Chapter 18: The Return of the Ox Fly
Listening to Huang Tai's story, Fu Jian's facial expression, smiling at first, gradually became solemn, and when the story was finished, he was already angry: "This person is really a ghost!" and then said to Huang Tai: "People's hearts are sometimes more terrible than ghosts, the rarest person in the world, and the people's hearts." The way to govern the country should not be biased towards kindness, nor should it be biased towards coolness, mercy will lead to the people bullying the officials, the ministers will bully the lord, and if the cool will the officials force the people to rebel, and the lives will be ruined!"
Huang Taidao: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the country's chaos is related to the people's hearts, if the father is kind and the son is filial, the monarch and the ministers are the ministers, then the dignity and the humility are orderly, and the upper and lower levels are harmonious." If the people of the world have ill intentions, and if they want to get something for nothing, and take it by force, then war will arise, and the weak will eat the strong. The Buddha is a Western saint who taught sentient beings to let go of false delusions in their hearts, recognize the root cause of birth, old age, sickness and death, and cultivate precepts and wisdom until they become Buddhas. The Buddha taught, attaches importance to karma, and preaches the six realms of reincarnation, in which people cannot be called 'good' or 'bad' among the six realms, and the upper comparison is inferior to the heavenly beings and the asuras, and the lower comparison is stronger than the hellish evil ghosts and beasts. When a person thinks of good, he can compare with heaven and man, and when he thinks of evil, he is like a hell and an evil ghost. Song Dingbo sells ghosts, which shows that people's hearts are worse than ghosts. Using the metaphor of educating all living beings in the world, only by transforming people's hearts and dissolving the murderous machine in people's hearts, can there be no killing and war in the world, the country will have long-term peace and stability, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. The education of the world, only the Confucianism of the Confucian saint and the Buddha's exposition can achieve the effect of transforming people's hearts, dissolving the anger of the world, and saving the people from hanging upside down.
Fu Jian turned his worries into joy and said: "Listening to Huang Aiqing's words, I don't have to worry about it. ”
Fu Jian also entrusted the construction of Taixue to Huang Tai. Huang Tai was obsessed with the study of the Book of Changes, and had no intention of being an official, but Taixue was originally a place for researching knowledge, and the establishment of Taixue could not only be taught by the world's talents, but also teach and learn from each other, and his own knowledge would also grow, so he should inherit it.
Within a few months, Huang Tai made Taixue impressive. Fu Jian attaches great importance to Taixue, and must come to inspect once a month, ask students about their studies, discuss the classics with Huang Tai, and the children of the prince and ministers also come to Taixue to study.
The Book of Changes has clouds, and the residence is to observe its image and play its words, and to move is to observe its changes and play its occupation. Huang Tai is obsessed with easy learning, and when he manages Taixue, he learns from each other with his colleagues, and the skill of divination has been perfected, and every word is almost true.
But said that on this day, Huang Tai took an ox cart, rushed to Taixue from home, and saw his neighbor Wang Da on the road, holding a cow in his hand, walking on the street, the ox according to his side, stretched his neck and roared, the voice was sad, as if he was reluctant to give up, so he casually said: "The ox flies back, carrying the woman and carrying the gold." ”
Wang Da looked back when he heard the sound, and saw that it was Huang Tai, and he was busy kneeling down to the side of the road. Huang Tai was in a hurry, and he didn't have time to say much, so he said, "Congratulations!" and drove away.
Wang Daru fell into the fog for five miles, didn't know what Huang Tai meant, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and continued to rush in the direction of the bull market. This Wang Da is Huang Tai's west neighbor, only three grass houses, and the old lady depends on each other, although the long handsome and burly, a table of talents, only because of the lonely life, over thirty years old has not yet asked for a wife, in the past only in the market for people to do some odd jobs, make money to make a living, Huang Tai moved here, the lack of manpower at home, he often hired him to do some chores, so Wang Da saw him kowtow and salute.
