We are all familiar with Jigong. Whether it is the TV series played by Teacher You Benchang or the movies played by Stephen Chow, we have left a deep impression on us. In our impression, Li Xiuyuan abandoned his wife and became a monk at Lingyin Temple. His Dharma name was Daoji,

Jigong . Whether it is the TV series played by teacher You Benchang or the movie played by Star Master , we have left a deep impression on us. In our impression, Li Xiuyuan abandoned his wife and became a monk in Lingyin Temple. Dharma No. Daoji , also known as Jidian monk . Later generations called it " Living Buddha Jigong ". However, in fact, Jigong's place of monks was not the famous Lingyin Temple, but the Guoqing Temple located in Taizhou .

I often wonder, how can a person who sacrifices his family and abandons his wife become a living Buddha in people's hearts and be praised by later generations? Is this the "sacrifice of the small family and full of everyone" in Buddhism? I didn't understand it very much, until I saw Jigong's description that he did not give up his family and his wife, but just processed literary works; he also had no magic power, relying on extensive knowledge, superb medical skills, eloquent eloquence and chivalrous heart.

Li Xiuyuan The Li family where Li Xiuyuan became a famous family in the Song Dynasty. His father Li Maochun was also an upright official and later resigned and retired. Li Maochun and his wife Wang were kind and generous, but they still had no children for many years, so they went to Guoqing Temple to worship Buddha and pray for a child. Finally, they got a son, so they named it "Xihou".

Li Xiuyuan has been studying in Ruixia Cave in Chicheng Mountain since he was a child, and has studied Confucian and Buddhist knowledge. Unfortunately, his parents unfortunately passed away soon, and Li Xiuyuan, who was helpless, entered Buddhism and studied the Dharma under the sect of Master Huiyuan, a high-ranking monk in Guoqing Temple, and learned the Dharma name Daoji.

Later, Daoji started to travel and came to Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou to live. He inherited his father's willingness to help others and often help others to the best of his ability. He is proficient in medical skills, curing diseases and saving lives, and at the same time he likes to stand up for injustice. He helps the poor, eliminates violence and safeguards the good, and punishes evil. In addition, his broken hat, fan, broken shoes, dirty and patched clothes, his seemingly crazy image left a unique and beautiful impression in people's minds and is respected as a living Buddha.