In Chinese, a considerable number of people are superstitious, which is a kind of spiritual sustenance. In ancient times, due to the low level of scientific knowledge of people, this situation was even more serious, and people in the past believed in fortune telling and divination, even if it was an emperor.
The Shunzhi Emperor once asked the Living Buddha about the fate of the Qing Dynasty, and the Living Buddha only responded with 14 words, and the results were all fulfilled. It can even sum up the fate of the Qing Dynasty, let us continue to look down.
Things started with the experience of the Shunzhi Emperor.
In 1644, Wu Sangui defeated Li Zicheng's troops because of the Manchu Qing entry, and the Manchu Qing entered the Central Plains, and Shunzhi, who was only 8 years old, became the first emperor after the Qing Dynasty entered the Customs.
However, due to the emperor's young age, the power of the dynasty was in the hands of the regent Dorgon, and it was not until after Dorgon's death that the 14-year-old Shunzhi began to pro-government.
The historical Shunzhi Emperor was a good emperor who was diligent and loved the people, he knew how to adapt to the times, but he did not follow the old ways, and he was able to reuse talented Han chen.
In order to ensure that the foundation of the Qing Dynasty could be long-term and stable, he avoided following the old road of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, so he strictly ordered the eunuchs and ministers not to form parties for personal gain, but to rectify the imperial program and show compassion for the people.
At that time, people were still very convinced of the theory of gods and Buddhas, even Shunzhi was no exception.
The Shunzhi Emperor has had a certain study of Buddhism since he was a child, and he is extremely admiring Buddhism, so that he often goes to the temples of spiritual experience to burn incense and worship the Buddha, in order to bless the country with smooth winds and rains, the world is peaceful, and the people are healthy.
After the death of Concubine Dong, the Shunzhi Emperor moved closer to Buddhism in order to find the sustenance of the soul. In addition, at that time, there were still anti-Qing uprisings in some places, which made Shunzhi feel a little powerless, and he was very worried about the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty, hoping to be liberated from Buddhism.
Finally, Shunzhi met a living Buddha.
According to the "Qing Barnyard Banknotes and Fang Qi Class II", during the reign of the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the living Buddha in charge of Tibetan Buddhism in Outer Mongolia, Jebtsundamba Hutuktu, who in Chinese means "Sage Venerable", came to see the Shunzhi Emperor.
Shunzhi also heard that this monk was the reincarnation of a living Buddha, so he thought that the living Buddha must have supernatural skills. Therefore, he implored the living Buddha to calculate the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty and see how long the Qing Dynasty could last.
For such a request, even a living Buddha cannot say it at will. Therefore, the original master rejected Shunzhi's request. However, under the bitter pleading of the Shunzhi Emperor, the master agreed to him with a soft heart.
After the calculus, the master only said two sentences to the Shunzhi Emperor, a total of only 14 words, and the master also said: "This has leaked the heavenly opportunity, I hope that the emperor himself understands the meaning of these two sentences." ”
However, it was these two words of the master that really accurately predicted the demise of the Qing Dynasty!
At that time, the master replied to Shunzhi, "Ten emperors reign and nine emperors are imprisoned, and one emperor is in Youzhou." What people did not expect was that these only 14 words could summarize the demise of the Qing Dynasty, and this sentence was really fulfilled one by one later!
For this sentence, Shunzhi thinks that there will be a total of 20 emperors in the Qing Dynasty, so he believes that the Qing Dynasty must also be a fairly long-lived dynasty, and with the guidance of the master, if you are careful to avoid risks, then there may be more than 20.
But even 20 made the Shunzhi Emperor very satisfied, which showed that the Qing Dynasty's luck was still long, and he didn't have to worry too much.
After that, the Shunzhi Emperor wanted to know more, but after all, the heavenly opportunity could not be leaked, so the master no longer spoke. The Shunzhi Emperor then ordered people to write down these two sentences in case they reminded future generations of monarchs.
During the reign of the later Kangxi and Yongzheng Emperors, people would often think of these two sentences, but after experiencing the "Prosperous Era of Kangqian", the future emperors had long forgotten those two sentences, and it was not until the fall of the Qing Dynasty that people remembered these two prophecies.
It turned out that the Shunzhi Emperor had completely misunderstood, in fact, the meaning of that sentence was that there were ten emperors in total, and the ninth emperor was imprisoned.
The 9th emperor of the Qing Dynasty was Guangxu, and now we also know that Guangxu was imprisoned in Yingtai by Empress Dowager Cixi, which corresponds to the words of the Living Buddha.
As the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Fu Yi fled to the northwest after the destruction of the country, and established the puppet state of Manchukuo in the northeast.
According to the Zhou Li, "the northeast is known as Youzhou", so the approximate location of Youzhou is in the northern part of Hebei, Liaodong and western Liaoning, and in the words of the living Buddha, it refers to the entire "northeast".
Prophecy cannot leak the heavenly opportunity, that is, it cannot be said too clearly, so It refers to the northeast with Youzhou. It seems that the 14 words of this living Buddha are fulfilled.
What do you think about that?
References: "Qing Barnyard Banknotes, Fang Trick Class II", "Zhou Li"