Ji Xiaolan tells stories about cause and effect 8 - Thunderbolt strikes the long tongued one 雷殛長舌
(English subtitles) Ji Xiaolan (紀曉嵐1724-1805) was an influential philosopher, politician, and writer in the Qing Dynasty of China.
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In 1732 AD, the daughter-in-law of a certain official family never quarreled with anyone. But one day, the sky was covered densely by dark clouds, lightning and thunder clove the air. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning passed through the window and directly penetrated the wife's heart. She died on the spot, and her husband was also burned by the lightning.
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His back to buttocks were completely charred, and only one breath remained.
After a long time, her husband regained consciousness. Seeing the tragedy of his wife's death by lightning, he could not help but let out a loud cry and said : "I am irritable and often contradict my mother. I do have these misdeeds. But as for you, you just confided your unhappiness to me in private, often crying quietly alone. How come lightning struck you to death by mistake?"
The husband seemed to be complaining about the unfairness of Heaven's punishment, but does he know that the law punishes the mastermind? This point is the same whether it is the law of the underworld or in the sunny world.
Subtitles:
In 1732 AD, the daughter-in-law of a certain official family never quarreled with anyone. But one day, the sky was covered densely by dark clouds, lightning and thunder clove the air. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning passed through the window and directly penetrated the wife's heart. She died on the spot, and her husband was also burned by the lightning.
1:00
His back to buttocks were completely charred, and only one breath remained.
After a long time, her husband regained consciousness. Seeing the tragedy of his wife's death by lightning, he could not help but let out a loud cry and said : "I am irritable and often contradict my mother. I do have these misdeeds. But as for you, you just confided your unhappiness to me in private, often crying quietly alone. How come lightning struck you to death by mistake?"
The husband seemed to be complaining about the unfairness of Heaven's punishment, but does he know that the law punishes the mastermind? This point is the same whether it is the law of the underworld or in the sunny world.