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When life comes to an end, looking back at the past, it is always clearer to regret.
For those days, tears often appeared in his eyes.
Dinghui Zen Temple in late autumn is even more profound. In the silence, he heard someone ask: What is your life?
He called his disciples to help him get up, grind the ink and lift the pen, and wrote down four big words with the last little effort - The intersection of sadness and joy.
The beginning of modern Chinese drama begins with a wealthy young man, but the love drama begins with a famous actor in Yiliu Lane.
On October 23, 1880, the Li family in Tongda, Tianjin gave birth to a baby boy. When the youngest son was crying loudly, a magpies 4 flew into Li's house with pine branches. people said that this was auspicious gift from Buddha.
The old father Li Xiaolou was very happy and gave the name Li Wentao and his courtesy name was Shutong.
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He studied "The Four Books" at the age of 8, studied philology at the age of 9, read "Er Ya" at the age of 13, and was able to write poems at the age of 15-"Life life is like the sun in the West, and wealth and honor are finally like frost on the grass."
In a blink of an eye, Mr. Li San has become a handsome young man. When he first knew about love, he was obsessed with the actor in a Liyuan, named Yang Cuixi.
One is a passionate talent and the other is a beautiful woman. The two of them look at each other on stage and hold hands with a lantern on the stage.
It’s just that good things in the world don’t last long, and the colorful clouds are easy to disperse and the glass is crisp. It is always easy to meet each other by chance, but it is difficult to grow old with you. During the 100-day Reform, he agreed with Kang and Liang's proposition that "the boss of China cannot survive without reform" and once privately engraved the seal: "Kang Jun from Nanhai is my teacher." The reform failed. As a rebellious party in the eyes of the authorities, he was forced to avoid disaster in Shanghai and followed his mother's order to marry the daughter of a Tianjin tea merchant.
The beauty and famous actor Yang Cuixi was taken by the bureaucrats and presented a gift to Prince Yu Qing's son, and later married a businessman as a concubine. A miserable beauty and a depressed life.
missed the good fate, Shutong sent love and passion.
Shanghai Beach is full of wealth. He is a passionate prodigal son in Yan City. He has a close relationship with the song boy, the famous prostitutes Xie Qiuyun, Zhu Huibai, Li Pingxiang and others, and has been in constant romantic affairs.
However, the "Buddha gives auspiciousness" is ultimately different from other playboys and mediocre people who wander in the wine pond and meat forest. Geniuses have the fate of geniuses.
1905, Li Shutong, who suffered from the pain of losing his mother, saw the true meaning in impermanence. Determined to stop wasting my youth and wasting my life, I took a boat to travel to Japan alone and began my journey of studying.
Although the sound and color of the beach are invincible, they ultimately cannot defeat the infinite charm of art.
After coming to Tokyo Fine Arts School , Li Shutong specialized in oil painting and studied music while studying music. He founded "Chunliu Opera Club" with Zeng Xiaogu, Ouyang Yuqian, , Xie Hangbai and others who were studying in Japan.
Li Shutong loved art all his life, but he did not care about state affairs.
Shortly after the establishment of Chunliu Society, a flood occurred in northern Jiangsu. Li Shutong and Zeng Xiaogu held an emergency meeting overnight at the Qing Student Association at the time and decided to hold a "disaster relief amusement meeting" to raise funds.
Due to the urgent situation and the time hastily, Li Shutong had to go on stage in person, dressed as a woman and played Margaret.
This move is even today, it is also the pioneer among pioneers and modern among modern ones. After the performance of "The Girl of Camellia", the Japanese cultural circle was shocked. Some critics said: This is "the fire of new dramas was released in China" .
So, while this foul boy who walked out of his hometown in Tianjin left a graceful figure on the drama stage, he also deservedly became the number one person in Chinese drama.
In 1910, Li Shutong returned to China and served as the chief teacher of the pattern department of Tianjin Beiyang Higher Industrial College. The following year, he served as a music teacher at Shanghai Chengdong Women's School.
In 1912, he served as the literary and artistic editor of the Pacific Daily, and was in charge of supplements and advertisements. He also initiated the organization of the literary and aesthetic meeting with Liu Yazi and was editor-in-chief of the Wenmei Magazine. In October of the same year, the Pacific Daily ceased its publication and applied for a music and painting teacher at two-level normal schools in Zhejiang.
