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「地獄空」攝影集即將在八月中元節前出版，由知名設計師與攝影家黃子欽設計，內附在下二位高徒精美繪製符咒、心經版畫書籤、愣嚴咒牌、尊勝咒語...等，感恩十方大德助印，希望疫情退散，平安喜樂，後記如下：

野放台灣五十餘年，貪狼獨坐，三方四正殺破狼格局，少年多舛，白手起家，隨展覽雲遊四海，如閒雲野鶴常持各類底片機流連廢墟、山川、宮廟忘返，遂設幻影堂自詡堂主，一日三省「凡所有相皆是虛妄」，常宅於暗房沖片放大通宵、鍾情黑白世界之單純，彩色照片俗世繽紛花俏做作甜美甚至比現實更現實故少拍也。知天命之年有餘，了悟人生一瞬、眨眼即逝，雖非仙人，亦無道骨，初聞離垢地生清淨心，但離華嚴「不動地」尚遠，待修持也。
2017年盛暑拍畢《巨神連線》，心律不整差點心肌梗塞向閻羅王報到，意識死神隨伺在側，人生苦短，如何了生脫死、盡斷煩惱、無所罣礙、遠離顛倒……總不得解，蒙釋迦摩尼佛開示飆淚三晝夜，聞佛法數載始知自我渺如塵埃，甚感慚愧。閒暇乃參訪名寺古剎，禮敬焚香佛陀菩薩羅漢諸神天仙王爺媽娘，台灣宮廟千奇百怪、宗派錯綜複雜（佛教、道教、一貫道、天主教、基督教、齋教、回教＆大同教、儒教鑾堂、天帝教＆天德教、慈惠堂＆勝安宮、軒轅教、道院、理教、萬國道德會、會靈山……）、神棍橫行（依人不依法、偶像崇拜、斂財、邪淫），因歷史變遷、社會動盪、政治鬥爭、意識形態等因素導致佛道混雜，但地獄造景稀少，後專注拍攝各殿閻王、判官、陰司、獄卒、七爺、八爺乃至一切罪人，各寺造景巧妙、耐人尋味，意境乖張溢於言表，造型扭曲非常人所能塑也，然匠心獨運、自成一格，專研西方藝術數十載方知真誠樸拙最美，絲毫不輸喬托（Giotto di Bondone，1267～1337）乃至米開朗基羅（Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 ~ 1564）矣。

創立於1986年的石門金剛宮風景優美可眺望北濱，雖主祀四面佛，儒釋道眾神尊也不含糊，可過七星橋解厄、繞行五百黝黑羅漢敲鑼印心、跪拜亞洲最大臥佛涅槃像，安太歲自不在話下，甲子太歲爺雙眼長出手掌印象甚深，1994年經閻羅王指示廟公建造一條肚內設極樂世界及陰曹地府之神龍，行走暗黑通道觸動感應機關，只見面容猙獰受刑者呼天搶地喊冤、身邊盡是血肉糢糊殘肢敗屍腦漿塗地，十殿閻羅各司其職、威儀攝人。新北市林口區青嶺湖北文紫祥宮包公廟則以壁面彩塑地獄浮雕獨步全台，粉嫩色彩搭配卡漫風格，尤為造型簡直恐怖到可愛透頂，該廟主祀森羅殿閻羅天子包拯（包青天），陽世冤屈者可至此參拜祭解，求破懸案者眾，逢中元普渡皆以紙紮船渡亡魂至彼岸，全台唯一閻羅天子巨像籌備中，四周環繞墓地，適合修不淨觀也。台灣首尊彰化八卦山大佛旁南天宮（1971）地府則是首座電動地府，規模精小但驚嚇度破表，略顯破敗但五光十色仍蠻凶悍，出自已故台南大道長金登富之作，而電動神明起始可追溯至1960年代北港朝天宮。倒是嘉義水上鄉白人牙膏觀光工廠「戴相府」、「將軍府」設置十殿地府出乎意料之外，乾淨亮麗、ㄧ殿ㄧ間、簡單樸實。由高雄蓮潭龍虎塔龍口入內可見全臺唯一交趾陶地獄牆面，尊尊栩栩如生，續入龍身乃進聞聲救苦白衣觀音大士三十三化身浮雕隧道，造型設色甚為古錐。高雄大岡山超峰寺入口處「西方三聖蓮池海會」（阿彌陀佛、觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩巨像）旁設靜態十殿閻羅（1970年代初），雖略為陳舊然韻味猶存，續往上行可抵「證菩提道－釋迦如來應化事迹」雕塑園區，一攬世尊畢生精華。如來年邁時，琉璃國王為報長期被釋迦族輕蔑之傲慢心，世尊雖三次單獨伽跌坐 阻擋大軍進攻之路，但因緣果報無法逆轉，昔日婢女所生王子瞋恨無以復加，還是滅了祖國。自持神通第一目犍連不忍無辜百姓慘遭屠殺，遂以缽盛救度五百族人，最終卻化為血水，佛言神通廣大仍不敵千百劫業力，因緣果報屢試不爽。其母死後墜入餓鬼道飢餓難耐，目犍連遂展神通救渡，但所食尚未入口皆化為赤火，佛陀囑咐農曆七月十五日僧眾解安居自恣日，於盆中設甘露美食供養十方僧眾，因此超度亡母。後世「盂蘭盆法會」乃至「水懺法會」、「瑜珈焰口法會 」皆為消業障、斷塵垢之超渡儀軌，既渡亡魂也自懺悔。

