Chapter 9 sixteen, seventeen

sixteen Flow board pass book Major General Danbo and Kang Lai often went to pay homage to Sansuo Quanxian when they entered Taoism, and sometimes kept vigil there.Once, the two sang all night during the vigil. At dawn, Kang Lai entered the Tao and fell asleep. Beat the drums and sing in unison: Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, compassion surpasses all Buddhas; The vegetation seems to be withered, blooming and bearing fruit. After singing it three times, it disappeared.After waking up from the dream, Kang Lai felt very strange and said, "I think this may be the manifestation of the dragon god. Among the three powers, there is one called Jiegong Quanxian, who was originally Avalokitesvara. The dragon god is Avalokitesvara. It seems that our prayers have been accepted, which is gratifying.” There was another vigil, and in a hazy dream, I saw the wind blowing from the sea. , Blowing two leaves onto their skirts.I picked it up and saw that it was a bamboo cypress [2] leaves from Kumano.In those two leaves were worm-gnawed cavities, and those cavities revealed a song, the song said:

After praying a thousand times, God blesses and returns to Kyoto. Kang Lai was eager to miss his homeland when he entered Taoism, so he came up with a way to make a thousand pagodas [3], engraved with the first [4] of the twenty-seven letters in Sanskrit, year number, month and day, official title, Common name and real name, plus two songs: Sincerely trust the sea wind, send me a message: Son in Satsuma Bay, stubborn as usual. The wanderer parted for a while, eagerly thinking about his hometown; Chasing ministers in secluded places, what a sad mood. Kang Lai took these board pagodas to the seashore, looked into the sky and wished: "The believer Kang Lai worships devoutly. Brahma Insa, the Four Heavenly Kings, the God of Firmness, everyone who guards the Great Myojin, especially Kumano Quangen and Itsukushima Daimyo, please Take at least one pagoda to the capital!" So he floated the pagoda on the sea while the white waves were retreating.From then on, every time it is made into a plate tower, it will be floated into the sea, so that the number will be very considerable over time.Perhaps his sincerity turned into a favorable wind, or the god Buddha sent him there. Among the thousands of pagodas, one actually floated to the sea in front of the Great Myoshin of Itsukushima in Aki.

At that time, a monk who had some relationship with Kang Lai thought that if there was a suitable boat, he could go to that island to inquire about him, so he came to Xiguo, and first came to Yandao.There I saw a man who looked like a priest but dressed in plain clothes, and I chatted with him: "Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, like light and dust, have done many things to benefit the world, but why do the gods here have a special affinity with fish in the sea? "The priest replied: "That's because the third princess of Suoluo Dragon King [5], Taizang Realm [6] Great Sun Tathagata has left her footprints." All kinds of anecdotes and strange things are really too numerous to list.These miraculous stories do have some origins.Up to now, the eight ying temples are still row upon row, lined up on the coast, and the color changes with the fluctuation of sea water.When the tide is high, the tall archway and the vermilion jade wall are like glass; when the tide is low, even in summer nights, the white sand in front of the gods looks like frost, which makes them even more precious.The monk read the scriptures and practiced the Dharma here.One day, when the sun was setting and the jade rabbit was rising to the east, the tide was rising. Among the many seaweeds floating on the shore, there was a board tower caught in it.He accidentally took a look, and saw the words "my son is in Samo Bay, as stubborn as ever" on it.The characters are carved, and they have not been washed away by the waves, but they are still legible.The monk thought in his heart: "What a strange thing." He put it into the sutra box on his back and returned to the capital.At that time, Kang Lai's old mother, Ni Gong, and his wife were living in seclusion in a place called Ziye in the north of the capital, so they took it to show them.They all lamented: "This pagoda does not drift towards Tang Tu, but why does it drift here? Now people miss it even more." The pagoda was passed to the Emperor, who looked at it and said, "Oh, how pitiful! ! From this point of view, these people are still alive!" He said and shed tears.Later, it was shown to Minister Komatsunai, who then passed it on to the Taoist Xiangguo.Once upon a time, Kakimoto Maro [7] saw the boat covered by the shadow of the island and sang about it, Yamabe Akato [8] saw the crane beside the reed and wrote it, and Sumiyoshi Myojin [9] sang "The Inclined Roof", Miwa Myojin [10] sings "Firwood Chamon".In the past, Su Zong Mingzun [11] began to compose the thirty-one-character waka. Since then, many gods and Buddhas have compose this kind of waka to express their thousands of thoughts.Entrance to the Taoist country is not grass and trees. After reading Kang Lai's song, I felt a sense of compassion.

-------------------------- [1] Avalokitesvara has 28 dependents, Dragon God is one of them. 【2】Bamboo cypress is regarded as a sacred tree in the Kumano area. [3] The original text is Zudupo, here it refers to the wooden board, the top is light and round in the shape of a tower, and there are four notches on both sides to symbolize the five floors. [4] The first of the twenty-seven letters in Sanskrit is considered sacred, so it is written on the board tower. [5] Suoluo Dragon King is one of the eight great dragon kings, and Suoluo means Aral Sea. [6] Taizang Realm and Vajra Realm are the two major methods of Shingon Sect.Taizang shows that the compassionate side of Dainichi Tathagata includes everything; King Kong is said to be perfect in wisdom and virtue and can destroy troubles.

