In accord with the description in the Buddhist sutras of the omnipresent "five poisonous evil eyes," the ancients believed that seeing an "evil eye" would bring about disaster and misfortune, or cause one to have evil thoughts or fall into the traps of jealousy and reproach.
正如佛經所形容的「五毒惡眼，四周環布」，古人相信看到「惡眼」就會招致災厄不祥，或是引發邪念，墮入妒忌、嗔怨等迷障中。