台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗，不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂（1979年興建，1983年開放)，燈光絢爛、聲響駭人，獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」，至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形，睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿 」判案定奪，觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截……等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄……兼遊「四生（胎、卵、濕、化）回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼……等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石……小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」，轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭……等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」，窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮……等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤……等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」，直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿，皆為極犯，另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍……等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」（查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司）後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事，依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺（紫河車）」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據《十八泥犁經》記載，人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」，經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫，犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄（阿鼻地獄）」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主，統轄十殿閻羅，逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。

人類居於五趣（阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄）雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界，犯十惡業（殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴）者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」（欲界、色界、無色界）二十八天？凡人無此意識，別說能破「十二因緣」（無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死）還滅門，更別想斷除「四聖諦」（苦、集、滅、道）集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑（五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑），了悟「五蘊」（色、受、想、行、識）本空、「十二入」（眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法）空、「十八界」空，破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執，生十一處「善心所」（信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害），降二十六處「惡心所」（貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知），須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。

地獄可能空滅嗎？若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪，地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土？若能證空性何處現地獄？

地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間，老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心，然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所，惡性所及實無可根除，礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層，乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷，暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄，心多妄念，妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間，會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉，我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄，三魂七魄尚不足以出竅，驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧，豈不謬哉？

病毒肆虐年半有餘，全球確診者逼近一億八千萬，枉死者近四百萬，堪比戰爭規模，望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空，唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。

姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節

Postscript

I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.

In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).

Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.

Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.

Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.

The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.

June 2021,

Yao Jui-chung

#史泡泡 ㊙️㊙️㊙️㊙台灣五大奇案是如何形成的？🔥🔥🔥
引言、提問/ 與談：
謝金魚 / 謝宜安

🔥最近，曾經與我合作過的 阮劇團 Our Theatre 製作了一齣相當複雜、龐大的舞台劇《十殿》，據說設定是將「台灣五大奇案」合併在一棟廢棄的綜合大樓中上演，雖說故事發想的大樓是嘉義的一個廢棄冰宮，但身為台中人，我在看到這故事時，更容易聯想到台中的一廣，《十殿》在四月底也會到 臺中國家歌劇院 National Taichung Theater 演出，我想，可能也會有更多台中人聯想到一廣吧？

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🔥🔥但說起五大奇案，讓我想起從前在成大讀書的時候，聽石萬壽老師說起他所經歷的「神明告教授」事件，起因是老師當年採訪的廟公說了一些關於女鬼「陳守娘」的故事。陳守娘是清代府城三大奇案之一，原是一位守寡的婦人，遭到婆婆、小姑與一位師爺設計逼姦後，又被婆婆小姑凌虐而死，而後含冤復仇，殺爆全城，最後驚動神靈，她才善罷甘休。在日後流傳的鄉野傳說中，是廣澤尊王打贏了女鬼，但在廟公的說法裡卻是打輸了、不得不請出隔壁善化堂的觀音收拾。不過，這有損神威的說法在老廟公去世後引起了糾紛，後來老師因此被告上法庭，最後在地方有力人士出面協調後和解。我對此事的印象很深，除了事件地點、宮廟都是熟悉的地方之外，老師也提醒我們，這些地點之間的地緣關係呈現了當時人們的生活圈。

