Chapter 15, Li Wenshan on Confucianism and Apprenticeship

The poem says:

The coast of the North Sea is a famous mountain, and there is a Hongru on the mountain in Dadu.

There are thousands of books hidden in his belly, and countless people have been taught in his hands.

On this day, Confucianism is true or false, and he has a master and apprentice in his cultivation.

Only because everything is not over, he personally taught his disciple Shi Cuigu.

It is said that on the same day, Minghui, the abbot of Da Li Temple, complained to the dervishes, saying that Xiao Li Anzhi Zhizhi accepted a stunning female disciple, which could attract pilgrims and make the Da Li Temple worse, and the dervishes moved his chivalrous heart.

It turns out that this kind of thing, as Minghui said, dervishes have traveled all over the world, and they have long known that in the Zen forest, this matter is widespread, and it is all done by greedy monks and nuns.

So the dervishes said: "If people talk about seniority and value Uncle Zhi, then you can only endure and practice yourself, senior brother." As for saying that I can bring this temple back to life, senior brother, you think too highly of me.

In my opinion, Uncle Zhi has always been a greedy person for money, and I estimate that this female disciple must have been coaxed by her. I'd like to ask about this kind of thing!"

Minghui couldn't keep the dervishes, but he thought: If the stunning female disciple was coaxed by Uncle Jianzhi as Senior Brother Mingchen said, then it would be beneficial for Dali Temple to let the stunning female disciple leave.

So Minghui clasped his palms, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said goodbye to the dervishes.

The dervishes went to Xiao Li Nunnery. Xiao Bang'er and Lu Sanya followed.

The dervishes family of three people and three tall horses rode over, and Xiao Li Nunnery had already seen it, thinking that it was a rich pilgrim who came, but unexpectedly, among the people who came, the first one was a monk - it was Mingchen.

Jianzhi said: "Mingchen, what are you doing?"

The dervish monk said: "Uncle, I heard that you have a very beautiful little sister here, let me take a look!"

Seeing Zhi's heart, he was vigilant: "What's there to see? You don't stay in the Da Li Temple, it's not suitable to come here, right?"

The dervishes had already seen that under the big Buddha statue in the hall, there was indeed a female nun with hair to practice sitting cross-legged and chanting, but seeing that her hair was tied under the nun hat, her back was extremely delicate.

At this time, the nun heard this side and turned her face to look.

The dervish monk was stunned for a moment: "Ouch, I've seen this nun before!" Why did this Cui Gu of the talented family get here?

At that time, the dervishes asked, "Aren't you the Cui Gu of Shi Youcai's family, why did you come here?"

Cui Gu naturally recognized the dervishes, after all, this person was holding a bowl, which was particularly conspicuous. It's just that two years ago, Cuigu was only fifteen years old, and she didn't expect the dervishes to recognize herself.

At this time, when Cui Gu saw the dervishes asking herself, she immediately replied, "It turns out that the master knows me!"

Seeing Zhi shouted: "Where is he a master? He is Mingchen in the Qianshan Temple, you call him senior brother." ”

So Aunt Cui called Senior Brother.

Seeing wisdom, the two were not allowed to speak. The dervish was furious and said:

"Uncle Zhi, he was originally the daughter of my old man, why don't you allow me to talk to her? Could it be that Uncle Shi has deceived her? If this is the case, you must know that I Mingchen recognizes you as Uncle Shi, but I don't recognize Uncle Shi with this single knife in my hand!"

The dervish monk thrust a single knife on his back into the ground! Seeing Zhi's face turned pale, and his steps retreated.

Lu Sanya said: "Old nun, if my father wants to talk to someone, no one can stop him!"

Seeing that he was now two fierce looks, he was scared and shut up at that time.

It's just that although the two are no longer hindered from talking, Jianzhi is still afraid that the dervishes will say something, so he refuses to leave, and only says: "Mingchen, you said a few words, go back quickly." ”

The dervishes had many ups and downs in the early days, and later traveled the world and had a wide range of knowledge. Seeing this kind of performance, he had already suspected that there was something wrong with it.

After listening to Cuigu's words, the dervishes knew that Cuigu had come here to look for relatives, but she had no choice but to visit the Li family mountain for many days, but there was no news.

In fact, in order to keep Cuigu in Xiaoli Nunnery, this insight is to mislead Cuigu from time to time.

Later, Jianzhi privately went to Li Yunwan's house in Nanxiao Li Village, and said to Li Shijian's two grandmothers: "Two donors, I heard that your eldest son has ordered a baby kiss, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

Li Shijian's aunt said: "Before his father died, he also talked about this matter, and was about to discuss marriage, one because Shijian was not at home, and the other was because there was a war over there, so it was delayed, but unfortunately his father died again, and this matter was put down - how did you know about this matter, Mrs. Shi?"

Seeing wisdom said: "Amitabha! There is a relative of the poor nun family who fled from the state of Douma the day before yesterday. It is also a coincidence that he once met the Nashi family on the road, and after talking, he listened to the Nashi family talk about it, so he came here to tell the poor nuns.

