《梦溪笔谈·异事异疾附》
我在任中书房检正一职时，读到过由雷州送来的奏折，其中提到有人被乡里人诅咒而死。我便询问那种能把人咒死的方法到底如何，说是乡里人能够用烧熟的肉来诅咒人，咒人的时候，切碎烧熟的肉块，不大一会儿工夫就全都变成了整块的熟肉；接着诅咒，熟肉就又变成了生肉；再诅咒，生肉还能动，并且能活过来，牛肉变作牛，羊肉变成羊，只不过小一点而已；再继续诅咒，牛羊便会渐渐大起来；然后再诅咒时，就又还原成了熟肉。
余在中书检正时，阅雷州奏牍，有人为乡民诅死，问其状，乡民能以熟食咒之，俄顷脍炙之类悉復为完肉；又咒之，则熟肉復为生肉；又咒之，则生肉能动，復使之能活，牛者復为牛，羊者復为羊，但小耳；更咒之，则渐大；既而復咒之，则还为熟食。
When I held the post of corrector in the Zhonghui Office, I read a memorial sent by Leizhou Prefecture, which described how a person had been cursed to death by villagers. I inquired about the method of cursing people to death, and it was said that the villagers could use cooked meat to curse people. When cursing, they chopped up the cooked meat, and in a short while, it all turned into whole pieces of cooked meat. Then they continued cursing, and the cooked meat turned into raw meat. They cursed again, and the raw meat could move and come to life. Beef turned into cows, and mutton turned into sheep, but they were just a little smaller. They continued cursing, and the cows and sheep gradually grew larger. When they cursed them again, they turned back into cooked meat.
<s>[INST] Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 余在中书检正时，阅雷州奏牍，有人为乡民诅死，问其状，乡民能以熟食咒之，俄顷脍炙之类悉復为完肉；又咒之，则熟肉復为生肉；又咒之，则生肉能动，復使之能活，牛者復为牛，羊者復为羊，但小耳；更咒之，则渐大；既而復咒之，则还为熟食。 [/INST] When I held the post of corrector in the Zhonghui Office, I read a memorial sent by Leizhou Prefecture, which described how a person had been cursed to death by villagers. I inquired about the method of cursing people to death, and it was said that the villagers could use cooked meat to curse people. When cursing, they chopped up the cooked meat, and in a short while, it all turned into whole pieces of cooked meat. Then they continued cursing, and the cooked meat turned into raw meat. They cursed again, and the raw meat could move and come to life. Beef turned into cows, and mutton turned into sheep, but they were just a little smaller. They continued cursing, and the cows and sheep gradually grew larger. When they cursed them again, they turned back into cooked meat.</s>
Explain the meaning of this Classical Chinese passage in English: 余在中书检正时，阅雷州奏牍，有人为乡民诅死，问其状，乡民能以熟食咒之，俄顷脍炙之类悉復为完肉；又咒之，则熟肉復为生肉；又咒之，则生肉能动，復使之能活，牛者復为牛，羊者復为羊，但小耳；更咒之，则渐大；既而復咒之，则还为熟食。
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When I held the post of corrector in the Zhonghui Office, I read a memorial sent by Leizhou Prefecture, which described how a person had been cursed to death by villagers. I inquired about the method of cursing people to death, and it was said that the villagers could use cooked meat to curse people. When cursing, they chopped up the cooked meat, and in a short while, it all turned into whole pieces of cooked meat. Then they continued cursing, and the cooked meat turned into raw meat. They cursed again, and the raw meat could move and come to life. Beef turned into cows, and mutton turned into sheep, but they were just a little smaller. They continued cursing, and the cows and sheep gradually grew larger. When they cursed them again, they turned back into cooked meat.
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