214 times, affectionate and ruthless, why is it involved, bluntly ask the childlike heart

Does Chu Suiliang know that there is something wrong with Chu Yunxing's life experience? Even if he doesn't check the facts, I'm afraid he knows it in his heart. In that era, there may be dimwitted and incompetent people among the middle and lower bureaucrats, and there may also be mediocre and ignorant monarchs on the dragon chair, but there is no official who can climb to the position of prime minister who is not shrewd, nothing more than the difference between loyal ministers, traitorous ministers, clean officials, and corrupt officials, not to mention a generation of famous ministers Chu Suiliang.

But Chu Suiliang didn't say anything, nor did he reveal anything unusual, so Chu Yunxing never had any doubts about his life experience. As for the rumors of the manifestation of the Bodhisattva in the middle of the world, it was compiled in the process of circulation, and I don't know who added oil and vinegar to the mouth.

After Master Xingyun learned of his true life experience, he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and no one else told him, only Zhang Guo was around, so he told Zhang Guo and said, "I don't want to be the master of Cuiting'an Temple anymore." ”

Master Xingyun didn't want to be the abbot of Cuiting Nunnery anymore, the reason was very complicated, it was not easy to explain clearly, in short, after learning the truth of the year, her experience of leaving home seemed somewhat absurd, at least from the origin of the misunderstanding, a sad misunderstanding.

Where can she go if she doesn't go to Cuiting'an? Fortunately, there is Zhang Guo, who directly arranged her into the Tingsong Center in Qingyi Sanshan, she was Mei Zhenyi's literary enlightenment teacher, and no one said anything when she lived here as a guest.

But you can't let a nun live in Songju for a lifetime, right? What is Xingyun's plan, Zhang Guo wants to ask and persuade, but he always feels that he can't open his mouth, and Xingyun has been very silent, and he stays at home in Tingsongju. Hearing the young master mention it today, he told him about it, hoping that Mei Zhenyi could give him an idea.

Mei Zhenyi was a little dizzy after listening. The first thing that comes to mind is not Xingyun Shitai, but the life experience of Tang Seng described in "Journey to the West". There is no such paragraph in the text of Journey to the West, but a very abrupt appendix is inserted between the eighth and ninth chapters, titled "Chen Guangrui went to work in a disaster, and the revenge of the river monks".

This made up a life experience for Tang Seng, saying that his father Chen Cao, the word Guangrui, won the champion. When the official was on the street, he was hit by a hydrangea, and it was Yin Kaishan's daughter Wen Jiao who threw the hydrangea. Soon after, Chen Cao was released to Jiangzhou as an official, but he encountered a strongman on the way, Chen Cao was killed, Wen Jiao was robbed, and the name of this strongman was Liu Hong.

Liu Hong took Wen Jiao to Jiangzhou to pretend to be Chen Cao, and Wen Jiao was pregnant at that time. For the sake of the child in the womb, endure humiliation and steal life. When the child was born to the full moon, while Liu Hong went out, she came to the river with the child in her arms, left a bloody letter in the swaddling clothes, and put the child in the wooden board and floated away along the river. The child floated outside the Jinshan Temple and was rescued by a monk named Fa Ming.

The child grew up in Jinshan Temple. Xuanzang is a monk, and eighteen years later, Elder Fa Ming took out a blood book to inform him of his life experience. Xuanzang went to Jiangzhou with the blood book to secretly see his mother, and after confirming his life experience, he went to Chang'an to report to his grandfather's house, and the result was naturally Liu Hong's punishment. At that time, Chen Cao was rescued by the Dragon King and brought back to life. The family was reunited, but later Yin Wenjiao committed suicide.

This paragraph is completely apocryphal, after Mei Zhenyi traveled to the Tang Dynasty, Master Xuanzang has already become famous all over the world. Xuanzang's background is innocent, his father Chen Hui and grandfather Chen Kang are all celebrities, and there is no such thing as Chen Guangrui. And the legend of throwing hydrangea to choose a son-in-law is also from the compilation, since ancient times, there is no such thing in the Han land, and the Zhuang people have the custom of throwing hydrangeas. But it is also a kind of game in the festival, and there are men and women who use it to convey their affection, in short, such a legend is just a kind of obscenity of the ancient literati.

So why did "Journey to the West" describe such a life experience for Xuanzang? The compilation of all myths and stories has the shadow of various folk legends since ancient times, and it is estimated that the author changed the legend of the Chu family and pressed it on Xuanzang's head to write a story, and the experience of the river monk in the story can also see the shadow of the legendary Yue Wumu Gongdi.

