Venerable Deqing is not only a dual practitioner of Zen and purity, but also a practical practitioner of the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism is not a new thing, and Su Dongpo has already successfully implemented it. It is precisely because of the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism that a generation of genius Su Dongpo has been created, whose supreme realm has created a depth and breadth that has never been reached since the beginning of writing.

Of course, Hanshan Deqing's artistic skills are not as good as Su Dongpo's, but in the Ming Dynasty, he was a rare monk, not only profound in Zen, but also in Confucianism and Taoism academics to reach the level of a great master.

The most prosperous period of Zen Buddhism is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty has fallen, Zen Buddhism gradually declined, Deqing entered the Zen ancestral court Cao Xi faction after middle age, determined to vibrate, rise and fall and revive the waste, so that the Cao Xi faction can be prosperous, the descendants respect Deqing, that he is an epoch-making monk, but also a generation of patriarchs.

If you say from the emperor's nickname, there are the nicknames of Taizu and Shizu, Hanshan Deqing is the ancestor of the Caoxi faction, which is equivalent to Liu Xiu's status in rebuilding the Han family.

Of course, this is all about the achievements of Hanshan Deqing's life, at this time Deqing is just emerging, but has already shown extraordinary talent, his achievements in Zen, and the innovation in acupuncture and moxibustion is quite similar, the same deafening, refreshing.

A few days ago, Deqing came to Fengyang, in Longxing Temple to place an order, Longxing Temple is generally known, it was originally Zhu Yuanzhang's Huangjue Temple when he became a monk, and later when the imperial city was built, he vigorously rebuilt Longxing Temple.

There are many people who believe in Buddhism among scholars, and there are countless scholars and women who worship high monks. Since Deqing came to Fengyang, the incense of Longxing Temple has doubled several times, and it is no worse than the grand occasion of chasing. Everyone admires and respects Deqing, but besides, everyone wants to eat its flesh and drink its blood.

"This son is a good face, have you seen a little monk before?" Deqing looked at the situation and asked puzzledly, there are not many people who know that he is nicknamed Hanshan, and he is the first to meet him in Fengyang.

Besides, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and said with a smile: "I haven't seen it, but I've read a lot of your books." ”

Deqing was even more puzzled, he hadn't written anything, he might have remembered it wrong, it was another monk with the name Deqing. After all, people have duplicate names, and there are really a lot of duplicate names in this Dharma name, and when the temples give their disciples the Dharma name, there is no way to avoid it. In the end, whoever is famous will actually belong to whoever the law name is.

In order to fear that future generations will rename, the royal family has a unique method, that is, to design the middle character first, use an ancient poem and ancient text to arrange it, and then wait until a descendant is born, and the emperor will personally give the name.

The same is true for ordinary families, and if you open a family tree, you can basically understand this law. It's just that the general family name does not have to be the patriarch, your own parents can give it, and then write it in the family tree.

The royal family is not good, the emperor must personally give the name, when encountering a lot of things or a lazy emperor, things will come out, some royal family members have grown to more than 20 years old, there is no name, why, the emperor is busy, there is no time to give a name, usually there is no trouble, anyway, it is okay to replace it with the ordinal number in the brother's line, such as Zhu Thirteen Princes, Zhu Eighth Prince, famous ordinary people dare not call.

However, when it comes to marriage, trouble comes, and marriage must be famous, and it can't be an anonymous marriage, right? What should I do if I don't have a name, I have to wait, some have waited for seven or eight years, and from eighteen to twenty-eight have not yet waited for a name, so I have to continue to wait, wait for .......

The rule of the Ming royal family naming their children and grandchildren is not a pit father, but a pit descendant.

"Little monk, you have walked thousands of mountains and rivers at such a young age, and you are not afraid of being eaten by tigers and wolves. I don't know which family's female relatives also made a joke about Deqing.

The female benefactor said with a smile, the little monk has a Buddha in his heart, how can he be afraid of tigers, wolves and demons. If you encounter a tiger or wolf, you will get rid of it, and if you encounter a demon, you will get rid of it. ”

"Where can the little monk see this?" and shouted as if he were participating in Zen.

"The little monk has never seen the Buddha. ”

"I haven't seen the Buddha, how can there be a Buddha in my heart?"

"Yes, there is nothing in the spiritual platform, and the mirror is not a platform, there is nothing in the original, where is the dust. How can there be a Buddha on the spiritual platform where there is nothing?" Zuo Ling was interested when he saw the situation, and he also helped.

Deqing really stunned the two of them, and said: "Buddha is not a thing, let alone dust, the spiritual platform is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the spiritual platform." ”

"Well answered. "And high-fived.

"Then let me ask you again, what is the true meaning of Zen? What does it mean to go to the next level?" Zuo Ling searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and brought out the lantern record he had seen.

Of course, Deqing knows the Lantern Record, if you can't even memorize the "Five Lantern Huiyuan" and "Jingde Lantern Record", where can you still be called a prodigy of Buddhism, the problem is that these public cases are not solvable, and they can't be answered at the literal level at all, but you need to understand in your heart, you get it when you understand it, you get something, you get nothing, but you just get the Tao. The things of Buddhism are extremely mysterious, and those who can make the masters who are proficient in words dizzy, and in the end they don't even dare to be sure who they are.

