During the Qing Dynasty, in the sixteenth year of Tao-guang, the magistrate of Jiang-yin county in Jiangsu put up a notice to prohibit people from catching frogs. There was a farmer Zhang A-xi who earned a living by catching frogs and teaching people how to cook them. He was an illiterate and very cruel and stubborn.
Some people advised him, "The frogs are beneficial creatures which protect the crops. The government has also put up a notice to prohibit us from catching them. You can earn a living by other means. Why must you insist on carrying such practice?" But A-xi refused to take their advice and continued doing the same thing.
One day it was raining heavily and the water level in the river rose quickly. Again A-xi went out to catch frogs. As he was not careful, he slipped and fell into the river and drowned. After two days, his corpse rose and floated on the water surface and countless frogs were devouring the flesh.
The process of slaughtering frogs is extremely cruel. The frog is flayed alive. The head and feet are then chopped off and the poor frog will be struggling for a long time before it finally dies. This torture is the same as that in the hells. Just imagine that if you were in its place and had to undergo such acute torment. Can you really take it?
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