Chapter 9: The Story of Jinshan Temple

[Ten-year-old Wang Yangming uses poetry to illustrate the wonderful story of Japanese monks]

This Zhenjiang River is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, across the river from Yangzhou, and has been a good place to view the scenery since ancient times.

And the current name of Jinshan Temple, Longyou Temple, is indeed extraordinary, its temple gate faces west, is built according to the mountain, the palace is side by side, the pavilions are connected, the whole mountain is covered with the splendid buildings, so that people can not get a glimpse of the original appearance of the mountain, so there is the saying that "Jinshan Temple wraps the mountain".

When we arrived at the temple, there were already some people here, they were the poets of my grandfather's friend Juzhuang Weng, who famously came here to meet my grandfather.

There were a few monks next to them, led by two old monks in their fifties, and I saw one of the thin monks clasping his hands together and said: "The poor monk is the presiding officer of the temple, Qingzhu, I heard that the father of the undergraduate champion brought his grandson here, so I came to see it." ”

Then it began to introduce to us, here is Lenga Tai, also known as Su Jing Tai, according to legend, Dongpo lay people in their later years were entrusted by the old friend Buddha seal to write the "Lenga Sutra" here, and then took us to the secret room to see the treasure of the temple of the temple, there is a legend that Zhuge Liang made the marching cooking utensils, when fighting can also be beaten as a marching drum as a marching order, I lifted it very heavy, Qingzhu monk laughed and said: "There are 23 catties of as much. ”

Saying that, Qingzhu took out a jade belt from the inside very mysteriously, saying that this was originally Su Dongpo's thing, and he lost to his friend Buddha Yin Monk in a tongue battle to discuss the meaning of Buddhism.

I couldn't help but say, "Most of the folklore, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Monk Qingzhu said: "How is it fake? Dongpo laymen have poems as evidence.

"Elder Shi Yuan with jade, Yuan hugging each other with skirts"

The sick bones are embarrassed by the jade belt,

The blunt roots still fall on the edge of the sword.

If you want to teach the begging singer,

Therefore, it is with the old clothes of Yunshan.

He took us to a bridge by the White Dragon Cave and said, "This bridge is the jade belt bridge built by the Buddha seal monk in the style of imitation jade belt." ”

I didn't look like a jade belt, so I couldn't help but say, "Master tell me the story of the Jinshan Temple, right?" ”

As I was talking, I noticed that the other old monk remained silent. He is of moderate stature, but his eyes are particularly bright. I only heard the monk Qingzhu say: "According to legend, a generation of holy monk Fahai master, in order to save Xu Xian and left it in Jinshan Temple, and the demon snake white lady did not give up, so he rushed to ask for Xu Xian, Fahai Master naturally refused, so this white lady cast a spell to attract floods, causing water to flood Jinshan, and now I still have two caves of Fahai and White Dragon in Jinshan Temple. ”

I couldn't help but say, "I asked the Master, what does it mean to 'rather demolish ten temples than destroy one marriage'"

Monk Qingzhu was speechless for a while, and then the old monk next to him spoke: "This marriage also depends on whether it is a bad fate?" This white lady is a snake spirit, so naturally it can't be often theorized. ”

I sneered: "Then ask the master, people are often good and bad, but there is no good or bad for demons?" ”

While the old monk was stunned, I said: "The Book of Changes says: 'The congenital and the heavens are violated, and the day after tomorrow is the time to worship the heavens'. In terms of innateness, the Dharma is naturally supreme, but in terms of the human world, in terms of the world of Buddha, it is a different matter! ”

The old monk squinted his eyes and said, "What do you think?" ”

I said loudly: "Righteous people, the so-called kings and ministers, fathers and sons. The king must have the heart of loving the people, the minister must have the ambition of being loyal to the minister, the father must have the heart of loving the son, and the son must have the ambition of filial piety to the father. ”

