The nun came out of Shanglian Qingshui split the Qingyu Gorge, and the monk thought about it
Chinese culture has a long history. We are the only country in the world that can proudly say that it is still very young, with a history of only 5,000 years, which is ten times longer if you count from the time of the appearance of humans in the Central Plains.
China's wonderful history is like a breathtaking picture, exuding a beautiful aura that makes every Chinese feel comfortable and proud.
Although there are four ancient civilizations on the earth, except for our own civilization, the continuation of the other three civilizations has been interrupted and has never been interrupted.
There are many reasons for this, but they can be summed up in two things: first, the absorptive capacity of our unique and powerful civilization, and second, the relative stability of the geographical area.
The first of these is the most important, and regular script, which has been in use since ancient times, plays a key role, just as we can read thousands of years of writing with almost ease today.
Language is a means of transmitting culture and civilization.
For thousands of years, we have formed many unique Chinese character art forms on the basis of traditional culture, one character and one sound, and the couplet is one of them, which contains a very strong cultural atmosphere and is one of the treasures of traditional Chinese culture.
Now, in the eyes of many people, this couplet is very elegant, ordinary people"Harness"No, at least not the meal, at least not the ink.
But for the ancients, couplets were not difficult, after all, couplets were the material of the poetic world, and even the nuns and monks in the monasteries knew how to write them.
During the Song Dynasty, a young nun discovered a suspicious inscription: clear water comes out of the hibiscus tree, and it is naturally carved and decorated.
Clear water crosses the Shuangyu Gorge.
The city is too deep. I want to go back to the country.
Anyone who has lived in the city for a long time will think of this word, the hustle and bustle of the city is always numbing, but the silence of the fields can make people relax and cozy.
Who can choose comfort in difficult times?
Life is like an invisible and powerful hand, pushing each of us forward, even if the front is full of thorns and spikes, it is difficult to blindly charge forward, after all, no one can not make progress in the torrent of life, life is always the first to live their own wonderful.
Compared with the anxieties of modern people, the aborigines seem to be calmer, live more elegantly, and cannot really live, but they are also accompanied by a green lantern.
In contrast, ordination is not as difficult as going to heaven, but there are hardware standards that need to be met, and some monasteries even openly require that in order to become a monk, you must first have a bachelor's degree or above...
For the ancients, cultivation was the cultivation of the mind, so for modern people, what is cultivation?
During the Song Dynasty, temples were very attractive, and there were many temples in the capital city of Bianjing, the most famous of which was of course the Daxiangguo Temple.
The enlightened policy of the Song rulers towards Buddhism naturally attracted many people to Buddhism, especially the monasteries deep in the mountains.
Of course, the old monks and nuns not only recited Buddhist scriptures, but also were quite literate, and occasionally young nuns boasted of their literary knowledge.
Once, he saw a clear spring between the two mountains, and he had an idea, and he opened his mouth to say a smooth word
A clear river runs through the Shuangyu Gorge.
This preface is indeed very literate, depicting the clear spring in the mountain as a giant axe, splitting the mountain peaks and forming two opposing mountain passes; It seems that the spring water, which was soft at first, is now even harder.
Two white dragons flew out of the fairy cave.
As soon as the proverbs of the little nun came out, they were praised by many people. After all, in an era when there was a lack of women to become virtues, it was not easy for a little nun to come up with such wonderful proverbs.
Since there is an uplink, the downlink must of course also be on the top. In order to make the upper couplet, many literati and ink writers have given their own lower couplets, but what makes future generations remember the next couplet of the monk is still deep.
The monk gave the following verses:
Two white dragons flew out of the fairy cave.
I have to say that this sentence is very literary and reasonable.
First, let's take a look at the text:
Clear water"、"Fairy Cave"It is a natural landscape in the mountains"Split"、"Fly out"are two strong verbs"Double"、"II. II. II"are two measure words,"Yuxia"、"White Dragon"It's a word in the mountains. "Split"with"Fly out"are two strong verbs"Double"with"II. II. II"are two measure words,"Yuxia"with"White Dragon"are two amazing things"Yuxia"with"White Dragon"are two amazing things"Yuxia"with"White Dragon"are two amazing things
Look at the meaning again:
There are many large and small caves in the mountain stream, which Buddhists call the fairy cave, and the caves are often surrounded by winding herringbone mountains, which look like a white dragon draped in mist from a distance.
Under the dexterity of nature is the spirituality of the mountain and the spirituality of the water, this couplet truly interprets the magical beauty of nature, but there is no word, the little nun hears this couplet, but ashamed.
But I think it's not just the little nuns who think too much, those who think too much should think about it, why can't they live according to the beauty in their hearts?
Words and sentences in Su Shi's famous articles.
In fact, these two couplets are not from the grape ditch, the upper and lower couplets are from Su Shi's famous work "Lushan Ersheng Ji - Kaixian Book House", the original poem is as follows:
Sunlight pours down from high cliffs, and sad winds blow from deep valleys. Two white dragons travel through the Qingyu Gorge. The frost and snow droplets disperse, and the clear sky shook the ancient pool. The afterflow slipped quietly and quickly fell two stones. I can't bear to leave, and the moon is on the flybridge east. The bright moon rises east on the flying bridge. The silver tail rotates, and the water spirit sinks. I want to follow Qin Gaosheng and step on the red lotus. I held the white lotus and jumped into the clear water.
This poem is Su Shi's masterpiece after visiting Lushan, Su Shi has visited many interesting places in his life, and everywhere he goes, he will leave popular verses, just like traveling in the circle of friends, and publish it on the exquisite picture card in this way.
Suu Kyi was the top writer of his time, and each of his masterpieces caused a sensation.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the little nun had heard of Su Shi's famous poem, but she could not imagine that the monk had actually heard of this poem, and in his reverie, he inadvertently changed the original poem to fit the inscription he had once discovered.
Chinese culture is vast and profound, and sometimes a simple sentence repeated repeatedly can have different meanings, and even some very ordinary things can cause misunderstandings.
I think it's time to reflect on whether our thinking has changed, or if our values have been distorted by this unbelieving society.