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Taishang Ganying Pian 02: The gods who record faults
English rendering of the Japanese reader’s section 02. The 24 divisions are this site’s editorial divisions, not original chapters.
English rendering
Thus there are gods in heaven and earth who oversee human faults, shortening life according to their gravity. As life’s allotment is reduced, poverty and losses follow, with repeated worries and calamities. People dislike the offender; punishment and misfortune follow, good occasions withdraw, and adverse stars bring harm. When the allotment is exhausted, death comes.
Reading note from this site
The “allotment” is a traditional religious unit of lifespan, not a way to predict actual health or longevity.
Chinese source passage
是以天地有司過之神，依人所犯輕重，以奪人算。算減則貧耗，多逢憂患；人皆惡之，刑禍隨之，吉慶避之，惡星災之；算盡則死。
Based on the classical text and this site’s independently prepared Japanese rendering. Classical source edition