孝感 监文思院赵应道病瘰 ，几委顿泣别亲旧曰∶吾死矣，夫闺阁中一物皆舍得，独鹤发老亲无托，奈何？
语未竟，俄有道人叩门，语赵曰∶病不难愈也。取纸二幅，各掏其中为一方窍，径可二尺许，以授赵曰∶俟夜烧一幅，
灰之调乳香汤涂患处，留一幅以待后人。言讫，道人不复见，始悟两方窍乃一吕字也。（《吕祖灵验记》）
信神 康熙四年五月，江北有五人南渡，其舟子信奉关帝，朝夕顶礼。是夜梦帝云∶明晚五人渡江，决不可根据，
若彼必要南渡，我书三个字于汝手心，等彼下船付之一览。舟子如言，将手中三字捻紧。及晚果有五人趁船，舟子将手
放开一照，五人即不见，所留包裹行箱，俱南方瘟疫册籍之类。舟子至东吴，传言三字，人多不识“HT 、HT 、HT ”。
吴下
人信者，多粘于门上，是年贴者，竟不染瘟疫。（《关圣全书》）
诵经 一人诵高王观音经甚诚，出行折一足，哀叫菩萨垂救。梦僧授一方，用绿豆粉，新铫炒紫色，井水调浓
敷，纸贴，杉木皮扎定，其效如神。（《四声本草注》）
惜字 梁 一人，每月延僧，给米三斗，银三钱，令其日拾字纸，晚交其家，用竹篓贮之。自身衣衿置二袋，
一见路沟墙角或垃圾积处，有湿秽字纸拾盛之。一备见皮纸包，见人将字纸包物，即出纸包易之，晚归并贮于篓。俟本
身诞日，将一年拾积字纸焚化河滨，灰送水中，不为人所践踏。僧死后，其惜如故。越数年，患膨病已殒，其魂遇僧于
桥上，僧问近日行藏，答以病危，僧曰∶此处有一施药道人，能疗此病。引见之，僧对道人备述其惜字。如此道人付药
三丸，令持归。将至家，嗅丸香甚，吞之，比闻举家号哭声遂苏，索饮橄榄汤甚迫，饮毕溺出如注，盈桶，渐愈，复活
二纪。此事不特耳闻，实且目击。奉劝世人，欲延年却病者，当以惜字纸为灵丹秘方。（《二惜编》）
放生 杭州周志学生八子，六子俱殇，余二子亦孱弱多病，时有不育之虑。志学年逾五十，心甚不快，偶过西
湖，遇一童颜道貌异人谓曰∶子若重有忧者？因告以故，且求小儿延寿之方。异人曰∶人物虽殊，生理本一，为父母者，
于小儿生日及每月本命日，诚心为之放生，则生机相感，命自我造生，儿自无夭扎之患。志学谢之，笃倍放生。甫一年，
二子并强健无疾，志学遍告同人，百试百验。（《放生百福编》）
（按，小儿生日及每月本命，一年不过七日，至期或一二百文，或五六十文，买鱼虾螺蛤之类，虔心放之，生意相
关，诚心术也。敢以告世之为父母者。）
建桥 平湖青龙桥，地接泖河，水势湍急，向架以木，时建时圯。乾隆壬辰，陆万龄妻张氏指资易以石。氏寡
居，老而盲，建桥后，目渐明，年八十三犹康健善饭。（《柘上丛说》）
救溺 陆某，长洲农民也。尝染风疾，发眉尽脱，累药无效，自以为必死。遂辞其家，携一孙，操小舟往来江
湖间，丐食为活。尝晚泊酒家求酒，遇一白衣老人，告曰∶吾善治此疾。即以针刺其两股，血流如注，命以河水沃之，
须臾血止，复以红药一丸与之，曰∶服此至夜半出汗，可急入水浴之。问其姓，曰∶姓钟。问其所居何地，曰∶黄村。
陆服其药，至夜半，果汗。时暑天，如其言，入水浴之，浴毕，呼其孙曰∶吾疾去矣。惊喜不胜，明日操舟还。见者皆
惊讶，陆具言其故，往其地谢之，则绝无所谓钟先生者，惟有一钟离庙。云或言陆尝救一投水妇人，亦阴德所致。（《都
公
谭纂》）
还金 献县丐者王希圣，足双挛，以股代足，以肘撑之。行一日，于路得遗金二百锭，移橐匿草间坐守，以待
觅者。俄，商家林人张际飞仓皇寻至，叩之，语相符，举以还之。张请分取不受，延至家，议养膳终其身。希圣曰∶吾
形残废，天所罚也，违天坐食，必有后咎，毅然竟去。后卧岳帝祠内，忽有醉人曳其足，痛不可忍，醉人去后，足已伸
矣，由是遂能行，至乾隆已卯年卒。（《国朝祥殃 》）
孝感 监文思院赵应道患瘰疬病，几乎疲惫不堪，哭着与亲友告别说：“我快要死了，家中闺阁里的一件物品我都舍得放下，唯独白发苍苍的老父母无人托付，该怎么办呢？”
话还没说完，突然有位道人敲门，对赵应道说：“这病不难治愈。”取来两张纸，每张中间挖出一个方形的孔洞，直径大约二尺左右，交给赵应道说：“等到晚上烧掉其中一张，将灰烬用乳香汤调和后涂抹在患处，留下另一张纸留给后人看。”说完，道人就不见了，这才明白那两个方孔拼起来是一个“吕”字。（《吕祖灵验记》）
信神 康熙四年五月，江北有五人乘船南渡，船夫信奉关帝，早晚都虔诚礼拜。这天夜里，关帝托梦说：“明晚那五人渡江，你千万不要让他们上船，如果他们一定要南渡，我在你手心写三个字，等他们下船时给他们看一眼。”船夫照做，紧紧捏住手中的三个字。到了晚上，果然有五个人要搭船，船夫把手放开一看，五个人立刻消失了，留下的包裹行箱，都是南方瘟疫册籍之类的东西。船夫到达东吴后，传言这三个字，很多人不认识“HT、HT、HT”。吴地相信的人，多将其贴在门上，这一年贴了的人，竟然都没有染上瘟疫。（《关圣全书》）
诵经 有一人诵读《高王观音经》非常虔诚，出行时折断了腿，痛苦呼叫菩萨垂救。梦中一位僧人传授给他一个方子，用绿豆粉，在新铁锅中炒至紫色，用井水调成浓稠状敷在患处，用纸贴上，用杉木皮扎紧固定，效果神奇。（《四声本草注》）
惜字 梁朝有一人，每月聘请僧人，提供米三斗、银三钱，让僧人每天拾捡字纸，晚上送到他家，用竹篓储存。他自己衣襟上挂着两个袋子，一看到路边沟渠墙角或垃圾堆积处有湿秽的字纸就拾起来装好。另外准备一些皮纸包，看到有人用字纸包裹物品，就拿出自己的纸包去交换，晚上回来一并储存在竹篓中。等到他自己的生日那天，将一年拾积的字纸在河边焚化，将灰烬送入水中，以免被人践踏。僧人死后，他依然像以前一样爱惜字纸。过了几年，他患上膨胀病（腹部积水肿大之病）去世，他的灵魂在桥上遇到那位僧人，僧人问他最近的行踪，他回答说病情危急，僧人说：“这里有一位施药的道人，能治疗这种病。”便引荐见他，僧人对道人详细述说了他爱惜字纸的事迹。于是道人给他三丸药，让他带回家。快到家里时，闻到药丸很香，吞服下去，忽然听到全家人的哭声，于是苏醒过来，急切地索要橄榄汤喝，喝完后排尿如注，装满一桶，逐渐痊愈，又活了二十年。这件事不仅是耳闻，更是亲眼目睹。奉劝世人，想要延年益寿、祛除疾病的人，应当把爱惜字纸当作灵丹秘方。（《二惜编》）
放生 杭州周志学有八个儿子，六个儿子都夭折了，剩下两个儿子也体弱多病，时常担心无法养育成人。周志学年过五十，心里很不痛快，偶然经过西湖，遇到一位童颜道貌的异人对他说：“您似乎还有深重的忧虑？”于是告诉他原因，并请求延长小儿寿命的方法。异人说：“人与物虽然不同，但生理本源是一样的，作为父母，在孩子生日及每月的本命日，诚心为他们放生，那么生机就会相互感应，命运由自己创造，孩子自然就没有夭折的祸患。”周志学感谢了他，加倍坚持放生。才过一年，两个儿子都变得强健无病，周志学遍告朋友同事，百试百灵。（《放生百福编》）
（按语：小儿生日及每月的本命日，一年不过七天，届时花一二百文或五六十文，买鱼虾螺蛤之类，虔诚地放掉它们，生意相关，是诚心的法术。敢以此告知世间做父母的人。）
建桥 平湖青龙桥，地处泖河，水势湍急，原先架设的是木桥，时而修建时而倒塌。乾隆壬辰年，陆万龄的妻子张氏出资将桥改为石桥。张氏寡居，年老失明，建桥之后，眼睛渐渐明亮，八十三岁时依然身体健康，饭量好。（《柘上丛说》）
