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Everyone's impression of Buddhism is that they strictly abide by the rules and precepts and do not eat meat or fish.
But there is a unique female nun in Japan. She turns a blind eye to the asceticism in Buddhism. She eats meat three meals a day and drinks wine every now and then. She once said frankly: "If I don't eat meat for a meal, I will lose energy."
She has no taboos when it comes to "sex", one of the most taboo topics in Buddhism. Not only did he have affairs with multiple men, he also wrote his life experiences into literary works to "encourage" readers to cheat.
She said bluntly: "If you only stick to one person for your whole life, you will get tired of it after a long time. Cheating is the most wonderful way of love, so it doesn't matter how many men you have."
However, such a deviant A nun, she said "I'm sorry to China" in her later years.
Who is she? What is her bond with China?
Well-known novelist became a nun
In November 1973, something happened in Japan that shocked the entire literary world - the well-known novelist Setouchi Harumi became a nun and became a Buddhist monk.
Setouchi Harumi is a controversial pioneering woman in the Japanese literary world. On the one hand, her works have a strong female consciousness and are widely sought after by young Japanese women. On the other hand, Harumi’s writing style is bold and her articles contain a lot of explicit descriptions. Therefore, Criticized by traditionalists.
In 1956, Setouchi Harumi published her debut novel "Painful Boots", and in the same year she published the novel "Women's University Student, Qu Ailing".
The latter won the Trendy Fanzine Award for her bold subject matter and delicate writing style, and she was able to enter the novel world. After
tasted the benefits, Qingmei's creations became more bold.
Harumi’s new novel "Flower Core" was published in 1957. This novel tells the story of a heroine who cheats on her husband and pursues love. The depiction of human nature is particularly profound.
However, there were too many explicit descriptions in the article, which was unacceptable to many writers in the Japanese literary world at the time. As a result, Harumi was banned and for a time she could only make a living by submitting articles to magazines.
Some people accused her of instigating female readers to cheat. Not only did she not refute, she also said: "The beauty of love lies in having an affair."
Qingmei did not succumb to worldly vision, but worked harder to create. As a writer, she wants to use better works to make people who looked down on her at first bow their heads.
She used her own experience as material to create, and finally wrote the sensational novel "Summer's End (Summer's End)" in 1963.
Setouchi Harumi won the Women's Literature Award, officially establishing her status in the Japanese literary world.
With this work, Harumi became a famous best-selling author in Japan. For a long time after that, she maintained the output of 2-3 novels per year and made a lot of money.
In 1973, Setouchi Harumi's career reached a new peak, and there was still room for further improvement. However, she wiped out her career and switched to Buddhism, which puzzled many people.
Because of her rich previous experience, Setouchi Harumi encountered obstacles everywhere after becoming a monk. The abbots refused to let her enter the temple. She visited various temples in Japan, and fortunately, Monk Imatoko of Tendai Sect Chusonji Temple accepted her.
On November 14, 1973, Setouchi Harumi was ordained as a nun in the main hall of Chusonji Temple of the Tendai Sect and escaped into Buddhism. Today, Monk Dongguang personally gave her a Dharma name - "Silent Listening", as the Buddha said, "When the clouds leave, you are silent and listen to the Sanskrit sounds."
Normally, when you become a monk, you have to cut off desires so that the six sense organs can be purified, but this is not the case with Ji Ting. She eats meat, drinks alcohol, sings karaoke, and goes shopping, as if she has no taboos, just like when she was not a monk.
No matter what the occasion, Ji Ting always eats meat generously. Sukiyaki and barbecue are her favorites.Someone once asked her how a monk could eat meat.
Jiting replied: "As long as I take off my cassock when eating meat, I will still be a layman. It is not an insult to the Buddha. I am a monk only when I put on my cassock." Planting wine and meat through the intestines is the meaning left in the heart of the Buddha.
Regarding "sexual matters" which are the most taboo among Buddhists, Ji Ting is even more astoundingly bold. She has admitted more than once that "she is a lustful woman" and even in her octogenarian years, she still considers herself a "lecherous nun".
