It is said that Zhang Cambodia heard Shi Ru just say what the Zen patriarch said, "The Buddha is an ordinary man who is a good person, don't be attached to all the words in the Buddhist scriptures......" suddenly remembered that the six ancestors of the six ancestors were rumored in the rivers and lakes such as "illiterate", "uneducated", "illiterate", "illiterate" and even "illiterate philosopher" and other rumors, so he saw that Shi Ru had just finished saying "follow the law", and before he could continue to speak, he threw this topic out to see what the great monk said.

"May I ask the donor, what is 'illiterate'?" How can you explain the illiterate'? Shi Ru is worthy of being an old Jianghu, a monk from the west, and he threw this problem back to Zhang Cambodia at once.

Zhang Cambodia has been reading poetry and books since he was a child, and the prime minister of the DPRK and China with the title of the gold list, how can these pediatrics stump him.

I saw Zhang Cambodia standing up unhurriedly and quoting scriptures to answer Shi Ru's question:

"Illiterate" refers to adults who are illiterate and cannot write. Illiterate Ding, basic definition: "Ding", the simplest Chinese character. It means not even knowing a word, which is used to describe a person who is illiterate or uneducated. Source: "Rong Zhai Customs Examination": Today's people mostly use a Ding word that does not know a word, which is called the ancestor "Tang Book".

After explaining "illiterate" and "illiterate", Zhang Cambodia said that "illiterate" is a Chinese idiom. From "The Old Tang Book: The Biography of Zhang Hongjing": There is nothing to do today, and your generation has two stone bows, so it is better to know a t-word. It forms a subject-verb structure in a sentence. Below, the old decay will talk about the origin of the idiom "illiterate":

In the past, there was a rich man surnamed Ding, and he had a son, who was more than ten years old, and he didn't understand anything. The rich man Ding was in a hurry, and one day he published an article, claiming that if anyone taught Young Master Ding a word of ten taels of silver.

An old show saw it and thought: No matter how stupid this kid is, he won't know his surname, right? Besides, this "Ding" character is simple, easy to write, and easy to recognize, how can I not teach him a "Ding" character? So, he unveiled the list.

After arriving at the rich man's house, Lao Xiucai asked Young Master Ding to learn the word "Ding" every day, and nine days passed in a flash, and Ding Cai mainly tested Young Master Ding. Lao Xiucai was afraid that Young Master Ding would forget, so he specially prepared a nail for the young master to hold, and said, "In case you forget, look at the things in your hand, and you will remember, understand?" The young master nodded.

Xiucai led the young master to see the rich man Ding, wrote a "Ding" character and said, "Little young master, how do you pronounce this word?"

Who knew that the young master looked at it for a long time, but he still couldn't remember what it was. Xiucai hurriedly reminded him: "What are you holding in your hand?"

Young Master Ding looked down and said, "An iron rod." ”

When Xiucai heard this, he was so angry that he stomped his feet: "It's really rotten wood that can't be carved!" It doesn't matter if you don't know 'Ding', my ten taels of silver are over. ”

Since then, the idiom "illiterate" has spread.

"Sixth Ancestor Huineng won't even know his name and can't write it, right?" The Zen master must have listened to the story of Zhang Cambodia's illiterate Ding, and couldn't help but ask Zhang Cambodia. "As for the Sixth Ancestor Hui Neng's knowledge, then there is no need for Lao Na to bother with his tongue."

Zhang Cambodia said to a certain point: "Some people say that the Sixth Ancestor Huineng is illiterate. Ladies and gentlemen, before judging whether this statement damages the image of the Sixth Ancestor Huineng, please take a look at the following incident that happened in the hometown of the Sixth Ancestor and see how the people of the Six Ancestors Township have this statement. ”

A few days ago, when Lao Yu passed by the ancient platform in Xialu Village, the former residence of the sixth ancestor, a storyteller on the stage said that "the sixth ancestor Huineng is an illiterate person." As soon as the storyteller's voice came out, the audience reacted very strongly. Among them, there was an audience member sitting in the front row who was quite excited, only to see him stand up "Huo" and point to the storyteller on the stage, "You say that I said, that the six ancestors are illiterate!" I wanted to rush to the stage to reason with the actor, but I was persuaded by several listeners around me, and my righteous indignation was indescribable.