救溺 陆某，是长洲的农民。曾经患有风疾，头发眉毛全部脱落，多次用药无效，自认为必死无疑。于是辞别家人，带着一个孙子，驾着小舟在江湖间往来，靠乞讨食物为生。曾经晚上停泊在酒家求酒喝，遇到一位白衣老人，告诉他说：“我擅长治疗这种病。”随即用针刺他的大腿两侧，血流如注，命令他用河水冲洗，一会儿血就止住了，又给他一丸红药，说：“服用这个到半夜出汗，可以急忙入水洗澡。”问他的姓氏，说姓钟。问他的居住地在哪里，说住在黄村。陆某服用了他的药，到了半夜，果然出汗。当时是暑天，按照他的话，入水洗澡，洗完澡后，呼唤孙子说：“我的病好了。”惊喜不已，第二天驾船回家。见到的人都感到惊讶，陆某详细说明原委，前往那个地方致谢，却完全没有所谓钟先生的踪迹，只有一座钟离庙。有人说陆某曾经救过一个投水的妇人，这也是阴德所致。（《都公谭纂》）
还金 献县的乞丐王希圣，双脚挛缩变形，用大腿代替脚，用手肘支撑行走。有一天在路上捡到二百锭遗失的金子，移动口袋藏在草丛间坐着守候，等待失主寻找。不久，商家林人张际飞惊慌失措地寻来，询问情况，话语相符，便将金子全部归还。张际飞请他分取一部分，他不接受，邀请他到家，商议供养他终老。王希圣说：“我身体残疾，是天所惩罚的，违背天道坐享其成，必定会有后患，毅然决然地离开了。后来躺在岳帝祠内，忽然有个醉汉拉扯他的脚，疼痛难忍，醉汉走后，脚已经伸直了，从此就能行走了，直到乾隆己卯年去世。（《国朝祥殃》）
Xiaogan. Zhao Yingdao, a supervisor at the Wensi Academy in Xiaogan, suffered from scrofula (tuberculous lymphadenitis). He was nearly prostrated by exhaustion and wept as he bid farewell to his relatives and old friends, saying, "I am about to die. I can part with everything in my household, but what shall I do about my white-haired elderly parents who have no one to rely on?"
Before he could finish speaking, a Daoist priest suddenly knocked on the door and said to Zhao, "This illness is not difficult to cure." The priest took two sheets of paper, cut out a square hole in the center of each, approximately two chi (about 60-70 cm) in diameter, and handed them to Zhao, saying, "Wait until nightfall, burn one sheet, mix the ash with an incense milk decoction, and apply it to the affected area. Keep the other sheet for future generations." After speaking, the Daoist vanished. Only then did they realize that the two square holes formed the character "Lü" (吕). (*Records of Lü Zu's Spiritual Efficacy*)
Belief in Deities. In the fifth month of the fourth year of the Kangxi reign (1665), five men from north of the Yangtze River crossed southward by boat. The boatman worshipped Lord Guan (Guan Di), offering morning and evening bows. That night, Lord Guan appeared in a dream and said, "Tomorrow night, when these five men cross the river, you must absolutely not let them board. If they insist on crossing south, I will write three characters on your palm; wait until they disembark and show them the characters." The boatman followed this instruction and tightly clenched the three characters in his hand. That evening, indeed, five men sought passage. When the boatman opened his hand to look, the five men had instantly disappeared, leaving behind only their luggage and trunks, which contained records and registers related to southern plagues. Upon arriving in Dongwu, the boatman spread word of the three characters, which many people did not recognize as "HT, HT, HT." Those in the Wu region who believed in this often pasted the characters on their doors; those who did so that year were completely spared from plague. (*Complete Works of Lord Guan*)
Reciting Scriptures. A certain man recited the *Gao Wang Guanyin Jing* (High King Guanyin Sutra) with great sincerity. During a trip, he broke his leg and cried out in agony, begging Bodhisattva for rescue. In a dream, a monk instructed him in a prescription: use mung bean powder, stir-fried in a new iron pot until purple, mixed with well water into a thick paste, applied to the injury, covered with paper, and bound firmly with fir bark. Its efficacy was miraculous. (*Notes on Four Tones Bencao*)
