Master Hai Lantern is famous for his three stunts of "One Finger Zen, Tong Zi Gong, and Plum Blossom Pile", and when people mention him, they mostly use "gao ren" to describe him.
In 1989, Master Hai Lantern's illness worsened, the oil ran out, and finally "drove the crane to the west", the national martial arts and Buddhist circles called to mourn, people from all walks of life rushed to the memorial ceremony to send The Sea Lantern Master on his last journey, but among them, only the Shaolin Temple was indifferent, what was the grudge between them?
Sea Lantern Mage
Master Hai Lantern, formerly known as Fan Jinghe, also known as Fan Wuyi, learned martial arts since childhood, studied and practiced Shaolin martial arts with his life's energy, and was famous for his three stunts of "One Finger Zen, Tong Zi Gong and Plum Blossom Pile".
There are a total of 72 acupuncture points on the human body, each acupuncture point has its own function and utility, occupying a very important position in martial arts skills, and the role of "two-finger Zen" is mainly to subdue the opponent with point acupuncture points.
"Two-finger Zen" at the beginning is to use the five fingers of the right hand to reach the wall with force, luck, and then the foot moves backwards, the body leans forward, and it takes a long time to contact, to be able to slowly reduce from the original five fingers to four fingers, three fingers, two fingers, and finally to one finger.
As for the "Two-Finger Zen", Master Hai Lantern once said when teaching his disciples: "Physical strength is born of qi, qi is born of blood, blood is strong and then qi is strong, qi is strong and then strong, strength is strong and then strong bones are strong." ”
In 1942, at the competition in Chengdu, Master Hai Lantern shocked everyone with "One Finger Zen", and in 1963, at the Shanghai Competition, Hai Lantern once again won the "Shaolin Technique" award with "One Finger Zen".
This is only one skill, well-known, and there is also a saying that in the early years, the Sea Lantern Master was famous for "One Finger Zen", but in his twilight years, his physical strength was not enough, and most of the performances were mainly "Two Finger Zen".
"Tong Zi Gong" is known for its rigidity and softness, generally starting from the age of 5-7 years old, it seems to be soft and soft, but it is actually hard as iron.
The main contents of Tong Zi Gong are: Tong Zi Gong worship Buddha, horizontal fork, Arhat sleeping, holding Buddha's feet, stepping towards the sky, meditation meditation, parallel step heshi, lotus plate sitting, leaping fork, lying fish, golden dragon running river, swallow with mud, golden dragon holding pillar, iron bull hoeing, one-arm brace... A total of 32 sets of actions.
"Plum blossom pile" is made of 11 wooden stakes erected on the ground, forming two plum blossom-shaped patterns, the pile height is 4 meters, there are 10 bamboo swords inserted between the piles and piles, the sword blade stands upwards, and there is a layer of small rubble on the ground.
This stunt requires people to do is to face unfavorable conditions on the pile, still be able to play the punching action handily, the sea lantern mage on the basis of the predecessor, the 5 wooden stakes increased to 11, the difficulty is greater, the reputation is more famous.
With three stunts, Master Hai Lantern consolidated his prestige in the field of martial arts, visiting other countries and promoting excellent Chinese martial arts.
In 1989, when the winter in Chengdu was very cold and the wind rustled through the windows, the Sea Lantern Master was lying in the special care ward, covered with a large blanket, and only one face was exposed.
Hearing a noise outside the door, the sea lamp looked up at the door, only to see that he had come to visit himself again, with a kind smile on his face, and the same person greeted him softly, and let the apprentice who took care of him in the ward take out the Cantonese reception.
In the face of the visitor's care, the sea lamp lay on the bed, although the whole person was weak, still insisted, "Rest assured that there is no serious illness." ”
Then he smiled and recounted that his apprentice Fan Yinglian was raising funds in the south to build a "Haihui Temple" for himself, waiting for him to relocate to Hainan.