Mei Zhenyi can be sure that later generations wrote "Journey to the West", and the source of the material for this paragraph in the appendix is the life experience of Master Xingyun. Because Master Xingyun's father is called Liu Hong. And her mother is also surnamed Yin, and she is the granddaughter of Chen Guogong Yin Qiao of the Tang Dynasty. He thought of Lu Dongbin's play Guanyin and the legend between him and the white peony. Isn't that the story of my own experience? But after a thousand years of oral tradition, it is a completely different version.

Thinking of this, Mei Zhenyi sighed, and Zhang Guo asked nervously, "Does the young master have any ideas?"

Mei Zhenyi shook his head: "It's not good for this kind of thing to fall on anyone's head, if people know how to drink water, it's really hard for us to say anything." After all, Mrs. Shi is a woman, and it is difficult to talk about it, so I am not easy to ask or persuade. ...... Since Mrs. Shi told you, I must hope that you can help her get an idea, why don't you go and comfort her yourself?"

Zhang Guo also sighed: "It's not easy for me to speak, I can't persuade her to go back to Cuiting Nunnery, but if I persuade her to be vulgar, it seems that I have selfish intentions." ”

Mei Zhenyi glared: "Don't you have selfish intentions? There are no outsiders here, you tell me the truth, what do you think about Master Xingyun so far?"

Zhang Guo held back for a long time before he stubbornly said: "If the master is Miss Yin, I am willing to be that Liu Hong...... But at this time, how can I say this?"

Mei Zhenyi asked: "Zhang Guo, let me ask you the truth again, when Mrs. Shi told you about this period of the past, did you hug her?"

Zhang Guo shrunk his shoulders and lowered his head, as if he wanted to find a crack in front of his toes, and said: "Hug, I held her in my arms and patted her on the shoulder, just comforting, nothing else." ...... Young Master, how do you know?"

Mei Zhenyi slapped the table: "It's not difficult to speculate on that kind of scene, you even hugged the nun, and you will be responsible for it to the end!"

Zhang Guo sighed again: "I really want to be responsible, but I also have to be willing, if I say one more word at this time, I will be suspected of taking advantage of people's danger, if Xingyun is embarrassed, it is not good to stay in Qingyi Sanshan, where do you let her go?"

The master and servant sighed face to face here, and after a long time, Mei Zhenyi said: "Women's thoughts, go and ask Zhiyan." ”

When he found Zhiyan, Zhiyan blinked his eyes and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't have any good suggestions. As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, let alone this kind of secret, sad, and unspeakable matter? Zhiyan can handle the affairs of Qingyi Sanshan very properly. There is no good way to do this kind of thing, looking at Zhang Guo and only saying: "Master Xingyun is indeed not the heart of a monk nun." ”

Mei Zhenyi said on the side: "Yes, we all know it, and we have seen it a long time ago, but Mrs. Shi seems to have a knot in her heart at this time." ”

Zhiyan muttered: "I really don't have any ideas about this kind of thing, but there is a person who has a lot of knowledge, maybe you can ask it." "Zhiyan said, of course, that is, to mention the slippery. This little ghost used to like to ask around about Zhang's family, Li Jiaxiao, and he didn't listen to too much secret private gossip, and he was definitely experienced in this kind of thing.

For the first time, she took the initiative to invite Tiyo Zhuan to tell her about other people's private past, and finally asked her what suggestions she had? You can find someone who has no scheming at all. There is no malice at all, it has nothing to do with this matter, but the person who spoke directly to the point asked her face to face, even if she couldn't untie the knot, Mrs. Shi would not have any other ideas. ”

It's a good idea. Where is it so easy to find a person who has no scheming, has no malice, has nothing to do with this matter, and speaks straight to the point? Not to mention the three mountains of Qingyi, it is difficult to see it even if you search Wuzhou. But as soon as Tiyo turned around, everyone thought of one person, that is, the bright moon fairy child on Jingting Mountain. There is no one in the world who meets these conditions better than her.

Mei Zhenyi nodded again and again: "Please Mingyue Fairy Child, just say a few words, don't forget that Shitai is not an ordinary person, she is also a cultivator with a clear mind, and she only needs others to point out what she thinks in her heart." ”

Mingyue will not take the initiative to take care of these idle things, so naturally she will ask for it, who calls it to have a good relationship with Mingyue, and only it can be cheeky to pester Mingyue.

"Master Nebula. I've heard about your life experience, sentient beings can't choose their own origin in reincarnation, and since you have already experienced the sea of suffering, you naturally understand, what are you going to do?" This is the first sentence that Mingyue said when he heard Song Juzhong speak, it was indeed straightforward enough, there was no one else next to him, only Zhang Guo accompanied Mingyue to come together.