Cherishing Written Characters. In the Liang Dynasty, a certain man hired monks monthly, providing three dou of rice and three qian of silver, instructing them to collect written characters daily and deliver them home in the evening for storage in bamboo baskets. He himself wore two bags on his lapels, picking up wet or dirty paper with written characters found in roadside ditches, corners, or garbage piles. He also prepared skin-paper packages; whenever he saw someone using written paper to wrap items, he would exchange his own package for theirs, collecting them all in the basket by nightfall. On his birthday, he would burn the accumulated written paper by the riverbank and scatter the ashes in the water to prevent them from being trampled. Even after the monk died, he continued cherishing written paper as before. Several years later, he succumbed to distension disease (abdominal swelling/ascites) and died. His soul met the monk on a bridge. The monk asked about his recent activities, and he replied that he was critically ill. The monk said, "There is a Daoist physician here who can cure this disease," and introduced him. The monk recounted the man's practice of cherishing written paper to the Daoist. The Daoist gave him three pills and told him to take them home. As he approached home, smelling the strong fragrance of the pills, he swallowed them. Suddenly hearing the wailing of his family, he revived, urgently requesting olive soup. After drinking it, he urinated profusely, filling a bucket, and gradually recovered, living another twenty years. This event was not merely heard but witnessed personally. I advise the world: those wishing to prolong life and eliminate disease should regard cherishing written paper as a spiritual elixir and secret recipe. (*Compilation of Two Cherishings*)
Releasing Life. Zhou Zhixue of Hangzhou had eight sons; six perished in childhood, and the remaining two were frail and frequently ill, raising concerns about their survival. Zhou, over fifty years old, was deeply distressed. While passing West Lake, he encountered an otherworldly figure with a youthful face and Daoist demeanor who said, "You seem to bear heavy worries?" Zhou explained his situation and requested a method to extend his children's lives. The figure said, "Although humans and animals differ, their vital principles are one. As parents, on your children's birthdays and their respective birth-month days, sincerely release life. Then, vital energy will resonate, fate will be shaped by yourself, and your children will naturally avoid premature death." Zhou thanked him and doubled his efforts in releasing life. Within a year, both sons became robust and free from illness. Zhou informed his peers, and the method proved effective in every trial. (*Compilation of Hundred Blessings from Releasing Life*)
