Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Lonely Yuhua

The time was 1888, the 14th year of Guangxu, the ninth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. On the morning of the second day of the first lunar month in the Chinese Lunar Year of the Wuzi, a young man in his thirties, with a pair of big, divine eyes, was close to him. With his mouth shut, a little dark, with a Cantonese face, braided hair, a gray robe, a black mandarin jacket, and woolen feet to keep out the cold, he walked towards the Minzhong Temple.At that time, Minzhong Temple had been renamed Fayuan Temple, and it had been changed for 157 years.Fayuan Temple is located in the West Brick Hutong outside Xuanwu Gate in Beijing. From a distance, there are three gates side by side, each with two opposite doors. On the top of the gate is a thick palace-style building. There is a wall between the gates, and the top of the wall is also paved Glazed tiles.The first impression of this row of mountain gate buildings is heavy, as if everything you see is wearing a thick and heavy hat, waiting solemnly for you to come.The door in the middle is the largest, and there are two stone lions on the left and right in front, which is particularly solemn.The front door was open, but it was deserted, and no one could be seen.Although it was the second day of the first lunar month, when the Chinese New Year was the busiest, a temple like Fayuan Temple was not a lively place.People in Beijing went to the Dongyue Temple outside the Chaoyang Gate at this time. This is the temple dedicated to the Taoist Emperor Dongyue. There are life-sized seventy-two divisions of hell in the temple. It was created by Liu Yuan, a famous sculpture artist in Yuan Dynasty.There are some activities in the hell, which once scared tourists to death, so they stopped, which shows that the style of this temple is not high.Every New Year's Eve in this old temple, incense is very prosperous, and men and women rush to burn incense early in the morning.In the backyard of the temple, there is a copper mule as tall as a man, and it is well cast. It is said that this mule is very spiritual. If a sick person touches a part of its body with his hand, the disease on that part of his body will be cured; People who touch that part of its body will not get sick in the future. If you want to touch it, you have to touch it during the Chinese New Year, and it will be the most spiritual during the Chinese New Year.So when it came to the Chinese New Year, the copper mule was squeezed to the brim, and it was touched very brightly, which was a joy.No one touches its genitals openly, but it is also very bright. According to the old Taoist in the temple, many people come to touch it in the middle of the night, most of them are people who are sick.

Beyond the copper mule is the Temple of the Old Man under the Moon. In the temple there is a pair of well-written couplets. The first couplet wishes all lovers in the world to get married.The upper and lower couplets come from "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Story of the Pipa" respectively, and their skillful hands make this small temple shine.Those who came to burn incense were old ladies and older girls. Some older girls knew what the god was, but they were embarrassed and refused to kowtow. When I was confused, I knocked it. After a day, incense ash was all over the ground and piled up everywhere.

After seeking health, longevity and a happy marriage in Dongyue Temple, the problem of getting rich has not been solved, so men and women flock to the God of Wealth Temple outside Guang'anmen.There is a big incense burner in the God of Wealth Temple, but there are huge crowds of people who come to offer incense, and there is no room for it. As soon as the incense is put on, the person in charge of the incense burner immediately pulls out the incense and throws it in the big incense pool below. He wants to burn more incense. After a while, I have to ask the person in charge of the incense burner next to me, and the person in charge of the incense burner can't help it, but if the incense is not brought by myself, but bought from this temple, I can give a little preferential treatment.The temple also orders a large number of paper ingots, which are not for sale, because the gods cannot do business, but if the faithful men and women donate enough incense money, the gods can give one as a gift.In this way, at the grand meeting of the God of Wealth Temple, the one who made a fortune in the end was the God of Wealth himself.

Compared with Fayuan Temple, it is much deserted. The Daxiong Hall of Fayuan Temple is not high. Walking up eight steps is the main entrance of the hall.The front door looks like it has four leaves, but only the middle two can be opened.There are couplets on the left and right of the main entrance, and there are three horizontal windows above, on which are the horizontal plaques of the Daxiong Hall.There is an old stele next to the steps, because it is a thousand-year-old temple, and there are many such monuments in the temple.Under some old steles there are big turtles. This turtle platform stone is called Guifu, which has been popular since the Tang Dynasty.The tortoise's head is lifted slightly upwards, as if it is carrying history, and it is overwhelmed.