In addition, there was a disciple Yan Xin sent a pair of Chinese medicine prescriptions from Beijing, no need to fry the medicine, every night Yan Xin in Beijing to work hard, for his own treatment, the sea lamp asked people to take out the letter sent by Yan Xin's wife to confirm that what he said was true.
As for the people's doubts about the effectiveness of "Beijing Fa Gong", Hai Lantern only teased, "If I say that it is effective, it is propaganda superstition, and if I say that it is invalid, it strikes Yan Xin." ”
Useful or useless, are the intentions of the disciples, and the sea lamp is also gladly accepted.
After chatting for half a day, the people in the room gradually dispersed, and the whole ward was left with only one person, turning his head to look at the fallen leaves outside the window, and coughing up a mouthful of phlegm, looking at it, only to see that there was some blood mixed in it.
The sea lamp turned his head to look at the neatly folded robes on the bedside table, and stretched his trembling hand out of the blanket, and then stroked it gently, and there seemed to be tears slipping from the corners of his eyes.
The sea lamp tried to prop up, wanted to touch the robe well, supported the bed board with his right hand, and tried to lift his body, but he fell on the bed with physical weakness.
The muffled sound of the fall quickly attracted the doctors and nurses, and hurriedly pushed the door in, "Mage..."
But seeing the sea lamp unconscious on the bed, the person did not know, the doctor calmly commanded, "Quick, inject the cardiac injection!" ”
With a thrust in, the sea lamp slowly opened his eyes, and saw the doctor standing next to his bed with an anxious face, "Master, can you see how many fingers I have here?" ”
"How do you feel?" An anxious voice echoed in my ears, and the sea lamp answered, and immediately asked, "Can you please put on my robes?" ”
"That kind of clothing will oppress your internal organs, mage, or don't wear it for a while, when you recover, you can wear whatever you want."
The doctor's refusal did not prompt Hai Lantern to give up this idea, but he was more insistent, earnestly hoping to wear this robe, in fact, Hai Lantern knew in his heart that he had run out of time.
When he was admitted to the hospital, he found that there was a lump in the abdomen of Hai Lantern, coupled with the lack of appetite for several days, coughing up phlegm and blood, and Hai Lantern himself had secretly speculated in his heart.
Today's physical condition, I don't know when I may leave, maybe this is the last time I put on this robe, if I think, look at the doctor's eyes more earnestly.
Several doctors looked at each other, sighed heavily, and stepped forward, ready to put on the robe for the sea lamp, and soon, the robe was successfully worn on the body of the sea lamp, but after such a show, the face of the sea lamp was even more pale.
The sea lamp was lying safely on the bed wearing a robe, the doctors looked at the sea lamp again, and they all lifted their feet out of the ward, and the nurse covered the quilt for the sea lamp and left.
The sea lamp just lay like this, looking at the roof, and many scenes passed through his mind, those once difficult years, glorious years, and the scenes of the apprentice's knees were staged in my mind frame by frame.
Hai Lantern closed his eyes tiredly again, thinking that one of the main reasons for the doctor's diagnosis that he was sick was severe malnutrition, the corners of his mouth grinned, and he did not think that his diet would usher in such an ending.
Thinking about it, his thoughts gradually emptied, his breathing gradually calmed down, until there was no sound, and the terrible exclamation of the "Sea Lantern Mage" resounded over the ward.
The nurse on duty was supposed to come over for a routine inspection, only to see that there was only a green ripple flowing on the ECG monitor, and the scream attracted the doctor, who pounced on the front to carry out all-out rescue, but it was already in vain.
After some operation, the doctor closed his eyes and announced the time of death painfully, and the nurse covered the sea lamp with a white sheet, a martial arts master, and died.
The life of Master Hai Lantern is right and wrong, grace and resentment, and there are many opinions, first there is the "two-finger Zen" forgery, and then there is the Shaolin Temple "denunciation" case, true and false, detailed and true.
