I turned around and looked and found a picture on the wall, with only two words on it: Zhizhi. The fonts were regular and looked very comfortable. I thought: maybe this is calligraphy? These two words were written too
It looked good. But I didn’t quite understand the meaning of these two words, so I shook my head and said, “Ashamed, I don’t quite understand.”
He looked at me and smiled and said: "The donor is not the kind of person who pretends to understand. That's good. There are fewer and fewer people like you now. Eight or nine out of ten people come to me."
Everyone will talk about their own understanding of these two words, but they are all very superficial understandings."
I said: "I am a doctor, and our profession requires us to be rigorous. If you don't understand, you don't understand. Isn't it a shame to admit that you don't understand?"
He smiled and said: "Donor is very honest. But you are still too young, so you cannot see through many things and cannot let go. Donor, let me tell you a story about these two words."
I couldn't help but straighten my waist and said, "You tell me, I'm all ears."
He said: "Master Hongyi once wrote a picture for his good friend Xia Chuzun, which is the word 'Zhizhi'. At that time, he had been a monk in Hupao Temple in Hangzhou for a year and a month. 'Zhizhi'
Although there are only two words, they contain infinite profound meanings and Zen ideas. There is a story in our Zen sect: An old monk had a group of disciples gathered around him. One day, he asked each of his disciples to go to Nanshan to collect a load of firewood.
The disciples hurried to the river not far from the mountain, and everyone was dumbfounded. They saw the flood rushing down the mountain, and there was no way they could cross the river to collect firewood. After returning in vain, the disciples were all dejected. Only one
The young monk and the master faced each other calmly. When the master asked him why, the young monk took out an apple from his arms and handed it to the master. He said: I can't cross the river or collect firewood. When I see an apple tree by the river, I take the only apple on the tree.
An apple was picked. The old monk asked: How can a monk get something without roots? The young monk replied: If you don't follow the teacher's instructions, it's all because of unclear earthly connections. Fortune has played a trick on people, and I have gained something without roots.
The result is that he can convert to the pure land of Buddhism and not be polluted by the secular world. Although the original intention did not come true, he gave up the unexpected time, got God's will and let nature take its course. The old monk was very happy after hearing this. Later, this young monk became the master's mantle.
Successor. Donor, do you know why this is?"
I shook my head and said, "I still don't quite understand."
He continued: "In fact, at the turning point of a person's career and life, it is very important to understand the meaning of 'knowledge'. There are endless roads in the world, and there are also rivers that cannot be crossed. If you cannot cross the river, turn around and go back.
It is also a kind of wisdom. Looking at the great heroes in ancient and modern Chinese and foreign history, their wisdom and greatness, and their fame in history, lies in their courage to stand up and take advantage of the situation at critical moments. At the same time, they also know how to stop when it is enough and retire after their achievements. A generation of business saints
Fan Li left Chu and went to Yue, assisted Gou Jian of Yue, promoted Yue and destroyed Wu, averting the humiliation of Kuaiji, and was honored as a general. After Fan Li became famous, he retired bravely, changed his official uniform to white clothes, and left Gusu west with Xi Shi.
He traveled in a small boat among the five lakes and among the seventy-two peaks. Fan Li resigned from the sea and went to Qi State, where he kept his name anonymously and called himself "鸱伊子pi", which means cowhide bag, in order to never forget Wu Zixu.
He was forced to commit suicide by King Wu Fu Chai, and his body was put into a cowhide bag and thrown into the Yangtze River. On a wasteland on the coast of Qi State, Fan Li worked hard to open up wasteland, manage industry and do business, and in nineteen years he made three fortunes, and later reached
He had a huge fortune, but he was generous and generous. He scattered all his wealth three times, and the world was called Tao Zhugong. Fan Li knew the character of Gou Jian of the Yue State. He wrote a letter from Qi State to another hero, Wen Zhong said: When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog is hidden.
Cooking, the King of Yue was a man with a long neck and a beak, so he could share hardships but not happiness. Why didn't you go? After receiving the letter, Wen Zhong claimed that he was ill and could not go to court, but in the end he still did not escape the fate of death. Fan Li knew how to 'know'
"Zhi" is used to protect one's life and become famous all over the world. Also, in the Zhangliang Temple in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, there are two stone tablets. One of them has the eight characters "Send a vertebra to the Qin Dynasty and bid farewell to ten thousand households in the Han Dynasty". The other is the two characters "Zhizhi".
The two stele together can also be seen as a couplet. Zhang Liang assisted Liu Bang in defeating Xiang Yu, and when the world was first settled, he excused himself from illness and retired, saying, "I would like to abandon the world and travel through red pine trees." Among the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty,
Han Xin was killed, Xiao He was imprisoned, and Zhang Liang was able to save his life because he knew how to "know how to stop". Zeng Guofan, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty, became famous in the world after he conquered Tianjing and pacified the Taiping Army. At that time, his subordinates persuaded him to launch a mutiny.
