Chapter Seventy-Four: Eight Friends of Jingling
I never believe in coincidences, the real relationship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chang Yuchun is the most important gain we have obtained after the exploration of the underground imperial tomb, and in this Jiming Temple, since it is related to them again, there must be something strange in it.
I told everyone what I had guessed, and they all heard it and nodded their heads, and they all felt that it made some sense.
After I finished speaking, I looked at Chunting and saw that he didn't refute, he just saw that I had sorted out the details, smiled slightly, and looked at me with relief.
"Although I don't know what secrets are hidden here, but as you often say, there are no coincidences in the world, since there can be some contact with Zhu Yuanzhang here, there must be clues that we haven't found."
After hearing this, we calmed down for a moment and continued to investigate around the Jiming Temple with the Spring Pavilion, trying to find the hidden truth inside.
This Jiming Temple is majestic and magnificent, we have forgotten the purpose of this trip for a while, simply to watch in this Jiming Temple, among which I am most impressed by the majestic Daxiong Treasure Hall, Medicine Buddha Pagoda these large buildings, on the contrary, but the Rouge Well, Guanyin statue, and Jingyang Tower.
Rouge well for the well of Chen Jingyang palace in the Southern Dynasty, nine years of the emperor, Emperor Wen of Sui sent troops to destroy Chen, when the Sui army invaded Taicheng, Chen Houzhu and his concubine Zhang Lihua, Kong Guifei hid in the rouge well, and was found by the Sui soldiers and became a prisoner, so it is also called the humiliation well.
According to the records of "Jingding Jiankang Zhi" and "Zhizheng Jinling Xinzhi", the original name of Rouge Well was "Jingyang Well", which was in Taicheng and was later covered. In order to let people record the lessons of the queen Chen, the descendants set up a rouge well on the side of the Jiming Temple. Wang Anshi also left a poem here: "The knot is a hill in the spring grass, and the remnants of the palace well are still ringing for a thousand years." Extravagance is a shame for the former king, and it is also shameful if you don't go to Long Shen. ”
The statue of Goddess of Mercy enshrined in the temple of this Jiming Temple is different, but all the statues of Goddess of Mercy in the Buddhist temple are sitting in the north and facing south, here is a statue of the Bodhisattva of Goddess of Mercy who faces the north and looks upside down, and the couplet of the temple door writes, "Ask the priest why he sits upside down, sigh that all beings refuse to turn back." ”
I think that the difference between sentient beings and bodhisattvas is that one is obsessed and unenlightened, and the other is enlightened, so the bodhisattva sitting upside down here means that as long as sentient beings can turn back and turn from confusion to enlightenment, they will become bodhisattvas.
And Jingyang Building is in the east of Huomeng Building, and there is no other reason why I am impressed, just because there is a couplet upstairs.
At the foot of Jilong Mountain, Emperor Taicheng, the former site of Jingyang Building; Xuanwu Lake, rouge ancient well, still with the old view of Tai Temple.
Only this couplet, at the same time contains the story of the relics of Jilong Mountain, Taicheng, Jingyang Tower, Xuanwu Lake, Tongtai Temple and Rouge Well, etc., the thousand-year-old heritage of Jiming Temple is undoubtedly revealed in this couplet.
The sky is slowly getting dark, but we still haven't gained anything, Xue Nan frowned, and asked a question that we ignored in confusion.
"You say, why is this place called Jiming Temple?"
Everyone was stunned, but there was no good answer for a while.
Whether it is the Tongtai Temple built by Xiao Yan or the Jiming Temple built by Zhu Yuanzhang, although the specifications are different, they are all built by the royal family, and they will not be arbitrarily named them, but the word Jiming looks like a casual mention, without the slightest royal style.
Thinking of this, Qi Zhi hurriedly pulled over the little monk who was cleaning the mountain gate, and gave a salute with his hands together.
The little monk saw such a young woman like Qi Zhi behaving like this, his face turned red, he hurriedly returned the salute, bowed his head deeply, did not dare to look directly at Qi Zhi's face, and recited the Buddha's name lightly in his mouth.
