Chapter 65 The sixty-fourth Zhao Zhou wears straw sandals upside down on his head

The sixty-fourth Zhao Zhou wears straw sandals upside down on his head Example: Chan Master Nanquan repeated the previous words and asked his disciple Zhaozhou Congjue. Zhaozhou took off the sandals and put them on his head. Nanquan said: Ruo Zai saved the cat. Wearing straw sandals is an upside-down character.By reversing what Zen Master Nanquan said, the cat will be saved. The Chinese people like to play this trick.For example, in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, who did Yang Yichen send the letter to, but sent two jujubes, angelica One or two with sugar means that he will return to Tang early.Another example is that Xie Shishan, in the legend of Jingzhong Yue, took apart the characters and saw people standing on the side of the mountain.

Immortal characters, all this kind, are the intellectual self-satisfaction of Chinese folk.Zhaozhou's head wears straw sandals, also seen Zen monks It connects with the Chinese people. Zhaozhou reversed what Chan Master Nanquan said.Nanquan talked about the way of heaven, Zhaozhou then talked about human affairs .Wang Longxi, a disciple of Wang Yangming, had three sentences: Everyone agrees, gentlemen disagree, and saints oppose. For example, when the teacher teaches Qian Gua, ordinary disciples will also talk about Qian Gua, but if you are a Dharma disciple, you should talk about Kun Gua

.The teacher talks about the Kun hexagram, and you should talk about the Tun hexagram next.Doing is rebellion, Kun is success, and Tun is a newborn.so, theory Only then can there be development and leap forward.Every chapter of history is born in the way of heaven and accomplished in human affairs.Zen Master Nanquan Talking about the Way of Heaven , can not distinguish between right and wrong, but Zhaozhou's response to personnel is to talk about right and wrong. However, it does not follow Zen Master Nanquan, nor does it follow disciple Zhaozhou.Not according to the will of God, not according to human affairs.and

It stands between God's will and human affairs.Standing between God's will and human affairs, that cat can be beheaded or not be beheaded. , this is what has been saved.Zen Master Nanquan said, "If the son is there, the cat will be saved." This is exactly the word It just happened to be saved, but it was almost impossible to be saved.This is the case in the occasion of providence and human affairs in history.Xiang Yu broke Xianyang, Nei Huang also wanted to be slaughtered, all because of Nei Huang's children's words.When Cao Cao challenged Tao Qian, he would also slaughter Xuzhou

, Tai Shici and Liu Bei saved it and escaped.They are all just saved, almost impossible to save.what is zen Everywhere, people are taught to realize this exact moment. To understand this koan, the key lies in Zen Master Xuedou's ode: Gonganyuan came to ask Ren Xianyou in Chang'an City, Zhaozhou Straw sandals on the head, no one knows, even if I return to my home mountain, I will rest The adult took the child out, but he suddenly started arguing that he wanted to go home, and the adult had nothing to do with him.he wants to go home , because I want to see kittens. The tabby cat at home gave birth to kittens three days ago.It's a pity that the cat in Nanquan Temple has been killed

Beheaded by the Zen master.The Zen master also cut it well, and his disciple Zhaozhou also did it well.These two teachers and disciples, no one It's right and wrong, because it's really a bosom friend.