🔥🔥🔥在2009年時，因為看到一篇討論神明吃案的文章後，我在ptt的古人八卦版（gallantry）寫下了「清末台灣最強女鬼陳守娘」這篇文章，當時的我，怎麼也不曾想到，這隨意寫下的「最強女鬼」稱號，在後來十多年間，隨著大家對於台灣鬼怪傳說的關注而慢慢發酵，如今「最強女鬼」已經成為陳守娘的專屬稱呼了。

🔥🔥🔥🔥雖然五大奇案究竟有哪五個，有不同的說法，目前比較常見的說法，就是府城三大奇案「陳守娘」、「林投姐」、「呂祖廟燒金」，加入發生在北部的「周成過台灣」和民國後才出現的「瘋女十八年」，但之所以為「奇案」，通常就是出了人命，前四者都與鬼神之說有關，「瘋女十八年」雖沒死人，但也有說法指出「瘋女」是助人驅鬼而遭到反撲。

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥在這些故事中，遭到迫害的、瘋癲的、冤屈難伸的女人都是主角，陳守娘身為寡婦卻被夫家逼迫受辱、林投姐帶著孩子等待負心的丈夫、呂祖廟燒金裡寂寞的女人藉由廟宇的掩護偷情、周成之妻渡台尋找丈夫卻被無情殺害、瘋女因為精神疾病被夫家禁錮，也不難看出在早期台灣社會中女性的困境。

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥她們或是大膽開放地追求情慾、或是服從傳統遭到虐待仍守貞守節，最終都似乎走向失控與瘋狂。但這些故事的根源與流傳實在令人好奇，專精於都市傳說的宜安對此也有研究，所以有了這次的紙上對談。
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🐳金魚：請問宜安，這些故事原本的源流是什麼？都是歷史事件嗎？

💖宜安：除了「瘋女十八年」明顯是真實事件以外，其他奇案都很難說是「真的」。「瘋女十八年」因1956年《中華日報》的報導〈十八年人間地獄〉而披露，當時事件本尊仍在世。至於其他奇案因為發生的時間點，跟現在知道的最早記錄，都有一段間隔。陳守娘是最接近真實的，被記下來的時間也很早。陳守娘遭逢小姑、婆婆暴力對待，堅持守節，最後下體被刺而死，官府一度企圖掩蓋，最後不敵民眾的怨氣。這故事初見於清代劉家謀的《海音詩》（1855），連橫的《臺灣通史》也提及。但是陳守娘死後、鬼魂大戰廣澤尊王等，就屬於民間傳說，難以確認真假。

其餘林投姐、呂祖廟燒金、周成過台灣，都是清朝故事，但是最早文獻記載都是日治時代。林投姐的故事見於片岡巖《台灣風俗誌》（1921），林投姐原是名寡婦，因錢財被情人騙回中國，因此氣憤自盡，冤魂繼續在林投樹下徘徊，使當地仕紳建祠祭祀。這座祠就在台南火車站附近。耆老曾經見過林投姐的祠，因此林投姐故事的來源也是可考的。呂祖廟燒金的初次紀錄，可能是1930年《三六九小報》上的〈呂廟燒金〉一文：一名貢生讓士人至外地工作，看上士人之妻的屠夫，便藉機請呂祖廟道姑安排他與士人之妻私通。士人之妻因此假藉燒金之名，到呂祖廟與屠夫相會。故事中的呂祖廟是真有此廟，但是故事有些疑點，當時臺灣貢生並不多，故事中貢生的真實性存疑。

至於周成故事，最早記錄就是戲劇。我們現在比較知道的故事情節，是周成來到台灣，締結新歡拋棄原配，原配來台灣尋周成卻慘遭殺害，鬼魂向周成復仇，另周成殺害新歡並自殺。這個故事在1911年，就有劇團演出。關於周成故事的真假，有個有趣的說法。研究者王釗芬訪問了大稻埕耆老，耆老說周成真有其人，但故事不一樣。周成故事是在周成生意失敗之後，怨恨他的人編出來的。

🐳🐳金魚：五大奇案究竟都是怎麼流傳的呢？

💖💖宜安：這些奇案故事，很早就以戲劇或唸歌的方式流傳。1911年報紙提到台南座有劇團演出「臺南大奇案」的陳秀娘故事（應該就是陳守娘），後來1935年也有歌仔戲唱片。林投姐、周成過台灣的歌仔戲都有被記錄在1927年《臺湾における支那演劇と臺湾演劇調》。看來這些故事都是歌仔戲的重要主題。除此之外，奇案也流傳在唸歌中。國寶楊秀卿老師會唱林投姐、周成過台灣、陳守娘這幾個奇案。