The young man stood in front of the first old stele next to the steps, looked at the inscription carefully, and then squatted down to look at the tortoise. He seemed to be more interested in the tortoise than the inscription.Turtle is a symbol of destiny in China.The Chinese have burned the back of the turtle since ancient times, and judged the fate from the cracks. In the eyes of the Chinese, the tortoise is a thousand-year-old tortoise. The tortoise is a long-lived animal. It has enough experience to tell the good and bad fortune of human beings. Unfortunately, the tortoise does not speak. , so he had to use fire to extract a confession.After explaining the burning cracks, everyone is happy if it is beneficial; if it is unfavorable, they dare not move.When Tang Taizong killed his elder brother and younger brother in order to seize power, he was persuaded to make up his mind, otherwise your elder brother and younger brother would kill you. Tang Taizong hesitated all the time, and finally brought out a tortoise to ask for divination. Zhang Gongjin went up, grabbed the tortoise, and threw it on the ground. On the ground, divination is used to resolve doubts, so how can you predict without doubts?If you want to do this today, there is no doubt. If the result of divination is unlucky, why not do it?So Tang Taizong stopped asking about divination.Before the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, they also asked divination first, but the result was unfavorable. Everyone was afraid. Jiang Taigong threw the tortoise on the ground and stepped on it with his feet, saying that the dead bones know what is good or bad?So King Wu of Zhou still sent troops.In Chinese history, no one dared to break this traditional belief except for such heroes.

The young man looked at the tortoise under the stele, and he was fascinated by it. He didn't feel that there was already a monk standing behind him.The monk looked at the young man curiously, scrutinizing him like a young man scrutinizing the back of a tortoise.Finally, the young man stood up, stretched his waist, and walked around behind the turtle. At this time, he found the monk. The monk is not like a monk, but like a burly man.He was in his forties, with a flushed face, and under two bushy eyebrows, a pair of shrewd eyes looked straight at him.The monk had a smile on his face, but his two thick eyebrows and a pair of sharp eyes rushed away a lot of kindness. He couldn't reach the low eyebrows of the Bodhisattva, but he didn't have the angry eyes of the Vajra either. He was an incarnation of the Bodhisattva and the Vajra.The appearance of a monk shocked the young man.

The monk looked straight at the young man and was shocked.This young man is very popular.For more than forty years, monks have read many people, but he has never seen such a strange young man. The young man smiled back at the monk. The monk put his palms together, and the young man did the same, but neither of them spoke. After a while, the young man raised his right arm, put his hand on the stone tablet, and said: The master thinks, which is the better name of Fayuan Temple or Minzhong Temple? The monk was not surprised by the sudden question.He answered bluntly: From the point of view of people, Fayuan Temple is good; from the point of view of ghosts, Minzhong Temple is good; from the point of view of monks, both are good.

The young man smiled knowingly, and the mage also smiled. I think Minzhong Temple is better, because people will become ghosts sooner or later. The purpose of the temple is not entirely to save the dead, but also to awaken the living. But when the Minzhong Temple was built, it was to save the dead. The purpose of saving the dead is not only for the dead, but also for the living.Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty buried the 2,000 people who died in battle together, and built this Minzhong Temple to comfort the souls of the dead. As far as Tang Taizong was concerned, Tang Taizong killed his younger brother Yuanji and occupied his younger sister-in-law Yang.Later, he posthumously conferred the title of King Chao La on his younger brother, and the title of Princess Chao La on Yang's family.The best part is that he passed on the son he had with his sister-in-law to his dead younger brother, but he killed all five of his younger brother's sons.According to the master, this is also to comfort the dead, to show the living?

Can't say no.The monk was not surprised.Among the Chinese emperors, there are very few people who have as many advantages as Tang Taizong. Tang Taizong ranked first in many advantages. Of course, he also has the disadvantage of being the first in the exam. He has too many virtues among father and son brothers.Some are forced not to do it; some are not supposed to be done.After doing it, his merits came to an end. I think he ended with a very meaningful ending after the incident.Building this Minzhong Temple is proof.He is willing to build this Minzhong Temple, in the eyes of us monks, it is a kind of good cause.

Could it be a kind of hypocrisy? To judge the authenticity of goodness, one must look at what he does.If what we do is kind, we will be kind to others and think that it is good; if he didn't do it, but he just wanted to do good, said he would do good, it doesn't count.I think Tang Taizong did it, whether it was done after regret, or after repentance, or for women and widows, or to win the hearts of the people, no matter what the reason, he did it.It's hard to say he's a hypocrite.It can only be said that his motives are complex and not pure enough. The kindness I understand is different from that of a mage.When it comes to a person's kindness, one must question his original heart, and see whether his heart is good.One who has a good intention is considered good, and even if he turns out evil results, his good deeds will not be damaged; In this way, even if the intention is not evil, but the intention is not good, and the good results produced, it cannot be said to be a good deed. Furthermore, if the intention is not good and the evil is not evil, but if the intention is good, the good results produced are not good. It is commendable that this is the common saying that if you do good with your heart, you will not be rewarded; if you do evil without intention, you will not be punished for your evil.As mentioned above, the key point is that a person should have a good intention, which comes naturally from within, rather than doing good intentions. Doing good intentions has a purpose, which conflicts with the essence of goodness, which has no other purpose. , the good itself is an end.As for doing good unintentionally, it is even more insignificant, it just happens to have good results, but of course it is much better than doing evil intentionally but turning out good results.The most absurd thing in the world is to do evil intentionally, but turn out good results. This evil person is worshiped and praised by people because of this. This is too unfair!Therefore, what Tang Taizong did was a kind of hypocrisy.