There was a food show that invited Ji Ting to be a guest. The male host teased her that she was already over 90 years old, could she still eat barbecue? Instead, Ji Ting "teased" the host, saying, "This barbecue is as tender as a young man," making the host blush.
With the exposure of Ji Ting and his unique monk life, a question has arisen in the minds of the world: Why is a monk so open-minded?
Having an affair during marriage and eloping for love
is actually related to Ji Ting’s early experience. When she was Setouchi Harumi, she was a “romantic” woman.
In 1922, Setouchi Harumi was born in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. Both parents were traditional-minded people, and they did not expect that their daughter would become deviant.
In 1941, under the arrangement of her father, Harumi married musical instrument teacher Jun Sano. She didn't agree with this marriage, but she couldn't resist her parents' orders to find a matchmaker. After marriage, she was not satisfied with life.
Jun Sano is an excellent scholar in classical music , but he is not a good husband. He focused his whole heart on academic research and neglected his family. He rarely spent time with Qingmei and his daughter. In 1946, Jun Sano left his wife and daughter in Tokushima and went to Tokyo to work alone.
Young Setouchi Harumi often stays alone in her boudoir, complaining in her heart that her husband is "unreliable". At this time, a man appeared in her life.
Not long after Jun Sano left home, a young man knocked on the door of his home one day. The other party's name was Kinoshita Otohiko, who claimed to be Sano Jun's student and came specifically to visit the teacher. Although her husband was not at home, Harumi received him out of courtesy.
Completely different from his rigid husband, Kinoshita Otohiko is full of vitality, and the male hormones in his body that are unique to teenagers are always stimulating Setouchi Harumi. She developed feelings for Kinoshita Otohiko.
While Harumi has a crush on Kinoshita Otohiko, the latter also falls in love with her at first sight. Harumi, 24 years old at the time, has a sweet appearance, a gentle temperament, and exudes the charm of a mature woman. She is the kind of woman every Japanese man dreams of.
Every time Harumi brings Kinoshita some tea, Kinoshita Otohiko will carefully peek at his wife. That day, the two chatted for a long time. He was surprised to find that Qingmei was actually a very literary woman. She was a top student at Tokyo Women's University, and he couldn't help but appreciate her a little more.
But the other party is the wife of a teacher. In Japan, where the concept of "Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Virtues" is prevalent, even if Kinoshita likes Harumi, he would not dare to do anything that exceeds the bottom line.
Since Qingmei was studying at a time when Western culture was introduced to Japan, she was exposed to many ideas in school that were completely different from those of ethics and Three Obediences and Four Virtues. So compared to the conservative Kinoshita, she is more bold.
She took the initiative to confess her love to Kinoshita, who was 5 years younger than herself, and the two quickly got together and became shady "lovers".
In an accident, their extramarital affair was interrupted by Sano Jun. No man can accept being cuckolded. She was beaten severely and her husband warned her to cut off contact with Kinoshita and not allow them to meet again.
Harumi had already been dazzled by love. She went to Kyoto with Kinoshita while her husband was not at home, regardless of the children and family.
Elopement is certainly a "romantic" thing, but abandoning family and children to elope is shameful and irresponsible.
Qingmei’s explanation for this is: “If there was no affair, many literary masterpieces in this world would not exist. Love is involuntary, just like lightning, it is struck before you can recover.No one cheats because they want to cheat. There is no way to fall in love with someone. "
Harumi thought she had found true love, so she abandoned her children and family. Unexpectedly, Kinoshita was only attracted to her for a moment, and she became an object abandoned by others.
In Kyoto, a city with many temptations, Kinoshita's novelty quickly faded. , fell in love with another woman, and separated from Qingmei without hesitation.
Intervening in other people's marriages
However, Qingmei was a woman who was unwilling to be lonely. After leaving Kinoshita, she met many men and maintained physical relationships with them, the most famous one. A man named Kosugi Jinjiro changed her life.
At that time, Setouchi Harumi was in poverty and could only make a living by writing. Kosugi Jinjiro was also a writer, and his master was the great writer Ozaki Kazuo. His works were rarely recognized, which made him depressed, and he often went to izakaya to drink.
