Yu Qiuyu once wrote in "Cultural Journey":
History has recorded that he was a sinner in the Dunhuang Grottoes. He was too humble, too small, too ignorant, and the greatest pouring out was only to play the piano to the cow in exchange for an indifferent expression. Let his ignorant body fully shoulder this heavy cultural debt.
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One: The indissoluble relationship
In 1849, Wang Yuan
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Born in a poor family in Macheng, Hubei Province, as soon as he was born, Wang Yuanzhen experienced the hardships of being born as a human being.
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Round of the basket
In his memory, his childhood was often accompanied by hunger, and due to the lack of materials, Wang Yuanzhen often had to suppress his appetite.
He did not want a life of fine clothes and food, only hoped to survive in those dark years.
This simple and rustic idea underpins it
Wang Yuanzhen
life.
Without extravagance, there is no disappointment
。 He never complained about the injustice of fate, such a hard life made Wang Yuan
Early on, he learned that "contentment is always happy", a rich meal, a casual gift will become a ray of light, dispelling the haze of his life.
Heaven does not spoil everyone, and as the social situation changes, Wang Yuan
Life is getting harder and harder,
In order to make a living, he had to leave his hometown and drift alone
。
When the living environment changes, people tend to show a great desire to survive. At this time, survival has become the only "luxury". In the years of foreign land, Wang Yuan
Letting go of his dignity, he reached out and begged the people who came and went.
He has always been self-reliant and self-reliant, not satisfied with such a life, in order to find a way out, he did not hesitate to leave home, at this time, the king
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He has become a true Taoist monk.
He carried:
The Tao of Heaven does nothing, and the Tao of Law is natural
"The mind has traveled through the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. Experience is a person's most precious wealth, in the process of running around, Wang Daoshi has experienced a lot of things, but also met a lot of people, these experiences and insights let Wang Daoshi grow up rapidly, he has the ability to look at things in an all-round way, but also has a correct understanding of the "beauty and ugliness" attitude.
In 1897,
After seeing all the red dust, Wang Daoist came to the area around the Mogao Grottoes
With just one glance, he was attracted by the desolate sight in front of him.
Two: Active protection
Because of the perennial wandering, the appearance of the hometown has long been blurred in Wang Daoshi's heart, in order to have a home, Wang Daoshi stopped here.
He received Taoist ideas while studying Buddhist ideas
The mutual fusion of the two excellent ideas allowed the spirit of Wang Daoshi to attain nirvana.
Slowly, more and more people accepted his identity, and the continuous generosity made Wang Daoshi quickly rich,
The increasing abundance of wealth did not make him lose himself
Wang Daoshi still lived a simple and simple life as before.
Seeing that the treasures of these cultures were buried by mud and sand for many years, Wang Daoshi was extremely uncomfortable, and he took out his savings for many years to clean up the Mogao Grottoes. "
Bitter people, the sky is not the limit
Under the care of day and night, this work has also achieved outstanding results, and the exquisite murals buried by the sediment have also been revealed.
In 1900, on June 22, Wang Daoist who entered the cave to clean completely unraveled the mystery of the Mogao Caves.
He found a large number of scripture artifacts in a cave
。 These sudden appearances of cultural relics made Wang Daoshi shake his head, and he knew that these cultural relics had great value.
At that moment, a strong sense of responsibility emerged in Wang Daoshi's heart, and he wanted to do his best to protect these precious cultural relics.
With a simple mind, he immediately took two scrolls of scripture and traveled 50 miles across the land to the county seat.
As soon as he arrived at the place, Wang Daoshi hurried to see Zhixian, and he really told the story of these cultural relics to Zhixian, hoping that Zhixian would send someone to protect these scriptures. However, the rat-eyed Zhixian did not agree to Wang Daoshi's request, in his eyes
It's just a few rolls of broken paper.
After being rejected, Wang Daoshi was extremely disappointed, and he had to silently guard these cultural relics by himself.
Wang Daoist regarded these scriptures as children who needed to be taken care of, and guarded them day and night with all his heart
。 Two years later, a new ZhiXian came to the county, and Wang Daoshi was full of joy to see Zhixian, and like the first time, Wang Daoshi returned disappointed.
Unprotected cultural relics often face the risk of theft, in order to better protect these cultural relics,
Desperate, he also risked killing his head and wrote a letter to Empress Dowager Cixi
。 Full of expectations, they all turned into disappointment, and Wang Daoshi's letter of help was finally like a stone sinking into the sea and no one responded.
Three: Helpless
Over time,
The wealth accumulated by Wang Daoshi was also gradually exhausted
Disappointment, helplessness intertwined in his heart. Wang Daoshi didn't know where he should go. He could not bear to abandon these cultural treasures, in his eyes: these cultural relics that condensed the wisdom of the ancients should not end up with no one to care about.
This is a loss of culture and a national sorrow. Just when Wang Daoshi was at a loss,
An uninvited guest came to this land
The appearance of this person made wang Daoshi's life full of controversy, and he was also crowned as a sinner by Yu Qiuyu.
In 1907, an ambitious foreign adventurer
Oril Stein deceived the king's trust in the name of "Xuanzang believers".
In the eyes of the simple Wang Daoist, this from the West carries its own hope.
Subsequently, Auriel Stein generously gave the king a hundred and two pieces of silver, and he encouraged and comforted the king with a "benefactor" tone, during which time,
Orilstein also often showed regret for the cave Chinese,
He persuaded Wang Daoshi to hand over the cultural relics to him for safekeeping, and Wang Daoist, who had more than enough but was not strong enough, was also blinded by his rhetoric.
Orilstein took with him five boxes of precious artifacts and 24 boxes of scripture scrolls.
Hearing that the cultural relics that were taken away had a good home, Wang Daoshi's hanging heart was also released.
In the following years, in order to have enough money to protect the remaining cultural relics, the Wang Daoist who had no chickens had to keep selling the wenwu to foreigners.
This kind of protection method of "demolishing the eastern wall to supplement the western wall" has not achieved great results, and slowly, the culture and martial arts in the cave are becoming less and less.
It was not until 1910 that the Qing government, which had just woken up from a big dream, realized the serious consequences of this matter, and the Qing government ordered that all the wen and wu in the cave be taken away.
Due to improper transportation, the few remaining cultural relics have also been severely damaged.
This hero of the ages has poured half of his life's efforts into the protection of cultural relics, he has guarded national treasures for half a century, and as an ordinary person, he also has too much helplessness and hardship
He was sober alone and was called a sinner by Yu Qiuyu as "no evil and no forgiveness".
History has an unmistakable rigor, and with continuous research, more and more experts have entered that dusty history and unveiled the mystery of the identity of Wang Daoshi.
After the truth is settled, Yu Qiuyu may still owe Wang Daoshi an apology.
A hero who has protected national treasures throughout the ages, Yu Qiuyu called him a sinner of his nation. Sometimes, people's "seeing, doing" is not the truth of things. The power of language and writing is enormous. Therefore, everyone should speak cautiously and never let their words hurt innocent people.