As I said just now, to judge the authenticity of goodness, one should look at what a person does, not what he thinks and says.This standard may not be ideal, but it is very objective.You keep asking about a person’s original state of mind. You are too high-ranking. People are such complicated animals, and their hearts are so complicated. Human hearts are not so simple, nor are they either good or evil. In fact, It is a mixture of good and evil, good and evil coexist, there are good, some bad, some bright, some dark, some high, some low, some for human beings, some for self.And these contradictions between good and bad, light and dark, high and low, human and self, in a person's mind, are not necessarily a state of opposition, but a state of confusion, which even he himself is not quite clear about.Since deeds are such an elusive abstract standard, how can you use this standard to judge whether he has good intentions, evil intentions, evil intentions, or good intentions?The mental state is a mess, it is difficult for him and others to distinguish clearly.Therefore, my approach is to go back and use what has been made as a standard to understand people and discuss the world, and to test the truth with practice.My standard may be relatively broad, wide enough to include the three categories you mentioned other than good intentions, that is, those with neither good intentions nor evil intentions, good intentions, and even evil intentions, as long as these four categories have good deeds. Come out, no matter whether it is intentional or unintentional, good intentions or malicious, as long as there are good deeds, they will all be affirmed.That's why I said that Tang Taizong's willingness to build this Minzhong Temple is a kind of good cause. The mage really has a Buddha heart and likes to be kind to others, to such an extent that he is admitted leniently. The width is a bit wider, but it is not unreasonable.As I said, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty built the Minzhong Temple for a kind cause, not for doing good deeds, this is a matter of propriety. According to what the master said, building such a large temple is not considered a good deed, but only a good cause, so how can it be considered a good deed? It depends on who it is for.If A has one tael of gold and he spends nine taels of gold to build a temple, even if he can only build one brick and one tile, this is a good deed; Good deeds, compared to good causes, are hardly counted as good deeds. So Tang Taizong doesn't count? Tang Taizong, as the emperor, is of course not just a certain Yi with a hundred thousand taels. He built the Minzhong Temple, which cannot be regarded as a good deed.What's more, he has the power to not make the reason of Gai Minzhong Temple happen at all, that is, why send troops to fight against Goryeo?If you don't fight Goryeo, you won't die, and you won't be loyal. Therefore, if Tang Taizong didn't fight Goryeo at all, that would be his good deed. According to the standard of a mage, which varies from person to person, I found that the qualifications of a mage are simply higher than mine.The Tang Dynasty was under pressure from the surrounding nations. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty did not beat others, and they would beat them when they grew up. Now your mage uses the standard of human peace, the Buddhist standard of no killing and no cutting, to demand that a 19-year-old It is too demanding for a mage to raise an army, destroy heroes at the age of twenty-four, and rule the world at the age of twenty-nine. What you said is not unreasonable, my suspension is too high.However, the mistakes made by great people are all big mistakes.If Tang Taizong wasn't a big shot, I wouldn't be so demanding.Because, from a historical point of view, Goryeo did not threaten the Tang Dynasty at that time. Although Goryeo bullied Silla to the south, it still received the seal of the Tang Dynasty and paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty. Tang Taizong failed to beat it. Gai Minzhong Temple came back, and in the second year Goryeo sent envoys to apologize, and also sent Tang Taizong two Goryeo beauties.These behaviors all show that you said that Tang Taizong didn't beat others with his hands, and that he would beat him when he was older. At least for Gao Li, he was too worried.I think the main reason why Emperor Taizong of Tang attacked Korea was because of his Heavenly Khan ideology. If he wanted to rule the world, of course he would not be able to talk about love for peace.I admit that it would be unreasonable to ask a talented and bold emperor like Tang Taizong not to take the route of conquering others by force. So, the mage still affirms Tang Taizong? Of course, I affirm the goodness done by anyone, and I will not use others to abolish goodness.As for wanting to do good deeds, saying to do good deeds, that is just a thought of good deeds, without deeds, it does not count.Being kind and doing good are two different things. If you are not