Chapter 155 Qingming (Part 2)
Pan Lian'er also looked around. There were not many people in Xiangguo Temple today, but not many. This is a national holiday, and it is all on holidays. Except for some shops, even the workshops were on holidays. She looked up at Song Jiu and said, "Bad people, go outside the city, but you are not allowed to do bad things."
This is easy to cause misunderstanding, but the day before yesterday was a joke. Song Jiu was not so anxious that he said, "You take it seriously, but you can do it."
"No way!"
Song Jiu said to the coachman: "Go to Xiaoweiwa."
There is a small lake five or six miles outside the East City Gate. It has many saline-alkali land. There are some plants growing around it, but it grows very short and there are not many families who make a living by planting mulberry trees and silkworms. It is the Qingming Festival that the reeds are not green yet, and the scenery is not so beautiful. There are few tourists who want to come and go today, otherwise it will not work. Other places with slightly more scenic spots will be crowded today.
Song Jiu rode a horse in front and led the way. He turned his head to look at Xiangguo Temple. He didn't know why Zhao Kuangyin expanded Xiangguo Temple. Maybe it seemed like building some temples, but the meaning behind it was quite significant, which means that the country would reinterpret the Buddha and Taoist Master. This is not a trivial matter, but he was too busy to talk to each other for more than ten days, so he asked through the curtain of the car: "Miss Pan, why did Your Majesty issue an edict to expand Xiangguo Temple?"
"That's right. Your Majesty went to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense, probably to pray for the people of Bashu. Where is the sachet I gave you?"
"Stand at home."
"You have to wear it every day."
"Okay, I'll wear it every day after I go back," Song Jiu said. This is a bit difficult. Just wear jade apples and you can guarantee that you can see them. How can you explain it then?
"I am kind-hearted, and there is a peace talisman inside. It was opened by Master Zanhai, a monk from Xiangguo Temple."
"It's a master again."
"He is originally a master, and his senior brother is Zanning, the host of Xiangguo Temple. Your Majesty goes to Xiangguo Temple to pray for blessings. The one who receives Your Majesty is Master Zanning. Your Majesty sees the Buddha."
"It's a Buddha statue."
"That's also Buddha."
"I'll tell you a story."
"Okay, okay." Pan Lian'er was excited when she heard Song Jiu telling the story.
"It is said that there was a Confucian scholar in Dengzhou in the Tang Dynasty who was going to Chang'an to take the exam and seek fame. He stayed in an inn on the way. At night, this man had a dream and saw the white light in the room. The next day he asked the Zhanmeng Man, who said that this was a sign of realizing that everything was empty. This man believed and doubted, continued to enter the capital, and met a Zen monk, who stopped him and asked him how the husband was in a hurry. This man replied. I want to go to Beijing to take the exam and study as an official. The Zen monk said that how to become a monk and study Buddhism? This man was suspicious. Just a few days ago, I had a dream of everything being empty. I met a Zen guest again. Could it be that I really have a fate with the Buddha?"
"Yes, yes. That must be destined to be with the Buddha."
"It's a fate, but he doesn't understand Buddha very much. So he asked, "Where should I go to study Buddhism?" The Zen monk said that Master Mazu and Nanyue Xiqian are now known as the two great masters in the world. Wherever you go to study Buddhism, you will definitely gain something. This man found Master Mazu. When he saw Mazu, he didn't speak, but just pushed his head up with his hands, indicating that he would take off his hat and cut his hair into a monk. Mazu looked at him calmly and said, Shi Tou, who lives in Nanyue, is your teacher. Xi Qian talks less, and this son talks less, and he happens to be born with a pair of people. This man came to Hengshan, Nanyue again, and when he saw Xi Qian, he pushed the head of the head, and Xi Qian said, "Let's go to the trough factory."
"What's the bad factory?"
"It is to be resettled. The trough factory is a cattle shed. At that time, the temple agreed to take in disciples and place monks' houses, which are mostly called the trough factory. This man stayed in Hengshan and was a monk for three years. Three years later, Xiqian was about to take his disciples to remove the weeds in front of the hall, but this man brought in a basin of water, washed his hair in front of everyone, and then knelt in front of Xiqian. Xiqian smiled knowingly, then shaved his hair for him, and then said the precepts. Who knew that as soon as he started speaking, this man escaped like a flying man. Then he found Mazu again. This time he did not see Mazu, but went straight into the monk's hall. , found a statue of a holy monk, climbed up, and rode on the head of the holy monk. The monks were so upset that they quickly reported to Mazu. Mazu looked at it, laughing and crying, saying, "My son is really Tianran." When this person fell to the ground, he bowed, saying, "Thank you for giving me the Dharma name. From then on, people formally called him Tianran monk. Later, Tianran came to Huilin Temple in Danxia Mountain to hold a list. It happened that the weather was very cold this year, and the door was sealed with heavy snow. Tianran couldn't stand it. There was no firewood in the temple. Looking around, he found a firewood-slicing axe and chopped it down at the big wooden Buddha statue."
"Ah, he is trying to die." Pan Lian'er screamed.
The coachman shivered when he heard it in front.
"I'm not dead. The Buddha statue is made of good wood. It's been dry for so long. When the fire burns, it's natural and warm. The temple is in chaos. The temple master came to the meditation hall and shouted loudly, "What are you doing!" Tianran said, "I cremate the wooden Buddha and want to find the relics. The temple master heard that the fire became even bigger and shouted, "Where did the wooden Buddha come from the relics!"
"Yes, it's just a Buddha statue..." Pan Lian'er suddenly covered her mouth with her hands. In fact, Buddhism has many loopholes. First of all, this emptiness is the biggest loophole. Although countless monks interpret and make up for it again and again, it is useless.
