There is a scholar in Jiangxi named Peng Wangzu. He was admitted to the scholarly examination at the age of 20. He followed his teacher to Xishan, built a grass hut, and lived in it to study.
One winter morning this year, the weather was hazy, and soon it snowed heavily for a whole day.
When the twilight was dark, a person staggered up from the bottom of the mountain, and only when he got closer, he could see clearly that it was a Taoist priest in thin clothes.
The Taoist priest walked into the grass nunnery, bowed his hands to Peng Wangzu, and said, "I am troubled by the benefactor, and the poor Taoist would like to stay here for a night." That's it."
Unexpectedly, Lao Dao had a fever that night, and his leg that he accidentally fell while climbing the mountain quickly swelled up.
Peng Wangzu brought hot water, washed Laodao's feet, brought food to entertain him for dinner, and then put Laodao to sleep.
doesn't want to be old-fashioned and can't afford to be sick, day and night. This time, Peng Wangzu was busy driving, climbed the mountains during the day, collected Chinese herbs, rushed back to the grass nunnery, and fried it for the old man to eat. You also need to cook and feed, and wait for the old man to defecate.
All of this, the quiet and taciturn Peng Wangzu just did it silently, without a single complaint, and his attitude did not change at all.
's old-fashioned depression is difficult to heal, and one delay is three years. Later, under the careful care of Peng Wangzu, Lao Dao's illness gradually improved, and after a few days, he was able to get out of bed and walk slowly.
After another month, Lao Dao finally regained his health and walked like a normal person.
On this day, Lao Dao packed up his simple luggage and handed farewell to Peng Wangzu.
Laodao said: "I have been cared for by my husband for three years, and my poor body has recovered. The kindness of my husband is as heavy as a mountain. The poor Daoist can't reciprocate it. You can get the Dao and ascend." After saying that, the old Dao walked away quickly, and disappeared in an instant.
Peng Wangzu followed the old Taoist's instructions, and read and recited day and night.Soon, his mind became clear and his desire dissipated. He was determined to abandon the imperial examination and devote himself to the mountains and forests. I made up my mind, so I packed up and roamed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
During the Shunzhi period, Jingkou Gongsheng Zhang Xingzhen was deeply worried that he loved his son without a master teacher. He suddenly heard that Jiangxi Peng Wangzu came to visit Jiaoshan in Jinshan. Peng Wangzu's kindness was difficult to accept, and he complied with his promise.
Since then, the guests and the host have become increasingly affectionate, and they get along very happily, sometimes walking by the water, and sometimes meeting Yilin.
One day, Zhang Xingzhen invited Peng Wangzu to drink under the tall green plum tree. During the chat, Xingzhen praised the beauty of fresh lychees produced in Fujian and Guangdong, and casually recited the words in Bai Juyi's "Preface to Lychee Diagrams": "The shell is like red growth, the membrane is like purple silk, and the flesh is white like ice and snow...".
"So, my dear friend wants to taste one or two?" Wang Zu asked with a smile.
"Such a good fruit, separated by thousands of miles, my generation has no luck!" Zhang Xingzhen said with regret.
Wangzu said: "What's so difficult, I can get it for you."
Zhang Xingzhen said, "Why did you make jokes? Here is thousands of miles away from Fujian and Guangdong. When I got to Jingkou, the fresh lychees were also withered and could not be imported." Wangzu nodded again and again without defending.
In the evening, Xingzhen entered, Wangzu asked the boy to clean the study, build an altar, and light incense candles. At night, he told the boy to go to bed first.
The boy felt very strange, so he closed his eyes and pretended to have fallen asleep, but lifted up the corner of the bed and peeped out.
After a while, Wang Zu opened the box, took out a grass dragon, and placed it on the altar. I saw Wangzu's lips wriggling, and there were words in his mouth. After a while, the grass dragon suddenly trembled, the lin armor erected, and the minions danced. Suddenly, Wangzu stepped on the dragon's back and flew into the air.
When the boy saw such a strange scene in the tent, he was only in a daze.
In the middle of the night, Wangzu descended from the sky on a dragon, and saw that the two horns of the dragon were covered with fresh lilies.
Wangzu removed the altar, collected the dragon, and put it back in the box. At this time, the morning wind was blowing, and the sun was shining at the window.
Wangzu called out the boy and asked him to give fresh lychees to the owner to taste.
Zhang Xingzhen looked at the lychees that were delivered, the color and taste were so good, she almost suspected that she was in a dream. It was only then that he understood that Peng Wangzu had attained the Tao deeply.
Reference "Liuxi Biography"
