The three nuns shaved their hair to become monks, and the young man cut his hair to become a nun, unexpectedly revealing the mystery of the bald head's life experience
The last years of the Qing Dynasty were a period of collapse of feudal society, and Chinese society was in ruins, and the people lived in poverty. During this turbulent period, many bizarre and bizarre events took place, reflecting the social reality of the time.
Today's article tells the story of a calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. It sheds light on the ills of the era and makes for a memorable family story.
i.The daily life of a calligrapher.
During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Shaanxi City was closed to a scholarly family. Li Daoshen, the head of the family, originally worked as a petty official in the capital, but because he did not have a strong background, although he was born in a scholarly family, he was never able to gain a firm foothold in his career. Seeing that his career was hopeless, Li Daoshen returned to his hometown and lived with his wife Zhang, son Li Shanglong and daughter-in-law Zhou.
Li Daoshen is erudite and talented, good at calligraphy, and can do both grass and Kai. His words are unmatched by no one within a radius of ten miles, and countless people are vying to collect his ink treasures of dragon flying and phoenix dancing. In his spare time, Master Li paints, not for fame and fortune, but for style.
After retirement, Li Daozhen lived a very comfortable life. Every morning, his wife Zhang prepared breakfast for him, and after breakfast, Li Daozhen went to Huangjue Temple alone to smoke and pray for blessings. He prayed to the Bodhisattva to help his son Li Shanglong and daughter-in-law Zhou have children as soon as possible so that he could continue smoking.
Huangjue Temple is located in the suburbs of the city, surrounded by mountains, Li Daodi often walks slowly along the road, listens to mountain birds, and sees white clouds. He would not hesitate to go home for dinner until dawn. This is a comfortable life, because Li Daoshen has a noble and indifferent temperament.
ii.Unnatural disappearances.
On this day, Li Daoshen got up before dawn as usual, and Zhang Seng Miao made tea for him, only to see him carrying a wooden teapot on his shoulder and walking alone on the way to Huangjue Temple. Li Daoshen has been practicing martial arts for many years, and although he is old, he is still in good spirits.
Li Daoshen rested for a long time in Huangjue Temple, and often waited until night fell before returning home. On this day, the sun was setting, and the family still hadn't seen Master Li. Zhang's heart was faintly uneasy, worried that her husband would encounter an accident on the way home, so she asked her son Li Shanglong to carry a lantern along the road to look for it.
Li Shanglong also felt that something was wrong, so he went to find his father with a torch. But after looking for it all night, I didn't find Li Daozhen. It wasn't until dawn that Li Shanglong returned home sadly and told his mother that his father was missing.
When Zhang heard the news, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he didn't know whether his husband accidentally fell off a cliff on a rugged mountain road or was attacked by bandits. The mother and son immediately called the police, and ** also sent a large number of people to start searching. However, a few days passed, and the extensive search was fruitless, and Li Daoshen could not find it.
iii.Maternal**.
When the local magistrate saw the results of the investigation, he could only sigh and say to the Li family that Master Li might be losing his job, and if this is really an accident, I am afraid it will be the bad news of falling off the cliff. No matter how painful Li Shanglong and the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family were, they also accepted this reality and began to prepare for their grandfather's burial ceremony.
However, his wife, Zhang, did not believe that Lee Daoshen was dead. She felt that her husband's disappearance was very strange, and thought that he had suffered some accident, and he has not been heard from since. Zhang was depressed all day long, frowning and thinking about Li Daozhen's disappearance.
After a few months, Zhang's behavior changed somewhat. His appetite began to return, his face flushed, and he became happy. He also likes to walk and play alone, and is no longer as taciturn as he used to be. This sudden change surprised her daughter-in-law, Ms. Zhou.
What surprised Zhou Xiaoming even more was that he heard strange male voices coming from his mother's room many times in the middle of the night, which were also mixed with low male and female voices. Zhou Xiaoming concluded that his mother's unusual behavior was most likely related to these unusual night sounds.