good, it is not considered good. Masters pay attention to doing, doing, and testing the truth through practice. This kind of thinking is completely different from that of Mencius and even Wang Yangming. is different.Mencius believed that showing kindness is goodness, so-called goodness is what it means to be good; Wang Yangming believed that it is goodness in the heart, and the so-called supreme goodness is just that the heart is pure and natural. These abstract standards for testing goodness , I do not admit it.Kindness must be done, it cannot be hidden in the heart. Master's view is very strange to me, it is too unideal, Buddhism is about idealism.The young man showed a little teasing look. The monk seemed a little embarrassed, thought for a while, and finally said: The real idealism is to get rid of self-attachment. When Sakyamuni and Immortal He Luoluo argued, he said: If you can get rid of self and self-attachment, and give up everything, it is called true liberation.Self-attachment is the subjective mind. If goodness has not been practiced, just relying on the subjective mind to think that it is already good is good. This is the idealistic evil way, not the idealistic righteous way.The righteous way of idealism is to get rid of this evil way of doing good by thinking and saying.True idealism is telling people what is the limit of idealism and what cannot be achieved by idealism alone.For example, to eat, you must eat. Wanting to eat and talking about eating are not considered eating, and you must have the act of eating. Kindness is also of this nature. Kindness requires actions. Kindness without actions is really hypocrisy. I admire the Master's words.It’s just that in the end it’s unavoidable to be a little strange. It’s strange that these words don’t sound like ordinary Buddhist disciples or monks.I say this out of admiration, not sarcasm, please don't be offended by the mage. The monk laughed and put his palms together again.Then stretched out his right hand and pointed to the outside of the temple gate: Now the whole city of Beijing is celebrating Chinese New Year. On the second day of the new year, people are busy outside, but you, a young friend, have such great concentration and are not afraid of loneliness. You come to this deserted, thousand-year-old temple to study ancient monuments and tortoises by yourself. It's not ordinary at first glance. The young man smiled.At this time, the sound of firecrackers sounded nearby.There were still scattered noises in the distance. Listen to the accent of Mr. Cantonese? The young man's smile turned into embarrassment.He has heard too many times the proverb saying that they are not afraid of the sky and the earth, but they are afraid of the old man speaking official Chinese.What's more, when he came to Beijing, by comparison, his Mandarin was even worse. It is the South China Sea of ​​Guangdong. Where is the mage? Can't you hear my accent? It was the first time I came to the north, and I couldn't distinguish the accent, but I just felt that the master's official language was very good. If you don’t believe me, I’m also from Cantonese. Also Guangdong? It is Guangdong, Dongguan, Guangdong. Then we are too close.The Master's Mandarin doesn't have the flavor of our hometown, so why does it speak so well?Can we speak Cantonese? Ashamed, I don't speak Cantonese very well, I was born in Beijing and have been living in Beijing Master Zun has been living in Beijing. Our branch has been living in Beijing for more than two hundred and fifty years. so long? The monk nodded. More than two hundred and fifty years ago, Cantonese came to Beijing from afar, and they must have been officials in Beijing. That's not true, the ancestors came to accompany the officials, the officials were killed by the emperor, the ancestors stole the corpses of the officials, buried them in Beijing, and stayed by the tomb until they died. Beijing, never returned to Guangdong. Hey, the mage said that this official was killed by the emperor?This official is also from Dongguan? The monk nodded, showing a knowing and waiting look. It's Yuan Chonghuan!Governor Yuan Yuan Chonghuan! The monk smiled: I said that Mr. Wang is not ordinary at first glance, and I am right.It is really admirable that Mr. is so young and knowledgeable.That's right, it's Yuan Dushi Yuan Chonghuan. Then I know the mage's surname, can the mage's surname be She?Someone show it? Strange, strange, Mr. is not only knowledgeable, but also well-informed.How does Mr. know my surname is She? I have long heard that Governor Yuan was killed in an unjust prison, and his corpse was abandoned at West Siganshiqiao. No one dared to collect the corpse. His servant Shi Shi stole the corpse in the middle of the night. After burying it, he guarded the tomb until he died. side.Later generations of the She family kept guarding the tomb, so it was a great honor to meet today, to meet old folks and righteous people. What you said is right, Dushi Yuan’s grave is still in Beijing, in Guangdong Yiyuan in