The poor nun thought about it, the donor's family is a good family who often comes to the nunnery to make incense, so how can such important news be delayed? So the poor nun hurried over to tell you. ”

Aunt Li Shijian was moved when she heard this: "Mrs. Shi, could it be that the Shi family also fled here? Where are they all?"

"No, no. Jianzhi said: "They didn't come, my relative said that their family met a thief on the way to escape, and the girl was aggrieved." I heard that the Shi family is embarrassed to marry your family again. ”

When Li Shijian's two grandmothers heard this, they couldn't help but sigh, "Ouch!"

That night, Li Shijian returned home, and his two grandmothers talked to Li Shijian about the baby, but Li Shijian always had a figure in his heart and didn't agree with the baby.

When his two grandmothers saw that their son was not happy, and they thought of the words of wisdom, they just took advantage of the situation.

Seeing that Zhi managed to inquire about the letter that the two aunts of the Li family and Li Shijian were unwilling to, he found another day and brought Aunt Cui to Nanxiao Li Village, and said on the way:

"Little donor, although there is no such person as Li Wanyun in this South Xiaoli Village, there is a person named Li Yunwan, I will take you to ask today, maybe it is the relative you are looking for?"

When Aunt Cui came, the two grandmothers of the Li family saw that although she was extremely handsome, her son was not happy, so she naturally disliked her Aunt Shi Cui, and secretly thought that she must have attracted the thief because she was handsome!

So Li Shijian's two grandmothers deduced: You don't have a token, and my son is not happy with this family business, and his father didn't tell what was going on before he died-so he turned Cuigu away!

Cuigu is young and thin-faced and shallow-minded, where can she withstand this blow? She couldn't help but be sad and helpless, so she took the lead to practice-the thought in her heart was, since your Li family doesn't recognize me, I, I may be able to meet again......

With this figure in her heart, the girl's dream still remains, of course Cuigu does not agree to cut her hair, she only agrees to see wisdom and lead her hair to practice. After practicing, this master saw that he was being mean!

The twists and turns in the middle, Cui Gu can say as much as she knows.

When the dervishes heard about it, he asked: "Didn't you leave a token between the two families back then?" The poor monk passed through Ping'an Prefecture a few days ago, and heard that Li Shijian is now the city lord of Ping'an Prefecture, does he know about your marriage contract?"

Cui Gu said with tears in her eyes: "Senior brother, I have heard of it, but he does not agree at all. ”

When the dervishes heard this, he thought to himself: That Li Shijian was originally a disciple of the famous Confucian Wenshan, and he was really a young hero, so why don't I help this girl and promote their good deeds. The beauty of a gentleman's adulthood!

It's just that since his Li family regrets marriage, if I go directly to Li Shijian, I'm afraid that it will be inappropriate, so it is better to use a turning method so that the two of them can finally become dependents!

Thinking of this, the dervishes said: "Cuigu, this is not the place for you to stay, your grievances, the poor monk also understands, the poor monk can help you, do you believe the poor monk?"

At this time, Cui Gu was also complaining about being wise and mean - in fact, she didn't want to be this nun in her heart, and although this dervishes had only met once, she had heard Abba talk about him in the past, saying that he was a chivalrous monk.

Cui Gu was willing to trust the bowl monk, so she said, "I am willing to listen to my senior brother's orders!"

The dervish laughed: "Senior sister, since this is the case, you can go with me!"

Jianzhi scolded: "Mingchen, what do you want to do? Do you want to abduct people!"

Lu Sanya shouted: "Old nun, how can you say that I am Abba? Abba recognizes you, but I, Lu Sanya, do not recognize you! Be careful with my sword, it's not fun!"

Lu Sanya was very violent, and at that time he pressed the sword on Jianzhi's shoulder, which scared Jianzhi half to death, and only chanted "Amitabha".

In fact, the Dharma of Seeing Wisdom is called "Seeing Wisdom", but he is not a wise man, but just a worldly person who sees good eyes and is greedy for life and afraid of death.

Seeing Lu Sanya's arrogant appearance, Jianzhi didn't dare to say more about her, so he only said to the dervishes, trembling: "Mingchen! You, you, do you want to murder my uncle?"

The dervish laughed and said: "Uncle, I have traveled all over the world, and for more than ten years, I don't know how many chivalrous and righteous deeds I have done to help the needy! It seems that my reputation is not loud enough! Uncle Shi still doesn't know the words 'dervishes', what he is talking about is my Mingchen! Uncle, my son is rich, don't be too greedy!"

When the dervish monk said this, he handed a look to his son, and his son's little stick was very caring, and he understood that he would know how to do things, so he directly threw fifty taels of silver to Jianzhi!

Jianzhi has long been blinded by silver, that is, a nun who has no knowledge, and he got silver again, so far, there is no fart.

And the dervish monk actually stepped forward directly, pulled Cui Gu and left!

The dervishes said, "Little stick, Sanya, do you want to go with me to find a friend first, or go to Jiugong's side first?"

