§83 猕猴喻

(83) a female monkey

昔有一猕猴为大人所打，不能奈何，反怨小儿。

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.

凡夫之人，亦复如是。先所嗔人，代谢不停，灭在过去。乃于相续后生之法，谓是前者，妄生嗔忿，毒恚弥深。如彼痴猴为大人所打，反嗔小儿。

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.

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