Guangqumenli, east of the outer city. I've been there. Been there?Mr. is really caring. Yuan Dushi was the first person in our old Guangzhou to influence Chinese politics. If the Ming Dynasty did not kill him, the Manchus would not be able to enter the customs, and the entire history of China would be rewritten.And if the strategy of Governor Yuan was followed, the Ming Dynasty would not have wasted more than half of its military pay to defend Liaodong, and it would not have exhausted the people and lured Li Zicheng into Beijing.Governor Yuan is too important. Governor Yuan is a great man and is adored by people. The mage made the ancestors able to guard Yuan Dushi to the death, which is also admirable. That was the result of Governor Yuan's personality inspiration. Generally speaking, there is a limit to the inspiration of personality, but it is loyalty and courage to make the ancestors risk their lives to steal the corpses and bury them, and take care of them next to the graves until they die. Mr. Cheng congratulates me.But there are more loyal and courageous ones.After Yuan Dushi was imprisoned, a scholar named Cheng Benzhi suddenly came out and repeatedly appealed for Yuan Dushi's grievances, but was also killed by Emperor Chongzhen.His body was later buried by the ancestors, and it was buried next to Yuan Dushi's grave Having said that, I remembered that someone inscribed ten words on the side of Mr. Cheng's tombstone, calling them a couple of fools and two daredevils, right? By the way, your husband really has a good memory. This Mr. Cheng and Governor Yuan are not only strangers, but even a little unhappy, because he asked to see Governor Yuan three times, but Governor Yuan never saw him.After Yuan Dushi was arrested, he repeatedly complained for Yuan Dushi, and was sentenced to death.When he died, he said that I did not die for selfishness, but for righteousness.The ancestor was a servant of Yuan Dushi for many years, and he worked for Yuan Dushi, and the origin of the affair was very important.But what this Mr. Cheng did was to fight for justice and fairness. When the emperor lost his temper and wanted to kill someone, he spoke up for Governor Yuan. He really has character.It's a pity that he is just a commoner, with no status and no name.From the matter of Mr. Cheng, one can think of the greatness of Governor Yuan, which is deeply touching.I still remember a few words in Mr. Cheng's Call for Injustice, he said: The whole world is full of clever people, but Yuan Gong is also a big idiot!But because of his ignorance, Yuan Gong does not know how to love Qian, the most beloved person in the world; but because of his ignorance, Yuan Gong does not know how to cherish the death of the most cherished person in the world.Therefore, Yuan Gong directly appointed the labor complaints that the whole world dared not accept; therefore, Yuan Gong did not avoid the suspicions that the whole world had to avoid, but went alone.This is the origin of the pair of infatuated people and the two daredevils that your husband saw. Oh, so it is. Cheng Ben directly said that Governor Yuan is a big idiot, and the use of these five words is really wonderful. The mage also thinks so? By secular standards, of course.At that time, the Ming Dynasty was already so corrupt, right and wrong were unknown, and the eunuchs ruled.But Yuan Dushi still came to jump into this fire pit. Not only did he not buy the account of the treacherous officials in the court, but he also killed Mao Wenlong, cutting off the money of the treacherous officials from corruption. Isn't it just a fool's way to do this?After the death of Governor Yuan, we Cantonese no longer have such a pivotal position in the court, and no one wants to be a big idiot. In modern China, it is difficult to do great things for the country. There are too many conservative forces and villains in politics. These two forces are clearly there, so if you want to do great things for the country, you can see in advance what will happen. If you can see it in advance, but you still have to do it without fear of death, who else is willing to do it except a big idiot?Anyone who is willing to work must prepare for a tragic end. Are there no exceptions? exception?There are too few in modern Chinese history.Some people also break the old-fashioned forces and do something big, but they must appease another force, which is the force of villains.Like Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, if he didn't appease the power of the villain, he didn't want to do anything; but if he appeased the power of the villain, what is he himself?Even if these are unavoidable, in the end, what will be the result of Zhang Juzheng's great event?Once he died, the established legal system was overturned, the house was confiscated, the eldest son was tortured but committed suicide, the door of the house was sealed, no one could come out, a dozen people died of starvation, and the rest were exiled into the army. tragedy. Listening to the master's talk, I didn't