離開職務與日常往來。
接著有「恐逢相識，行必支經」一句，語義不夠清楚，本稿不把它擴寫成躲避熟人、特意繞路或隨身攜經等具體情節。臨終異香、十年後合葬時所見舌相鮮紅，也都只依原書轉述。
本條所引為《珠林》。篇幅雖短，卻把誦持與悲忍並記，又保存了在公務途中修學的線索。文中未記阿彌陀佛來迎或明言已生西方，故不因身後瑞相便改歸為明證往生。
編者省思（非原典）
可以從經文中選一項清楚的提醒，帶進工作與待人之中；是否更有耐心、更願顧及他人，可比單看誦持次數更貼近生活。這是編者的省思，不替原書補出行為效果。
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