But Song Jiu didn't want to do this thankless thing. No matter whether Buddhism and Taoism were in good intentions, it was to guide people to be good, but the country did not guide them, so it eventually formed a disadvantage, including cheating money and coming to his own home.
"Miss Pan, you have reacted. So Tianran slowly continued to roast the fire and said, "The Wood Buddha has no relics, so why are you still blamed me? The temple master was so angry that he couldn't help it. It was cold, so he also came forward to roast the fire. As a result, the wind blew, burned his eyebrows. Not only did he burn his eyebrows, but he never grew out of it. The story of Tianran burning Buddha spread, and someone asked another monk, Master Zhenjue, who burned the Buddha. The temple master stopped him, but what was wrong, but his eyebrows were burned and could not grow out. Zhenjue said, because the temple master only saw the Buddha in his eyes. People asked so Tianran again. Zhenjue said, Danxia naturally burned wood."
"Really or not?"
"I don't believe that you will ask any monk from Xiangguo Temple in the future."
Pan Lian'er felt incredible and asked again: "You can't lie to me."
"This is one of the most famous Zen cases, and Danxiatian then became a famous monk. He occupies an extremely important position in the history of Zen. You should talk about His Majesty and Zanning."
With this case, the story of Zhao Kuangyin and Zanning is not surprising. Pan Lian'er said weakly: "Your Majesty sees the Buddha statue..."
When she talked about the word "Buddha statue", she was even more powerless and said, "Your Majesty is hesitant. He is the emperor and the parents of the world. Should I worship him? At this time, Master Zanning said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to worship him. Your Majesty asked why? Master Zanning said that the Buddha will not worship him in the past. Your Majesty was very happy and issued an edict to expand the Xiangguo Temple after he returned."
Song Jiu finally understood that it would be a big problem whether to worship or not. This is Zanning, which represents the world's Buddhism's public support for Zhao Kuangyin's throne. It is Chen Tuan. He said that the world would be able to win people, so Zhao Kuangyin supported Taoism and rewarded Chen Tuan with the three peaks of Huashan. After all, the origin of the throne of Zhao Kuangyin is a bit incorrect.
Maybe Zhao Kuangyin does not believe in Buddhism, but he needs these two theocracy to recognize the legitimacy of his regime!
Everyone lifts the flower sedan chair, and you say I'm good to you, and I'll give it to you too.
It's because I'm thinking too complicated.
After leaving the east gate, we walked forward all the way to Xiaoweiwa. It was indeed very quiet, with no one, only some birds flying around.
Pan Lian'er got off the carriage, and the coachman was waiting for her on the road. Song Jiu took Pan Lian'er to the small lake. Looking at the empty lakeside, Pan Lian'er stared at Song Jiu nervously. Song Jiu thought that this little girl had a strong sense of protection, and smiled and said, "You are thinking about the bad again."
"What are you, the bad guy, who brought me to this remote place?"
"Liang'er."
"Miss Pan."
"Miss Pan, am I a bad guy?"
Pan Lian'er looked at Song Jiu with her head tilted, and she couldn't say how good Song Jiu was. She really couldn't be a good person like Tang Monk, but she could never be said to be a bad person. However, Pan Lian'er still said unreasonably: "You are a bad person."
"It's a bad guy. I brought you here because I'm afraid that someone will see you. Your family is strict, unlike other people's wives. Sometimes you wrap around and fight with men, and your skin is twisted green and purple when you go back at night. We haven't been engaged yet. When you meet in private, your mother will definitely get angry. So I brought you here. No one else will talk, and no one will see you or talk about you."
"That's how it is."
"I'm talking. I ask you, I have a plan. Your family's lintel is too high. Even if Your Majesty rewards me as a founding uncle, it's not as good as your family. Now you send a matchmaker to propose marriage, your mother may not agree. When the Qiuhouzhengdian playground opens together, your mother will see that I have a stable high income in the future, and even bring your two brothers to make some money. At that time, whether it's your own conditions or the economy, the confidence in proposing marriage is higher. However, after a long delay, I'm afraid of a change. So you have to listen to your thoughts."
"Bad guy, I'm seventeen."
"I understand," Song Jiu shook his head. This principle cannot be said. The legally established marriage age of the Song Dynasty was thirteen years old and the man was fifteen years old. The official does not encourage it to be a part of the same age earlier than this age. However, it is not for the sake of physical considerations, but it is too early to get married. The two families have wealth and prosperity and decline, and the changes are not frequent, or the wise men and women are too young and difficult to see. Many stories of divorce and remorse will occur in the future, which is too harmful to folk customs. In fact, there are still people who get married after ten years of age.
Like Pan Lianer is seventeen years old now. Song Jiu put aside his initial stunning mood and actually treated Pan Lianer as a little girl, but in this era he was considered an older unmarried young woman.
Since Pan Lian'er said I was seventeen years old, let's talk about it.
Song Jiu said another thing and said, "I have to wait a little longer."
"You are lying to me."
"I'm not lying to you. I'm taking the time to write six textbooks, including arithmetic and accounting. One is the enlightenment version and the other is the first-grade version. After these two sets of writing, they are writing books. Whether it is the study of the great way or the study of the small way, it is also a science."
"When will that be?"
"This is very fast. I had the second draft last year. I was already taking time to revise it at night. At most, I would look for someone to carve it for more than ten days. At the same time, I want to directly expand the enrollment of second-grade students in the second half of the year. I must print these two sets of books as soon as possible, and it will not take more than a month to slow down."
"You're too busy."
"This is not called busy, it is called fulfilling life. It means that this year, there will be no project in the second half of the year, and your Majesty will not let me go. Then I will only teach my children and do experiments, and it will be easier. By the second half of next year, more students will grow up and they will become real assistants."
Chapter completed!