There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5275: The fate of the world has entered the empty door
Chapter 5275: The fate of the world has entered the empty door
Lu Gu said sharply: "Baoyu, it's meaningless for you to say this. This kind of cycle of cause and effect and bad retribution, in my opinion, are nothing more than words used by your Buddhists to deceive people. Those good men and women who believe in these, give you
Just donate money for incense, but why do you believe this yourself? Speaking of retribution, tens of millions of ordinary people died in the Yongjia Rebellion, do you want to say that these people all have karma and deserve to die?"
Huiyuan said calmly: "How can the karma or fate of these past lives be known to us mortals? In any case, there is nothing wrong with accumulating virtue and doing good and trying not to hurt others. Ah Gu, I know
You suffered a lot in the south and felt a lot of grievances. This resentment has made you no longer as free and easy as you used to be. I miss you even more fifty years ago, when we slept together all day long and talked about the world."
Lu Gu said coldly: "At that time, you and I had no worries about food and clothing, and a bright future. In a peaceful world, all we wanted to do was inherit the titles and official positions of our fathers and ancestors, and then use these powers to do what we wanted.
But this dream woke up too quickly. From the Rebellion of the Eight Kings to the Rebellion of the Five Husbands, in just over twenty years, the entire world was destroyed. Barbaric and cruel barbarians poured in from all directions, and our northern people
The Han people were ruthlessly massacred, and countless famous families were destroyed. Even my family was forced to surrender to the barbarians and become their officials. As for your family, it was even worse because of the relative Jia Nanfeng.
The reason is that after the Eight Kings Rebellion, your Jia family fell into decline. If I hadn't supported you for half a year, I'm afraid you wouldn't have been able to successfully graduate from the Imperial College, and you would have even been kicked out early."
Huiyuan nodded: "When our Jia family was in decline, you did not abandon me like other classmates, but continued to help me complete my studies. I will remember this friendship all my life, so you Lu
My family is able to serve as an official in Shizhao because of my help, but I'm afraid your uncle doesn't know about it either."
Lu Chen, Lu Gu's uncle, fell into the hands of the former Zhao and later Zhao successively during the Wuhu Rebellion. He also escaped from the former Zhao and defected to Liu Kun, becoming an important official under him. Liu Kun also personally wrote poems for Lu.
Biejia, this Lu Biejia is Lu Chen. After Liu Kun was killed by Xianbei leader Duan Pidan, Lu Chen fled to western Liaoning and defected to another Duan clan leader Duan Mobo. Finally, when Shi Zhao attacked and destroyed Duan Mobo, Lu Chen
Chen was captured by Shi Hu and became an official of Shi Zhao. He held important positions such as the minister of Zhongshu, the wine minister of the Imperial Academy, etc. Until when Ran Min destroyed Zhao, Lu Chen once again submitted to Ran Wei and became one of the secretaries. Finally, he served as Murong's former Yan minister.
He was killed in the war to invade and destroy Wei, and Lu Gu and his son went south to Jin, which happened after Lu Chen was killed.
Lu Gu's expression changed and he looked Huiyuan up and down: "Can you help my uncle become an official? How is this possible?"
Huiyuan said calmly: "After Shi Hu captured your uncle and your entire Lu family, he originally wanted to kill you all to frighten the big families in Hebei. Think about it.
When Guanggu City was captured, almost no one in the city, from the general Cao Yi to the ordinary people, was spared. How could such a murderous devil suddenly be kind to you, the Lu family, who once fled to Liu Kun from Zhao and was always against the Hulu regime?
You're so polite, why don't you take the initiative to invite your uncle to be an official?"
Lu Gu suddenly realized: "I understand, you want to say that this is the favor that Master Fotucheng, who was the master of Hou Zhao at that time, asked for for my Lu family? But how come I never knew about this?"
Huiyuan sighed: "This is a matter between Master Fotucheng and Shi Hu. At that time, I had already escaped into Buddhism and became a disciple of Master Shi Daoan, and Master Fotucheng was my disciple.
Master, after your family was captured by Shihu, he once asked me whether your Lu family was a capricious family and whether it was worth saving. At that time, I thought of your kindness to me when we were in Luoyang. Although it has already
Although he entered Buddhism, he still tried his best to speak for you. He also told his master that if Shi Zhao wanted to rule the world with the Hu people's power, he must treat the nobles well and win the hearts of the Han people. If even a big family like the Lu family
If they are all destroyed, then the Hebei gentry will put everyone in danger and will never cooperate with them again."
Lu Gu frowned: "But doesn't the great monk Fotucheng understand this? Why would he turn around and ask you, a junior?"
Huiyuan said seriously: "Because my master wants to spread Buddhism in the Central Plains, and your Lu family is a Confucian classics family, and you are also fond of Lao and Zhuang's ways. If I save you, you may not appreciate it and enter Buddhism. My master is originally
I want you to intercede for you at the cost of joining Buddhism and becoming a monk."
"But I told my master that Buddhism has only entered the Central Plains for a short period of time and cannot compete with Taoism and Confucianism that have been circulating in the Central Plains for thousands of years. If we want people in the world to accept Buddhism, we must let them understand Taoism and believe in Buddhism from the bottom of their hearts. Just like me
In this way, one can enlighten oneself, become enlightened, and take the initiative to become a Buddha. This is what the Buddha wanted. If one were to force people to join Buddhism at the cost of saving one's life, that would go against the Buddha's philosophy. This is not a good deed, but a bad deed.
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Lu Gu touched his beard and said with a smile: "What you said makes sense. You have mastered this kind of eloquence before becoming a monk. I never thought you could use it in front of your master."
Huiyuan nodded and said: "This is just the Buddha speaking these truths through my mouth. In fact, I didn't expect that I would say such words at the time. Ah, this kind of Buddha's appearance made me do more than
Things about my ability have happened more than once. If not, how could I resolutely abandon everything in the world and join Buddhism? However, decades have passed, and I have never been able to leave you, my old friend."
Lu Gu's eyes sparkled with tears and he nodded: "I have never forgotten you, but I never knew about you becoming a monk. I thought you had died in troubled times like my other friends.
.Why didn’t you come to me for these decades? If you hadn’t become a famous monk later, I wouldn’t have known that the abbot and abbot of Donglin Temple was actually you, Jia Baoyu.”
Huiyuan sighed: "Since you are a monk, you have to cut off all worldly ties and not care about worldly affairs. Otherwise, you will not be able to practice if your ordinary mind is not gone and your worldly ties are not exhausted. If my master hadn't asked me about this, I actually wouldn't be able to.
Thinking about you, even forcing myself not to think about you. Ah Gu, when I know that your Lu family is safe, my wish comes true. From then on, I will truly devote myself to Buddha. Jia Baoyu has truly disappeared from this world.
, from then on there was only the monk Huiyuan." (End of this chapter)