1915 served as the director of art in Nanjing Higher Normal University. In teaching, he advocated sketching, began to use nude models, and organized foreign painting research associations, Leshi Society, and Ning Society among students, advocating aesthetic education .
(Published in the magazine "Aesthetic Education" in 1920)
The versatile Li Shutong is proficient in various arts and has made great achievements in poetry, painting, drama, and seal carving.
Just as Feng Zikai evaluated his mentor - "It's like an all-round actor: Qi Laosheng looks like an old student, Qi Xiaosheng looks like a young student, and a big face is like a big face..."
Facing such an all-round talent, even Zhang Ailing , who has been cold and arrogant all his life, he admires it quite well - "Don't think I'm a proud person, I've never been, at least, outside the wall of the temple of Master Hongyi , I'm so humble."
Yes. The so-called "Master Hongyi" is Li Shutong.
Lu Xun commented on Jia Baoyu——"The fog of sadness is everywhere in Hualin, but the one who breathes and understands it is only Baoyu."
Once people understand that everything in the world is "all catches the wind and is all void", it is difficult to stay in the world.
On August 19, 1918, Li Shutong made another shocking move - he resigned from his teaching position and was ordained as a monk at Hupao Temple in Hangzhou, with the Dharma name Hongyi.
226 years later, Master Hongyi cut off the worldly exchanges and only ate one meal a day, walking alone.
Huang Yanpei In the article, he wrote about Mrs. Li Shutong's wife and a friend visiting him in the temple.
Three people came from afar and had a vegetarian meal with Shutong, who was already Master Hongyi. However, when the couple met again after a long separation, they were always speechless during the meal.
"The three people asked, and Shutong answered. At the end of the meal, Shutong never spoke automatically, nor did he look up at the three people. After the meal, Shutong said goodbye and returned to the temple, hired a small boat, and the three of them were sent to the side of the boat. Shutong got on the boat. The boat started, and Shutong never turned around. But he saw a slurry swing towards the center of the lake until the people and the boat buried the depths of the lake clouds, and saw nothing. Shutong was still disregarded in the end, and Shutong's wife returned crying. "
Before becoming a monk, Li Shutong left a letter to his wife: "I am not a heartless decision to make such a decision. For the more eternal and difficult Buddhist journey, I must let go of everything. I let go of you and the reputation and wealth accumulated in the world. These are passing clouds and are not worth nostalgic."
For the rest of his life, he ruthlessly said goodbye to his beloved wife, but he knew how to cherish the lives of ants.
He has let down the world, but he has never let down his Buddha heart.
Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the fragrant grass is connected to the sky. The evening breeze blows the willows and the sound of the flute is gone, and the sunset is outside the mountains.
The end of the day, the corner of the earth, the half of the friendship is scattered. A pot of turbid wine will be over again. I will leave my dreams cold tonight.
Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the fragrant grass is connected to the sky. I ask you when you will go back and don’t linger when you come.
The end of the day, the corner of the earth, the half of the friendship is scattered. Life is rarely a gathering, but there are many separations.
The most widely circulated work of Li Shutong is "Farewell". Pu Shu once choked up several times when singing this song. He said: "If you can write such a song in this life, you will die without regrets."
However, Li Shutong, who wrote this poem, said to his disciples around him on his deathbed: "When you were chanting for me, you saw tears in my eyes. This is not about loving the world or missing your loved ones, but about remembering my regrets in my life."
The first half of your life was meditating and being indulged in luxury. He said: "Don't scold, and play"; the morning bell and evening drums are in the morning, and the green lamps and ancient Buddhas are in the ancient life. He said: "Since there are few desires, they are quiet, and if they have a master, they are empty."
From the prosperity of the world to the point of becoming a monk, he had no choice but to be ordinary in this life of "extremely splendor, returning to ordinary things", both male and female, and had also comprehended Buddhism, both human and god.
However, even if you deserve the "legend", how can you be completely regretful? Whether it is
Shutong or Hongyi.
Intersecting sadness and joy—the word "life" should be like this.
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