Folk Tale The scholar fantasized about beauty, and the monk said, I'll take you to the underworld to have a look
During the Yongle period, a scholar named Akiba Zen participated in the township examination. After the exam, he stayed in the city to wait for the results, and by the way, he stayed in the city for a while. When he was bored, he learned that there was an ancient temple ten miles outside the city, so he decided to go to the first place.
The ancient temple is located halfway up the mountain, surrounded by cypresses, verdant and quiet. In the main hall and corridor of the temple, there is a wall painted with a picture of the heavenly immortals. The fairies are dancing in the painting, and their expressions are vivid. Akiba Zen stood in front of the painting wall and admired it intoxicated for a while, his thoughts seemed to fly in the painting, making him linger.
At this time, a voice came from my ears: "Your Excellency is in a good mood!."Akiba Zen turned his head and saw that it was the old abbot of the temple who had made a vow. Akiba Zen hurriedly saluted with his palms together and greeted the monks. The monk invited Akiba Zen to the meditation room to taste tea, and Akiba Zen followed the monk into the meditation room.
After sitting down, the little novice brought the fragrant tea, and the two began to talk. Akiba Zen's mind was filled with the fairies on the walls, and the topic of conversation naturally flowed to the fairies, and his mouth was full of envy for the fairies. The monk smiled and said, "Heaven and mortal are two completely different realms, fairies are only illusory and unattainable existences for mortals, and you don't need to be overly nostalgic. ”
Akiba Zen smiled indifferently and led the topic to the ancient beauties. The monk smiled and asked, "Who do you think is the most beautiful woman in ancient times?"Qiu Ye Zen pondered for a moment and replied: "I think it should be Yang Guifei, looking back and smiling, the six palaces have no color." ”
The monk said with a smile: "Okay, I'll take you to see Yang Guifei's present life." Qiu Ye Chan was surprised and asked, "Do you know Yang Guifei's life experience in this life?"The monk said: "Of course I know, I have access to supernatural powers, thousands of miles away, in an instant, everyone's past and present lives, like watching fire." ”
Autumn Leaf Zen said yearningly: "Yang Guifei must be more beautiful in this life." The monk replied: "If you go and see it for yourself, you will naturally know." He instructed Akiba to close his eyes, grasp his wrist, and the two of them rose into the air.
After an appointment for a cup of tea, the monk spoke. Akiba Zen opened his eyes and found himself floating in mid-air. The monk pointed to the woman who was working in the fields below and said, "This is the seventh face of Yang Guifei in this life. ”
Akiba Zen looked down and found that the woman was five short and three thick, with a huge body, a plump face, and ugly facial features. She was hunched over at the moment, glaring angrily, blaming her husband for being too slow in her work, and her words were full of vulgar words. Qiu Ye Chan hurriedly closed his eyes and muttered, "How can such an ugly and vulgar woman be the incarnation of Yang Guifei?"Great monk, don't deceive me. ”
The monk smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, I can take you to the Netherworld to check the book of life and death." Remember, this place is Poplar Village, and the woman's surname is Liu. With that, he grabbed Akiba Zen's wrist, and the two of them walked underground.
In a snap of a finger, the two came to Yinsi. After wishing the monk to find the judge and explain his intentions, the judge took out a book of life and death, which was looked through by Akiba Zen. The book of life and death records in detail the past and present life of Yang Guifei, since she passed away, reincarnation, and now she is the seventh life, which happens to be the daughter of the Liu family in Yangshu Village.
Akiba Zen was still incredulous and asked why. Why did Yang Guifei become more and more ugly after she was reincarnated?The judge explained: "Because Yang Guifei misled the country with her beauty, she was punished by heaven and reincarnated in the homes of ordinary people. In the seventh life, she harbored resentment, scheming, and did not cultivate virtues, so her appearance gradually became ugly. ”
Akiba Zen was silent. The monk said to the judge, "This scholar is too indulged in the fantasy of beauty to extricate himself, and I want to wake him up." Tired of the judge, take out Gao's life and death book, let him see it clearly. The judge nodded, and took out another book of life and death.
Akiba Zen opened a sutra and found that it was recorded that Gao had been a wild boar before the 10th Dynasty. Because he escorted a boy who was lost in the mountains home, he was rewarded for his good thoughts, so he was reincarnated as a human and a woman. In each subsequent life, she had a good heart, tried her best to do good deeds, cultivated her self-cultivation, and paid attention to virtue and integrity. Therefore, with each reincarnation, her background becomes more and more superior.
The monk said goodbye to the judge and came to the world with Akiba Zen. He said to Akiba Zen: "I will take you to witness the current Gao family." With that, he pulled Akiba Zen into the air, and after a while, the two came to the sky above a palace. The monk pointed to the woman sitting in the room and said, "This is the Gao family, and now she is a princess." ”
Although Akiba Zen is high in the sky, he can see through the walls, as if he can see everything about the Gao clan with his own eyes. She is as beautiful as a peach blossom, her face is very peerless, and she is simply a fairy in the world.
The high monk said: "To be a human being, you should pay attention to cultivation, and a woman with a good heart, even if she does not get good results in this life, will become more and more superior in the future, and her face will be more prosperous." On the contrary, if a woman with a beautiful appearance and a noble status lacks kindness in her heart, does not do good deeds, neglects her spiritual practice, and lacks integrity, she will enter a decline and lose her luster in her face. The reincarnation of heaven does not deviate from it. ”
Akiba Zen was full of emotion. The monk went on to say, "The beauty of the present does not mean that the future will be equally beautifulThe ordinariness of the present may not be brilliant in the future. Mortals can only see the present, and it is difficult to see the future. Only the kindness of the heart is the true beauty. Akiba Zen seemed to have understood something, and whispered to himself: "This is the truth that 'emptiness is color, and color is emptiness'." The monk applauded and praised: "You have finally understood!."”
Back in the meditation room, Akiba Zen bowed down to express his gratitude and said, "Thanks to the revelation of the great monk, I no longer have delusional pursuit of appearance, and I no longer think about divorce from my wife. In fact, Akiba Zen married Luo as his wife according to the orders of his parents. However, due to Luo's ordinary appearance, he was dissatisfied and always had the idea of divorce his wife, but he never found the ideal beauty.
A few days later, the exam list was announced, and Akiba Zen failed to make it to the list, and returned home in a low mood. Roche quickly stepped forward to comfort, and his words were gentle, making Autumn Leaf Zen like a spring breeze. In fact, in addition to her unremarkable appearance, Luo Che has performed quite well in other aspects, especially her kind heart, filial piety to her in-laws, pampering her children, and gentle and considerate treatment of Autumn Leaf Zen, and she is completely a virtuous wife and mother.
Under the inspiration of the high monks, Akiba Zen has long been enlightened. He examines Roche again and finds her beauty intoxicating. He held Luo's hand and said with true feelings: "Holding the hand of the son, growing old with the son, there are no regrets in this life!."”
What is the most beautiful?That's a hard-working and kind woman!The story uses exaggeration to entertain and persuade people, and has nothing to do with outdated feudal ideas.