"Amitabha, I don't know what the female benefactor is doing."
Qi Zhi asked respectfully.
"Little master, I don't know why the name of this temple is the word rooster?"
When the little monk heard Qi Zhi's question, his expression relaxed, and he slowly opened his mouth to answer for her.
"The specific reason is not very clear to the little monk, but someone has conducted an investigation, and the final conclusion is that it is named because there is a rooster in front of the temple."
"I see, I was taught. By the way, little master, we heard that this is rebuilt by Zhu Yuanzhang during the Hongwu period, so I don't know if there are any buildings that have not been affected by the fire in the Liang Dynasty and can be preserved until now? ”
The little monk frowned, thought for a while, and shook his head regretfully.
"This matter is even more unclear to the little monk, think about everything in the temple now, is not the original construction of the appearance, the female donor does not know, after the Taizu rebuilt, the temple was destroyed in the war again during the Xianfeng period, and rebuilt again in the Tongzhi year, even if there was any building that was not destroyed by the fire, it must be difficult to stay until now."
Qi Zhi nodded in disappointment, said goodbye to this enthusiastic little monk, turned around and returned to everyone, and told everyone the news of my and her arrival.
After listening to her, Chunting did not feel lost because of several reconstructions, but thought deeply.
"Jiming Temple? Chicken crowing? ”
Xue Nan talked eloquently, and it seemed that he had done his homework again before coming.
"For the Jiming Temple is because of the Jiming Dai, in the Qing Dynasty Yu Binshuo's "Jinling Langu", it was said that 'there is a Jiming Dai in front of the temple, Emperor Qiwu visited Zhongshan early, shot pheasants here, and heard the chickens singing.' In the early Qing Dynasty, Wang Shizhen, who was the leader of the poetry circle and the secretary of the criminal department, also left in the poem "Dengjiming Temple" that "Jiming Temple on Jiming Mountain, the road is long in the sky." The ancient dai is still passed on to Emperor Wu of Qi, and the king of Jingling is remembered in the air. Such a statement. ”
Shen Lang scratched his head on the side and asked me secretly.
"Brother Chuan, who is this King Jingling?"
Shen Lang thought that his voice was very small, but in fact, his voice was too loud, everyone could hear it, and everyone laughed, and he couldn't help but have red cheeks.
Ling Xuan glanced at him, as if he regretted accepting him as an apprentice, so he could only explain to him helplessly.
King Jingling refers to Xiao Ziliang, his word Yunying, a native of Nanlanling, a Qi clan, and a poet. The second son of Emperor Xiao Zhen of Qiwu, the prince of Wenhui, Xiao Changmao, is the same brother as his mother. Mother Wumu Empress Pei Huizhao.
In the first year of the founding of the Yuan, he served as the chief inspector. The following year, he was reappointed as Danyang Yin. Here, he opened a warehouse to help the poor, reclaimed wasteland, and developed agricultural production. After Emperor Xiao Zhen of Qi Wu ascended the throne, he was named the king of Jingling County, the assassin of Southern Xuzhou, and later the assassin of Southern Yanzhou. In the following year, he concurrently served as Situ and became a general of the Protector Army, guarding Xizhou.
Shen Lang looked at us with a sneer, but the words in his mouth were surprising.
"I really haven't heard of this person, but I always feel that this name is familiar."
He is a man with a well-developed mind and simple limbs, and we have never considered his opinion on the matter of decryption, but he actually feels familiar, so it must be somewhere to see this title, or some of us have mentioned it, but I have thought about it for a long time, but I have not had any impression.
"Oops, I remembered."
Qi Zhi suddenly spoke, interrupting our musings.
I saw that she did not continue to tell her findings, but put her little hand into my arms, found some records that I had specially carried before I came, took them in her hands, squatted on the ground, and began to check them seriously.
After a while, she held up one of the pages and said to us cheerfully.
"Found it, here!"
We followed her hand and looked over, only to see that there was a line of large letters in the place she was pointing.
Eight friends of Jingling!