(Note: Children's birthdays and birth-month days amount to no more than seven days a year. At these times, spending one or two hundred wen or fifty to sixty wen to buy fish, shrimp, snails, clams, etc., and reverently releasing them connects with the vitality of life through sincere intent. I dare to share this with parents in the world.)
Building Bridges. Qinglong Bridge in Pinghu is located where the Maoliao River meets, with rapid currents. Originally constructed of wood, it was repeatedly built and destroyed. In the Renchen year of the Qianlong reign (1772), Zhang Shi, wife of Lu Wanling, contributed funds to rebuild it in stone. Widowed and blind in her old age, her eyesight gradually improved after the bridge was built. She remained healthy and had a good appetite until the age of eighty-three. (*Collected Sayings from Zhe Shang*)
Saving from Drowning. Lu, a farmer from Changzhou, once suffered from wind-disease (likely leprosy or severe dermatological condition), losing all his hair and eyebrows. Multiple treatments failed, and he believed death was inevitable. He left his family, accompanied by a grandson, navigating rivers and lakes in a small boat, surviving by begging. One evening, while mooring at a tavern and seeking wine, he met an old man in white clothing who said, "I am skilled at treating this disease." He immediately pricked both of Lu's thighs, causing blood to flow like a stream, and ordered Lu to wash the area with river water. The bleeding stopped shortly after. He then gave Lu a red pill, saying, "Take this; when you sweat by midnight, enter the water for a bath." Asked for his surname, he replied, "Zhong." Asked for his residence, he said, "Huang Village." Lu took the medicine and, by midnight, indeed sweated. It was summer, and following the instructions, he bathed in the water. After bathing, he called to his grandson, "My disease is gone!" Overjoyed, he returned home the next day. Witnesses were astonished. Lu explained the circumstances and went to thank the man, but there was no trace of Mr. Zhong, only a Temple of Zhongli. Some say Lu once saved a woman who attempted suicide by drowning, and this was also due to hidden virtue. (*Tan Cui by Du Gong*)
Returning Gold. Wang Xisheng, a beggar from Xian County, had contracted feet, walking by supporting himself on his elbows and thighs. One day, he found two hundred ingots of lost gold on the road. He moved his bag, hid it in the grass, and sat waiting for the finder. Soon, Zhang Jifei, a merchant from Linren, arrived in a panic searching for it. Upon inquiry, the details matched, and Wang returned the gold entirely. Zhang offered him a share, but Wang refused. Zhang invited him home and proposed to support him for the rest of his life. Wang said, "My body is disabled, a punishment from Heaven. To sit and eat without working against Heaven's will would surely bring future blame." He resolutely left. Later, lying inside the Yue Di Temple, a drunkard suddenly pulled his legs, causing unbearable pain. After the drunkard left, Wang's legs had straightened, and he could walk again. He lived until the Yimao year of the Qianlong reign (1759) before passing away. (*Xiang Yang of the Current Dynasty*)