For Hong Yingming, the Chinese people know more or less, because the "Caigen Tan" written by him is known as one of the three strange books that Chinese people have in the world, and their influence has spread throughout China and overseas, and related to this strange book, there is also a pickle delicacy - Hong Yingming Caigen.
Most of us don't know much about Hong Yingming's deeds, because historians give us little information about Hong Yingming. The main information that can be seen now about Hong Yingming is his book.
Hong Yingming, character Zicheng, number is also the first Taoist, residence, year of birth and death and average birth are unknown, Ming Dynasty thinker and scholar, about the Ming Emperor Shenzong Wanli before and after the death. In addition to the famous "Caigen Tan", he also compiled four volumes of "The Curious Trail of Immortal Buddha".
The "Synopsis of the General Bibliography of the Four Libraries" said that this book mostly remembers the stories of the two families of Buddha and Lao. In the preface of "The Curious Trail of Immortal Buddha", it is introduced that he was "young and admired the flowers, and lived in Zen in the evening", indicating that he was enthusiastic about fame in his early years, and returned to the mountains and forests in his later years to baptize the Buddha.
If you know a little about the history of the Ming Dynasty, you know that this is a fascinating and confused era, a magnificent and sad era. Although there was a budding capitalism in the Ming Dynasty, there were still few choices for the future of individuals.
Although Hong Yingming had a passion and made a career, but in the end, the world was impermanent, and he finally chose to go into hiding.
Someone once advised Hong Yingming: A talented person should not stick to dogma, but should be like the world. The whole world is filthy, why don't you go with the flow? All the servants are intoxicated, why don't you join them? Why do you want to hide with talent?
Whoever is righteous and righteous will be slandered with righteousness; List Taoist scholars, often because of Taoist learning. Therefore, a gentleman does not approach evil deeds, nor does he establish a good name, as long as he is harmonious, he is the treasure of his life.
Those who preach their moral character and morality will certainly be singled out for their righteousness. People who claim to be knowledgeable are often criticized by others for their knowledge. Therefore, we should not do bad things, nor advocate our own fame and knowledge, and live life without caring about the eyes of others, which is the real way to deal with the world.
However, although Hong Yingming has returned to seclusion, his thoughts are not all negative, and after seeing the wind and waves, he understands that everything is normal.
"Angry rain and wind, birds and birds; The sun is shining, and the grass and trees are thriving. Or see that heaven and earth shall not be without harmony for a day, and the heart of man shall not be without joy for a day."
The meaning of this sentence is that when the weather is bad, the birds are very wilted, but when the weather is good, even the grass looks thriving and vibrant. From this, we can see a truth, this day can not be bad weather, this person is also a truth in his heart, can not be a day "bad weather", no joy.
Therefore, he devoted all his efforts to writing the way of dealing with the world "Caigen Tan".
When Hong Yingming wrote "Vegetable Root Tan", his life was poor, and he often picked up the vegetable roots lost by the people and pickled pickles to live, but he did not think it was bitter, and often inspired himself with the story of Fan Zhongyan's "cutting porridge and breaking the jaw".
Hong Yingming writes books seriously, and pickles and pickles are also very particular.
There is a story that explains that Hong Yingming's root pickles, with a unique flavor, are eaten with porridge, which can be described as a must.
One day, a friend Yu Kong Jian (a member of the Donglin Party of the Ming Dynasty) visited Hong Yingming at his home. Hong Yingming treated each other with pickles and rice porridge, and after tasting it in Kongjian, he clapped the table and applauded. Hong Yingming's pickles pickled with vegetable roots, black and bright in color, salty and crisp, without the bitterness of vegetable roots, compared with ordinary pickles, vegetable roots have a special taste.
Yu Kong asked the truth, Hong Yingming said: The root taste is bitter, ordinary people try it a little, and they lose it. I thought it was a pity, so I pickled these roots into pickles. My roots are delicious because I know that delicious is urgent. I first marinate the root with salt, and after fermenting for a year, remove the bitterness of the root and force out the aroma of the root. Then remove the salt from the root with water and let it dry in the sun for three days to make the root more chewy. Finally, the root is marinated for seven days with spices such as peppercorns before it is served on the table.
Yu Kongjian not only said: "Sex fixed vegetable root fragrant". Dishes are simply discarded, and the fragrance of vegetable roots, only those who have a calm heart can understand the true taste of it. Only an indifferent person like Hong Yingming can make the root of the dish so delicious.
His "Vegetable Root Tan" is finally named after the root of the vegetable because of this special experience.
This is the most popular saying about the origin of the title of "Vegetable Root Tan".
After the Ming Dynasty, the influence of "Vegetable Root Tan" has become more and more influential, chewing the root of the vegetable and Pepsi can be done. The heart is stable and the root is fragrant. These cultures about vegetable roots are engraved into the bones of China.
Pickles pickled with vegetable roots, a large category, such as ginger, mustard pimples, radish, etc., folk craftsmen collectively call the root pickles "Hong Yingming vegetable root", and honor Hong Yingming is the ancestor of Chinese root pickles.
We taste "Hong Yingming Vegetable Root" today, in addition to commemorating this university scholar who taught us to deal with people, I think we should carefully taste his "Vegetable Root Tan", we small people live in the world, for life, for the sake of our families, we may have to experience a lot of setbacks and tribulations, but we must have an unyielding heart, we must believe that as long as we work hard and chew the root of the vegetables, Pepsi can be done.