At this time, Cui Gu was still shocked in her heart: she never expected that this dervishes monk Mingchen Senior Brother would be so strong and so bold that he would pull himself straight out of Xiao Li Nunnery!

After leaving Xiao Li Nunnery, Lu Sanya said: "Uncle Xiao, you can ride with me!"

At this time, the dervishes asked Xiao Bang'er and Sanya if they would go with him, and Lu Sanya said, "Abba, let's go with you!"

So the four of them rode all the way to the northeast, bought a horse on the way, and the four of them went straight to Dadu Mountain on the coast of the North Sea.

The idea of the dervishes monk has been explained to Cuigu halfway: please ask Li Wenshan to accept Cuigu as an apprentice, at that time, Cuigu and Li Shijian went out of the same door, and Li Wenshan as a teacher can always promote good things!

At this time, Cui Gu really understood the meaning of the dervish monk, and she was grateful.

On this day, the four of them came to Dadu Mountain on the coast of the North Sea, went up the mountain, and arrived at the True Confucian Residence, which is the place where Li Wenshan lived and lectured in seclusion.

When Cui Gu looked at Na Li Wenshan, she saw that he was like a seventy-year-old man, but his eyebrows were white, and his actions and words were like a middle-aged man in his forties. This Li Wenshan, at first glance, is a great Confucian with profound cultivation.

In fact, on the way, Cuigu heard the dervishes say that this Li Wenshan, who is 92 years old this year, has studied all kinds of weapons, especially to make a good marksmanship, known as the first gun of the Datong Khanate;

And the dervish monk saw Li Wenshan, and respectfully saluted: "Master Li! Mingchen is polite!"

Li Wenshan said with a smile: "Mingchen, you are now cultivating and improving!"

"Thanks to the master's blessing, Mingchen is here, and there is something to ask for!"

"What can't you solve? The word 'dervishes', like today, who doesn't know? What is it that makes you embarrassed?"

The dervishes said: "The little monk turned into a fortune a few years ago, and got acquainted with the history of the big families there, although the relationship is not deep, but his daughter can be regarded as the daughter of the old monk."

This woman is in trouble, and the little monk wants to ask the master to accept her as a disciple - besides, there is another thing, which is so, so, ......so,

When the dervish monk said this, Li Wenshan said: "I see, this thing is a good thing." ”

Li Wenshan immediately agreed, and left the dervishes to talk about martial arts and Confucianism, and talked for a long time, and finally, he took out a book and said to the dervishes:

"Mingchen, I have obtained an ancient book in recent years, the text is peculiar, I have been studying until a few months ago, only to determine the title of this book, the four words are 'Watching Fish Dafa', the content of which is difficult to recognize, I think its content must be profound. I don't know when you'll come again, I'll go with you, haha. ”

The dervishes said: "I promised my son and daughter-in-law to go to Lu Jiugong - the master is a generation of famous Confucians, and I will definitely come to teach if the sky is empty!"

When the dervish monk and Li Wenshan said goodbye, Cuigu also said goodbye to the dervish monk's family of three. Xiao Bang'er and Lu Sanya also said goodbye to Li Wenshan and Cuigu's master and apprentice.

After saying goodbye, the dervishes and his family of three turned back to Lu Jiugong's army.

Li Wenshan said to Cuigu: "Cuicui, since you have become my apprentice, I will first tell you the way of true Confucianism." ”

Cui Gu said: "Please teach Master!"

Li Wenshan said: "The Confucianism in the world is actually true and false. ”

Cui Gu said: "Master, the disciple really doesn't understand what is true and what is false in the world. ”

Li Wenshan smiled: "The teacher will explain to you." For example, there is such a kind of person in this world, who often says, 'I'd rather be a real villain than a hypocrite'.

This kind of argument makes the villains think that they are real villains, and at the same time boast that they are not hypocritical; they inevitably do not want to make progress, and even do evil wantonly.

However, the hypocrisy of the 'hypocrite' is hateful, and if he is really willing to follow the path of a gentleman, he will surely be able to make great progress in the long run. However, then again, hypocrites and real villains are essentially villains.

In the same way, the Confucianism of the world and the Confucianism of the villain think that they are true Confucians, boast of truth and innocence, rest on their laurels, and be self-righteous.

False Confucians distort the meaning of true Confucianism, blindly become slaves of money, vassals of power, talk about the way of Confucianism, and think of high-ranking officials. These are not real Confucians, they are all villains. The real Confucianism is what I call the true Confucianism. ”

When Cui Gu heard this, she asked, "Master, what is the real Confucian?"

Li Wenshan said with a smile: "A true Confucian is a man who has the people of the world in mind, and does not serve as a slave for the Khan Emperor who has one family and one surname from generation to generation; a real Confucian is not a scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, but also cultivates the six arts, and is both elegant and brave! Only in this way can a true Confucian be able to say that he does not sit and talk about the Tao, but practices it himself. ”

"Master, the disciple is just a woman, how can he learn to be a true Confucian?"

"Hahaha!" Li Wenshan laughed: "Girl, you are my disciple, I will naturally teach you." ”