Chapter 4 seven, eight, nine

seven two generations of queens From ancient times to the present, the Genji and Heira families have assisted the imperial court together, and punished those who disobeyed the king and despised the imperial government, so there was no great chaos in the world.However, since the Baoyuan Rebellion [1] Yuan Weiyi was punished, and after the Heiji Rebellion Yuan Yi Dynasty subjugated the law, some of the descendants of Genji were exiled and some were dismissed. Up to now, only the Heira clan is very prosperous, and no one dares to against them.According to the situation, it seems that there will be no troubles in the future.However, since the death of Tobain[2], military confrontations have often occurred. Among them, officials were sentenced to death, dismissed from office, and suspended very frequently. The country was turbulent and the world was extremely unstable.Especially in Yongli and Yingbao [3] years, the emperor's close officials were often punished by the emperor, and the emperor's close officials were often punished by the emperor [4]. It's like walking on thin ice like facing an abyss.The emperor and the emperor are father and son, so there shouldn't be any fundamental conflicts, but accidents often happen unexpectedly. This is probably because the end of the world is near and people's hearts are sinister.The emperor often violated the will of the emperor, and one of the incidents was even more sensational and was criticized by the world.

The empress of the late Emperor Konoe, who was called the Empress Dowager at the time, was the daughter of Konoko, the right minister of the Oyaki Imperial Gate【5】.After the death of Emperor Konoe, he moved out of the imperial palace and lived in the mansion of Konoe Kawara.Because she was the late emperor's empress, she lived a secluded life. By the time of Yongli, she was twenty-two or three years old. Although she was past her prime, she still enjoyed the reputation of being the most beautiful woman in the world.Emperor Nijo [6] was lustful by nature, secretly asked people like Gao Lishi to search for beautiful women [7] outside, and even sent the love letter to the empress dowager.Of course the empress dowager ignored it, but the emperor made the matter public, and announced to the right minister's family: make Takako Fujiwara the empress, and immediately enter the palace.This is really an anecdote in the world, so the ministers held a meeting to discuss and expressed their opinions one after another. They agreed: "Check the precedents of other countries. China's Empress Zetian was originally the concubine of Tang Taizong and the concubine of Gaozong. After Taizong died, she was established as Gaozong. This precedent is extremely special. Since Emperor Jimmu, I have gone through more than 70 generations, and I have never established two generations of queens." The ministers all spoke in unison.The emperor was also quite disapproving, and tried to persuade the emperor, but the emperor said: "The emperor has no parents [8], and I can ascend to the throne of ten thousand by virtue of the precepts of the ten virtues [9]. Can't such a trivial matter be decided by myself?" He insisted on going his own way and set a date for entering the palace.The emperor couldn't do anything about it.

When the Empress Dowager heard the news, she washed her face with tears all day long, and sighed: "It would be better to turn into scallions in the wilderness together with the late emperor in the autumn of longevity, when the late emperor passed away [10]. You will encounter such a sad thing." Father You Minister comforted: "The book says that those who do not conform to the world are madmen. Now that the emperor's edict has come down, it is useless to say anything. If you can give birth to a prince, you will be old. I will be honored as my grandfather. This time entering the palace is really a gratifying auspicious sign, and this is your greatest filial piety to my father." The Empress Dowager did not answer.Later, it was reported that she wrote a song at this time:

When the bamboo knot is in trouble, how can it not sink; Bearing the name of injustice, eternal hatred is hard to obliterate. 【11】 I don't know why this song spread to the outside world. People say that the lyrics are sad and elegant. On the day of entering the palace, the ministers on the right and the accompanying ministers carefully prepared the ceremony for hiring the driver, but the empress dowager refused to board the car until after midnight, with the help of everyone. get in the car.After entering the palace, he lived in the Lijing Palace and devoted himself to persuading the emperor to be diligent in government affairs.In the Zichen Hall where the emperor lived, there are screens with portraits of sages and sages on display, such as Yi Yin, Fifth Lun, Yu Shinan, Taigongwang, Mr. Luli, Li Ji, Sima [12], as well as long hands, long feet and The screen of the horse-faced man.In the ghost room in the west of the hall, there is a picture of General Li [13] cutting ghosts.Owari Mori Ono Michikazu [14] wrote seven inscriptions for these sage screens.On the screen in the Qingliang Hall, there is a painting of the waning moon in the distant mountains by Jushi Jingang [15]. The late emperor mischievously blacked out the waning moon with a pen when he was young, and the blackened waning moon is still there today.The empress dowager read these, and missed the late emperor even more, and wrote a short song:

If she stays in this world, Mrs. Feng will enter the palace again; When the screen was there, the moonlight still melted. From this, one can imagine that the first emperor and the empress dowager were deeply affectionate, which is really a sad and elegant thing. -------------------------- 【1】Emperor Toba passed away in July of the first year of Baoyuan (1156), Emperor Chongde went to the funeral, was rejected, furious, and because of accumulated anger, called Yuan Weiyi, Ping Zhongzheng, etc. to make administrative changes.Empress Shirakawa summoned him as his adoptive son Yichao, but Zhongzheng's nephew Qingsheng refused.Emperor Chongde was defeated and moved to Sanuki, renamed Sanuki Temple, and died in 1164.For righteousness, loyalty and righteousness, it was known as the Baoyuan Rebellion in history.

