During the Ming Dynasty, there was a Fuji Temple twenty miles south of Yongping Prefecture. It is said that this ancient temple has a history of hundreds of years. There are many monks in the temple and the incense is abundant. There are endless people coming to burn incense and

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2025-06-17

During the Ming Dynasty, there was a Fuji Temple twenty miles south of Yongping Prefecture. It is said that this ancient temple has a history of hundreds of years. There are many monks in the temple and the incense is abundant. There are endless people coming to burn incense and worship Buddha every day.

One morning, Monk Huijing walked out of the temple with a bucket and was about to go to the vegetable garden to water vegetables. From a distance, she saw a man in green lying in the vegetable field. Huijing was only thirteen or fourteen years old and was still young. He didn't dare to look closely, so he hurried back to the temple to report to the abbot.

The man was unkempt and unconscious. He looked about in his twenties. Several monks carried him into the clean room with all their might. Monk Huijing followed the instructions of the abbot and fed him a bowl of rice porridge. In about one stick of incense, the man in green gradually woke up.

He called himself Tang Zhonghe, and he was a member of Shunde Prefecture. Because of the flood in his hometown, he left his hometown and went out to flee. His eyes were filled with tears, and he told his misfortune. After hearing this, Monk Huijing felt empathy. Suddenly her nose felt sore and she couldn't help but shed two tears.

Tang Zhonghe saw that there was no one else in the house, and took the hand of Monk Huijing and said crying: "I'm going to hide it from it. I want to become a monk, but I don't know the temper of the abbot. I also ask the little master to give me some advice."

"Monks are compassionate. Master often teaches us to be kind people and cultivate a kind heart. If you really have difficulties, how can he not help? It’s just that whether you can stay or not is not up to the master to decide whether you can stay, but it depends entirely on yourself."

Tang Zhonghe was about to listen carefully, but Monk Huijing stopped at this point. "My little master, come and listen, what's going on?" Tang Zhonghe asked anxiously with dissatisfaction.

Huijing wanted to speak but stopped, as if she had something to worry about. At this moment, the monk in the prison walked into the house quickly and saw that Tang Zhonghe had woken up. He hurriedly stepped forward and said hello. After a moment, he took Huijing to clean the meditation room, and the two walked out of the room one after another.

The room was quiet, and Tang Zhonghe was the only one left. He lay on the bed and recalled what the little monk said, and could not guess what it meant.

A hundred-year-old temple, the bells are ringing slowly, and the sounds of chanting scriptures are heard from the Zen room. He made up his mind to stay in the temple. For others, this was a good place to practice, but it was of great significance to Tang Zhonghe.

At noon, Huijing walked into the door with her vegetarian rice, put down her bowls and chopsticks, and was about to turn around and leave, when she saw Tang Zhonghe covering her face and crying, saying that she was homeless and didn’t know where to go?

While he was speaking, he took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Huijing's hand. He said gratefully: "Thank you for your life-saving grace. If you can save me for a while, you may not be able to save me for the rest of your life. Once I walk out of the temple, I will starve to death on the street sooner or later. It's useless for me to keep this jade pendant, so I will give it to the young master to express my feelings."

Huijing was a little flattered and refused to accept anything. He is still young and will inevitably be bullied by several senior brothers. He hopes that the man in front of him will stay and that the two of them can take care of each other. Thinking of this, he closed the door and walked to Tang Zhonghe's ear and whispered softly.

This trick was really good. Tang Zhonghe was very happy. Looking at the young monk's departure back, a mysterious smile appeared on his face, and he casually put the jade pendant in his arms.

In the evening, Huijing pushed open the door of the Zen room, walked to the abbot, and said respectfully: "Master, the man named Tang Zhonghe has recovered as before, but he wants to see you."

Master nodded and said, "I understand, let him go to living hall to wait for me." Within a cup of tea, Tang Zhonghe met the abbot as he wished, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him, and expressed his desire to become a monk.

Master Abbot did not comment, but just asked him to live in the temple for a while, experience the hardships of being a monk, and make a decision in half a month.Tang Zhonghe was secretly happy, all of this seemed to be expected.

The next morning, it was just dawn, and a sound of sweeping the floor came from outside. The abbot looked out through the window and saw Tang Zhonghe waving the broom, concentrating on cleaning the yard. The master smiled slightly, his eyes showing praise.

Two days later, a fat-headed monk suddenly rushed into the room, grabbed Tang Zhonghe's collar, and asked angrily: "You are the only new in the temple. Your identity is the most suspicious. Tell me quickly, did you take the money in the merit box?"

Tang Zhonghe was born with a bad temper. Just as he was about to get angry, he suddenly remembered the words of monk Huijing, so he explained calmly: "A real man is open and honest in his work. I, Tang Zhonghe, swearing to the sky that I never do those stealing things."

Fat-headed monk refused to give in and raised his fist and hit him. After seeing this, several monks hurriedly stepped forward to persuade them. Tang Zhonghe didn't take action, but just said in front of everyone that he was wronged. The monk in the prison complained that the fat-headed monk was suspicious and scolded him a few words, and the monks dispersed one after another.

Ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Master Abbot still has no intention of leaving him. Tang Zhonghe felt a little nervous. At noon that day, the two monks carried a few jars of wine and passed by his door, and the fragrance of wine came to his nose in an instant.

He was very curious. Buddhist disciples have never been able to drink alcohol. I wonder what the purpose of these alcohols are? The monk told him that this is called vegetarian wine, which is specially used for God and Buddha. Coincidentally, these wines were stored in the house next to Tang Zhonghe.

Since he came to Fuji Temple, he has never drunk alcohol again. For Tang Zhonghe, who is addicted to alcohol, this is simply a torment. When it was late at night, he wanted to go to the next room to steal some wine, but when he thought of staying, he had to choose to endure.

Three days later, he finally waited for good news, and the abbot agreed to accept him as his disciple. In the afternoon of that day, Tang Zhonghe was ordained and became a monk, and he got his wish. All of this was attributed to Monk Huijing. If it weren't for his guidance, Tang Zhonghe would definitely not have been able to pass these levels.

It turns out that Master Abbot never accepts disciples easily. If you want to be a monk in Fuji Temple, you must withstand the test. The "Merit Box" and "Vegetarian Wine" were done on purpose by the master, and the purpose was to see if Tang Zhonghe could "forbear humiliation" and "keep precepts".

With the help of monk Huijing, Tang Zhonghe stayed in Fuji Temple as he wished. Since then, the two have lived in the same clean room and are very close.

In fact, Tang Zhonghe did not really want to become a monk, but had other purposes. It was just that this matter could not be mentioned to outsiders, and even Huijing was kept in the dark.

Later, he often took advantage of the opportunity of buying lamp oil and incense and candles to go out and sneak into a private house at the foot of the mountain to have a private meeting with a woman. As the saying goes, "There is no airtight wall in the world.", and his actions were seen by Monk Huiyuan.

On this day, the abbot called Tang Zhonghe to him and said with an angry look: "Mencius should be pure in six senses. You have been in the temple for a year, but you still have a worldly relationship. Since that's the case, I can't keep you. Go down the mountain quickly!"

Tang Zhonghe was very frightened when he heard this, and quickly knelt on the ground to plead with mercy. Seeing that the master had made up his mind, he regretted it and begged the abbot to let him stay in the temple for another night.

That night, Tang Zhonghe was lying in bed without any sleepiness. He didn’t know where to go in the future? When it was late at night, he walked out of the house gently, afraid of waking up the sleeping monk Huijing.

There is a secluded place in the southeast corner of the temple, which has always been used to pile up debris, and few people usually go in. Seeing that no one was around, Tang Zhonghe secretly walked into the house, knocked on a stone slab under the corner of the wall, took out a cloth bag and put it in his arms.

Then, he returned to the clean room and took the bag, ready to leave without saying goodbye. But as soon as he reached the door, he was suddenly blocked by several monks.The abbot said angrily: "It's not that easy to leave, hand over the things quickly!"

Monk Huiyuan snatched the bag from his hand, opened it in front of everyone, and saw that there were several exquisite treasures inside. The next morning, several monks escorted Tang Zhonghe to the yamen to report the case. The prefect Wang interrogated strictly and the truth was revealed.

It turns out that Tang Zhonghe is a member of the Daming Mansion. He worked as a choreographer in the famous local Wang Guan family two years ago. He was envious when he saw others wearing gold and silver.

One day, Wang Guanren celebrated his 60th birthday, and some nobles came to congratulate him. The gifts they gave were very expensive and looked very valuable. Tang Zhonghe became greedy for a moment and planned to steal the treasure while the mansion was in a mess.

As the saying goes, "If you want others to know, don't do it unless you do it yourself." Just as he was about to succeed, Mrs. Wang happened to walk into the door. Seeing that the matter had been exposed, Tang Zhonghe had to kill someone to silence him.

He ran home and took his wife Feng Niang to escape overnight without saying anything. The couple traveled all the way to Yongping Mansion. One day, Tang Zhonghe was walking on the street and accidentally saw a arrest notice, which was so scared that he couldn't sleep or eat.

To conceal people, he asked Feng Niang to rent a house at the foot of the mountain, and he hid on the mountain and became a monk. Tang Zhonghe just waited for the news to return to secular life and then bought a house and land. Unexpectedly, he was beaten to death by before he could live a good life. Feng Niang knew about the situation and refused to report it, and was implicated and was imprisoned.

After a year, a case of stealing money and murdering the mistress was finally solved. The law is endless and unblocked, and even if Tang Zhonghe is cunning, he will still be unable to escape the sanctions of the law.

Conclusion:

People were originally kind at first, and people were kind at first, but they were different from their living environment and education, and then there were great differences.

Once a person becomes greedy, he will fall into the endless abyss. Tang Zhonghe in the article is a typical example. He covets other people's money, and ultimately harms others and himself, and the gains are not worth the loss!