The Hunan Army rose up and proclaimed himself king. Unexpectedly, he was furious and refused sternly. He wrote a couplet with "The sky shines on the sea and there are countless flowers, and the flowing water and the high mountains only know it" to express his feelings. Later, he disbanded the Hunan Army and cut himself off.
Military power, beheading the wings, to clear the Qing court's suspicions, finally preserved the Wanjie, and also gained the peace of the descendants of the Zeng family. In fact, many people fail because they don't know how to stop, and always want to take advantage of the world with their greed.
, there is an urge to take everything and the winner takes all, which is sad, as evidenced by Lu Buwei, Hu Xueyan, and He Kun in history."
I nodded, "When you explain it this way, I understand a little better."
He smiled and continued, "'Satisfaction' means that you are not satisfied with what others give you, but you can accept it; 'Zhizhi' means that when you reach a certain level, you stretch out your hand to block it and say: I don't want it anymore. So,"
Being contented comes from people, and knowing stopping comes from oneself. Being contented means not being greedy, and knowing stopping means not following. When you work hard, you will know how to stop when a thought arises, and will not be carried away; when a thought disappears, you will know how to stop.
Stop, if you don't move."
His last words made me sound confused, so I asked, "Can you explain it to me carefully?"
However, he stopped talking and closed his eyes, but there was still a smile on his face.
I knew he was expelling a guest, so I stood up and bowed to him: "Thank you."
Before leaving, I took out all the cash on me and put it on the bed in the room. I didn't dare to put it in front of him because I thought it would be a kind of blasphemy to him.
After I went out, I found Liu Meng not far outside. I noticed her expression was strange, so I asked her, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
She came over and put her lips to my ear and whispered: "The little monk just now is a woman."
I was so shocked by her words that I took several steps back.
I turned around and took a look, but didn't find anything unusual. Then I pulled Liu Meng and ran outside. When I got outside the temple, I said to her: "Liu Meng, you can't make such a joke."
But she said to me seriously: "I'm not joking. She is really a woman. When I followed her out from the abbot's house, I felt very strange because she didn't walk like a man at all. When we got outside
She took me to a room and poured me tea. I found that she didn't take a serious look at me at all. Feng Xiao, I'm confident that she's pretty, right? It's impossible for such a young monk to look at me at a glance.
You didn’t come to see me seriously.”
I suddenly laughed and said, "Monk, I am a practicing person with pure six sense organs. I emphasize that form is emptiness. It is normal for him not to come and take a serious look at you. I think it would be abnormal if he comes to look at you in a lustful way."
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She shook her head and continued: "No. I was just suspicious at first, but then when I took the tea cup from her hand, I deliberately got closer to her, and I immediately smelled the scent of her perfume."
I was secretly surprised, but I said: "More and more men are using perfume now. This doesn't mean anything."
She said: "If she is really a monk, could she use perfume? Also, later I looked carefully and found that there is no Adam's apple on her neck at all. You said she is so thin, if she is really a man, she should have an Adam's apple."
Is it outstanding?"
I asked in surprise: "Isn't she wearing a monk's robe? Her Adam's apple should be covered."
She replied: "Her clothes were too big and probably didn't belong to her, so they didn't completely cover her throat."
I immediately believed her words, "Forget it. Let's go. Don't meddle in other people's business."
Now, I regret a little, because of my money. There must be at least five thousand yuan in my wallet today. Now I suddenly feel that this money is not worth it. But then I thought: What the abbot said
It still makes sense, and at least it has given me a lot of gains.
In fact, what the abbot said today shocked me, because he not only taught me the principle of "knowing to stop", but also made me understand that I should do things in moderation. I don't know how the abbot saw my situation, but he
His words were really helpful to me. Especially what he said to me about "the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked", which almost made me break out in a sweat. Because I suddenly thought of Lin Yu and Lin Yi. You know,
The relationship between me and them is not ordinary, and I am doing many things. But at that time, I immediately thought: maybe he was just discussing things.
Therefore, I now think of a possibility: maybe the fake monk is the abbot's daughter or relative. It's hard to tell.
But Liu Meng pouted and said: "I will never come here again. The monks have become like this. How can the lottery be effective?"
I suddenly laughed, "Monks can get married now. Times are progressing. Also, if that monk was really a woman, she would be too ugly and so thin... Ah, no! How could he be?
Is she a woman? Just now when we were outside the abbot's house, we heard the little monk speak, and it was really a man's voice."
She shook her head and said: "Women can't pretend to be men's voices. Men can also pretend to be women's voices. Mei Lanfang, did you know? His voice when singing Peking Opera is better than that of a real woman."
I don’t think so, “It’s easy for a man to pretend to be a woman’s voice, he just needs to shrink his vocal cords to a certain extent. But it’s not that easy for a woman to pretend to be a man’s voice.”
She immediately laughed, "Who said that? Listen to my voice now. How does it sound? Does it sound like a woman's?" (To be continued)