expect the master to study Chinese history so much, and the results of the research were so pessimistic. Mr. has won the prize.The pessimism is real.Because of pessimism, I became a monk; after becoming a monk, I realized how pessimistic it is.Ha ha. Speaking of this, a young monk came over, only fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features, but besides the delicate features, he also had a heroic spirit. He bowed to the monk: Master, Monk Fahai from Wanshou Temple said that their temple is going to do Buddhist ceremonies for the mother of the palace manager Li, and would like to invite Master to come and cheer for them. I wonder if Master will do it?I told him that our master was not free on the fifth day of the new year, and we had Buddhist work to do, so we couldn't leave. You answered very well. But he said he wanted to see you. You said I have guests here, so I can't leave. The young man hurriedly waved his hand to the monk: "Master, I'm fine, I'm just walking around, please do as you please, please do as you please."He turned his right hand forward, palm facing upwards, in a gesture of asking for toilet. It doesn't matter, the monk raised his right palm towards the young man.I don't really want to see him.Turning his head: Pujing, you answered very well, just go on as you said and send him away. However, he said he wanted to see Master. Pujing, you naturally have a way.Go ahead. The little monk showed a shrewd smile, greeted the young man as well, turned and left.The monk looked at his back and smiled appreciatively. My little apprentice, his father and mother died of starvation in the drought in Henan. He was taken by his elder brother when he was eight years old, and he fled to the capital after all kinds of hardships. When he came to the gate of this temple, his elder brother said you are waiting for me here, I will go for a while Come on, you are hungry, eat the cornbread in the bag first, he said there is only one cornbout, I will wait for you to come back and eat together.He sat at the door and waited until it was almost dark, but his brother still didn't come back. He was anxious and secretly wiped his tears outside.I saw it and asked him. He only knew that he came to the capital to escape famine. He didn’t know if the capital had any relatives. He opened the package and checked, and there was a letter in it. It was written by his brother and addressed to the monk in the temple. To be honest I was unable to take care of this little brother, so I asked the temple to take this child in, and counted it as a little monk who made a wish.At that time, I was forced to do nothing, so I had to let him live in the temple.He also has Su Hui, who is obedient, doesn't disturb others, and automatically moves tables and sweeps the floor, as if he doesn't eat this bowl of food for nothing.It's just that at night, he often shed tears secretly, and sometimes he looked around at the gate of the temple, waiting for his brother to come back to pick him up, but his brother never came back.After eight years like this, he studied on his own in the temple, read very well, and was also very smart. When I first saw him, he looked smart. It was the monk from Wanshou Temple who came, Mr. Wanshou Temple, right?It is the big temple outside Xizhimen. I haven't been there, I've heard of it. That temple is much more majestic than our small temple. There are thousands of Buddha statues in the Thousand Buddha Pavilion behind it, and others can be imagined.Mr. Li has heard of Mr. Li’s mother doing Buddhist rites in the palace just now, right? Could it be Li Lianying? it's him.He is now the number one celebrity in China, the empress dowager trusts him and obeys everything he says.He does Buddhist work for his mother, which is handled by Wanshou Temple. Wanshou Temple wants to invite monks from various temples in Beijing to join in. We can't participate in this kind of flattery to the powerful, so there is just one. The style of the mage is not simple. Ordinarily, it is right for monks to see through the world of mortals, but many monks in Beijing may be too close to the official circles of the capital, and they have contracted the problem of snobbery.But monks are snobbish, and it has been around for a long time. This is probably the reason why Buddhism has been spread in China and has been helped by high officials. Sir is right.Remember that joke?A poor scholar saw in the temple that an old monk was respectful and disrespectful to a high official, so he questioned the old monk. The old monk said: You are mistaken. In Zen, respect means disrespect, and disrespect means respect. .The scholar immediately slapped the old monk, saying: We are a scholar, if you don't fight, you will fight, if you fight, you won't fight.Ha ha. Ha ha. Having said that, I would like to ask, sir, are you a poor scholar? almost. Then I'm lucky, and I haven't been beaten until now. The mage is polite.Ha ha. I haven't asked your surname yet? Kang Youwei. In the "Book of Books", Kang helps the