During the Song Dynasty, there was a person known as Zhao Shushou in Puzhou, Sichuan, when he was young, his parents gave him money to buy books in Chengdu, and on the way, he met a cultivator, so he left home to follow the ** practice.
In the last years of Shaoxing, Zhao Shrinkage was about a hundred years old, he liked to walk around Peng Han, and when he walked, he always folded his hands to his chest, so he got the nickname "Zhao Shrinkage", but no one remembered his real name.
People asked him to eat, and he ate as much as he could; When others invite him to drink, whether it is a glass or a hundred, he never refuses; Sometimes he doesn't eat all day, but he also enjoys himself.
Fang Wei, a native of Chengdu, once wrote an article praising Zhao Shrinking his hand, "Being brown and jade, he is happy." Zhao shrank his hand and continued some words after seeing the article, and praised himself: "In the red dust, in the white clouds, what a Taoist job." Nothing to do to go east and west, sometimes half awake and half drunk, laughing and talking when they meet, not Hu Geyu. Unless the same way knows, how many people are in the world? ”
Yuan Zhongju, a native of Mianzhu, has been ill for a long time, and once, when he saw Zhao shrinking his hand past the door of his house, he invited him into the house to drink and asked about his condition.
Zhao shrank his hand and sang casually: "One room is damaged, good and supportive." Suspend the teaching of wind and rain and other idle bullies, find a belt to repair a stable road, and leave people to know. It must be cheap and temporary. Knowing the danger but guarding against danger, he can see through the entrance to the way back, and the cloud ladder is square. ”
After speaking, Zhao shrank his hand and drank a few glasses, didn't say anything, and left.
At that time, a person named Huang Zhongbing walked with Zhao Shrinking his hand, so he asked why, and Zhao Shrinking said: "Just observe the meaning of my words!" Later, more than ten days later, Yuan Zhongju died.
There is a custom in Shifang County that every New Year is regarded as Wei Zhenren's birthday, and the surrounding Taoists will gather in Shifang County.
In the first month of one year, Zhao went to Shifang County and stayed at Xie's house, and the night before, he said to Xie: "It is inconvenient to live in your house, I will borrow this room temporarily, it will be useful." ”
When it was almost dawn, Zhao shrank his hand and went straight to a small temple opposite the door, found a room, and began to sit cross-legged on the couch. It was strange for others to see that he didn't speak, and when they got closer, Zhao Shrinking his hand was dead.
Thousands of Taoist priests gathered to see him and burn incense to pay homage. Three days later, when Zhao was cremated, they found that all his bones were hooked together, as if they were strung together with locks.
The matter of Zhao Shushou is recorded in the "Yi Jianzhi" written by Hong Mai in the Song Dynasty, and the original text is more detailed, and interested readers can go to find it.
Since ancient times, there have been countless strange people like Zhao Shrinking His Hand, and this kind of person is actually a microcosm of the cultivation culture that has been handed down from ancient times.
The reason why people are amazed by this kind of people, while marveling at their magical skills, more importantly, they seem to see a glimmer of hope from the world, after all, in the ups and downs of the bitter sea, who does not have a dream of becoming an immortal?