【2】See Note 2, Section 3, Volume 1. [3] Yongli (1160) and Yingbao (1161-1162) are both the year names of Emperor Nijo.At that time, there was the emperor above the emperor, and the emperor also had the power to govern, which was called Yuanzheng. 【4】Emperor Goshirakawa and his son Emperor Nijo who had abdicated. [5] Refers to Takako Fujiwara, the older sister of Tokudaiji Shiding, and the adopted daughter of Left Minister Lai Chang. 【6】Emperor Nijo was the seventy-eighth emperor of Japan (reigned from 1158 to 1165), and his father, Emperor Goshirakawa, abdicated to him after three years in office.Before Emperor Goshirakawa was Emperor Konoe; Konoe was Goshirakawa's younger brother, who ascended the throne at the age of three and died at the age of seventeen.Emperor Konoe was the uncle of Emperor Nijo.In the first month of the first year of the Eijo era (1165), Emperor Nijo appointed Konoe Go Fujiwara Takako as empress.

[7] The borrowed story, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was lustful, and after Gao Lishi visited for him, he got Yang Guifei. 【8】According to China's "Northern History", there is a saying that "the son of heaven has no father", and Japanese classics can be found in volume 9 of "Zengjing"; 【9】In Buddhism, it is believed that the ten virtues are those who can abide by the ten precepts and not commit the ten evils.The ten evils are killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, double tongue, harsh speech, gossip, greed, hatred, and evil seeing. 【10】Emperor Konoe died in the second year of Kushou (1155).

【11】The homonym of "bamboo festival" and "time of sorrow" alludes to the sorrow of the late emperor's death. "Unjust name", the original text is "unprecedented reputation". [12] Thirty-two people are painted on the screen of the sages, all of whom are famous officials of all dynasties in China. [13] General Li is Li Guang when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. 【14】Ono Michikazu was a famous calligrapher in the Heian Dynasty. [15] Jushi Jingang was a painter in the Heian Dynasty. According to "Fusang Brief Records", he painted these paintings in Qingliangdian in the fourth year of Renhe (888).

-------------------------- Eight plaque dispute In the spring of Yongmannian (1165), it is said that the emperor was ill, and the illness became more and more serious in the summer. Therefore, the first prince born to Daisuke Daisuke [1] Iji Kanemori's daughter was just two years old. It is said that he was about to be established as a prince, but on June 25th, he hastily announced the decree to be established as a prince, and he was enthroned by Zen that night.Because it happened so suddenly, everyone in the world was in a panic.According to people familiar with the story, in Japan there were several emperors who ascended the throne in childhood. Emperor Qinghe[2] accepted the Zen throne of Emperor Wentoku at the age of nine. Grandfather Zhongrengong [3] assists the young master.This is the beginning of the Regency.Afterwards, Emperor Toba was five years old, and Emperor Konoe was three years old, and they both came to the throne at the age of 11. At that time, some people said that they were too young.The current emperor ascended the throne at the age of two, and there is no precedent.

On July 27 of the same year, Emperor Ertiao passed away at the age of twenty-three, as if a budding flower withered.All the concubines in the jade curtain brocade tent wept.On that night, the emperor was buried in the northeast of Koryuji Temple. The mausoleum was in the depths of Liantaiye, a place called Funaoka Mountain.During the funeral, the monks of Yanli Temple and Xingfu Temple [4] had a dispute over the matter of erecting a plaque, and finally broke out.Originally, when the emperor passed away and was sent to the cemetery, according to the regulations, all the monks from the temples in Nara and Kyoto would go together, and the plaques of the temple would be erected around the mausoleum.First, the plaque of Todaiji Temple was erected, because Todaiji Temple was built by Emperor Shomu, there is no objection to this.The second is to erect the plaque of Xingfu Temple, which was built with the wish of Lord Danhai [5].Then the Kyoto side erected the plaque of Enryaku-ji Temple, opposite to the plaque of Kofuku-ji Temple.Then there is the plaque of Shuenjo Temple [6], which was created by Emperor Tenmu's wish and created by Master Chisei.But this time, the monks at the mountain gate [7], for some unknown purpose, violated the precedent and erected the plaque of Enryakuji Temple behind Todaiji Temple and in front of Kofukuji Temple.So the monks in Nara discussed various ways to deal with it. There are two monks famous for their bravery in Xijintang [8] of Kofuku Temple, named Guanyinfang and Shizhifang.Guanyinfang was wearing a black waist armor, holding the white wooden handle of the long knife close to the knife [9]; Shi Zhifang was wearing a light yellow waist armor, holding a black lacquered sword in his hand. The plaque of Yanli Temple was chopped down and smashed, and at the same time sang loudly:

The stream sings with joy, the waterfall roars, The sun rises in the east, still the same. After finishing all this, I walked back to the monks in Nara. -------------------------- [1] That is, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Tibet, and the chief is called Qing. 【2】Emperor Seiwa is the fifty-sixth emperor of Japan (reigned from 585 to 875). [3] Zhongrengong is the posthumous title of Fujiwara Ryobo. [4] Enli Temple is located on Mount Hiei in Kyoto. It was built in the fourth year of Yanli and is the head temple of Tiantai Sect.Kofukuji Temple is located in Nara and is the head temple of Hosho Sect.At the end of the Heian Dynasty, these two temples were very powerful politically, and both had monks and soldiers, so they were called Nandu (Xingfu Temple) and Beiling (Yanli Temple).Nandu originally referred to Nara. [5] Dan Haigong is the posthumous title of Fujiwara Bubi, one of the founders of the Fujiwara family.He was born in the seventh century, the son of Okori Fujiwara Kamazu and the father of Empress Guangming. [6] Yuancheng Temple, also known as Mijing Temple, referred to as Temple Gate. 【7】Shanmen is the abbreviation of Yanli Temple. [8] Jintang refers to the Buddhist hall where the deity is enshrined. [9] The long sword is suitable for long-distance combat, not close attack.Here it is said to be held close to the knife, which means that it is ready to chop. -------------------------- Nine Burning Kiyomizu Temple The monks of Enli Temple could have resisted the actions of Xingfu Temple, but they did not do so, but did not say a word, as if they had deeper plans.The emperor has only been away for a few days, and even those ruthless plants have sad faces. It is really outrageous to be messing around like this now, so both the high-ranking officials and the lowly husbands are worried and dispersed.Around noon on the 29th of the same month [1], the monks from Yanli Temple descended the mountain in large numbers and marched towards the capital.The samurai and Jian Feiwei ran towards Nishi Sakamoto, intending to stop them, but the monks ignored them, broke through the defense line, and entered the capital.At that time, rumors spread from nowhere that Emperor Hou Baihe ordered the monks of Yanli Temple to attack the Ping clan.So all the guards gathered in the palace to guard the gates on all sides; all the Ping family gathered in Liupoluo.Emperor Hou Baihe also hurriedly visited Liupoluo.At this time, Qingsheng Gongren Da Nayan was also very frightened.But Mr. Xiaosong [2] said: "How can such a thing happen?" He tried his best to persuade everyone to calm down.Still, people are deeply disturbed and very concerned.However, those monks did not come to Liupoluo, but rushed to Qingshui Temple, which had nothing to do with the Heike family, and burned all the Buddhist temples and monks there.It is said that it was to wash away the shame of the last funeral night, because Kiyomizu Temple is a temple attached to Kofuku Temple.On the morning of the second day after Kiyomizu Temple was burned, a sign was erected in front of the gate, which read: "When you read the power of Guanyin, the fire pit will become a pool. Let's see!" Another day later, another wooden sign was erected, It says: "It's unbelievable to go through calamities, beyond the reach of manpower."【3】 After the monks of Enli Temple returned to the mountain, Emperor Goshirakawa also left Liupoluo and returned to the palace.There was only Chong Shengqing accompanying him, and Duke Qing Sheng did not go because he was wary.After Zhong Shengqing sent his driver back, Duke Qingsheng said to him: "The emperor came to my house, which is very frightening. Presumably the emperor has revealed this meaning on weekdays, so there are such rumors among the people. You should also be careful, don't be too careless "Chong Shengqing said: "From the attitude and words of the emperor, he never expressed this meaning. It is very detrimental to us to make people feel this way. At this time, we must not violate the will of the emperor and treat others Take care of me more, so that I can definitely get the protection of the gods and Buddhas. In this way, my father doesn't have to worry about it." After finishing speaking, he left.Duke Qingsheng said: "Chongsheng is too inconsiderate!" After the emperor Hou Baihe returned to the palace, all the officials who were close to him on weekdays came to greet him.The emperor said: "I don't know who spread such rumors, but I never thought of it." There was a very powerful man in the upper palace, called Master Xiguang[4], who stepped forward and said, "As the saying goes: Heaven has no mouth, Ask someone to speak for you. Mrs. Ping is too domineering and domineering, this is a warning from heaven." After hearing this, others said: "You can't talk nonsense. Be careful that walls have ears, terrible, terrible!" -------------------------- 【1】According to "Bai Lian Chao", this incident happened on August 9th, Yongwan Year.Here ten days in advance, is to make the story compact. 【2】The eldest son of Kiyomori, Shigemori, was called this because he lived in Komatsu Valley, Higashiyama, Kyoto. [3] These two places use the verses in the "Miaofa Lotus Sutra" as questions and answers. "Unbelievable through calamity" means that Guanyin's aid to the world belongs to eternity, and God's changes are infinite, which extraordinary people can understand. 【4】Xiguang is the dharma name of Fujiwara Shiguang after he became a monk.