呂祖廟燒金以衍伸出的俗語「呂祖廟燒金。糕子未記提」流傳（意指婦女偷情後心神不寧，忘記將供奉的糕餅帶回家），也有改編電影《屠夫》。「瘋女十八年」是因為1957年的同名電影而轟動，最早報導叫做〈十八年人間地獄〉，如今稱為「瘋女十八年」，顯然是受到電影影響。後來還有很多翻拍版本。

🐳🐳🐳金魚：在周成、林投姐跟陳守娘的故事中，移民來台灣的男性都擔任了欺騙、邪惡的角色，當他們無法承擔時就拍拍屁股一走了之，這種對於移民的印象是怎麼形成的呢？

💖💖💖宜安：周成跟林投姐剛好是一組對照：周成是來臺灣經商後，辜負了在中國的原配；另一個是負心漢騙錢後回到中國，辜負了在臺灣的林投姐。在當時，男性會因為經商而在兩岸間移動，但女性要移動卻很困難。周成妻來臺灣要沿路乞討，林投姐要道士協助才能到中國復仇，這都顯示出女性移動的困難。男性的移動優勢，讓他們可以負心、作惡而不必承擔責任。這在安土重遷的中國傳統裡，也是令人不安的例外狀態。可能就是因此，必須要以故事教訓這些負心漢。楊秀卿老師講述的版本中，凌辱陳守娘的師爺企圖坐船逃走，卻在關鍵時刻被鬼魂呼喚，一回頭，人就落網了。這也是呈現「移動」跟「免責」兩者間的關係——但把人留下來了，他就必須負責了。

🐳🐳🐳🐳金魚：陳守娘的故事曾經被記載在台南的地方志中，在台南的節孝祠中也有陳守娘的牌位，但宜安好像有找到資料，在這之前還有類似的故事？

💖💖💖💖宜安：我之前看到過歸有光的〈書張貞女死事〉，事件與陳守娘幾乎相同：張貞女的婆婆賣身，往來家中的恩客看上張貞女，張貞女不從，被婆婆跟恩客用利器刺下體而死。張貞女事件發生在1544年，在當時就很有名，因為符合文人稱頌的節烈價值而被頌揚。陳守娘的經歷與她基本相同，只差賣身的是小姑。其實最早記載的《海音詩》只說婆婆小姑虐待守娘、刺守娘下體而死，是《臺灣通史》才增添小姑賣身、恩客脅迫等事，不知是不是受到張貞女的故事影響。陳守娘故事逐步演變成「寧死不屈」，也代表這類烈女故事更符合道德價值、更容易留存於文人記載中。

🐳🐳🐳🐳🐳金魚：說到類似的故事，呂祖廟呢？

💖💖💖💖💖宜安：呂祖廟燒金的故事，看起來太像馮夢龍《三言》等明清小說，充滿了姦情、淫亂的寺廟跟殺害姦夫。小說中，能夠以宗教名義親近婦女的尼姑與和尚，形象總與淫亂聯繫，淨土會是小說中的淫窟。因此「婦女以燒金為名，在寺廟裡幽會」的主題很常出現在小說中，《清平山堂話本》的〈戒指兒記〉，也是一個男子透過尼姑牽線，在庵裡與心儀女子幽會的故事。婦人「假燒金真通姦」的偽裝，也像是《水滸傳》裡，潘金蓮以做針黹為名去王婆家、實際上和西門慶私通這類情節。在前面所提〈呂廟燒金〉一文中，道姑跟行奸的屠夫下場是兩人伏法。但是如今的主流版本中，後面添了一段士人殺姦夫、殺道姑的情節，這可能是受到潘金蓮故事中，武松殺西門慶與王婆一段的影響。


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奇案之所以為奇、之所以百年來被各種戲劇與說唱藝術不斷傳唱，一方面有其「警世」之意，另一方面，是不是也代表著那些壓迫得用這麼激烈的方式才能夠被聽見？所有的故事最後都有天道輪轉必有報應的結局，但我想當時肯定有更多的故事、更多壓迫沒有得到公平的對待，或許在聽到這些故事時，會讓受屈的人感到一絲快意吧？

那麼，放到今日，雖不能說沒有壓迫了，但可以有更多方式去尋求正義、替自己發聲的時候，五大奇案對我們的意義又是什麼？現代的台灣人又會怎麼樣闡述這五個看似老掉牙的故事？我很期待。
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B、丁巳
C、丁卯
D、戊辰
E、甲子

