The cattle pit

Translation

Hell of the cattle pit

  1. Recompense for covertly injuring
  2. Recompense for plotting injury and passing the blame

A second example of being attacked by cattle found on another hell scroll (E6).

A third example of being attacked by cattle found on another hell scroll (B6).

animals revenge
Various animals take their revenge. As Williams describes the crimes, "(b) Torture for catching frogs, eels, poisoning fish killing birds, and eating cows and horses.... (d) Tortures of gnawing by dogs and pigs for stirring up enmity between relatives, drawing licentious pictures, &c. (e) Torture of pecking by birds for those who kill animals and innocent creatures. (f) Torture of snakebite for those who kill tortoises and snakes." From C.A.S. Williams' Outlines of Chinese symbolism, first edition (Peiping: Customs College Press, 1931). For the snakebite hell, see scroll A9.