During the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, there was an official surnamed Li in the Shaanxi region who studied politics in Xi'an, and this person made a wide range of friends, although he was a Sipin official, he knew many dignitaries and nobles, and he was very popular, only because he was helpful, kind, and willing to complete the beauty of others. But even so, his career could not go any further, and he did politics for many years. In addition to being an official, he also had a hobby, that is, he liked to pray to the Buddha and was particularly interested in the things of gods and ghosts.
His friends and subordinates all knew about his hobby, and often told him some strange things he had heard or seen, and Li Xuezheng invited them to drink tea and dinner, and when they encountered particularly interesting things, they would write down them, and planned to write a book in the future. One day, his subordinates from a certain county came to his house as a guest, and Li Xuezheng ordered people to make tea to entertain. This teaching told him such a strange thing that he had seen.
He said that he knew a taisheng surnamed Li in the local area, he had a wife and a concubine, the wife of the taisheng, often abused his concubines, stripped her of her lower body and whipped her as soon as he got angry, and almost did not stop for a day. There was an old woman not far from him who was able to enter the yin division, which was called impermanence.
This old woman once advised Li's wife, saying, "The lady and this concubine have wronged each other in a previous life, but they should repay two hundred whips." Now the jealousy was exuberant, and he had whipped her almost more than ten times, and he was in debt to her again. Moreover, the women of the good family were punished, and even the official law did not strip their clothes. The lady must make her naked to show humiliation, and although she is happy to do so, it is a violation of the taboo of the ghost god. The lady is intimate with me, because she has secretly seen the book of Hades, and she dare not let you know. Mrs. Li sneered and said, "Dead old woman! You're a complete lie! Pray to me to put an end to the disaster and take my money? He did not take the old woman's words to heart, but still acted as usual.
Not long after that, there was a rebellion of Wang Fuchen in the local area, the local chaos party rose up, this tai student surnamed Li died in the war, and his concubine was obtained by a deputy general in the army, who liked her wisdom and was exclusively favored. Moreover, he did not yet have a proper wife, and the affairs of the Li family were in the hands of this concubine.
The wife of the student surnamed Li was later plundered by thieves, and the thieves were defeated and captured, and distributed to the soldiers, who also happened to be returned to this deputy general. The concubine of the adjutant general looked at the face of the usual acquaintance, left her as a maid, made her kneel in the hall, and said to her: "If you can be under my command, get up every morning, first kneel in front of the dresser, take off your lower clothes, lie on the ground to receive five whips, and then offer to summon, and spare your life." Otherwise you are a knight of the thieves' party, and killing is not forbidden, when you are cut inch by inch, to feed the pigs and dogs. ”
Afraid of death, the woman lost her spirits and bowed her head to show that she was willing to do as she pleased. But the concubine did not want her to die soon, the whipping was not very severe, let her know the pain, every day, until more than a year later, the woman died of other diseases. Later, when I counted the number of times she was whipped, it happened to be the same as the number of times she beat this concubine in the first place. The instructor also later learned the whole ins and outs of this matter through the deputy general, and felt that it was very magical, so he came to talk to Li Xuezheng.
Li Xuezheng was also surprised when he heard about this teaching, which was so amazing, and later wrote it down in his notes.