There was Tai Chi, Tai Chi gave birth to two instruments, two instruments gave birth to four elephants, and four elephants gave birth to gossip. The two rituals refer to yin and yang, and by extension, to men, women. From the perspective of the objective laws of the world, the gender of the people in the world is clearly distinguished, men are men, and women are women.
However, the avenue is fifty, the heavens are forty-nine, and there are always exceptions to everything. The story we are going to tell today is such a bizarre thing, it happened in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is related to the difference between men and women.
The protagonist of the story is named Dong Shixiu, who was born in an ordinary peasant family during the Southern Song Dynasty. During the feudal society of agricultural civilization, men were very important, so there were many times when there was a patriarchal mentality.
After Dong Shixiu was born, her parents did not seem to be very happy because of her birth. If Dong Shixiu is just an ordinary girl, although she can't be favored by her parents, there is no problem with growing up healthy.
However, the problem lies with Dong Shixiu, she is a strange person who has never been "androgynous" in the world, and these things are all things that subvert people's cognition now, let alone in the ignorant Southern Song Dynasty.
After Dong Shixiu was born, her parents learned about her peculiarity, and in that era of ignorance, she was regarded as an ominous omen. In order to avoid the so-called disaster, her parents wanted to abandon her ruthlessly.
Although they wanted to abandon her, it was their own flesh and blood after all, and Dong Shixiu's parents only put her at the door of a nunnery in the end, hoping that the kind monks could raise their children, and they did not really abandon her in the mountains and wilderness.
God has the virtue of a good life, and since he has come to the world, he will naturally not ruthlessly abandon Dong Shixiu. Early one morning, the master of the nunnery opened the door too early and came to greet the guests as usual.
However, as soon as she opened the door, she found a crying baby in front of the door, and the monk thought that he was compassionate, and the teacher carried the child into the nunnery without much thought. When cleaning the dust on Dong Shixiu's body, Mrs. Shi discovered her difference - hermaphroditism.
However, Mrs. Shi did not dislike Dong Shixiu because of this, but regarded her as her own and took care of her every day, hoping that Dong Shixiu could grow up healthily under her own care. After entering Buddhism, Dong Shixiu's life was finally saved.
Later, although life was hard, Dong Shixiu could finally grow up like an ordinary person. When she grew up, Dong Shixiu was very delicate, and she was more understanding, and many donors who came to the temple to offer incense liked her very much.
Sometimes some people even begged her to go to the house to do things, or teach them some embroidery work, and over time, Dong Shixiu and many local women became very numerous. If it was too late, Dong Shixiu stayed at these people's homes.
However, these harmonious things all happened when Mrs. Shi was alive, and after Mrs. Shi died, Dong Shixiu seemed to be a different person, and she was completely dissolute. often went out on an excuse, and did not return to the nunnery for dozens of days, and the monks in the nunnery gradually began to dislike her.
One day in 1234 A.D., a widow surnamed Liu came to the temple to offer incense, and because of her longing for her husband, she would always dream of her husband every night. Widow Liu's beauty attracted Dong Shixiu's attention when she first arrived at the temple, and after a few conversations, Dong Shixiu said:
"Female benefactor, if it is convenient, please allow me to go to your house and hold a few ceremonies for your deceased husband, so that your husband can rest in peace," the ignorant widow Liu agreed to Dong Shixiu's request.
After coming to Liu's house, Dong Shixiu first walked back and forth in the courtyard a few times, and then said to Widow Liu in a deep voice: "Because you and your husband have long been separated from yin and yang, you must now make a paper figure of yours and put it at home, so as to completely calm down this matter." ”
So, with the help of Dong Shixiu, the paper figure was quickly done. After a period of busy work, the sky darkened, and Dong Shixiu took advantage of the excuse to live in Widow Liu's house. Widow Liu was born beautiful, and when her husband was still alive, many people in the local area coveted her beauty.
Now that her husband has died, the people who are worried about Widow Liu have begun to move, and the first to bear the brunt is the famous local ruffian Hu Zongyong. Once, Hu Zong went to Liu's house several times under the pretense of helping, but without exception, he was rejected by Widow Liu.
On this night, Hu Zongyong came to the door of Widow Liu's house again with the strength of wine, and after climbing over the wall, the scene in front of him completely aroused Hu Zongyong's desire. The two people lying at home, whether it is Widow Liu or Dong Shixiu, are all beauties with their symbols.
Hu Zongyong, who couldn't hold back his inner desire, dragged Dong Shixiu outside the house, Dong Shixiu was naturally struggling desperately, but ** was Hu Zongyong's opponent. Soon Dong Shixiu's clothes were torn off, but the scene at this time completely stunned Hu Zongyong, he never thought that the nun in front of him was actually a "man".
Surprised, Hu Zongyong hurriedly stopped Dong Shixiu, and brought her into the county government early the next morning. After arriving at the county office, Hu Zongyong reported what happened last night to the county magistrate Peng.
After hearing this, the county magistrate really felt that this matter was too unbelievable, so he asked: "Dong Shixiu, is what Hu Zongyong said true?"Before the county order finished speaking, Dong Shixiu began to cry loudly, crying and saying:
"The county magistrate wants to be the master of the people's daughter, and the people's daughter was entrusted by Widow Liu to go to her house to do things. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, Hu Zong was used lightly, and the folk girl swore to death, and Hu Zong used annoyance and shame to falsely accuse the little girl. ”
Since Hu Zongyong was a thug who was known from far and near, and this matter was too unbelievable, the county magistrate naturally believed Dong Shixiu's words. So, he ordered someone to drag Hu Zongyong down and beat the 20 boards to set an example.
However, Hu Zongyong retorted: "The county ordered the adults to beat the villain, and the villain didn't dare to say much. But what the villain said is indeed true, and the adults can't believe the villain, so you can ask a few stable women to know with a word. ”
As the saying goes, if you listen well, you will be clear and believe in the dark, so Peng County ordered someone to find two stable women, and after some inspection, Dong Shixiu's identity as a yin and yang body was also revealed. As soon as this incident came out, the entire county was in an uproar.
Soon after, hundreds of women came to the yamen to sue Dong Shixiu. It turned out that Dong Shixiu often went out to do things for others by virtue of her status as a nun, and when she stayed at her employer's house at night, she had harmed many women.
After the matter was thoroughly investigated, Peng County ordered someone to put Dong Shixiu in prison. The next day, Dong Shixiu was sentenced to a summary execution, and Dong Shixiu's fantasy life has come to an end completely.
In other words, once you have entered Buddhism, you should know how to cultivate yourself, rather than using the identity of monks and nuns to bring disaster to the people. Sweeping the floor is afraid of hurting the lives of ants, and cherishing moths and lanterns is the compassion that monks should have.