Chapter 11 The Eleventh Round

It is said that Ji Dian was in Ji Ning Temple, and two months passed without knowing it. After seeing La Jin, the speaker was reluctant to let him go back, so he said to Ji Dian, "You don't go back until the new year!" Ji Dian said, "This is impossible!"Wouldn't the elders be offended! Then he left the lecturer and went back to Jingci Temple, walked into the abbot's room, met the elder and said, "The disciple is back." The elder said: "Why don't you tell the old monk that you know it, and you have been out for half a year, coming and going on your own, won't others laugh at me?" Ji Dian said: "The disciple is convicted, and he will not dare again in the future!" Since then, I have spent the New Year in the temple, and I only follow the crowd in the meditation hall to chant scriptures and chant Buddha every day for two or three months.

Suddenly late spring, the weather is clear.Ji Dian suddenly wanted to move again, so he came to the elder and said, "I'm afraid many of my friends will become unfamiliar if I don't go out for a long time."I went out to have a look today, and I came here to report and let my disciples go out for a walk. The elder said: "I will let you go, but I have to come back in two or three days!" Ji Dian agreed, so he went straight to Mao Taiwei's mansion in Wansongling, and Mao Taiwei took him in to meet him. The Taiwei said, "It's been half a year since the Empress Dowager came to your temple."That day when you played Zen games and somersaulted, I was worried about you. I was afraid there would be disasters. Unexpectedly, the empress dowager's spiritual wisdom broke the mystery in your plate, and I praised you again and again. Ji Dian said: "That's when I went crazy for a while. What kind of Zen mechanism is there? Thanks to the blessing of Buddha and God. I have avoided this catastrophe and completed the merits of the Tibetan Palace. So I am here today to thank the Taiwei." Taiwei said: "You came just in time. Today the gardener dug some new shoots in the bamboo garden. I saw that they were new shoots. Half of them will go to the court and the other half will be kept here. I will order them to cook." Come on, how about some new flavors with you? Ji Dian said: "It's good, but it's too much for a monk to eat it at this time!" Taiwei said: "Bamboo shoots are vegetarian, but not meat. What's too much?" Ji Dian said: "The Taiwei doesn't know. As the saying goes: "Officials have a share of one inch and two inches, and the common people have to eat one foot and two feet. If monks want to eat, they have to wait for Zhibi." 'I, as a monk, eat him at this time, isn't it too much? ’ Said so that the Taiwei started laughing, and after a while, the cook boiled bamboo shoots and two pots of wine to serve.As soon as Ji Dian arrived at his mouth, he ate most of the bowl and several more bowls of wine. He ate happily and said, "Thanks to the Taiwei's kindness, I was able to taste new bamboo shoots. My parents sat in the temple and never dreamed of it. I'll take a few yuan back and try it with him, and it also seems to be too humane. The Taiwei said: "It's just the remnants, how can I take it away?" ’ So he asked Pao Ren to take another bowl, wrapped it in lotus leaves, gave it to Ji Dian, and Ji Dian thanked him and returned.

As soon as he arrived at the mountain gate, the chief asked: "Is the bag in your hand dog meat?" Ji Dian said: "Although it is not dog meat, it is more beautiful than dog meat." ’ Because he stuffed the bag up his nose, he said, ‘Just smell it! The first monk thought he was playing tricks on him, and hurriedly covered his nose to avoid it, so Ji Dian went straight to the abbot's room to see the elder.The elder asked, "Why did you come back just after you left today?" Ji Dian said: "Because Taiwei Mao left me to eat new bamboo shoots, I saw that they were delicious, so I asked for a pack to invite the elders to try new ones, so there was no delay." So I asked the waiter for a plate, opened the lotus leaf bag, poured the bamboo shoots into the plate, and presented it to the elder.The elder said: "Although things are small, it is rare to have a kind heart." ’ So he raised his chopsticks and ate a lot, and praised: ‘It really tastes good! ’ The rest was shared by several waiters in the abbot’s room.After a while, all the monks came to ask for bamboo shoots when they learned about it.The elder said: "This bamboo shoot was brought back by Daoji and asked me to taste it. There is only one section. How to disperse the people?" The monks said: "It's not about the elders. It's mostly Jidian. Buddhism is equal. You eat new bamboo shoots and invite elders. Shouldn't you use some to invite the public?" Ji Dian said: "You just say a word easily, but you don't know that there are many difficulties in turning people into Dongyou. I was in the Taiwei's mansion. I didn't know how many Zen ideas I got. You sit at home and dream in vain." eat, worth mentioning!Let's take this new bamboo shoot as the title, and all of you can make a poem out of it. I might as well bear the hardships, and go and spend two loads to invite you! When all the monks heard about the poetry, they were all silent.The elder said: "How can they understand it? Let the old monk compose a song for them!" ’ So Xinxin said in seven words:

