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The most high one says: |
太上曰：
太上曰： Tàishàng yuē: |
| “Disasters and blessings have no entry gates of their own; they are summoned by people. |
「祸福无门，惟人自召；
「禍福無門，惟人自召； “Huòfú wú mén, wéi rén zì zhào; |
| The effects of good and evil are like shadows following their forms.” |
善恶之报，如影随形。」
善惡之報，如影隨形。」 shàn'è zhī bào, rú yǐng suí xíng.” |
| And so heaven and earth have spirits who record crimes, |
是以天地有司过之神，
是以天地有司過之神， Shìyǐ tiāndì yǒu sīguò zhī shén, |
| and in proportion to the severity of their crimes, they shorten human lives appropriately. |
依人所犯轻重，以夺人算。
依人所犯輕重，以奪人算。 yī rén suǒ fàn qīngzhòng, yǐ duó rén suàn. |
| Because of this not only may a person’s life be cut short, but he also becomes poor or destitute, his calamities are many; |
算减则贫耗，多逢忧患。
算減則貧耗，多逢憂患。 Suàn jiǎn zé pín hào, duō féng yōuhuàn; |
| People all hate him; punishments and disasters follow him |
人皆恶之，刑祸随之。
人皆惡之，刑禍隨之。 Rén jiē è zhī, xíng huò suí zhī, |
| Good fortune avoids him while evil stars persecute him. |
吉庆避之，恶星灾之。
吉慶避之，惡星灾之。 Jíqìng bì zhī, èxīng zāi zhī; |
| And when his span of years is complete, he dies. |
算尽则死。
算盡則死。 Suàn jìn zé sǐ. |
| And then there are also the gods of the three towers and the north star, residing above the heads of ordinary people., |
又有三台北斗神君，在人头上。
又有三台北斗神君，在人頭上。 Yòu yǒu Sāntái Běidǒu shén jūn, zài réntóu shàng. |
| They too record people’s crimes and evil actions, and shorten the years of life in the sentence. |
录人罪恶，夺其纪算。
錄人罪惡，奪其紀算。 Lù rén zuì'è, duó qí jì suàn. |
| And there are the three corpse spirits, residing in the human body. |
又有三尸神，在人身中。
又有三尸神，在人身中。 Yòu yǒu Sānshīshén, zài rénshēn zhōng. |
| On each Kēngshēn day in the cycle of 60 days, they ascend to heaven to report people’s crimes and failings. |
每到庚申日，辄上诣天曹，言人罪过。
每到庚申日，輒上詣天曹，言人罪過。 Měi dào Gēng Shēn rì, zhé shàng yì tiān cáo, yán rén zuìguò. |
| On the last day of the month the Stove God also does this. |
月晦之日，灶神亦然。
月晦之日，竈神亦然。 Yuèhuì zhī rì, zào shén yì rán. |
| For ordinary people offenses cut off a jì (12 years) if great, while small offenses cut off a suàn (100 days). |
凡人有过，大则夺纪，小则夺算。
凡人有過，大則奪紀，小則奪算。 Fánrén yǒuguò, dà zé duó jì, xiǎo zé duó suàn. |
| Offenses great and small arise from countless matters, |
其过大小，有数百事，
其過大小，有數百事， Qí guò dàxiǎo, yǒu shù bǎi shì, |
| and those seeking immortality must avoid them. |
欲求长生者，先须避之。
欲求長生者，先須避之。 yùqiú chángshēng zhě, xiān xū bì zhī. |