In recent days, Wang Da Niang was seriously ill, the family money was used up, and the condition did not improve, Wang Da is a filial person, worried about his mother's illness, sleep and food are wasted, in order to raise money, heal the old lady, he decided to sell the family cow, leaving only a calf. The cow was quite spiritual, as if she knew that she was going to be sold, and she was nostalgic for the calf and wailed violently.
Speaking of this king, he took the ox to the market, sold it for a good price, and rejoiced in his heart, so he cut half a catty of beef, put it in a blanket with the ox money, put it on his shoulder, and hurried home.
In the middle of the line, I suddenly heard a terrible bird cry behind my head, accompanied by a golden-winged fan, whistling down, as if it was coming straight to me.
Wang Da was taken aback and sat down on the ground. When he looked up, an eagle owl was close at hand, its wings were spreading, stirring up dust and sand on the ground, and its two sharp claws were grabbing at the door in front of it. Wang Da instinctively reached out to cover his face. The golden eagle did not hurt Wang Da, but grabbed him by the blanket on his shoulders and flew away.
Wang Da stabilized his mind, and when he looked around, the golden eagle had already flown away without a trace. If there is no beef, how to save the old mother if he loses the money, Wang Da sat on the ground and cried bitterly, regretting that he should not put the cow money in the blanket, and suddenly remembered Huang Tai's words in the morning: "The cow flies back and carries the woman with gold." I thought to myself: "The silver I got from selling the cow was taken away by the golden eagle, isn't it the fulfillment of what Master Huang said, will this cow come back by itself, the woman and the gold and silver are not extravagant, as long as I return my cattle, thank God." ”
Wang Da suppressed his sorrow and hurried home, he was an honest man, and did not dare to lie, so he told his mother the truth that the silver from the sale of cattle was taken away by the golden eagle.
Mrs. Wang believed in Buddhism all her life, and her heart was pure, and when she heard Wang Da say that there was no cow money, not only did she not get angry, but enlightened her son: "Son, there is a certain number of blessings and misfortunes, the golden eagle took away the silver that sold the cow, and if it was gone, it was taken away, and you should not blame yourself too much, you can't be aggrieved and broken without the silver." Don't worry too much about your mother's illness, if my life is over, even if I eat the dragon liver and phoenix marrow, it will not help, if the life is not over, I will recover in a few days. ”
Wang Dadao: "Mother, I met Master Huang in the East Courtyard in the morning, and he said a few strange words to his son, as if it was 'the cow flew back and carried the woman with gold', and now the cow money was taken away by the eagle, which seemed to fulfill the first half of the sentence." That old man Huang is really a god like a god, if it is as he said, our cow will be able to return home, and maybe bring back a beautiful daughter-in-law for you. ”
The more Wang Da spoke, the happier he became, and when he talked about the back, his face was full of smiles and his eyebrows were dancing. Unexpectedly, the old lady was furious when she heard this, and reprimanded loudly: "Bastard thing, how did your mother teach you on weekdays, how can you be greedy for this ill-gotten gain." The person who bought the cow has already paid for the cow, how can we take the cow back. If the ox escapes and returns by itself, we can't keep it, we should find a way to return it to others!
The old man was sick, and after saying these few words, he lost his strength and coughed violently. Wang Da did not dare to disobey his mother, knelt on the ground, admitted his mistake and begged for punishment.
The mother gasped for a while, and said earnestly: "Son, being a person is based on cultivating virtue, and you need to have a clear conscience in doing things. As the saying goes, 'fate must be there, and fate is not always forced', don't be greedy for ill-gotten gains, those who are greedy for money will lose virtue at least and lose their lives at worst. Think about it, if the unscrupulous people go to the government and sue us for stealing and robbing, how will you deal with it, and besides, if the person who bought the cow loses the cow, can you not look for it, who loses the woman, gold and silver can not sue the official?
Wang Da couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, afraid that his mother's condition would worsen, and burst into tears: "Mother, the child knows that he is wrong, and he must keep in mind his mother's teachings in the future, be cautious in his words and deeds, and be honest." Seeing that her son had realized his mistake, Wang Da's mother softened her tone and taught him some principles of doing good deeds and accumulating virtue and dealing with others, but Wang Da just nodded yes.