Bamboo shoots are newborn calf horns, fern buds are newborn children's horns; Picking wild vegetables and cooking fragrant rice is the February day in the south of the Yangtze River. Ji Dian said: "Good poetry, good poetry!"But if they want to eat bamboo shoots, why do they want Master to compose poems?Now that my teacher has done it for them, I can't refuse. So he bent his fingers and calculated, "Forgive me that you can't have it today, and you won't have any materials tomorrow. Until the day after tomorrow, I will pay you two loads!" The elder said: "It's enough to have a few new creatures, how can we take care of them?" Ji Dian said, "There are!"package has! After that, he played with himself again.

The next day, he went to Mao Taiwei's mansion again.The Taiwei asked, "You are here again today. Could it be that you didn't enjoy the wine yesterday?" Ji Dian said, "It's not because I want wine, but because I took the bamboo shoots of Taiwei yesterday and went back to eat with the elders."When all the monks saw it, they were all greedy and wanted to eat it. They begged me to melt it again and again, but I couldn't see how much they slobbered, so I agreed to give them two loads of it for a while, so they came to disturb the Taiwei again. The Taiwei laughed and said, "You monk is really ignorant. A new bamboo shoot has just been unearthed. You can only dig some and try something new. How can you talk about it?" Ji Dian said: "As long as you are willing to house, there will be a lot in the garden."If the Taiwei doesn't believe it, he can ask the gardener to ask. The Taiwei then called the gardener and asked, "Has there ever been some new bamboo shoots in the bamboo garden?" The gardener reported: "I want the Taiwei to know that I didn't leave an inch after digging yesterday. When I looked at it today, it was strange that there were heads all over the garden. The Taiwei was surprised and delighted, so he said to Ji Dian: "Today, the buds are sprouting, and there must be less digging. If you raise him for one night, you can get more tomorrow. Maybe it's because you came to beg for the monks." Ji Dian said, "Thank you Taiwei, it's better like this." The Taiwei then ordered to prepare wine to drink with him, and stayed in the mansion to rest at night.Getting up early the next morning, Taiwei and Tong Ji stepped into the bamboo garden to see that the gardener had dug up all the newly grown bamboo shoots. There were five loads in total.Ji Dian thanked the Taiwei and brought the five loads of bamboo shoots back to the temple. All the monks were happy when they saw it in front of the mountain gate. Not long after, Ji Dian and the bamboo shoots arrived, the elder asked someone to collect the bamboo shoots, took out five hundred Wen coins, and rewarded the five people who delivered the bamboo shoots. He cooked the bamboo shoots as ordered, and ate them with the monks of the Hesi Temple. All the monks dispersed happily. Don't mention it.

A few days later, Ji Dian was in the temple, and suddenly remembered that Elder Chang of Lingyin Temple was dead, and he never went to see the funeral, and heard that Yin Tieniu was an elder, I don't know what the rules are?Then he made up his mind to go and have a look, so he went all the way to Lingyin Temple and bothered the waiter to inform him.The elder thought: "He is a madman. He has been expelled from other places by Elder Chang all the time. What is he doing here today?"Could it be that you are thinking about old things and want to stalk you?Just ignore him. Then he ordered the waiter to report that he was not there, and the waiter replied to Ji Dian, who sneered, and went to the west hall to see Xiao Xitang, who also replied that he was not there; Ji Dian borrowed a pen and inkstone from Xingtong, and went to Lengquan Under the pavilion, he wrote a poem and scolded the elders:

For hundreds of years, Lingyin Temple has been idled by Tie Niu; It is difficult to cultivate if there is a leak in the hoof, and there is no hole on the nose to prevent piercing. Are the eyes of the Tao blind like the eyes of a donkey, and the gates of temples are often closed like the gates of prisons; There is water in the cold spring, but there are no herons, and the empty space has left its name in the world. Another trick, ridiculing Xitang and saying: A small nunnery, a small window, a small room, a small bed; Go in and out of Xiaotong and walk in a small way, and serve Xiaoxitang carefully.

