In a previous life, a monk in the emperor shunzhi.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, an old monk lived in seclusion in Mao Jie Temple in Emei Mountain. The old monk never goes down the mountain. He doesn't eat or drink all year round. He closes his eyes and meditates. A young monk followed him and went down from time to time to buy rice for himself to cook. So the old monk meditated for more than ten years and his disciples followed him for more than ten years.

One day, the old monk suddenly opened his eyes and said to his apprentice, "I'm leaving, so stay here and don't go down the mountain." Hearing this, the disciple grabbed the old monk's clothes and began to cry, not wanting Master to leave. The old monk comforted him and said, "Don't be sad, we will meet again one day." Then he took out a picture scroll from his sleeve with the image of the old monk on it. This portrait has eyes, ears, mouth and nose, but no eyebrows. The old monk asked his disciples to treasure the portrait of Master, saying, "After I leave, after twelve years, you will come down to me and show him the painting when you meet someone. If someone paints your portrait, it's me. " After the confession, the old monk drifted away.

Soon Zhang fled to Sichuan, causing the people of Sichuan to bleed into a river. The disciple of the old monk obeyed the master's orders and did not go down the mountain, so his life was saved. When the twelve-year deadline came, the apprentice went down the mountain. At this point, after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, Fu Lin, the ninth son of Huang Taiji, succeeded to the throne, which was called the Qing ancestor chapter and was named Shunzhi.

The young monk traveled around the world for more than ten years, looking for Master, but he never found him. Later, the disciples begged to go to Beijing, which coincided with the emperor shunzhi hunting in the suburbs. The young monk didn't know it was a royal team, but he only remembered the master's instructions, so he stepped forward to offend the imperial commander and asked the emperor shunzhi to look at the painting. The guards were frightened and wanted to arrest the old monk's apprentice, but the emperor shunzhi stopped him. He asked the young monk to open the scroll and have a look. After the young monk opened the picture scroll, the emperor shunzhi looked at it and said in surprise, "Why isn't this portrait a thrush?" He ordered people to take inkstones and brushes from left and right, and the emperor shunzhi personally added eyebrows to the portrait.

The disciple of the old monk was already in tears, kneeling on the ground and shouting, "Master, I found you! ……"。 They looked at each other, the emperor shunzhi was surprised. So the young monk told the old monk's instructions exactly. The emperor shunzhi suddenly realized that he was an old monk in Emei Mountain in his previous life! No wonder there is always the idea of becoming a monk.

The emperor shunzhi, born in March of 1638, is about to celebrate his 23rd birthday. On February 5th, 16 1, he abandoned the throne and fled with his disciples in the deep rock of Putuo Mountain. After the abdication of Sai-jo, in the eighteenth year of Shunzhi, Michelle Ye, the third son of the Emperor, succeeded to the throne, known as Emperor Kangxi in history. One of the purposes of Emperor Kangxi's six trips to the south of the Yangtze River was to visit the traces of the emperor shunzhi, but he didn't do so.

The emperor shunzhi became a monk:

The jungle is like a mountain,

You can eat anywhere in the charity bowl.

Jade is not expensive,

Only cassock is the hardest!

I am the master of the earth and mountains,

Worry about the country and people has become annoying.

There are 36 thousand days in a hundred years,

It's not as good as a monk's house being free for half a day.

Confused when coming, fascinated when going,

Take a walk in the world.

Who was I before I was born?

Who was I when I was born?

I'll be me when I grow up,

Who was blindfolded?

It's best not to come or go,

There is neither joy nor sorrow.

Sadness, happiness and sadness,

Who knows when you will be free?

Becoming a monk is not easy,

Feel free and carefree.

Have a good meal,

I often wear patchwork clothes.

There are guests all over the country,

Xiaoyao Buddha Hall.

It's easy for a monk to do,

It's all because of Bodhi's repeated practice.

This is not a real arhat,

And three Tathagata clothes.

Rabbits and birds fly east and west,

Don't try your best,

A hundred years' dream,

In case of playing chess!

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? -China Cultural Archives