In 1979, there was a scene of Master Hai Lantern performing "Two Finger Zen", which was exposed in CCTV's "News Investigation" in April 2001.
Fan Yinglian, a disciple of Master Hai Lantern, repeatedly emphasized the real existence of the "Two Finger Zen" and had witnesses as evidence, so he took CCTV to court, citing the manuscript of the late Luo Yuanzhen, a professor of history at Shanxi University.
If we want to talk about the feud between Master Hai Lantern and the Shaolin Temple, we must start with his title of "Abbot of the Shaolin Temple".
In the early years, there were media reports on the Sea Lantern Master, prefixed with "Abbot of the Shaolin Temple", and later the Sea Lantern skyrocketed all the way up, no longer an "obscure" martial artist.
After his fame spread, Master Haideng was first included in the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, then invited to a meeting in Beijing and invited to teach abroad.
After master Hai Lantern returned to the Shaolin Temple, the first thing he thought of was actually the tree stele Standing Legend, and he wanted to engrave the words "Songshan Shaolin Temple Authentic First Generation Sea Lantern" on the stone stele.
This practice is very different from the Shaolin Temple's previous practice of erecting monuments to the ancestors of the senior monks by later generations, which naturally aroused the anger of other monks in the Shaolin Temple.
The move was abandoned, and Hai Lantern contacted a "TV film crew" to film Hai Lantern performing martial arts exercises on the plum blossom pile outside the mountain gate of the Shaolin Temple in the form of a documentary.
Many media have publicized Hai Lantern Master under the name of "Master Hai Lantern is the only authentic master of Shaolin martial arts in China".
When it reached the ears of the Shaolin Temple, it was anxious and disturbing, and some disciples of the sea lantern even accused the Shaolin Village Martial Arts Hall of having poor facilities, not passing on people, and charging too high for the purpose of making money.
Many embarrassing words, at this time, the relationship between the Sea Lantern Master and the Shaolin Temple has reached an impasse, but what the Shaolin Temple people did not expect was that although the Sea Lantern Master had left the Shaolin Temple, the Shaolin Temple did not exchange for the quiet it deserved.
The Sea Lantern Master who walked out of Shaolin, famous at home and abroad, is almost a household name, has appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and has also appeared on overseas screens.
The Xinhua News Agency's many reports not only used the term "Abbot of the Shaolin Temple" to promote the Master of the Sea Lantern, but on all the news that Master Hai Lantern was visited overseas, the prefix of the name has always been "Abbot of the Shaolin Temple".
Speaking of Master Hai Lantern himself, Xu saw the fame and fortune brought to him by the "abbot of the Shaolin Temple", or perhaps for some other reason, he never refuted the title given to him by the media, and even published an article in the People's Daily in the name of "Abbot of the Shaolin Temple".
These acts have all aroused the dissatisfaction and disgust of the people of the Shaolin Temple, who have repeatedly stated them in an attempt to pierce the "illusion" of the Sea Lantern Master.
"All of us Shaolin Temple monks solemnly declare and appeal to all walks of life and newspapers and periodicals: The statement that Master Hai Lantern is not and has never been the 'abbot' and 'deputy abbot' of the Shaolin Temple is even more absurd..."
Thinking like this, it is understandable that the Shaolin Temple is indifferent to the death of the Sea Lantern Master, after all, this and so, again and again to challenge the bottom line, not everyone can be calm.
"People die like lights out", once they die, this former right and wrong should also fly away like smoke, and the enmity and resentment between the Sea Lantern Master and the Shaolin Temple finally came to an end.
The Buddhist family pays attention to the "six roots of purity", does not disturb the original mind because of external fame and fortune, and maintains its own "spotlessness", the sea lantern master has had peaks and valleys in this life, and a language must be, of course, the four are empty.
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The Three Great Skills of the Sea Lantern Mage, 1989
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"The Sea Lantern Master's 'Two Finger Zen' Is Not False", 2014