Even though Wang Shouren was a child of Confucianism, he never underestimated Buddhism and Taoism.
Taoist metaphysics and Buddhist cause and effect have their own reasons, and they have also attracted Wang Shouren to become interested and have some knowledge.
Even though Wang Shouren was a Jinshi and entered the Six Divisions to observe politics, he seemed to have put his heels on the ground, but he was still the one with the idea of being a saint.
Since this is the case, he attached great importance to Shen Rui's disciple, and wanted to be the saints of the Ming Dynasty and Yan Hui with Shen Rui and his students.
Shen Rui's respect for him as a teacher is not fake at all, but Shen Rui seems to be cautious, but he has no awe in his heart. He has lofty ambitions, but does not miss his family, country and the world.
It cannot be said that he is not a gentleman, but the situation is too small to focus on his own honor and disgrace like this.
Because of this, Wang Shouren felt a hidden worry. Shen Rui was cold to his relatives and had no reins on his body. He was worried that he would develop an unscrupulous temperament when he entered the official career in the future.
Only then did Wang Shouren specially bring Shen Rui to see Yidao and Yishen, hoping to use the two masters' skills to see Shen Rui's shortcomings.
The Taoist priest's words were exactly what Wang Shouren thought.
Wang Shouren wanted to be a saint, but also had high expectations for his disciples.
But the monk stroked his belly and said, "Don't be happy too early, don't be happy, don't be happy at all. Shen Xiao's career may not be smooth. Although he has merits to protect himself, he also has bad consequences. Troubles and twists and turns are indispensable, and he may even commit evil deeds.
The best way is to enter Buddhism and practice evil karma to make you feel safe and healthy."
Wang Shouren was stunned when he heard this: "He is a teenager, only over ten years old, where does this evil result come from?"
The great monk said: "Good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil. It is not that the time has not yet arrived. The relatives of the donor Shen Xiao will be able to pass on merit to him, and naturally they will pass on evil karma."
Wang Shouren knew the situation of Shen Rui's family very thoroughly, and knew that there was a grandmother, a father, and a brother in his family. Counting further, Shen Rui's grandfather and great-grandfather both lived a life of not high when they died. Such a scholarly family could create a family of people.
What a great evil karma?
Listening to the monk's meaning, the evil deeds passed down and the merits of Shen Rui's body protecting each other will cause a lot of trouble to Shen Rui's future life. But Sun has done good deeds for decades, is it the Shen family?
Did that ancestor do dozens of evil things?
In the courtyard in front of the back hall, Shen Rui stood in front of two tall magnolia trees and looked up.
Small buds snuggled up against the branches obediently.
It is not as warm as the city outside the city. There is also a magnolia in the Xu family's yard, and the buds are as long as their fingers.
What's the beauty of this little flower bud? Shen Rui got tired of it after taking a few glances, but he was not in a hurry to go back to the Zen room. The meaning of Wang Shouren sending him out was very obvious, and most of them were those who had something important to say.
Shen Rui asked the little shaman to continue leading the way, and walked around the mountain temple and saw a few ancient locust trees, ancient pine trees, etc.
This temple is not large in scale and is located in the West Mountain. It has never been heard of later generations. I don’t know whether it was destroyed by war or otherwise, and disappeared into the long river of history.
Shen Rui stood here, looking at the undulating mountains in the distance, and became interested in climbing a mountain, but after estimating the time, he stopped thinking about it. Every time he was in the capital in his previous life, he had to climb Xiangshan once every ten days and a half months later.
.When the weather gets warmer in a few days, I have to come to Beijing often for a walk.
After walking around the Xiaoxiaoshan Temple, Shen Ruifang returned to the Zen Temple after about half an hour.
Wang Shouren was holding a string of agarwood bracelets in his hand, looking like he couldn't let go of his love.
Seeing Shen Rui come back, Wang Shouren greeted him, stuffed the bracelet into his hand, and said, "Thank you quickly to Master, this is the meeting gift for Master to meet you."
The great monk laughed and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but the donor's face is getting thicker and thicker... The meeting ceremony is the same as this bead and Chen Xiao donor. From now on, I will recite the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" every night. Three times, I will be blessed by the Buddha.”
This agarwood bracelet is heavy, the beads are dark and shiny, making it the best texture of agarwood.
Agarwood has been a noble among spices since ancient times, and the price remains high; the monk looked painful again, and he was obviously extremely reluctant to leave.
Although Shen Rui thought this bracelet was good, a gentleman could only hesitate to look at Wang Shouren.
Wang Shouren glanced at the monk and said to Shen Rui: "This is an object that Master has worn for many years. It has its own spirituality. I hope to protect your peace through Master's blessings. You can accept it with peace of mind. I have agreed to send it to Master's place. He made a chess book to make up for its losses.”
Shen Rui received the bracelet and sincerely thanked the monk.
The monk gave him a gift to him, so the Taoist priest was naturally not able to leave here, so he removed a Hetian jade peace card to Shen Rui.
The blink of an morning passed, and when lunch came, Shen Rui also expressed great expectations for the vegetarian meal.
Unexpectedly, the only thing that came was a porridge and soup, and a plate of steamed buns.
The porridge is millet porridge, the soup is cabbage and tofu soup, and the steamed bun is yellow and black couscous.
Shen Rui was surprised. Wang Shouren and the monks and Taoists could not see any strange looks on their faces, and they had already started to eat.