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A、 丙午
【上簽】
陰陽道合總由天，女嫁男婚豈偶然，
但看龍蛇堪運動，熊羆葉夢喜團圓。
詩詞寓意：陰陽調和都是天意，目前所期盼整合的人、事、物，總有一天能順利達成心願。但這絕不是偶然，你必須等待時機，不要心急，待農歷三、四月，或是龍、蛇年時，就是實現願望的時候。
求姻緣：相逢不是偶然，姻緣天定，但如果你封閉了自己的心，不肯與人互動，好的對象就算站在你面前，你也得不到此姻緣喔。
求工作：工作機會在2021農歷新年後，農歷三、四月時運勢最旺，那時積極投履歷，一定能獲得一份相當不錯的工作。
求健康：健康運勢上升，身體有病痛者要主動就醫，多休息方能痊癒。

B、丁巳
【下簽】
經商出入事遲疑，恐惹閒愁與是非，
如鳥飛投羅網陷，相看能有幾人知。
詩詞寓意：目前你的心裡有急著想要完成的事情，但是請放慢腳步，如果急著去做，反而會適得其反，甚至會讓你陷入是非困境之中。就像飛鳥自投羅網，想翻身或等待救援，都不知要等到何時。如果你目前已身陷泥淖，那麼可能就無歸期了。
求姻緣：命中有時終須有，命中無時莫強求，相信你也聽過強扭的瓜不甜，目前還不適合求桃花。請將重心放在其他地方吧。
求工作：目前一直苦於找不到理想的工作，請你放慢腳步，甚至休息一下也沒關係，趁這段時間好好精進自己的實力，儲備未來的工作實力。
求健康：身體有病痛千萬不要誤信偏方、病急亂投醫，一定要去大醫院好好詳細檢查，對症下藥，以免越醫身體狀況越差喔。

C、丁卯
【中籤】
失意翻成得意時，龍吟虎嘯兩相宜，
青雲有路終須到，許我功名必可期。
詩詞寓意：有時遇害反而得利，吃虧反而佔到了便宜，不管遇上多巨大、多困難的事，只要勇敢去面對，凡事都可能化險為夷。如果能用這樣的心態去面對人生中的每一件事，那麼成功之日總有一天會臨到你。
求姻緣：也許你愛慕的人目前對你沒感覺，但是只要你努力不懈怠，釋出自己的善意與真誠的心意，相信對方會被你感動的。
求工作：過程中可能有一些阻礙，擋住你前行的道路，但是一定要記住，拿出信心、勇敢面對，化阻礙為力量，最終一定成功。
求健康：不要害怕面對身體的病痛，你越是逃避，只會每況愈下，只有去面對問題，才有解決的一天。

D、戊辰
【上簽】
菱花鏡破復重圓，女再求夫男再婚，
自此門閭重改換，更添福祿與兒孫。
詩詞寓意：搞砸了的事能有再次修復的機會，遇見不好的事，能再次和諧。只要一改往常的作風，改頭換面之後，一切又是新的開始，凡事能失而復得，事業能東山再起，讓你的晚輩更增添福氣。
求姻緣：你近期的桃花姻緣很有可能是舊識，也可能是已分手的前任。秋冬之際桃花開。鬧分手或是已經分手的人，先低頭求和，能破鏡重圓。
求工作：之前可能因為某些因素離開職場，近期可能又能回到原來的工作崗位，若是失而復得，就要拿出更好的表現。
求健康：最近身體時好時差，請調整作息，不要熬夜追劇，影響睡眠，這樣會加速免疫系統崩壞喔。

E、甲子
【中籤】
夢中說夢獲多財，身外浮名總莫猜，
永遠山遙難信定，貴人一指笑顏開。
詩詞寓意：眼前所看見的，都不是真實的，像是在做一場夢，夢醒後難以相信事實的真相，所求之事是虛幻的，名聲、地位也不是真實的，直到貴人來指引明路，才豁然開朗，得到啓示。
求姻緣：挑選對象不要將外表、金錢看得太重，兩人想處主要還是需要務實一點，想晉升上流社會或是嫁入豪門，最後吃苦的都是自己。
求工作：不要想去攀權附勢，選擇自己能勝任的工作或是能讓自己賺到錢的工作即可，不要想一步登天，貪快站不穩腳。
求健康：心境放寬自得喜樂，不要整天悶悶不樂，也無須處處與人攀比，自己得到的快樂才是真快樂。