Book from the past: Qizhou monk-shaped fish
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It is said that during the Tang Dynasty in China, there was a slope pond in Qizhou that covered a million hectares.
In Wanqingbei, fish and turtles, etc. aquarium all living beings are omnipresent.
During the Tang Gaozong Li Zhi Xianheng, suddenly a monk begged for alms near Wanqingpi. An elder living in a village near Wanqingpi used vegetables as a support. Give to the monk, the monk left after eating.
Later in the day, a fisherman caught a fish with a fishing net.
This fish is six or seven feet long. The scales are like being carved with a knife and connected in series with silk threads. The pattern on the body is like a splendid embroidery and colorful, completely different from ordinary fish.
The fisherman wanted to dedicate this fish to the state official in exchange for a bounty.
When the fisherman took the fish to the village, the fish died, and everyone in the village cut the fish into pieces with knives.
In the belly of the fish, the people found vegetable meals provided by the village elders to the monks.
The vegetable meals offered to the monks by the elders are all in the belly of the fish.
So everyone in the village set up a fast for the fish by the waterside of Wanqingpi and held a ritual of transcendence.
Since then, there have been no aquatic creatures in Wanqingpi, and this is still the case when Zhang Zhuo, the author of the ruling and the wild, recorded this story.
Some people say that Qizhou in the story is roughly in Jinan City, Shandong Province, China today.
This story is from " Asanoya ".
"Morning and Wild Contributions" is a collection of notebooks and novels written by Zhang Zhuo.
Zhang Zhuo, word Wencheng, number 浮休子 ,Literati of Tang Dynasty in China.
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