If someone else said this, Master Nebula might have an idea. But from Mingyue's mouth. It's just unintentional words. Xingyun stood up and saluted: "Since Xiantong spoke, Xingyun is trying to ask for advice." ”

Mingyue blinked. Without waiting for her to ask, she said, "If you want to make an offering to a bodhisattva you don't want to see, then it's not a real practice." ”

This sentence broke through the barrier, Master Xingyun did not return to Cuiting Nunnery, because he was unwilling to worship Guanzi Bodhisattva anymore, the reason was of course related to what happened to her parents, and even she couldn't explain it clearly, in short, she didn't want to. However, for a nun who has been observing the precepts for decades, this is really unspeakable.

"Will the Bodhisattva blame me?" Xingyun asked softly, lowering his head.

"Do you blame the Bodhisattva?" Mingyue asked rhetorically.

Master Xingyun: "My parents' affairs are their own choice, and they have nothing to do with the Bodhisattva, so what do I have to blame the Bodhisattva?"

Mingyue: "Then why does the Bodhisattva blame you?"

That is, Mingyue, persuading a master not to worship the Bodhisattva, can still say it so neatly. Master Xingyun still lowered his head: "The world is so big, where am I going, where am I cultivating, and where is my heart willing to stay?"

This is the words of the question, but Mingyue's answer is very straightforward: "Don't you just live in Tingsongju?" Except for yourself, I think the people here are quite welcoming. You can still be a layman, or you can continue to be a nun, if you are still vulgar, Zhang Guo will be very happy, you don't know, in fact, you are also willing. ”

Zhang Guo's thoughts about Xingyun, can Xingyun not know? It may not be clear at first, but it is strange that he can't see it for such a long time! And Mingyue directly broke a sentence - you yourself are willing.

Zhang Guo's face turned red in an instant, if others said this, he would definitely scold, "Don't talk nonsense at the child's house!" But Mingyue was not easy to scold when he spoke, so he could only listen honestly on the side, and there was a complicated taste of secret joy in his heart.

Master Xingyun's face also turned red, and he quickly stopped as soon as he recited a Buddha name, muttering, "Sin, sin!"

Mingyue: "What are your crimes?"

Master Xingyun: "I don't want to chant Buddha at this time. ”

Mingyue shook her head: "Why can't you read it, you can also chant Buddha in the household." ”

Master Xingyun suddenly knelt down, raised his head and said, "Thank you Xiantong for your guidance, it's not that I can't break it, it's just a little embarrassing, and my heart is still tied to fame and friendship." ...... I just want to ask for advice, is there any hope for my cultivation in this life? If so, when will it be hopeful?"

Mingyue wrinkled her nose: "There is no such thing at all, even if the cultivation is there, it is useless to say it." After all, you have not yet transcended samsara, and if you don't want to worship Guanzi today, you don't have to be hypocritical, and when he sees that Guanzi Bodhisattva can be at ease one day, even if he is really practicing. ”

Master Xingyun glanced at Zhang Guo beside him, lowered his head and asked, "May I ask Xiantong, how do you think of the bond of love?"

This sentence can be asked to the wrong person, what she wants to ask is the relationship between men and women, and no one should ask Mingyue. Mingyue was really asked, stretched out her little hand and scratched the back of her head, puffed out her cheeks and thought for a long time before replying: "My brother Qingfeng said that he is neither subject to the temptation of affection nor the temptation of ruthlessness. Otherwise, what kind of forgetfulness does the golden immortal ask for, and what compassion does the bodhisattva talk about?"

Mingyue is paraphrasing the words of the clear wind, what does this sentence mean? People often say that cultivators pursue a detached state of mind and are not hindered by the seven emotions and six desires. But this argument can also lead to another misconception, which is that some people think that ruthlessness is the true practice. Qingfeng emphatically said that since we are not attached to "affection", we should not be attached to "ruthlessness", and this is true practice.

"Understood. Nebula Master Taidun saluted.

Mingyue clapped her hands: "Since that's the case, there's nothing to do with me, I'll go find Tiyo." ”

Mingyue turned around and left, without even saying a superfluous greeting. When Master Xingyun knelt down just now, Zhang Guo also knelt side by side with her. Although Mingyue is a golden immortal, no one has ever bowed down to her, she is just a little curious, and she forgot to reach out to help, and the two of them knelt in front of her. After she left, Zhang Guo and Xingyun were still kneeling there, making it look like a chapel.