凡婴孩无论男女。拣肥大光洁川楝子。一岁至三岁用七个。臼内捣烂。水三碗。新砂
锅煎浓。倾入盆内。避风处。将稀布一方。蘸水。自头至足。遍身洗擦。不留余空。将布
拭干。避风一刻。四五岁用川楝子九个。水五碗。六七岁。用川楝子十五个。水七碗。
八岁至十岁。用川楝子二十个。水九碗。十一岁至十五岁。用川楝子三十个。水十
碗。照前浓煎擦洗。捣药忌铁器。洗之不但稀痘。又免疮疖。若不信。或手足留一处。
倘出时。必聚一块。擦洗须在五月。至八月。择七个除日。洗七次。此真神效仙方。屡
试屡验。
昆山稳婆范氏。专为堕胎。未及一年。一家十一口。俱患异症。相继死。范忽梦四青
衣。执牌云拿堕胎首犯。遂得疾。日夕叫号。告邻人曰。今日方知淫杀二业最重。大
家女婢为主人逼通。主母妒忌。必欲堕胎。更有闺女。孀妇。失身怀孕。尼姑亦所不
免。或儿女太多。或生产艰难。俱来寻吾。只缘贪财。故手害多命。吾究得几何家业。
替别人造如此恶业。凡用吾者。若非子孙灭绝。定是家业凋零。俱不得善报。只有
好善人家。不用吾干此事。俱富贵昌盛。吾死。无数怨对来寻。悔已迟矣。言终而死。
顺治初年事。出杨雪崖闻见录。
杭州沈其万。因患痰疾。昏迷不醒。愿送达生编一千本。数日而愈。○河南陈延。积
学不第。久试场屋。愿送达生编五百本。春秋聊捷。○山东王学立。因父患劳症。五
年不愈。一日叩送达生编二千本。两月愈。○绍兴朱启元。六十无子。后梦 大士
教印达生编。醒后愿送千本。后二子送终。○潮州王欲文妻陈氏。临产命几危。又
吐血不止。求大士愿送达生编一千本。至天明产一男。母子无恙。○临安沈熊
天。好食团鱼牛犬。后右背发一大毒。痛不可忍。愿印送达生编一千五百本。而毒
渐愈。寿至九十一岁。○安庆周亦龙。上省乡试。在路亭拾得达生编一部。到寓焚
香愿送。送达生编一百本。其年果中。○江左宋尔瑞。海洋行舟遇风。愿送达生编
三千本。后风即平安。○福建林如锦。曾印达生编一百本。一日两邻失火。独林屋如旧。
凡是婴幼儿，无论男女。挑选肥大、表面光洁的川楝子。一到三岁的幼儿用七个。在臼中捣烂。加入三碗水。用新的砂锅煎煮至浓稠。倒入盆中。在避风处。取一方块稀布，蘸药水。从头部到足部，全身擦拭。不留任何遗漏之处。将布擦干。避开风片刻。四到五岁的幼儿用川楝子九个，水五碗。六到七岁的幼儿，用川楝子十五个，水七碗。八岁到十岁的儿童，用川楝子二十个，水九碗。十一岁到十五岁的少年，用川楝子三十个，水十碗。按照前面的方法浓煎后擦洗。捣药时忌讳使用铁器。擦洗不仅能使痘疹稀疏，还能避免疮疖。如果不相信，可以在手足留一处不擦。如果出痘，必定会聚集成一块。擦洗必须在五月进行，直到八月。选择带有“除”字的日期（如除日）。洗七次。这真是神效仙方，屡试屡验。
昆山的稳婆（接生婆）范氏，专门从事堕胎手术。不到一年时间，全家十一口人，都患上怪病，相继死亡。范氏忽然梦见四个穿青衣的人，拿着牌子说要抓捕堕胎的首犯。于是她得了病，日夜叫喊痛苦。告诉邻居说：“今天才知道淫欲和杀生这两桩罪业最重。大家的女婢被主人逼迫发生性关系，主母因嫉妒，一定要堕胎。更有未婚女子、寡妇失身怀孕，连尼姑也不能免俗。或者因为儿女太多，或者生产艰难，都来找我。只因为贪图钱财，所以害死了许多性命。我究竟得到了多少家产？替别人造下如此恶业。凡是用我的人，不是子孙灭绝，就是家业凋零，都没有好报。只有行善的人家，不用我干这种事，都富贵昌盛。我死后，无数冤魂来找寻我，后悔已经迟了。”说完就死了。这是顺治初年的事，出自杨雪崖的《闻见录》。
杭州沈其万，因患痰疾，昏迷不醒。许愿送达生编一千本，几天后就痊愈了。○河南陈延，饱读诗书但科举不第，长期在考场应试，许愿送达生编五百本，春秋两季的考试就顺利通过了。○山东王学立，因为父亲患劳症，五年不愈。一天叩头许愿送达生编二千本，两个月后痊愈。○绍兴朱启元，六十岁没有儿子。后来梦见大士教他印制达生编。醒来后愿意赠送一千本。后来有两个儿子为他送终。○潮州王欲文的妻子陈氏，临产时命悬一线，又吐血不止，求大士许愿送达生编一千本。到天明时产下一男婴，母子平安。○临安沈熊天，喜欢吃甲鱼、牛肉、狗肉。后来右背长出一个大毒疮，痛不可忍。许愿印送达生编一千五百本，毒疮逐渐痊愈，寿命达到九十一岁。○安庆周亦龙，去省城参加乡试。在路亭拾得一部达生编，到住处焚香许愿赠送。送达生编一百本。那年果然考中。○江左宋尔瑞，在海洋行船遇到大风，许愿送达生编三千本。后来风浪平息，平安无事。○福建林如锦，曾印制达生编一百本。有一天邻居失火，唯独林家的房子完好无损。
For infants and young children, regardless of gender, select large, plump, and smooth-surfaced fruits of *Toosendan Fructus* (Chuan Lian Zi, 川楝子). For children aged one to three years, use seven fruits. Pound them thoroughly in a mortar. Add three bowls of water. Decoct the mixture in a new clay pot until concentrated. Pour the liquid into a basin. In a wind-shaded area, take a piece of thin cloth, dip it in the solution, and wipe the entire body from head to toe, ensuring no area is left untouched. Dry the cloth. Avoid exposure to wind for a moment. For children aged four to five years, use nine fruits with five bowls of water. For children aged six to seven years, use fifteen fruits with seven bowls of water. For children aged eight to ten years, use twenty fruits with nine bowls of water. For adolescents aged eleven to fifteen years, use thirty fruits with ten bowls of water. Decoct and apply as described above. When pounding the herbs, avoid using iron utensils. This washing not only helps to reduce the density of smallpox lesions but also prevents sores and boils. If you do not believe this, leave one spot on the hands or feet unwashed. If smallpox appears, it will likely cluster in that area. The washing must be performed during the fifth month, continuing until the eighth month. Choose days marked as "Chu" (Removal Days) in the lunar calendar. Wash seven times. This is truly a miraculous and efficacious prescription, tested repeatedly with consistent results.