small people; in the "Book of Rites", the one who raises his body and thinks he is promising is also promising. The monk nodded: It's really the name of a hero. "Mencius" said: People can do something if they don't, and then they can do something.Mr. Kang did not do something, and then became Kang Youwei. I would like to congratulate you. These days, there are too few people who do not do something. In troubled times, it is not easy to do nothing.For example, it is not easy for the mage not to participate in the Buddhist activities of Mr. Li. It is indeed not easy not to be polite to Mr. Kang. I don't know how much inconvenience it will cause to the temple in the future.When I do this, some people in the temple disapprove.In troubled times, it is not easy to just passively do something that is different from the trend.As for being active, let alone.What's more, from the standpoint of Buddhism, actions are impermanent, so-called all action methods are like dreams and bubbles, like dew or electricity, and it seems impossible to do anything. The Master quoted the Diamond Sutra? Mr. Kang is so proficient in Buddhist scriptures, which is admirable.Where did Mr. Kang learn so many great questions?Are you in the capital?Still at home?Who is Mr. Kang's teacher? My teacher is Mr. Zhu Ciqi from Jiujiang. Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Jiujiang's student.Isn't Mr. Jiujiang a Jinshi who only wears cloth robes all his life?He was an official in Shanxi, walked in and out, worked by himself, and ate very simple? yes! So Mr. Kang followed Mr. Jiujiang in Shanxi?Are you the wrong age? No, I wasn't born then.Mr. Jiujiang is fifty-one years older than me. He was actually my father’s teacher. He was a good friend with my ancestor. I became Mr. Jiujiang’s student after he was sixty-nine years old. I followed him until he died at seventy-five years old. He, six years before and after.Before he died, he said that the books he wrote would not be of any benefit to China in the future, but he burned them all. His spirit is so touching. What a pity. I was twenty-four years old when he died, and I had read a lot of classics and history collections. The path I followed was also the old path followed by ordinary Chinese intellectuals, that is, studying ancient books and taking imperial examinations.However, Mr. Jiujiang’s teaching by example had a great influence on me, especially before he died, he used fire to burn his life’s hard work one by one. A collection of poems and essays in Ji and You was burned all over the floor with ashes, tears flowed down my eyes, and I couldn't persuade myself.Mr. Jiujiang was extremely serious. Before he died, he burned his life's works, with a calm and firm attitude. He read ancient books so well and was admitted to the imperial examination, but before he died, he showed with his actions that these were not the real path of Chinese intellectuals. , People should abandon worldly learning and save the world with actions.He didn't talk about what he said to our students, on the contrary, he said very little.It was only before his death that he came to this unspoken teaching, which is tantamount to showing his own experience.Although he left the imperial examination and officialdom more than 30 years before his death, he actually denied the 30 years of lectures and books in the second half of his life, thinking that it was unrealistic.The fact that he was burnt to death greatly stimulated me.After the death of Mr. Jiujiang, I came to Beijing, opened my eyes, and thought deeply about the future of China. What impressed me the most was visiting the Imperial College, which is the highest institution for nurturing intellectuals in China. I walked into the gate and into Liuli Square, look at the Bell Pavilion and Drum Pavilion, and see those steles written by Jiang Heng. Thinking that he spent twelve years writing the 800,000-word stele of the Thirteen Classics, the first-rate ingenuity wasted here, What use is it to China now?The time has come for China to be saved, but these stone tablets of the Thirteen Classics cannot save China!I bought a lot of books. Passing through Shanghai, I bought a large number of works on modern learning printed by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and foreign missionaries. I studied in closed doors for five years in my hometown of Xiqiao Mountain in the South China Sea.I don't know foreign languages, so I can only read these translations, and draw inferences from the translations.Over the past five years, I have gained some self-confidence, thinking that to save China, I must follow a foreign path, and reform and strengthening are not enough.So, five years later, I will come to the capital this time to see if there is a chance.These days are just in time for Chinese New Year. I am interested in stele inscriptions, so I came here specially to look at the old stele. I was lucky to meet the master.Although the mage's knowledge and morality has only been taught by Kataba Yoshimitsu, it is already