Chapter 5273 Reunion of old friends for many years
Guangzhou, Governor's Office.
This governor's mansion during the rule of the Jin Dynasty has undergone large-scale expansion after Lu Xun launched his army. Several square areas outside the original governor's mansion were demolished and palace walls were erected. The original governor's palace was also added.
It is wider and wider, and shaped like a palace. Of course, all of this is based on the premise of violating the rules, but since the army has already launched a rebellion, there is no need to take this into consideration.
It turns out that the court hall of the Governor's Mansion has been transformed into a main hall comparable to a palace. In the middle of the main hall, there is a dragon chair, and sitting on the chair is an elegant man who is over seventy years old, with white beard and hair.
The old man was a dignified man, but from time to time there would be a flash of cold light in his eyes, indicating that this man was by no means as kind as he seemed. He was Lu Xun's father and a famous scholar in the Jin Kingdom.
Lu Gu.
At this moment, sitting opposite Lu Gu was an old monk who was also nearly eighty years old. His long eyebrows were all white, hanging down from the corners of his eyes. The cassock he was wearing was as dim as he was.
With a face like dry tree bark, he sat on a futon, facing Lu Gu, and sighed softly: "Donor Lu, I haven't seen you for many years, and you and I have become like this."
Lu Gu pushed himself up with difficulty, looked at the old monk, and said: "Baoyu, it's not because I deliberately couldn't get out of bed. It's true that I'm old and sick now. It's hard for me to sit on my own with this old and disabled body."
Get up. I'm really, really happy that you are willing to come see me."
This person called Baoyu is none other than Master Huiyuan, a famous Buddhist monk in the world, who is as famous as Kumarajiva in the north and south. He was the first disciple of Fotucheng, the world-famous master in the early days of Wuhu Luanhua, and he also once
He is the direct disciple of Shi Dao'an, Fu Jian's national teacher. His surname is Jia. He was also a famous scholar in the north when he was young. He and Lu Gu were classmates since childhood. They were very good at the ways of Lao and Zhuang. However, after the Wuhu Rebellion began, Lu Gu fell early.
He crossed the Yangtze River and traveled south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, settled in Jingkou and became a famous scholar.
However, Jia Baoyu was unable to make the trip due to the war. In order to save his life, he went to live in seclusion in the mountains. By chance, he met Shi Dao'an and became his disciple, named Huiyuan.
Later, when the war in the north was settled, Shi Daoan saw that the former Qin Dynasty was powerful on the outside but hid a huge crisis, so he sent Huiyuan to the south to travel to the Eastern Jin Dynasty and settled in Dalin Temple (also known as Xilin Temple) in the Lushan area of Xunyang. Later,
Huan Yi, who was the governor of Jiangzhou at the time, built Donglin Temple specifically for this famous monk to be his abbot. From then on, Master Huiyuan stayed in Donglin Temple for more than 30 years and founded the Pure Land Shinsect.
This line of Buddhism also became the origin of the famous Pure Land Sect. However, Huiyuan and Lu Gu have embarked on different paths of life since the war in the north. Today, they have not seen each other for almost fifty years.
Huiyuan's white eyebrows moved slightly and murmured: "Baoyu, Baoyu, no one has called me poor monk like this for more than fifty years. Agu, today may be the last time you and I meet in this life. We
You don’t have to stick to your current identity, you just need to talk about your youthful feelings like you did back then, okay?”
Lu Gu nodded excitedly and said: "Okay, okay, it's really great. I've been looking forward to this day. This time my son Lu Xun went north, and I specifically asked him to tell him when he passed by Xunyang Lushan Mountain
, I must go to Donglin Temple to visit you, but you closed the door at that time, saying that the monks ignored worldly affairs. I didn’t expect that today, today you would take the initiative to come to Guangzhou to see me under such circumstances. Say
Well, my old friend, you came all the way, do you want me to do something for you? Oh, by the way, I remembered that your disciple Tanshun founded the Fahai Temple here in Guangzhou.
, I was the one who made some efforts to allow him to build the temple successfully."
Huiyuan smiled slightly: "Thanks to your help for Tanshun to build the temple. After all, Tianshi Taoism is Taoism, which is different from my Buddhist beliefs. Wherever he went, there were many actions to destroy temples and destroy Confucianism. Tanshunyuan
When I come to Guangzhou, I can build Fahai Temple and spread Buddhism. I really want to thank Ah Gu for his help."
Lu Gu laughed loudly: "I am not helping Buddha, I am helping you Baoyu. When we were young, we were very high-spirited and wanted to rely on our own talents and learning to make a difference and clarify the world. It is a pity that scholars like us have no constraints.
The power of a chicken is useless in troubled times. In the end, I went south to enter Taoism from Xuan, while you escaped into Buddhism. Over the past few decades, we can finally use what we have learned to let our sons and disciples do something practical.
, changing the world can be regarded as realizing our ideal when we were young."
Huiyuan said calmly: "Yes, when you and I broke up, it was at the beginning of the Wuhu chaos, and it was also the darkest and cruelest period. You went south early, and you didn't see the desolate life and corpses in the north.
The tragic situation across the wilderness. I wanted to follow you and go south together, but I encountered countless robbers and bandits on the way, and almost died several times. However, at the line between life and death, there will always be Buddha to bless me and guide me to a way out with his great strength.
So I headed north instead, and after entering Huan Mountain, I met my master, taught him the truth, and finally became enlightened and entered Buddhism."
Lu Gu frowned slightly: "But you Buddhists can only passively avoid the world, allow people to reincarnate after death, and teach people to be in awe, but our Lao and Zhuang schools are not like this. We still need to do some practical things to clarify the world.
Yes, I was born at the wrong time. After I came to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, because our Lu family was too famous in the north, we were suppressed by the Wang family and the Xie family. I was unable to display my talents and learning. I could only make friends with Tianshi Dao and enter Taoism from Xuan.
.Finally, my son Lu Xun has made some achievements."
Huiyuan sighed softly: "But these achievements of your son during my journey here seem to be no different from those of the murderous demon kings like Shi Hu and Ran Min in the north. Ah Gu, you really
Do you think these can be called achievements?”
The corner of Lu Gu's mouth twitched, and he gritted his teeth and said: "If you want to rule the world, you must first defeat the evildoers. Baoyu, you have been in the south for decades. You should know the virtues of those aristocratic families. Don't think that Huan Yi
If you build a Donglin Temple, you have to be grateful. Huh, these aristocratic families just want to use your Buddhist theory of purity and inaction, not fighting against the world, and cultivating blessings to eliminate the resistance of the people.
That’s all.”
Huiyuan said calmly: "Of course I understand these things, but the Buddha is the Buddha. We are not using this theory to deceive and numb the world, nor are we saying that only by becoming a monk can we practice Buddhism. We only hope that everyone can find peace.
If everyone can cultivate good deeds and have a good heart, how can there be such disputes and wars in this world?" (End of this chapter)