Fan, a midwife from Kunshan, specialized in performing abortions. Within less than a year, all eleven members of her family suffered from strange ailments and died successively. Fan suddenly dreamed of four men dressed in blue robes holding a warrant stating they were there to arrest the chief offender of abortion. Subsequently, she fell ill, crying out day and night. She told her neighbors, "Today I realize that the sins of lust and killing are the heaviest. Female servants were forced by their masters to have sexual relations; hostesses, driven by jealousy, insisted on aborting pregnancies. Unmarried women and widows who lost their chastity and became pregnant, even nuns, were not exempt. Some came seeking help because they had too many children or faced difficult births. Driven by greed for money, I ended up taking many lives. What property did I actually gain? I created such evil karma for others. Those who used me either faced the extinction of their descendants or the decline of their families, receiving no good retribution. Only those who practiced kindness and did not employ me for such acts enjoyed wealth and prosperity. After my death, countless vengeful spirits will come to haunt me; it will be too late to repent." Having finished speaking, she died. This incident occurred in the early Shunzhi reign and is recorded in Yang Xueya's *Records of Hearing and Seeing*.
Shen Qiwang of Hangzhou suffered from phlegm-related illness and fell into a coma. He vowed to distribute one thousand copies of *Da Sheng Bian* (Guide to Childbirth), and recovered after a few days. ○ Chen Yan of Henan, despite his extensive studies, failed the imperial examinations repeatedly. He vowed to distribute five hundred copies of *Da Sheng Bian*, and subsequently passed the spring and autumn examinations smoothly. ○ Wang Xueli of Shandong, whose father suffered from consumption (Lao Zheng, 劳症) for five years without recovery, knelt and vowed to distribute two thousand copies of *Da Sheng Bian*; his father recovered within two months. ○ Zhu Qiyuan of Shaoxing, childless at sixty, later dreamed of Guanyin (Great Compassion Bodhisattva, Da Shi, 大士) instructing him to print *Da Sheng Bian*. Upon waking, he vowed to distribute one thousand copies, and later had two sons to support him in his old age. ○ Chen Shi, wife of Wang Yuwen from Chaozhou, was in critical condition during labor and suffered from continuous hemoptysis. She prayed to Guanyin, vowing to distribute one thousand copies of *Da Sheng Bian*. By dawn, she gave birth to a son, and both mother and child were safe. ○ Shen Xiong-tian of Lin'an, who enjoyed eating softshell turtles, beef, and dog meat, later developed a large, unbearable toxic sore on his right back. He vowed to print and distribute one thousand five hundred copies of *Da Sheng Bian*, after which the sore gradually healed, and he lived to the age of ninety-one. ○ Zhou Yilong of Anqing, traveling to the provincial capital for the metropolitan examination, found a copy of *Da Sheng Bian* in a roadside pavilion. Upon reaching his lodging, he burned incense and vowed to distribute it. He distributed one hundred copies, and indeed passed the examination that year. ○ Song Eruit of Jiangzuo, encountering a storm while sailing at sea, vowed to distribute three thousand copies of *Da Sheng Bian*. The storm subsided, and he arrived safely. ○ Lin Rujin of Fujian had previously printed one hundred copies of *Da Sheng Bian*. One day, a fire broke out in the neighboring houses, yet Lin's house remained completely unharmed.