The old monk looked at me and was speechless for a moment. As he spoke, the sky had darkened and the moon had risen. Grandpa, they began to admire the moon, everyone was staggered, already intoxicated, only to hear grandpa shout: "Come on, come, everyone come to compose poems in response to the situation." ”

I saw that everyone was either looking down to think, or looking up at the moon, and there was silence, so I said to my grandfather on a whim: "Grandfather, I'll try!" ”

Grandpa was surprised and asked me, "Can a son be endowed with a child?" ”

The old monk who had little speech before came to me at some point, and quickly prepared the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for me and spread it in front of me. I wrote in my heart:

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The mountain of gold is as big as a fist,

Break the Viyan underwater sky.

Drunk leaning on Myoko Terrace on the moon,

The jade flute blows through the cave and sleeps in the dragon.

The old monk was the first to applaud and said, "Childe, this is igniting the old monk, smashing the void in order to be, Myokotai is not negotiable." Childe's jade flute wants to wake up the stupid old monk of the cave dragon! Disastrous! Disastrous! ”

Then, he squinted his eyes and said, "How about the old monk come up with a question?" ”

I said casually, "Yes, whatever the master wants." ”

The old monk bowed his head and groaned, looked up at the moon, and said, "Yes, please ask the son to chant another poem on the theme of 'Covering the Moon Mountain House'." ”

I looked up at the moon, and then I looked down at the mountains, and there were! Then he waved his pen and did it in one go:

The mountain is near the moon and the moon is far away, and the moon is small,

This mountain is as big as the moon.

If a man has eyes as big as the sky,

Also see the mountain and the moon are wider.

The old monk took the lead in applauding, and everyone applauded.

The old monk sighed: "What a 'if a person has eyes as big as the sky'!" Yes, my eyes have not yet been opened. ”

At this time, I only heard those sassy inkmen say to my grandfather: "Let Sun Sheng's mouth be immortal, and I think he will become famous in the world with his literary talent one day." ”

Grandpa was about to speak, and I said proudly: "The article is a small thing, why become famous?" ”

The old monk smiled and said, "How to become famous?" ”

I also smiled and said, "If you open your eyes and climb the peak, you can become famous." ”

At this time, the old monk actually leaned over and bowed to me, his actions stunned the people present, and my grandfather hurriedly helped the old monk up. The old monk sighed: "The poor monk is from Japan, his legal name is An Guiwu, he came to China 30 years ago to start learning Buddhism, and he has been confident in 30 years of kung fu; Now I came to Huaxia again to confirm, but I didn't expect to be impressed by a yellow-haired child, and the old monk had to return to China to practice. ”

And took my hand and said: "The son will be famous in the world in the future!" Let's make an appointment again, 30 years, when the old monk is more than 80 years old, and the son will be 40 years old will be completed, just 30 years later, in this place, the old monk will come to ask the son for advice, how? ”

I was arrogant for a while and said, "Master, the kid must go to the appointment!" ”

I saw the old monk laughing, and then waved his sleeves and walked away.

Monk Qingzhu saluted me and sighed: "This Japanese monk Guiwu has rarely met opponents since coming to China, and is coming to Longyou Temple, that is, the former Jinshan Temple to discuss the Tao, we just started to fight, I have all fallen off, just when the son came, relieved our difficulties, this is not for me one person and one temple and Xie Gongzi, but for the jungle of China Xie Gongzi." ”

Grandpa twisted his beard and laughed, and in the sound of everyone, we ended our trip to Zhenjiang and embarked on the road to Beijing.

Grandpa said on the way: "Bo'an, you are really good, I didn't expect you to learn Buddhism with your grandmother and be able to defeat the Japanese monks, amazing!" ”

I also laughed and said, "Luck, luck!" ”

Grandpa said, "Victory but not arrogance, good job!" ”

Anyway, after my grandfather and I arrived in the capital, my grandfather told my father about my defeat of An Guiwu, and my father sneered: "The blind cat has just touched a dead mouse." ”