[7] The court singer of the Nara period in Japan, whose songs can be seen in "Manyoshu". 【8】The court singer of the Nara period in Japan, whose songs can be seen in "Manyoshu". [9] Sumiyoshi Myoshin is the shrine located in Sumiyoshi Town, Sumiyoshi District, Osaka City. The song "Tilting Roof" is attributed to Sumiyoshi Myojin, and it is included in the nineteenth volume of "New Kokin Waka Collection". 【10】It is the Omonoshu God worshiped at the shrine located in Miwa Mountain, Omiwa Town, Isogi-gun, Nara Prefecture. The song "Shanmu Chaimon" is said to have been composed by Miwa Myojin, and it is contained in the eighteenth volume of "Anthology of Ancient and Modern Waka".

[11] Suzuo Mingzun is the life of Susanoo in "Ancient Matters", he is the brother of Amaterasu, who was expelled from Gao Tianyuan, descended to the ground, killed Yamata no Orochi, and built a palace in Izumo. Married to Inada Hime. -------------------------- seventeen Su Wu After seeing Kang Lai's song carved on the pagoda, Xiangguo felt pity in his heart, so everyone in the capital, whether men, women, old or young, all told the story of the song written by the exiled man on Guijie Island, saying that he made a thousand yuan The plate tower must be very small. It is really a miracle that it was able to drift from Satsuma Bay to the capital.Presumably, it has such an effect because it is very sincere.

During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu attacked the Xiongnu. At the beginning, he appointed Li Shaoqing as the general and led 300,000 horses to go. However, because the Han army was weak and the Huns were strong, the entire army was wiped out, and the general Li Shaoqing was captured alive.Later, he appointed Su Wu as the general and led 500,000 people to conquer, but the army was defeated again, and more than 6,000 people were captured alive by the Xiongnu.The Xiongnu king picked out more than 630 people including Su Wu, cut off one foot each, and drove them back.Many people died at that time, and the rest died soon after. Only Su Wu survived and became a one-legged man.He collected celery in spring, picked up the fallen ears in the fields in autumn, and sometimes went to the mountains to pick up the fruits that fell from the trees, barely sustaining his life.The geese in the field were familiar with Su Wu and were not afraid of him.Seeing this scene, Su Wu thought that these swan geese would come and go to my hometown every year, so he couldn't help feeling homesick, so he wrote a letter to the swan geese and said, "Please take this letter to the King of Han!" Let it fly away on the wings of a goose.In autumn, swan geese flew from the north to the capital. Emperor Zhaodi of the Han Dynasty [1] was having fun in Shanglin Garden.One of them fell down, pecked open the letter tied to its wings with its beak, and fell to the ground.The attendant took the letter and presented it to Emperor Han, who opened it and saw that it read: "I was locked in a cave in the past, after three years of lamentation, today I was thrown into the wilderness again, and became a one-legged man in Hudi. Even if the corpse is thrown in the wild, the soul will return to the king's side." Since then, the letter has been called Yan Shu, or Yan Zha.After reading it, the king of Han said: "Oh, what a pity, this is Su Wu's handwriting, he is still alive!" So he ordered General Li Guang[2] to lead a million troops to conquer the Xiongnu again. This time the Han army was strong, and finally defeated the Huns.When Su Wu heard that his country had won, he crawled out of the wilderness and said, "I am the former Su Wu!" He had one foot cut off and lived in Hudi for nineteen years. home.Su Wu was only 16 years old when he first arrived in Hudi. For 19 years, he had kept the flag given to him by the Han emperor on his body, and now he took it out and presented it to the Han emperor.Because Su Wu was extremely loyal to the king, the Emperor of Han bestowed on him many cities, and it is said that he also appointed him to serve as a vassal state.

Li Shaoqing stayed in Hudi, no matter how much he asked to return to the Han Dynasty, King Hu always refused to allow it, and there was nothing he could do.The king of Han didn't know this situation, and thought he was not loyal to the king, so he dug up the corpses of his deceased parents, insulted him with whips, and punished his other relatives as well.Li Shaoqing was extremely resentful when he heard the news, but still missed his hometown very much, so he wrote a letter to the king of Han to express his loyalty to the king.The king of Han looked at it and said: "It seems that he is sympathetic." He regretted digging up his parents' corpses and whipping them very much.

In the Han Dynasty, Suwu entrusted swan geese to send letters to his hometown, while Kanglai in this dynasty entrusted sea waves to convey waka to his hometown; At this time, it is the decline of the last days.Hu State and Guijie Island are as far apart as heaven and earth, and the times are very different, but their situations are quite similar, and their feelings and thoughts are very precious. -------------------------- [1] Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty was the son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. 【2】Li Guang is Li Ling's grandfather. What is mentioned here is a legend that has been passed down in Japan, which is not quite consistent with historical facts.