Chapter 105: Shaolin (1)
ps: The Shaolin School is the most extensive, longest-history, and most boxing martial arts school in Chinese martial arts, named after the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, Zhongyue. The Shaolin school martial arts www.biquge.info pen "Fun" Pavilion is not created by one person, but condensed the efforts of millions of people, and has been developed and handed down by countless martial arts masters in the long years. Shaolin martial arts are famous in the world and began at the end of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, there were thirteen warrior monks in Shaolin Temple, at the invitation of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and went out of the mountain to participate in the battle of Wang Shichong, and they relied on their superior skills to capture Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Renze, and forced Wang Shichong to surrender. After the victory, in addition to Tanzong one person was awarded the general, the remaining twelve people did not want to be entitled, returned to Shaolin, but were given purple robes, and Shaolin Temple was given a large number of fields, silver two, since then Shaolin Temple is famous for martial arts.
Shaolin faction
The Shaolin School is the most extensive, longest-history, and most boxing martial arts in Chinese martial arts, and is named after the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, Zhongyue. The martial arts of the Shaolin school are not created by one person, but condensed the efforts of millions of people, and have been developed and handed down by countless martial arts masters over a long period of time. Shaolin martial arts are famous in the world and began at the end of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, there were thirteen warrior monks in Shaolin Temple, at the invitation of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and went out of the mountain to participate in the battle of Wang Shichong, and they relied on their superior skills to capture Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Renze, and forced Wang Shichong to surrender. After the victory, in addition to Tanzong one person was awarded the general, the remaining twelve people did not want to be entitled, returned to Shaolin, but were given purple robes, and Shaolin Temple was given a large number of fields, silver two, since then Shaolin Temple is famous for martial arts.
Shaolin Temple was founded in the 19th year of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (495 AD). Then. The Tianzhu monk Batuo traveled from the Western Regions and was honored by Emperor Xiaowen, who believed in Buddhism. Seeing that Songshan was very much like a lotus flower, Batuo intended to be in the "flower" Zhongli Temple. Emperor Xiaowen then built the Shaolin Temple on Shaomu Mountain to support Batuo. Later, more than 30 years later, the Nantianzhu monk Bodhidharma came to Shaolin Temple, recruited disciples, taught Zen Buddhism, and became the founding patriarch of Chinese Buddhism.
1. Shaolin martial arts
Shaolin martial arts, famous in the world, began at the end of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, there were thirteen warrior monks in Shaolin Temple. At the invitation of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, he went out of the mountain to participate in the battle to pacify Wang Shichong. With their superior skills, they captured Wang Shichong's nephew Wang Renze alive and forced Wang Shichong to surrender. After the victory, he was rewarded for meritorious deeds, except for Tanzong, who was awarded the title of general. The remaining twelve people did not want to be sealed and returned to Shaolin, but they were all given purple robes, and a large number of fields and silver were given to Shaolin Temple, and "honors" such as "monk soldiers" and "wine and meat"! Since then, Shaolin Temple has become famous for its martial arts.
The monks of Shaolin Temple have applied for the post many times since the Tang Dynasty. The monk Fuyu in the Yuan Dynasty was awarded the title of Duke of Jin for his merits; The Xiaoshan monk of the Ming Dynasty made three expeditions to the border, and the royal family built a flagpole and a stone lion in front of the Shaolin Temple for him. However, the most touching is the story of the Shaolin warrior monks of the Ming Dynasty who fought against the Japanese invaders. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the southeastern coastal area of China was often harassed by Japanese pirates, who plundered property, slaughtered inhabitants, and abducted people. During the Jiajing period. The monk of Shaolin Temple received the letter from the governor Wanbiao, and immediately formed a team of monks and soldiers with more than 30 monks to go to the Songjiang area. In battle, everyone fights bravely. Armed with iron rods, he slain many of the pirates. But then they unfortunately fell into an ambush by mistake, and finally outnumbered, and more than 30 patriotic monks such as Yuekong all died heroically, writing a page of singing and crying for resisting the Japanese invasion.
