一則本生故事，講述一個以家族成員長壽著稱的家庭——一位青年聽聞好友去世的假消息卻泰然不信，因為他家從無夭折之例，此事引得其師親自查訪，探得其家德行長壽的秘訣。

A birth-story about a family renowned for the longevity of its members, in which a young man’s calm refusal to believe a false report of his friend’s death — because no one in his family had ever died young — prompts his teacher to investigate and learn the secret of their virtuous lives.