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Before Master Hongyi became a monk, his name was Li Shutong. When he was young, he went to Japan to study, and later returned to China, working as a teacher, editor, and also in the field of music, and made great achievements.
Writer Zhang Ailing commented: "Outside the walls of Master Hongyi's monastery, I am so humble. ”
One day, the educator Xia Qizun went to visit Master Hongyi. It just so happened that the master was eating, and there was only a plate of pickles in front of him.
Xia Qizun asked, "Pickles, is it salty?" ”
The master said, "Salty has a salty taste." ”
After the meal, the master poured a glass of boiled water.
Xia Qizun asked again, "No tea, is it light?" ”
The master said, "Light also has a faint taste." ”
People have passed sixty, when the thousand sails have passed, suddenly turned back, only to find that life is bumpy, seemingly ups and downs, in the end it is all over the clouds; emotions gather and disperse, but it is fate, come or go, are passers-by.
When a person passes sixty, it is just like a blessing - may someone ask you whether the tea is warm, and may someone read your dream. Cloth and body, coarse tea and light rice, often smell the fragrance of books, so very good.
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Cloth and body, back to nature.
There is a passage in the "History of Song": "There is a yellow robe and the body of Taizu, and everyone worships and shouts long live." ”
At that time, Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chen Qiao Mutiny, and then put on the yellow robe given by his subordinates, accepted everyone's worship, and sat on the dragon chair.
However, Zhao Kuangyin did not live very happily because of this, he often thought that the situation was turbulent and that the yellow robe could be snatched away at any time. Therefore, he adopted the method of "releasing soldiers with a glass of wine" and sent all the people who supported him back to their hometown.
In the workplace, the clothes worn by a person often represent a certain identity, but also reflect their responsibilities and obligations; even ordinary people, the materials of clothes are different, which also shows how much wealth he has.
When I was young, I desperately went up for a piece of clothing and squeezed forward. This is a positive performance, but also forced by life.
If you are still reluctant to put down the "clothes of the representative position", you are reluctant to put down your position, you are unwilling to put down your body, and you always think that you will be high in the sky for a lifetime.
Sooner or later, everyone will have to abdicate, even the emperor, one day, to give way to the crown prince.
There is a saying: "No official is light." ”
Take the initiative to wear coarse cloth clothes, there will be a feeling of relief in your heart; if you are willing to treat yourself as a cloth coat, then you will truly live as an ordinary person, and your humble attitude will be at a glance.
To be a person, it is the ability to go up, and it is also the ability to come back. Between the ups and downs, the best life has been achieved.
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Coarse tea and light rice, burrow shines.
Su Dongpo was an official for many years and was demoted many times.
At that time, Taishou was degraded to Huangzhou, idle, and went to Nanshan with his friend Uncle Liu Qian.
The ancients paid the most attention to politeness, "wine every confidant a thousand cups less" is the way of hospitality. However, Uncle Liu Qian used bamboo shoots and wild vegetables to entertain Su Dongpo. Between the shabby, on the contrary, it is more expensive.
Later, he was demoted to Huizhou, and life was even more difficult. Every day it was wild vegetables and coarse grains that made it difficult for him to swallow.
In order to survive, Su Dongpo and his wife farmed together, and the literati became farmers, and only then did they slowly realize that the truest way of life was not in the official field, nor in the bustling downtown.
In a letter to his family, he wrote: "There is also micro-flesh between the bones, and it is casually moxibustioned with wine and thinly salted, and slightly charred, like crab claws. ”
Compared with the golden food, the bone soup boiled with a warm fire and the charred crab are better.
To be a man, you must go into the countryside and follow the customs.
When you retire one day, you can return to your hometown, sunrise and rest day in and day. How pleasant it was.
Idle, plant some vegetables, cultivate an acre of rice field, plant fruit trees on the mountain, and have the taste of seclusion.
Pure suffering, not only suffering, but also lightness - gaining calmly, losing indifferently, wantlessness and no desire.
Once, in order to put down roots somewhere, we had to push cups with others and had to look for opportunities to cooperate. A life of wine and meat is not our original intention.
The most expensive fireworks in the world are not to push the cup for a cup, but the wisp of cooking smoke that comes out of the roof, a burst of flames coming out of the stove, and the bowl of vegetables on the dinner table.
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Often smell the fragrance of books, refreshing the heart.
"There is a lot of laughter and laughter, and there is no white ding." You can tune the piano and read the Golden Scripture. "Isn't it, when you read these words, your heart is hot and you feel like you are relaxed?"
No matter how old you are, as long as you seriously study and make friends with a group of people who like to dance and ink, the quality of life will be improved.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was a famous hermit named Li Yuan.
Han Yu wrote in the article that Li Yan lived in Pangu and lived a very hard life, but he never wasted time, often picked up books, and would not go out for several days, although there was no one around to echo, but his heart was very excited.
There is a way to read books to nourish the heart, and to write books to nourish the spirit.
When people are old, don't desperately squeeze into the crowd, learn to live a quiet life, pick up the book, in order to truly enjoy the smell of books. It would be even better if I could write a few words.
Gorky said: "Books, like people, are a living phenomenon, and they are living, talking things." ”
When you often talk to the characters in the book, you will find that your heart knots can be opened, and all your troubles will disappear.
In life, it is difficult for us to meet zhiyin, but books can become confidants, guide you and serve your family.
A person's life is limited, but the ladder of progress is infinite; one's wisdom is limited, but the enterprising spirit is infinite.
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In the "Vegetable Root Tan", it is said: "The sun is twilight and the smoke is brilliant, and the age will be late and more orange and orange, so the gentleman of the last road in his old age is more suitable for a hundred times more spirit." ”
As the sun sets, the sky is dazzling, and the beauty of half a river and half a river is impressive.
When a person reaches old age, he should be a virtuous gentleman and start a new journey - in the first half of his life, he can't help himself, he always has to live for others, and in the second half of his life, he is at ease and returns to his true nature.
The cloth is simple and soft, comfortable.
The soup is light and simple, warm.
The fragrance of books enters the heart and the mind, the spirit.
May you and I, the old have fun, the old have support, the old have wishes.
Author: Cloth coarse food.
Follow my words and go into your heart.
The illustrations in this article come from the Internet.