1. Martial arts room
When it comes to the deeds of Shaolin monks, we have to mention the "martial arts room" of Shaolin Temple. The martial arts room is one of the one hundred and eight rooms in Shaolin Temple, and it is also the most special room. Its status is above the rest of the room. It is not bound by the law enforcement monks and is self-reliant. Led by a dedicated person. Not every monk of Shaolin Temple can join the martial arts room, and its members are all recommended by each room or subordinate temple; And they must also be the "top students" in the minds of the recommenders. Tuition fees must be paid for entering the martial arts room, and the tuition fees should be paid by each room, each hall, and each temple. Therefore, it has abundant funds, a relatively favorable life, better food, and more adequate equipment for practice. Warrior monks generally do not have to do labor, nor do they have to worship the Buddha all day long, nor do they have a hard set time for work and rest, and the level of achievement depends on the wisdom and efforts of each person. The monks practice martial arts, and they really do not fear hardship and do not relax. Even eating at irregular times, forgetting to sleep and eating, regardless of morning, lunch and evening, is a single-minded practice. Some monks slept with a stick of incense between their fingers, and the embers were burning in their hands, and they got up again to practice hard.
Shaolin Temple in the long history, can be said to have experienced the vicissitudes of life, it has had the heyday of incense, bells and drums ringing together, and repeatedly suffered from the wind and rain. In the era of Emperor Wen of Sui, he vigorously supported Buddhism and gave 100 hectares of land to Shaolin Temple for the monks to eat. Shaolin Temple gradually prospered. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, smoke erupted, and a fire turned the entire monastery to ashes.
In the era of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Shaolin Temple only recovered its vitality, the temple hall and pavilions stand in a forest, the whole temple covers an area of more than 10,000 acres, and the temple monks are about 2,000 people. However, after that, Shaolin Temple was changed with the suppression of Buddhism by successive rulers.
In the 21st century, many of the buildings in the temple were built in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The mountain gate of Shaolin Temple was built in the Yongzheng era of the Qing Dynasty, and the door plaque of "Shaolin Temple" on the mountain gate is the imperial pen of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. The last disaster of the Shaolin Temple occurred in 1928. At that time, the warlord Shi Yousan seized the temple on March 15 on the grounds that Shaolin Temple assisted his opponent Fan Zhongxiu, first set fire to the Dharma Hall, and the next day, burned down the Tianwang Palace, the Daxiong Palace, and the Jinnara Palace. The thousand-year-old temple has since turned into scorched earth, and the people of the time sighed for the catastrophe.
2. Causes
The martial arts of the Shaolin school are not created by one person, but condensed the efforts of millions of people, and have been developed and handed down by countless martial arts masters over a long period of time. There are many Shaolin tribes, and there are "three majors" and "four gates". The "three majors" are: Hongjia Shaolin, Confucian Shaolin, and Yujia Shaolin: the "Four Great Gates" are: Dasheng Gate, Luohan Gate, Erlang Gate, and Wei Dao Gate. All were developed from Shaolin martial arts. The main reasons for the formation of Shaolin martial arts are as follows:
2. Religious stability
The internal stability of the monastery is the guarantee for the long-term development and continuation of Shaolin martial arts in the monastery, and will not be interrupted and stagnated due to wars and dynasties. The super-secular nature of the temple also makes martial arts break away from the dregs of secular concepts, meditate on the true meaning of martial arts, and over time form a unique Shaolin school of martial arts. Shaolin monks because of the influence of Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, and Buddhist meditation is one of the important ways of Buddhism, the so-called meditation is: to reconcile the body, mind, breath, to overcome distracting thoughts, lethargy, bitterness and happiness, all worries and donations, the heart is like a mirror to stop water, quiet and clear. The inner stability and supra-worldliness of the Shaolin warrior monks are manifested in the way and theories of practicing martial arts are roughly the same as those of Buddhist meditation. Shaolin school of martial arts pay attention to "practice a breath inside, outside the muscles and bones", the body movements of practicing qi, one is the so-called movement, imitating the bear of the animal through the bird, the other is to meditate on meditation, maintain a posture, for a long time, consciousness concentration, adjust the breathing, and guide the breath with consciousness, so as to achieve the effect of internal qi enrichment. This qi is both a tangible object and a potential endowment. Many of the sitting postures of the internal practice are imitations of Buddhism's meditation practice, and the first requirements are: uprightness, concentration and calmness, quiet pranayama, and sweeping away the bounds, so as to achieve the state of non-birth of distracting thoughts. According to the "Shaolin Seventy-two Art Practice", Master Miaoxing talked about practicing skills: "...... The old man said that no matter how much you practice, you must nourish your qi, and if you are vigorous, you will be calm, and if you are strong, you will be strong, and if you are strong, you will be comfortable." (To be continued)