Just when he left the mountain temple, Wang Shouren told Shen Rui about the reason for the vegetarian food. It turned out that this mountain temple was different from other temples. There were few pilgrims to use for vegetarian food. Even if there were occasional foreign guests, they would not prepare food alone, and they were all big pot rice.
When Shen Rui heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched. No wonder the temple would eventually disappear.
Although Buddhism advocates "equality of all beings", how can sentient beings be truly equal?
When everyone goes out to worship Buddha, they are naturally willing to find a quiet place. The location of the mountain temple is not bad, but they don’t even prepare vegetarian food. Obviously, they do not regard pilgrims as the habit of the king.
Xishan is forty miles away from the city. The official road paved with bluestone slabs was paved with color. However, because there was snow on the ground, the coachman could only walk slowly. After nearly an hour, the teachers and students returned to the city.
The custom of the capital city is that the doors of merchants open on the sixth day of the first lunar month, and there are already many people on the streets, which are no longer as quiet as they did in the past few days.
Wang Shouren listened for a while and said to himself: "I am really a person in the threshold." He also told Shen Rui: "We need to see the landscape, the world's emotions, and the various aspects of life, and there are knowledge in it."
Shen Rui nodded. Knowledge of the world is knowledge, and understanding of human nature is article.
Thinking about the news from the master, Shen Rui asked: "Will the teacher be admitted to the Ministry of Justice after the New Year?"
Wang Shouren nodded and said, "The head of the Yunnan Qing Literature Department of the Ministry of Justice."
"Congratulations to teacher" Shen Rui said.
Although the six ministries and officials have the same rank, they are actually divided into the order of officials, households, etiquette, soldiers, punishments, and labor.
Sometimes even if the level is on the same level, it will be divided into promotion or exile.
Wang Shouren was previously assigned to the Ministry of Works to observe politics, but was able to be admitted to the Ministry of Justice and was the head of the department, which was a small step forward.
Wang Shouren said: "No matter where you go, it is no different for me, but 'Planning your own affairs in his position,'"
Seeing that he was in good spirits, but his figure was obviously reduced, Chen Zhu advised: "No matter what the teacher wants to do, how much revenge is, his body is the foundation... Have the teacher still practiced boxing in the past two years?"
This boxing is not the "Xingyiquan" that Shen Rui has been circulating here, but the boxing technique that Wang Shouren practiced for a while.
Wang Shouren said twice, "Hehe": "I've been too busy these two years."
Seeing that Wang Shouren was obviously perfunctory, Shen Rui was a little uneasy. In history, Wang Shouren denied his official duties several times, sometimes because of unsatisfactory officialdom, and sometimes because of physical reasons.
But since ancient times, teachers have been in charge of students, and there is no reason for students to teach them a lesson. Shen Rui kept this in mind and thought about when he went to the Wang family again, so he discussed this matter with Wang Hua.
Shen Rui, a student, cannot control Wang Shouren, but it is natural for Wang Hua, to discipline his son.
When he arrived at Shen's house, he watched the Wang family's carriage disappear at the entrance of the alley, Shen Ruifang turned around and entered the gate.
Still as usual as yesterday, Shen Rui went straight up to the room.
Unexpectedly, not only was the eldest master not here, but Xu also did not. Zhou's mother said, "The master went to Jianchang Bo's mansion, and his wife went to visit Nancheng. Master Lin, Master Qin and Master Bao also followed."
There are only three housemen in Nancheng, Chen Yong and Shen Ling, and Xu went to visit the hospital at that time. As for the master, it goes without saying that it must be the one who went to Zhang's family to reconcile.
Shen Rui sighed in his heart, and did not ask any more questions. He went back to Jiuruju to change his clothes.
Only now did I change my homely clothes here, but I had already received a message from Liu Cheng to see Shen Rui.
"What's wrong with Chen Zhu? Who instigated the uncle to visit him in the past?" Shen Rui said.
According to Xu's habit, if I really want to visit the disease, I will go there in the morning and will never delay this time.
Changshou said: "Where is outside, the villain went to Antaitang at the intersection of the street and also met the doctor who treated Mr. Zhu yesterday. Mr. Zhu only had skin injuries and did not hurt his muscles. In the main courtyard, the villain also asked for help. Not, but I heard that before the eldest lady went out, Mr. Qin and Mr. Bao pulled Mr. Lin and went to the room together."
People's hearts are biased towards the weak. No matter how arrogant Chen Zhu was before, he was beaten miserably now. Chen Qin, Chen Bao and others are afraid that the one who feels pitiful is Chen Zhu.
"Forget it, you can go to the Wang family more tomorrow and ask if there is news about the teacher's marriage discussion and someone will take care of you." Shen Rui ordered.
By this autumn, Wang Shouren's wife will be three years old, and the renewal of marriage will be undelayed.
As the eldest son, Wang Shouren is responsible for inheriting his descendants, but his children are not in a bad relationship. Now at his thirty years old, there is no man or a woman.
Shen Rui really felt that Wang Shouren attaches too much importance to morality, country, etc., and does not care about himself at all. There is nothing wrong with this, but sometimes it is too lonely, which makes people feel worried.
After the master and servant finished speaking, they sent Changshou to the place where Changshou was gone. Shen Rui got up and wanted to take a walk around Chen Jue. As soon as he pushed the door out, he saw Chen Jue covering his face with his sleeves and walked in.
"If you don't keep it well, why are you coming out?" Shen Rui said angrily.
Chen Jue laughed twice and said, "It's really boring there. I heard that you're back, so come and see you."
His face was scarred and he looked very afraid of others. Otherwise, with his temperament, he would not have done anything like covering his sleeves...