One day, Qingmei saw Kosugi sitting in the corner, and she couldn't help herself. Kosugi Renjiro was 11 years older than her, and he had a problem. Family, but she didn't care.
She pursued the other party crazily, saying that "she didn't need a status, she just wanted to be with him."
Kosugi Renjiro was deeply moved by Qingmei, and he split his time in half and used half of it. He spent half of his time with his family and Qingmei. In this way, the two of them had an extramarital affair for eight years. During this period, the two of them went to hot springs together, went shopping together, and wrote together. Qingmei matured a lot.
Under his guidance, Qingmei gradually grew into a mature writer, and works such as "Flower Heart" and "Summer's End" were written during this period. When Setouchi Harumi's career was on the rise, Kinoshita Otohiko, who abandoned her 14 years ago, came back.
After Kinoshita was dumped by another woman, he was desperate and happened to see a promotional poster for "The End of Summer" on the street. He immediately made a small calculation.
He shamelessly approached Qingmei and apologized to her with tears in his eyes, saying that he knew he was wrong and would never abandon her again.
"Those who have abandoned you before will definitely do so. "Abandon you again", this is a very simple truth, but Qingmei doesn't understand this.
Looking at her ex-boyfriend whom she hadn't seen for more than ten years, all the good experiences in the past came to her heart one by one, and she softened.
Although Qingmei was at that time She has not broken up with Xiaoshan, but their relationship is already quite fragile. She has always been Xiaoshan's "spare tire". Xiaoshan will always go home to be with his wife and children during holidays. When his family is sick, he always leaves Qingmei first. Time to go home.
At first, Qingmei could bear it, but over time, she saw no hope, and her attitude towards this relationship changed with each disappointment.
Therefore, Kinoshita came to see Harumi again. She decisively separated from Xiaoshan and returned to the arms of her ex-boyfriend. She devoted herself to writing to support the two of them, and handed over the royalties to Kinoshita.
Unexpectedly, Kinoshita secretly invested the money in his own company. Relying on Harumi's hard-earned royalties, his career became prosperous.
It’s easy to change one’s nature but hard to change. Kinoshita secretly makes love with the company’s young and beautiful female employees. When he handed the wedding invitation to Harumi, she realized that she had been betrayed again. Before
, every time she lost a loved one, she would suffer for a period of time, but she would soon get over the pain. After all, since she eloped with Kinoshita Otohiko, she has had relationships with no less than double digits of men. If she was in agony every time, she would have died countless times.
Qingmei is essentially a woman who is loyal to love, rather than loyal to a certain lover.
As for those men who don't like her, she knows that they are not sweet, so it is better to let them go. To use a popular Internet slang, it is "bye bye, the next one will be better".
But this time Kinoshita Otohiko's betrayal made Setouchi Harumi despair and suddenly felt that everything became very meaningless. She realizes that money and love are just external things that can only increase her troubles.
After seeing through the world of mortals, she began to seek inner peace, and finally chose to become a monk.
Ji Ting faced many doubts about her "irresponsible" behavior after becoming a monk, but she faced it calmly. There was only one incident that made her regret for many years.
When she eloped with Kinoshita Otohiko, she abandoned her daughter who had just turned three years old, and her daughter hated her for decades.
Until she became a nun, her daughter did not forgive her cruel mother. She turned this regret into motivation to do good, hoping to use it to make up for her mistakes.
Ji Ting built a Buddhist temple called "Ji'an" in the Tiantai Sect, and held Dharma meetings every day for more than ten years to provide guidance to believers.
Unlike other eminent monks who like to preach Buddhism, she rarely talks about Buddhism in Dharma meetings. Most of the time she talks about her life experience and ways of dealing with the world.
Some believers said that they are often slandered, but Ji Ting encourages others. This is a good thing, which means that she is already so good that she is hated by others. Some believers said that her goals are always too big, and Ji Ting told her that only by having goals can she make progress. You have to do something even if it costs your life.
It is said that there was once a believer who gave up his suicidal thoughts because of Ji Ting's words and later lived a good life. Perhaps, this is the purpose of Jiting’s Dharma conference.