After finishing the inscription, he gave the two poems to Xingtong and went back to the temple. Xingtong didn't dare to hide it, so he presented the poem to the elder. Dare to be so rude and treat me lightly, can I just let it go! After thinking bitterly for a while, I came up with a plan. The magistrate Zhao of Lin'an Prefecture is my best friend. When I write a book, I beg him to cut down the pine trees on both sides of the gate of Jingci Temple and destroy him. The feng shui in the temple, his elders knew that it was the root of disaster caused by Ji Dian, and they must be expelled, so as to vent my anger.After the calculation was made, he wrote a book and begged Zhao Taishou not to mention it.

Let's say that Elder Dehui was sitting with Ji Dian this day, talking gossip, and suddenly Mengong came to report: "It's not good!"The catastrophe happened in the temple, Mr. Zhao of Lin'an Prefecture personally brought more than a hundred people to cut down the pine trees on both sides of the temple gate! The elder hurriedly said, "These pine trees are closed by the Fengshui of a temple. If they are cut off, the temple will be destroyed. What should we do?" Ji Dian said: "Don't panic, the elder, wait for the disciples to see him." The elder said: "I heard that the officials are very powerful. You have to be careful not to touch his wrath, otherwise, there will be no rescue." Ji Dian said: "My teacher is relieved, it's all right." Then he walked out of the mountain gate calmly and saluted Taishou Zhao: "Seng Daoji, secretary of Jingci Temple, sees Xianggong." The prefect said, "Are you Ji Dian?" Ji Dian said, "Exactly!" Zhao Taishou said: "I heard that you are good at writing poems and ridiculing and scolding people. Now I come to cut down the pine trees in front of your temple. Do you dare to write poems to mock and scold me?" Ji Dian said: "Water rot and insects are born, and people have prescriptions to ridicule them. Your husband is a lucky star in a county, and the people benefit from it. The little monk is full of virtue. How dare you ridicule?"If my husband's visit here is for logging, the little monk will not think about it. He will chant a poem and dare to beg for the rest of his life for the grass and trees. " Zhao Taishou said: "You read it and let me listen to it. Ji Dian then chanted:

The pavilion is hundreds of feet high to the sky, and once had an old friend with the mountain monk; The eyes are full of branches and branches for thousands of years, and the poor sword and ax are thrown together. There are no shadows of dragons and snakes in front of the window, and there is no wind and rain by the house; The most difficult thing is to fly to the crane in the morning, but it is difficult to find the old nest when you return at night. After listening to Ji Dian's poem, Zhao Taishou pondered for a while and said, "You are a learned monk!"The government misunderstood people's words and almost committed a serious crime. Then he ordered all the tree fellers to disperse, and bowed to Ji Dian again: "The fruit is a good poem, and the words are moving. The mountains here are surrounded by emeralds, and the houses are hidden in the mist. It has a Zen forest flavor. I want to ask for another good chapter." , and the little official to learn, don't hesitate to teach! After hearing this, Ji Dian chanted all the words:

The white rocks are connected to Cuilan, and in the depths of Cuilan, there is a thatched hermitage; Brewing tea to welcome guests is the monthly household, and gathering herbs to go out is full of clouds. The flowers are surrounded by birds and the Buddha laughs, and the zither is like the wind blowing like a Zen talk; Now I know Mr. Dongpo by chance, so there is no need to participate in the four majors. After hearing this, the eunuch admired him a lot, and said, "My teacher's language contains Su Hui, and the way is true cultivation, and all the officials will give it to you, so that you can enjoy it!" 'Yi Changyin always said: Don't be a monk of flesh and blood in the world, as bright as the bright moon and pure as ice; Leisurely thinking and spit out as a poetic auspicious, disguised as a sign of the Dharma Realm. Entering Zen from nature, who will ask the Dharma?A clear heart is a lamp that does not pass on sex; The lower root has fallen into a dream of greed and hatred for a long time, and today I am happy to know the best. After hearing this, Ji Dian thanked him again and again, and then invited the prefect to come to the temple to offer fast. When the elder saw that the prefect had gone, he said to the monks, "If it weren't for Jidian today, these pine trees would be in danger!"Call someone to invite him to thank you. ' Unexpectedly, Ji Dian was frightened, and had already left for a walk. Just as he reached the long bridge, he suddenly saw an obituary posted on the door of the prince who sold noodles and fruit. He was surprised and hurried in. Crying beside the coffin, seeing Ji Dian, Fang said, "Ah Ping met you on a good day, and you will go to the funeral the next day. Please get off the fire and say a few words of Zen, so that he will be reborn in the West, and I will see your affection." Ji Dian said: "Since you want me to get angry, you must say it in the future, so I went to sit on the long bridge. I saw Shen Yi, a radish seller, coming with an empty load, and saw Ji Dian sitting on the bridge." , and said: "I have to invite Master to eat a pot for a long time, but I have no chance. Today, I have a chance to bump into Master and sit idle. I have nothing to do. How about going to the hotel to have a bowl together?" Ji Dian said, "Very good!" The two went into the hotel and sat down. Shen Yi hurriedly asked the store to fetch wine. Ji Dian ate a few bowls in a row. After eating happily, he looked at Shen Yidao: "It's rare that you are kind enough to invite me. I have something to say." You say, I wonder if you will listen? Shen Yidao: "Master must be a good word, and please say it, how can a villain not listen to it?" I don't know what Najidian said, but let's listen to the next chapter. Comments: 1. Mao Taiwei invited me to eat bamboo shoots, and I also told a piece of reasoning, and I heard: "One inch and two inches, officials have a share, one foot and two feet, common people have to eat, if a monk, just wait for Zhibi." "Ji Dian, I also recognize my duty as a monk at the moment, and I dare not be greedy for good food.The young bamboo shoots of one inch and two inches were for the officials in ancient times; the bamboo shoots of one foot and two feet were the common people's vegetable soup; Only then can it be eaten.It's exactly: 'Be a monk, eat leftovers, clean up the leftovers, and plant good fortune fields.Bamboo shoots are old, used as fence poles, filled with stomachs, covered with thatched huts.It can not only shelter from wind and rain, but also keep out the cold, saving money and cost-effective!It is also a high level of cherishing blessings. ' 2. The new bamboo shoots are delicious. I thought that the elders did not have such a good taste, so I took some back to honor them. It is really rare to have such filial piety.And enjoy the temple monks eating to their heart's content, the old monk learned from the little ants on the ground, smelling the fragrance and telling his companions, it is filial piety and righteousness. 3. It is too wasteful for monks to eat bamboo shoots, and listen to the saying: New bamboo shoots are new creatures, the life of the probe is dead; Eat it to pity the weak, so as not to grow into a tree. Still have to live deep in the mountains, let the wind and rain beat, cry in pain; When he was older, he was cut off to build a thatched hut. It is better to swallow the belly of the monk so that he can go to the west and return to the pure land. After getting off the road, it grows again, and the Daxiong Palace becomes a dragon pillar. 4. After eating the bamboo shoots, on a whim, I remembered that Elder Chang of Lingyin Temple had gone and had not sent him to the funeral, and heard that Yin Tieniu had become an elder, so I went back to visit.Knowing my virtue, they couldn't bear it long ago, so they avoided seeing each other. The old monk had no choice but to write poems on the wall to ridicule him. He was so annoyed that Elder Yin Tieniu wanted to take revenge. He colluded with Zhao Zhifu to come and destroy the feng shui of Jingci Temple and cut off the front of the temple. The pine trees on both sides caused the elder Dehui to panic and panic. Fortunately, I wrote a poem to persuade him, and finally made Zhao Zhifu stop fighting and became an irreversible friend. It is exactly: The pine trees beside the temple are too innocent, and the iron ox plow is angry and stupid; Wanting to break the ground of pure love and feng shui, the heart is vicious and falls into the three paths. Those who are monks who see injustice and deliberately harm others can stop! A pair of narrow stomachs, full of gunpowder, What kind of mercy, to deceive other heretics? What do you say about the fake Jigong and the real Buddha, seeing that good man hates him like a hatred, and uglifies him at will, which makes me sad! If at the beginning, I was killed and beheaded by you, it seems that I want to get rid of the pine tree today to relieve my hatred and sin!