Once upon a time, a female monkey was beaten by a full-grown person. The animal had no other alternative than gave vent to its anger later on a small boy.
This is also held to be true with the common stupid men.
One who is offended by another person takes out his anger sometimes on a third person. Human affairs are always in a state of transition without discontinuity. For things born in the past are bygone. What come after are different things. Thus the one wrongfully gets into a temper only gets deeper and deeper into hatred.
This is just like the monkey that has been beaten by a grown person vents its anger on a small boy.
昔有一猕猴，为大人所打，不能奈何，反怨小儿。
凡夫愚人亦复如是，先所瞋人，代谢不停，灭在过去。乃于相续后生之法，谓是前者，妄生瞋念，毒恚弥深，如彼痴猴，为大人所打，反瞋小儿。
This is also held to be true with the common stupid men.
One who is offended by another person takes out his anger sometimes on a third person. Human affairs are always in a state of transition without discontinuity. For things born in the past are bygone. What come after are different things. Thus the one wrongfully gets into a temper only gets deeper and deeper into hatred.
This is just like the monkey that has been beaten by a grown person vents its anger on a small boy.
83猕猴喻
凡夫愚人亦复如是，先所瞋人，代谢不停，灭在过去。乃于相续后生之法，谓是前者，妄生瞋念，毒恚弥深，如彼痴猴，为大人所打，反瞋小儿。
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