It turned out that this fat monk had a striking resemblance to the experiences of Shakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, and the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, and had a great relationship with Zhang Shaofei......

The fat monk's surname is Zhang, his name is Zhongliang, and his father Zhang Si is the king of Nanzhao, and he was born under a beautiful and brightly colored Bodhi tree on a small hill on the outskirts of Nanzhaoguo.

Once, his mother, Mrs. Wang Ji, passed by this small hill on her way back to her parents' house to give birth, and she was a little tired, so she took a temporary break by the side of this small hill road.

Under this Bodhi tree, she climbed the branches with her hands, and Zhang Zhongliang was born from his mother's coercion.

Mother and child are peaceful, pain-free. This day is the eighth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. The birth of the crown prince brought a lot of joy to the country, and brought unprecedented joy to Emperor Zhang Si, who had been ill for a long time.

A year before Zhang Zhongliang's birth, Mrs. Zhang Si, who had already entered the age of undoubtedness, had not yet conceived a boy and half a girl, which made Zhang Si frown all day long about the future heir to the throne.

Mrs. Zhang Si was born dignified and beautiful, with a gentle and virtuous personality, and since she and Zhang Si concluded a happy golden and jade relationship, their life has been full of affection and love.

Although their life is like a paradise on earth, the cold comes and the summer comes, the spring goes to the autumn, the days pass like flowing water, and the youth of Zhang Si and his wife gradually fades away with the hurried wheel of time.

However, a bleak, melancholy and dreary shadow finally imperceptibly filled the air of the bustling royal palace. It was a matter of concern between the two of them, and the life without a prince day after day, year after year, made both of them a little restless.

It was the turn of summer and autumn in the year when Mrs. Zhang Si was forty-one years old, and on a quiet night, Mrs. Zhang Si lay in bed as usual.

A bright moon hung high in the blue sky, the night breeze blew on the white and soft ivory bed, and the green coconut trees danced gently with the night breeze......

The earth, the sky, the mountains, the vegetation, and everything is filled with a warm and peaceful atmosphere, and it is a time when wonderful things are born, and Mrs. Zhang Si is quietly falling asleep in an extremely comfortable and sweet mood.

In a lush primeval forest, lush and ancient trees are towering. The forest is filled with smoke and colorful wildflowers grow everywhere, like a fairyland.

Mrs. Zhang shuttled through the smoky forest, and there was a burst of infant laughter in the distance, and she curiously searched for the baby's laughter.

In the haze, Madame suddenly saw the gate of heaven open quietly, and a handsome and chubby little boy sat on a lotus flower and smiled happily at her.

The little boy playfully beckoned his little hand: "I'm here!" I'm here! Come here! Come here! ”

Mrs. Zhang walked happily to the baby, looking the little boy up and down fondly.

Mrs. Zhang was concerned: "Whose child is this!" How do you play here alone? ”

The little boy affectionately said, "Queen Mother, I am your son!" ”

Mrs. Zhang was surprised: "My son? Are you my son? She was so excited that she didn't know what to say.

She hugged it with both hands, turned into a golden light, and disappeared into Mrs. Zhang's stomach.

Mrs. Zhang anxiously didn't know what to do.

Everything seemed to be arranged by providence, and the lady was physically and mentally happy, as if she had taken the sweet nectar, and everywhere was so comfortable and beautiful. Madame looked back and saw that her body was like the sun and the moon shining, and the whole body was so translucent that there was no trace of dust.

Seeing this scene, the lady was so happy that she could not suppress her excitement, and suddenly jumped out of bed.

After waking up, she found out that it was Nanke's dream.

However, she felt that this dream was very strange, so she hurried to Zhang Si's residence and told her husband about this strange dream.

Zhang Si listened to his wife's story, and felt very surprised in his heart, and he said to his wife: "I also saw a huge light coming from the sky just now, and now I think that your appearance is abnormal, maybe something unusual will happen." ”

Strange to say, since Mrs. Zhang Si had this strange dream, the previous worries, sorrows, and boredoms have disappeared, and the mood has become quiet and peaceful, and she often likes to stay alone in the woods for a walk or sit quietly by the pool.

It didn't take long for the good news of the queen's pregnancy to spread throughout the palace and throughout the land of Nanzhao.

At the time of the birth of the crown prince, at that time, there were many auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious auspicious and cheerful atmosphere. Under the Bodhi tree, a seven-treasure lotus flower suddenly appeared, as big as an umbrella cover, and the prince fell on this seven-treasure lotus platform after landing from his mother's right flank.

According to legend, Siddhartha Gautama (after becoming a Buddha, the Buddha's name is Shakyamuni) will walk when he is born, and step by step lotus, in the place of seven steps, one point to the sky, the other point to the earth and say: "Heaven and the world, I am the only one." As soon as the words were finished, it was shocked that the four heavenly kings wrapped the prince's body with the heavenly colored threads, the emperor of heaven fell many precious herbs and fragrant flowers, Shi Tihuan was holding the treasure cover in his hand, the great Brahma king held the white whisk and stood left and right, the Nanda Dragon King, the Yubo Nanda Dragon King sprayed pure perfume in the void, one warm and one cool, and washed the prince, the scene was very spectacular (commonly known as bathing Buddha, this is the largest festival in the later Chinese Buddhist tradition - bathing Buddha Festival; The origin of why Buddhist temples hold a large-scale Buddha bathing festival on the birthday of the Buddha). In fact, the crown prince of King Jinghan is a "Bodhisattva of Guardian Wisdom" who made a vow to be born from the Tushi Heavenly Court, and when he grew up, he broke off his own family, practiced, and became a Buddha with the name Shakyamuni Buddha.

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The good news of the birth of the crown prince immediately spread throughout the capital of Nanzhao City, and also reached the king's court. Zhang Si was sitting in the court, and when he heard the good news, the joy of having a son in his later years filled his whole body and mind.

Zhang Si suddenly smiled, and he hurriedly sent a delicate and soft shoulder, leading the followers before and after, beating gongs and drums, and jubilantly welcoming the return of the queen and the prince all the way; At the same time, he immediately ordered the ministers to open the granaries, give relief to the poor people, and provide for the practitioners, and the whole country was covered with auspicious light because of the birth of the crown prince.

Zhang Si saw that the prince was good-looking and dignified, and his joy increased by ten points. He hoped that the crown prince would inherit the throne in the future, so he invited many scholars and scholars to show the prince his face.

When all the scholars and scholars saw that the prince was good-looking, they all said in unison: "The prince has thirty-two appearances and eighty kinds of goodness, if he is at home, he will definitely be the emperor in the future; If he becomes a monk, he will definitely become a Buddha. ”

Zhang Si groaned, he was worried that the prince would become a monk in the future, so he asked: "Fellow scholars, is the prince a monk and a Buddha, or an emperor?" "All the scholars hesitated.

There was a Brahmin ascetic scholar of superior wisdom in the Nanzhao Kingdom, he was erudite, eloquent, profound, and lived in seclusion in a cave all the year round, and he was a well-known long-lived immortal, named Arfan.

When Arfan heard that Zhang Hei had an heir, he immediately rushed to the palace full of joy and asked Zhang Si to allow him to look at the crown prince's face.

Zhang Si was overjoyed, and when he heard that a scholar with superior wisdom wanted to tell the fortune of the prince, he hurriedly agreed.

Mrs. Wang Ji took the prince out. Arfan held the prince in both hands, and looked at it from head to toe. At last he lifted the prince above his head, but he himself immediately began to weep aloud, and cried very sadly.