4. Manslaughter.
Zhou Xiaoyan carefully explained the discovery to her husband, Li Shanglong. At first, Li Shanglong didn't believe that his mother would do such a vicious thing. However, at Zhou Xiaoyan's insistence, Li Shanglong and his wife hid outside his mother's door late at night to listen carefully. They clearly heard the whispers of men and women in the room, and were convinced that Zhang was probably in love with someone else.
Li Shanglong was so angry that he wanted to break into the door and ask his mother what he was doing. But just when he was about to lose control, Zhou Xiaoyan immediately diverted her husband's attention and told him not to be impulsive and to think carefully. Only then did Li Shanglong calm down and give up the idea of facing his mother directly.
But the good times didn't last long, and two days later, in the middle of the night, Mrs. Zhou was suddenly awakened by her mother's low cry. She ran upstairs in a panic to find her mother holding a bloody monk in her arms, while her husband was standing with a bloody knife.
After a closer look, the monk was almost killed, but it turned out to be his brother-in-law Li Daoshen, who had been missing for many days! Only then did Zhou come to his senses, it turned out that her husband heard the noise in the room, mistakenly thought that his mother was an adulterer and adulteress, and killed her on the spot. Soon, a neighbor heard the movement and called the police. It was only then that the truth of the incident was revealed.
v.Old dreams are forbidden.
It turned out that Li Daoshen met Li Daochen by chance in the mountains and entered a temple called Jingxin Temple. There was one of his calligraphy works hanging in the temple, and Li Daoshen was very surprised when he saw his calligraphy works. So he went to see it, and the nuns in the temple talked about calligraphy and painting, and they exchanged a few words and talked happily.
Unexpectedly, Qingxin, the owner of the temple, admired Li Daozhen's calligraphy from a young age and collected ink treasures early. Qingxin warmly entertained Li Daozhen, who was having a meal, and the two chatted until late at night. Qingxin also blinked, and Li Daozhen inadvertently pulled Qingxin to the bed.
Li Daoshen woke up to find that Qingxin had cut her tendons and shaved her bald head while she was asleep. Qingxin threatened Li Daoshen that she would stay in the temple and wait for her hair to grow before releasing her.
Li Daoshen's plea was fruitless, and he was only allowed to live in the monastery temporarily. However, Chingshin and her two seventeen- and eighteen-year-old students kept her in the monastery for months and shaved her hair every morning. Feeling that his life was threatened, Li Daozhen finally found an opportunity to escape home while Qingxin was not at home.
vi.When the judge heard what happened to Li Daozhen, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, laughing at his lifelong chastity and self-control, but he didn't expect to be planted in the hands of a nun. Li Daozhen also said to himself, his original intention was to find a way to be pure, but he didn't expect to do something wrong, such a big rebellion, and at the same time, he almost died in the hands of his son.
Li Shanglong and Zhou were very embarrassed, and blamed themselves for killing their old father by mistake. Seeing such a strange scene, the district ** did not investigate, but only dealt with it in accordance with the "Three Family Law", and then did not do it. This shocking experience has made local gossip warn people not to speculate and hurt the innocent.
Since then, the Li family has been careful not to mention this past. Although Li Daoshen did not lose his life, his body was seriously damaged after several robberies, and since then he has been depressed and unhappy, and he no longer has the handsome appearance of the past.
The son and daughter-in-law always blame and apologize to the old man out of filial piety and concern for the elderly. The Li family learned a lesson from this unpleasant encounter and understood the cruelty of the human heart.
The tragedy of Lee Do-jin's imprisonment in a monastery and his subsequent murder by his son may seem absurd today, but it reveals many pathologies in society at that time. However, it also revealed many pathological phenomena of the society at that time, including the closed nature of feudal etiquette, the distortion of the relationship between men and women, and the breeding of the dark side of human nature.
This unusual past incident has become a knot in the heart of the Li family, and it has also led to a lesson. It admonishes people not to be gullible, not to speculate, and to be cautious. It records an unusual event in the turbulent era of the past, and also allows future generations to reflect on the good and evil of the human heart and the light and darkness of society. In the long river of history, there are many unsolved mysteries everywhere, which are worthy of future generations to appreciate and draw wisdom from.