During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, there was a high monk living in the capital Kaifeng, who behaved mysteriously, and no one knew where he came from, only that his Dharma name was "Fahua Dashi". Fahua Dashi was extremely famous, and not only did the people have great respect for him, but they also knew his name even when they came to the palace. The reason why this senior monk is called "Lotus Master" is because he can recite the Buddhist classic "Myo Fa Lotus Sutra" every day, no matter the wind, frost and snow, there is no interruption, and all of them have this title. Originally, Master Fahua was only a Buddhist monk and would not be recorded in the historical texts, but the occurrence of one incident allowed Master Fahua to leave his name in history. It is said that in the third year of The reign of Emperor Renzong of Song (1056 AD), the famous Renjun Emperor Song Renzong fell ill and almost died. Fortunately, after the rescue of the imperial doctor, Song Renzong was able to turn the crisis into safety, but Song Renzong's imminent death this time made the Manchu Dynasty's minister of culture and military affairs worried.
Why do you say this, because in feudal society, the emperor is the ninth and fifth emperor who holds the power of the world, and it is also the symbol of the entire dynasty, and the emperor is related to the safety of the world. What is more serious is that Song Renzong did not have a prince at that time, and Song Renzong originally had his own son, but they all died prematurely. However, Song Renzong felt that his health was OK, and planned to exert his strength and wait for the concubine to have a son in the future, so as to inherit the Great Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, the heavens did not follow people's wishes, Song Renzong was never able to give birth to a son after that, and Song Renzong was not willing, so he dragged on and never mentioned the matter of establishing a prince. Before Song Renzong was in good health, the ministers were not in a hurry, and no one wanted to offend Song Renzong because of this matter. Since Song Renzong had suffered this serious illness, the ministers began to be anxious. Why, because they were afraid that Song Renzong would die, but there would be no legitimate prince to inherit the throne, wouldn't this be a great chaos in the world? After all, the country can not be without a monarch for a day, in ancient times, the prince was the prince of the country, with the prince, the royal family can be regarded as having a fundamental, the people of the world will be at ease.
At present, Emperor Song Renzong has just recovered from a serious illness, and no one dares to guarantee that he will not fall ill, and the prince is still vacant, how can this work. The most urgent task at the moment was to persuade Song Renzong to quickly appoint a prince in order to stabilize the hearts of the world's subjects, but all the courtiers were old fritters, and none of them dared to speak first. In the end, an official named Fan Zhen, at great risk, first gave Song Renzong a piece of music: Please make a prince. Fan Zhen was a counselor at that time, he had always been outspoken and outspoken, and this time he became a crab eater. Fan Zhen said in the song: "The prince is the foundation of the world, and I hope that Your Majesty will choose a virtuous person in the clan room and let him temporarily occupy the position of prince, and if his majesty has his own flesh and blood in the future, let him return to the domain." However, after Song Renzong read the sonata, he did not think anything of it, and Fan Zhen continued to play nineteen chapters, but it still did not work. At that time, the famous minister Sima Guang was in the official residence and the state was judged, and Sima Guang saw that Fan Zhen's performance was invalid, so he also followed the three seals.
Sima Guang's three recitals touched Song Renzong, because Sima Guang was a famous scholar and minister at that time, and his recital represented the opinions of many courtiers, and Song Renzong had to agree to the matter of making a prince. However, although Song Renzong agreed to make a prince, he was not sure who to appoint as the crown prince, after all, there were too many descendants of the clan at that time. Emperor Renzong of Song issued a secret decree ordering Master Fahua to enter the palace the next day to face the saint. Early the next morning, Fahua came directly to the palace gate and wanted to break into the palace. Naturally, the gatekeeper refused to let him go, so he shouted loudly. Someone told Song Renzong about Fahua Dashi's intrusion into the palace gate, and Song Renzong laughed and said, "It was Shuo who invited him to come!" "Only then was Fahua Dashi able to enter the Ouchi. Song Renzong said to Master Fahua, "The reason why you were called by Emperor Renzong was that the crown prince had not yet been established, and the chancellor kept persuading him to make a prince. Now that he is old, but the harem has never been able to produce an imperial heir, I want you to tell the queens of the Shuo clan who can inherit the throne? ”
After listening to this, Master Fahua was silent, sat down directly, and then asked for pen and ink and wrote four words on the paper, "Thirteen Thirteen." After writing, Fahua left. A few years later, Emperor Renzong of Song died, and Emperor Yingzong of Song succeeded to the throne. Song Yingzong was the thirteenth son of Zhao Yunrang, the cousin of Emperor Renzong of Song, and the crowd understood the meaning of "thirteen thirteen" written on paper by Master Fahua and praised him for being worthy of a generation of high monks.