admirable. There and there, we are monks, it is not enough to say this.Mr. Kang is a well-educated scholar from Mr. Jiujiang, and he is well versed in both Chinese and Western cultures. As monks, we only read a few books casually, which can stand the praise of you experts.Moreover, Mr. Kang takes the world as his own responsibility, and he can help the common people, so he can do something, and it is not something that we monks can look up to Mr. Kang. At this time, Pujing, a young monk from afar, came over again.The monk asked him: What's the matter, Pujing? Finally, the monk from Wanshou Temple was invited away. You are very capable, Pujing. Embarrassed, Pu Jing smiled, glanced at Kang Youwei, nodded, and turned to Master again: It's time for dinner. I know, you set up a table in the small dining room. I would like to treat this Mr. Kang to a light lunch at noon today. Kang Youwei hurriedly took a step forward: Master, you are welcome. It's Mr. Kang who is being polite. It's almost time to eat, why bother to stick to a meal? Mr. Kang is not an ordinary person, so why are you sticking to common etiquette?It is not specially made for Mr. Kang. Mr. Kang will eat whatever we eat. Ye Hao, Ye Hao.Kang Youwei immediately agreed. Then I will prepare.Pujing turned to leave, but the monk stopped him, come on, Pujing, I would like to introduce you: this is Mr. Kang, a scholar admired by Master, who is also from the same town as Master.But Mr. Kang is the real Cantonese. Cantonese like Master is out of date. The little monk bowed his palms to Kang Youwei, and Kang Youwei replied in the same way, Kang Youwei said. As soon as he came, he disturbed the little master. There, the little monk said, if Mr. Kang is admired by our master, we will admire him.It's rare for our master to invite someone to dinner unless he appreciates the person. Alright, Pujing.The monk smiled, your Zen machine has leaked too much, go get ready! Okay, let's prepare. Mr. Kang is lucky today, and he won't eat steamed buns today. Ha ha.Kang Youwei smiled, the young Master Master reacted really quickly, he knew that Cantonese people are afraid of steamed buns. Also, Pujing, you can scramble two more eggs and eat with us. good.The little monk turned and left. Children know everything.When it comes to steamed buns, I think of another story about him.A few days before he went to the temple, he ate a steamed bun for breakfast every day, and he was also given one, but he only ate half and kept half of it every day.Sometimes steamed buns are also eaten for lunch, and each person is limited to two, so he only eats one and keeps one.Later, the monk who lived with him informed me that his burden was getting bigger and bigger, which was strange, so we politely found an opportunity to ask him to open the burden, but it turned out that he was hiding half a steamed bun.He was afraid of running away, and thought that his brother might starve outside, so he only ate half of his due portion.At that time, he opened his eyes wide, looked down at Mantou, looked up at us, looked down at Mantou, looked up at us again, and just stammered: When my brother comes, can you take Mantou with you? Walk?I listened and couldn't help but shed tears.他跟哥哥逃難時候吃過死老鼠、吃過樹皮、吃過草根，並且可能吃過人肉，他記得一次哥哥拿回過一塊肉，吃起來怪怪的，他問哥哥是什麼肉，哥哥皺眉頭想了一下，說：別管了，快吃吧，吃剩下我吃。 唉，政治黑暗，使中國老百姓這樣慘。 不過有的是天災，似乎也不能全怪當政的人。在我們出家人看來，這是在劫難逃。 法師慈悲為懷，所以難免開脫了許多當政的人的責任。我在南海西樵山研究經世致用之學，對中國災荒問題，也小有研究，俗話說天災人禍，這四個字相連，的確有道理。天災的發生，我們以為是天禍，其實裏面有人禍。就以水災而論，水災發生，是過多的河水無法宣泄，無法宣泄的原因，是許多供大河宣泄的小渠，因為官商勾結被霸占。小渠附近土地肥、灌溉方便，所以官商勾結，把小渠堵住，他們不但不肯掘開渠口，反而把附近加高，這麼一來，不該成低地的地方就是老百姓的地方反倒變成了低地，水一漲，就成了水災。所以這種水災，是人為的，不能賴在天上。這樣賴，老天爺也不服氣。 Oh I got it.我這住在城裏的人，真孤陋寡聞。 I'm still not the same.我若不發憤搞經世致用之學，光念四書、五經，也只會念《書經》的洪水滔天，浩浩懷山襄陵，或《孟子》的洪水橫流，泛濫於天下，也只會徒發感慨，只會怨天，不會尤人。但自從我走經世致用的路以後，我看古書，突然眼睛開了，慢慢發掘了真相。我看《宋史》食貨志，看到有盜湖為田的記載，說湖的附近被盜為田以後，兩州之民，歲被水旱之災，結果所失民田，動以萬計。我才知道水災旱災的人為原因是什麼。這時候，我看了邵伯溫的《聞見前錄》上說的伊水洛水水漲，居民廬舍皆壞，惟伊水東渠有積薪塞水口，故水不入丞相府第，才恍然大悟是怎麼一回事。 康先生看書，真是觸類旁通，叫人五體投地。 法師過獎了。只不過我受了九江先生生前死前的身教，自己又閉門造車土法修煉五年，不墨守中國讀書人的老方法看古書，而有這麼點心得而已。 以康先生這樣的大才，這次到京師來，預備有怎樣的一番作為呢？ 我想來想去，無可奈何之餘，發現只有一條路，就是上萬言書，直接給皇上，如能說動皇上，根本上來一番大變法，國家才有救，一切問題才得根本解決。 歷史上上萬言書變法成功的，又有幾人？我知道的只有宋朝的王安石，最後還是失敗了。守舊的勢力和小人的勢力，是中國政治上的兩大特色，越不過這兩關，就要準備悲劇的收場。 對我說來，要想演悲劇，還為時過早，因為我的萬言書還上不上去，法師曉得中國的規矩，沒有大官肯代遞，你寫什麼，皇上都看不到的，老百姓是不能直接上書的。老百姓直接上書，搞不好要發到關外做奴隸，乾隆時候就有這種事。 那康先生有沒有找到大官肯代遞呢？ 找過，找過很多，都不行，大家都尸居餘氣，多一事不如少一事，大家都要做官，不要做事。 所以，冠蓋京華，康先生卻在大年初二，一個人，孤零零的到古廟裏研究起舊碑來了。 談到舊碑，我倒極有興趣，這次來京師，我買了許多碑本，預備研究點沒用的東西，轉一轉自己的注意力。沒用的東西，說不定在什麼時候，會有意想不到的作用。像王羲之的曹娥碑，竟能使謝枋得在這廟裏見到就絕食，最後完成了自我，誰又能想到呢？ 談到完成自我，謝枋得自己也早有一死的意思，他在走這條路。他在這廟裏看到曹娥碑，對他的自殺，只是畫龍點睛，那條龍，他自己早已畫好了。你康先生也是如此，你畫的龍是變法救中國，你在走這條路，你也準備了許多年，只差最後點睛了。點得好，就是飛龍在天；點不好，就是龍歸大海。不管是那一樣，你都完成了你自己。 法師自己呢？ 我是出了家的人。 出了家對中國前途，總不是不管吧？ 我很關切。 關切並不等於管。 關切也是一種管。 照法師剛才指教的，善必須要行，藏在心裏是不行的，照這個標準，法師對中國前途所行的，是不是不太夠？ 我只是一個和尚，康先生想叫我如何行呢？我的力量很小，我至多只能自己不扶同為惡、不同流合污、不去萬壽寺諂媚權貴，只能潔身自好而已，像像像什麼呢？ 像這廟裏的丁香。康有為指著那一片丁香樹。 姑且這麼說吧，像這廟裏的丁香。 法源寺的丁香很多，它的丁香，在北京很有名，它在幾百年前就從廣東傳到北京了。在中國，丁香被用做藥材，用來溫脾胃、止霍亂、去毒腫和口臭。 丁香潔身自好，也好看、也好聞。但要做中藥，得磨成粉煮成湯才有用。若不粉身碎骨，它只是好看好聞而已。康有為說。 和尚聽了，木然地望著康有為，最後點點頭，側過身，伸出了右臂：請康先生來用飯吧！