Entanglement with China
In addition to practicing Buddhism and participating in social activities, Jing Ting has never forgotten that he is an author.
In 1992, Jiting released a new work "Ask the Flower (花に文え)" after 30 years, and won one of the most important awards in the Japanese novel industry - the Tanizaki Junichiro Award.
She also spent ten years translating the famous Japanese classical novel "The Tale of Genji" into vernacular and published it. As a result, she received the National Cultural Medal personally awarded by the Emperor of Japan. The reason why
Jiting translated this novel into vernacular is because she has a deep connection with China.
In 1943, Jun Sano was assigned to teach at the old Fu Jen University (now Beijing Normal University) and Peking University. Jiting, who was pregnant at the time, came to live in China with her husband.
Here, Jiting met many friends including Mr. Ba Jin . But she also witnessed with her own eyes the Japanese army robbed Chinese people of their property, brutally massacred Chinese people, and wantonly violated defenseless women.
They burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil. The atrocities committed by the Japanese had a huge impact on her.
Jiting's father runs a Buddhist supplies store. She has been influenced by Buddhist ideas since she was a child. Her heart is full of kindness and she cannot accept what the Japanese are doing in China.
As a woman, she sympathizes with the plight of Chinese women, but is unable to save them, let alone change the current situation.
In August 1945, Japan was defeated, and Ji Ting was extremely frightened. She was worried that the Chinese people, who had been oppressed by the Japanese army for a long time, would retaliate against her in the same way, or even kill her. She and her daughter hid at home all day, afraid to go out.
The child is hungry and must find something to fill her stomach. Ji Ting walked out of the house tremblingly, only to find that her neighbors seemed to not know she was Japanese and greeted her enthusiastically without any hostility.
Japan has caused irreparable damage to China, but the Chinese people treat the Japanese so kindly that they even repay kindness with kindness. This made Ji Ting feel very guilty, guilty that she was Japanese.
Since then, she has developed a deep attachment to China and once regarded China as her second hometown.
Because of this attachment, Jiting came to China many times. Ba Jin once teased Ji Ting, saying that she had been to more places than many Chinese people.
In 2004, 81-year-old Ji Ting participated in the Sino-Korean-Japanese Buddhist Friendly Exchange Conference held in Beijing as the abbot of the Japanese Tiantai Sect.
Looking at the Chinese people in the audience, she finally said what she had hidden in her heart for many years: "I feel very ashamed of the war that Japan brought to the Chinese people."
As soon as these words came out, thunder suddenly sounded in the audience. like applause.
Since Japan's defeat, right-wingers have been trying every possible means to cover up war crimes. They tamper with textbooks and history, claiming that "the war of aggression against China did not exist, and there was no Nanjing Massacre" to brainwash the younger generation and deny this period of history.
Japanese Crime
Erji Ting, as an ordinary Japanese, dares to speak out against the injustice of the world, which is enough to shame many Japanese politicians.
Her behavior was praised by many people. Japanese right-wingers should learn from Shan Ting and face history squarely.
On November 9, 2021, 99-year-old Ji Ting died of illness in a hospital in Kyoto, Japan, completing a legendary life.
Postscript
Romain Rolland said: "A brave and straightforward soul can observe with his own eyes, love with his own heart, and judge with his own reason. Instead of being a shadow, he is a human being."
There is no doubt that Setouchi is such a person. She has spent decades interpreting what love is in her mind.
When I was young, the love I heard was a blazing love. For the sake of love, I would risk everything and break my head and bleed without any regrets. She eloped with Kinoshita Otohiko and became the mistress of Kogoro Jinjiro, just to pursue the love in her heart.
In her later years, Ji Ting's love was kindness and responsibility, and she gave love to all those who believed in her.
She enlightened believers at Dharma meetings, admonished girls on the Internet, got rid of her secretary when she was dying, and encouraged others through the "Wakakusa Project". She dared to stand in public and admit the Japanese crime of aggression. Did you miss anything in
? Of course she missed it, she did many unethical things for love, but she never regretted it from beginning to end, she just moved forward bravely.
Setouchi's life is full of controversy, but she is still a brave person who dares to be herself.
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