"This son, what do you think is the true meaning of Zen?" Deqing asked, turning.

"The foolish thought that everyone has a bright and perfect heart, that each of them is ready-made, and that there is nothing to be done, and that the deep delusions of sentient beings caused by the seeds of love and hatred that have come from the beginningless have obscured this wonderful mind, and they cannot be truly used, and they are only engaged in doing work in the world of delusions, wandering through life and death. As long as one thought stops delusional thoughts, you can see through your own mind, and you can purify your own mind, and you will be pure and innocent, and this is called enlightenment. The so-called cultivation and the so-called enlightenment are all about cultivating this mind, and understanding this mind is not a person who can be cultivated and enlightened without leaving one's own heart. ”

Besides, after finishing speaking, there was a burst of laughter in his heart, which was all realized by Hanshan Deqing later, and he only saw it in his writings and memorized it. Of course, Deqing didn't know at this time, and what he was talking about was the essence he would extract after his enlightenment in the future, and he was still only in a hazy state of enlightenment.

Besides, the heart said: This is called wearing other people's shoes, so that others have no shoes to wear. Go someone else's way and leave others with no way out. Ha ha.

For a while, he even had a bad taste, and wanted to write down all the works of Hanshan Deqing's life silently, collect and publish them, and finally let this monk have no books to write.

Of course, this is just a momentary thought, he can't do this, anyway, he still respects Hanshan Deqing like a god and worships it.

Deqing listened, but he was confused, and said: "The son must be the reincarnation of a high monk, born with Su Hui, and the little monk listens to Jun's words, benefits a lot, and is taught." ”

"You know it's amazing, you've met the opponent, little monk, go back and recite the three-year scripture again. Zuo Ling also took advantage of this.

In an instant, everyone was impressed again, how could this person even understand Buddhism, and he didn't understand it in general, so what would he know? said that morality is clear, in the jungle is the only one who has the reputation of arguing, and no one dares to argue with him, but today he has taught him a lesson.

In fact, he doesn't even know anything about Buddhism, he can memorize a lot of classics, and if he really wants to take them apart and debate, he is not even as good as Zuo Ling, let alone Deqing. He came up with this talk was originally plagiarized from Deqing, Deqing naturally understands his heart, where will he debate with him, just if he is the reincarnation of an enlightened monk, this kind of reincarnation is very marketable in both secular and religious circles.

Moreover, another skill is superhuman memory, if he wants to memorize a book from beginning to end, he guarantees that not a word will be wrong, which is really no one can compare.

"The little master is coming to the house today, it is the luck of my left family, please come into the house and sit down. Zuo Wenxiang stepped forward to invite.

Everyone accompanied him to another warm pavilion and reopened a table of vegetarian seats, otherwise the person who drank and drank a lot of meat would pollute this future monk first, which would be a great sin.

At this time, everyone thought of a question, why did this Deqing come, and who invited it?

But no one dared to ask, he didn't say, and he couldn't ask.

You can't come forward and ask, "Little monk, what's the matter with you?" It's okay, then you can go back." Did someone invite you? No, please leave. ”

can't do this, no matter how such a person came here, it is a great honor for the Zuo family and even for everyone, but everyone's questions are not answered.

The prefect of Fengyang and Zuo Wenxiang accompanied Deqing to talk, and then greeted other guests, and a group of young literati gathered in this warm pavilion. There are young literati of the Zuo family and their literary friends, as well as some protégés of the Fengyang prefect, which can be said to be all together. Zuo Ling and Xiao Nier were naturally unwilling, and they also joined in the fun, and they mainly followed the back of their buttocks.

Several young concubines from Zuodong Pavilion also came over, they were very tightly restrained on weekdays, but today can be regarded as liberated, and they are not good at playing.

These concubines all looked very excited, and their little faces were flushed, and it was too rare for them to see so many young talents and famous literati in the city at once.

These girls are all from ordinary families, and they entered Zuofu at a young age, and they also have their own peachy dreams, and they are obsessed with the appearance of Li Jing in this group of literati, who can take them to stage a red night run. Of course, this is just a reverie, if someone really takes them to elope, they must be frightened, and they don't want to leave the comfort zone of the Zuo family and go outside to suffer.

The eyes of several concubines looked at Deqing like a fairy for a while, and looked at it for a while, and when they saw that they were standing with Zuo Ling at this time, they all showed knowing smiles.

Besides, only a few family members know some shadows, and even the concubines of Zuo Dongge are not very clear. If it hadn't been revealed by the Marquise today, I'm afraid everyone would still be in the dark.

It looks like the two have been in love for life, they just wonder why they haven't finalized the marriage contract yet, but then they think about it, besides, they are in the guest house, and they can't finalize the marriage contract, so they can only wait for him to come home and ask his parents to send someone to propose.

They looked at Zuo Ling for a while, and then hid to the side and muttered for a while, covering their mouths and laughing. Zuo Ling had actually guessed what they were talking about, and not only did she not feel uncomfortable, but she felt happy.

You see, this is the character that my Miss Zuo falls in love with, and it's really not ordinary.