The influence of Buddhism during the Republican period was very great, far surpassing Taoism.

There are all kinds of Buddhist generals in the warlord world, and there are countless warlords in Tianjin who hold regular Zen meetings. Literati and scholars also liked to study Buddhism, Li Shutong and Su Manshu were monks themselves, Xu Dishan and Feng Zikai were also lay people, and Liang Qichao was the leader of a Buddhist group.

In addition, Hu Shi, Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren, Qu Qiubai, Yu Dafu, Lao She, Zong Baihua, Xia Yazun...... The list could go on and on, all of whom were passionate about Buddhist studies.

Although Xu Zhimo himself does not believe in Buddhism, his poems often reveal Zen, and he once wrote sentences such as "Hearing the soft sound of the Buddha is profound and subtle".

The word "Shima" itself is inseparable from Buddhism - Moding ordination!

According to legend, on the day of Xu Zhimo's first birthday, a monk named "Zhihui" came to the family. The monk stroked the top of Xu Zhimo's head, and there were words in his mouth: "Amitabha, this son is the rebirth of a unicorn, and it will become a great weapon in the future." ”

It wasn't until Xu Zhimo was about to go to the United States to study that Mr. Xu didn't know which nerve was twitching, so he actually changed his son's name to "Shima" (originally called "Zhang Yu").

After having dinner at Zhou Hexuan's house, Xu Zhimo returned to his residence with the book "View of Liberal History". He asked the servant, "What about the wife?" ”

"Mrs. Weng is in the smoke room." The servant whispered.

Xu Zhimo frowned, he walked quickly to the second floor, only to see that the door of the smoke room was not closed, and bursts of green smoke floated out of the open gaps. A man and a woman were lying on the smoke, swallowing clouds and spitting fog in a drunken expression, not feeling anyone outside the door at all.

Xu Zhimo didn't rush in to disturb, but silently closed the door, and then walked back to his study.

Xu Zhimo once said such a sentence: A husband never forbids his wife to make friends, and the most formal and innocent between men and women should still be smoked.

Whether he really thinks so, or he is deceiving himself, Xu Zhimo is used to it anyway.

Sitting at his desk, Xu Zhimo opened "The Historical View of Freedom" again and re-read it from the first chapter: "Freedom is the opposite of being imprisoned, and being imprisoned is not free...... There are innumerable classes in the free prison room, and everything we see is in this stage...... In the universe of real life, there are no living things, plants, animals, ......"

Monk Taixu's exposition on freedom is like talking about Xu Zhimo's heart, he feels that the world is a cage, and he is trapped in a cage and cannot be freed.

Reading all the way to the end, the argument that "Buddha is a realist who pursues freedom" once again made Xu Zhimo's eyes shine. Later, the Buddhist theories such as the Four Truths, the Eightfold Path, and the Three Virtues also made Xu Zhimo read with relish.

Therefore, Yu Peichen thinks that "The View of Liberal History" is dangerous, and most of the content of this book is to explain history and the universe from a philosophical point of view, and to illustrate it through pure academic language. If you are not knowledgeable, or have a firm mind, it is easy to be fooled by the Taixu monk.

Moreover, this book is specially designed to fool intellectuals, and it is difficult for ordinary people to fully read it. It requires a certain amount of knowledge from the reader in order to actually read it and accept those ideas from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Zhimo was completely immersed in the Buddhist thought of pursuing freedom, and it was not until the last few chapters that he smiled to himself: "Master Taixu's opinion is inevitably a little out of reality. ”

The final part of the book discusses the ideal educational, economic, and political systems. However, Xu Zhimo's major when he studied abroad was "political economy", and he has been engaged in education for a long time, and he saw through Master Taixu at a glance that he was talking to himself - his views were too naïve!

Xu Zhimo threw the "Concept of Liberal History" aside, got up and took out a copy of the "Ranga Sutra" in the bookshelf. Although the educational, economic, and political views of the Taixu monk made Xu Zhimo feel inadequate, the Buddhist ideas about the pursuit of freedom were of great interest to Xu Zhimo.

"The world is separated from life and death, like vanity. Wisdom does not have nothing, but great compassion. All dharmas are illusory, far from the mind...... Far from the ordinary, the world is like a dream...... Knowing that there is no self in the law, troubles and ......"

Xu Zhimo had studied these verses in the "Lenga Sutra" before. But when I read it again at this moment, I have a different feeling, thinking of my own experience over the years, it is like having a big dream.

When I woke up from my dream, everything was reduced to nothingness.

That night, Xu Zhimo ran away from home and left only a note for Lu Xiaoman: "Xiaoman, this should be the last letter I wrote to you...... The world is like a void, and I want to find something eternal. Treasure! - Shima. ”

Lu Xiaoman slept until noon before getting up, and he didn't notice anything unusual at first, thinking that Xu Zhimo was going to teach at school. She yawned and washed up, sat down on the sofa in the living room, and read the magazines boredly, just waiting for the maid to bring her lunch.

Suddenly, Lu Xiaoman saw a note pressed on the coffee table, she picked it up and looked at it, and her face suddenly turned a little pale.

In the past, when Xu Zhimo wrote letters, he always called Lu Xiaoman "Longlong" and "Long'er", but now he calls him "Xiaoman", which makes Lu Xiaoman suddenly feel a kind of alienation that rejects people thousands of miles away.

Something happened!

To be honest, Lu Xiaoman loves Xu Zhimo very much, but her love is too selfish. She can't do without enjoyment, can't do without the life of paper fans, can't do without opium that makes her forget her troubles and pain, she doesn't want to change herself for Xu Zhimo.

Perhaps, Lu Xiaoman once thought about change and wanted to integrate into Xu Zhimo's family. But the difficulties suffered in the Xu family at the beginning seriously hurt Lu Xiaoman's self-esteem, and the rumors and rumors circulating in the outside world also made Lu Xiaoman completely choose to break the jar.

At this moment, Lu Xiaoman suddenly panicked, as if she was losing something precious in her life.

"Ma'am, it's time to eat." The maid came over and said.

Lu Xiaoman hurriedly asked, "Have you seen Mr.?" ”

The servant shook his head and said, "No, I haven't seen Mr. today." ”

Lu Xiaoman called everyone in the family, and finally the porter revealed the information: "Mr. went out in the middle of the night, and I saw him go east without luggage, only a suit in his hand." ”

Lu Xiaoman was a little unsteady on her feet, she asked her subordinates to leave, and sat on the sofa in the living room in a daze.

On the coffee table, there are not only notes left by Xu Zhimo, but also several silver tickets and passbooks, adding up to nearly 2,000 oceans in total.

Lu Xiaoman climbed up to the cigarette in a daze, smoked a dime of opium, and after swallowing the clouds and spitting out the fog, her brain finally came to her senses, and she ran to the telephone frantically and called Xu Zhimo's friends: "Hey, is Shima there with you?" ”

In just two or three days, the entire Shanghai literary circle spread all over - Xu Zhimo is missing, and it is very likely that he will be ordained.

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