In the eyes of many people, becoming a monk is like a way to escape from the world, as if you can get away from all things in the world and get away from your troubles.
In the mainland, there was once a monk who was ordained a monk, and unlike other monks, he was a famous painter in the mainland, a painting could sell for tens of millions, and he was married and had children.
After he was ordained a monk, not only did he not get away from his troubles, but instead brought him new ones......
Fifteen years later, his son was disgusted with his father, who had become a monk, and his son's attitude made the monk decide to return to the world.
Who was this painter and monk? What kind of story did he have? Why did he become a monk because of his son's words?
The most important thing in your life
What is the most important thing in a person's life?
This question has different answers at different stages of life.
Vancouver, Canada, is a beautiful city, but for the wanderers, it's a foreign country.
Liu Yumei and her son Shi Cun live here, in order to follow her husband Shi Guoliang, Liu Yumei came to Vancouver with her son all the way to 1989.
At that time, because of the reform and opening up of the mainland, many artists came to foreign countries to hold large-scale exhibitions abroad, hoping to become famous.
Many painters have become blockbusters, and Shi Guoliang also chose to go abroad at this time and came to Canada.
It's just that life in Canada is not so easy, Shi Guoliang's art exhibition has not yet been held, people have already suffered a lot, and later there was a car accident.
Liu Yumei heard the news that her husband had a car accident and came here on purpose.
At that time, Shi Guoliang even lived in the basement, and Liu Yumei took her son and took care of her injured husband, which can be said to be very hard.
After Shi Guoliang recovered from his injury, Liu Yumei looked at her husband's depressed appearance and persuaded her husband to return to China, but her husband always said that if he wanted to go back, he would have to make achievements.
Faced with her husband's choice, Liu Yumei was helpless.
At that time, although Liu Yumei did not want to stay abroad, she always felt that where her husband was, where was home, and Liu Yumei looked forward to their family living a peaceful and happy life here.
With the company of his wife, Shi Guoliang's career went much smoother, and he also successfully held an art exhibition in Canada.
But Shi Guoliang still felt dissatisfied, so by chance, when Shi Guoliang went to Tibet, he met Master Xingyun, a master of Buddhism.
In fact, Shi Guoliang at that time was already devoted to Buddha, not to mention that Master Xingyun looked at Shi Guoliang later and said: Mr. Shi is very much like a monk.
It was these words that made Shi Guoliang finally make up his mind and finally found the direction: he wants to become a monk!
After knowing the news, Liu Yumei was first incredulous, and then blocked, she hugged her young son and begged her husband, asking him not to leave home, and neither she nor her children could live without him.
But at that time, Shi Guoliang insisted on going his own way, no matter how his wife and son pleaded, he was still unmoved.
In this way, Shi Guoliang became a monk.
Moreover, Shi Guoliang also said "for the sake of his wife and son", so he divorced his wife a year later.
At that time, Liu Yumei was alone with her children, and it was not easy to survive in a foreign country.
After a few years of difficulty, although Liu Yumei tried her best to give her son the best, but I don't know why, her son Shi Cun became more and more rebellious, dyed his hair colorfully, wore strange clothes, and didn't listen to Liu Yumei's teachings at all.
As a boy, the lack of father's company and teaching is indeed very harmful to the child's growth.
And what about Shi Guoliang at this time?
Not long after becoming a monk, Shi Guoliang found that his religion was in conflict with his painting career, and he would definitely be restricted from becoming a monk in Buddhism.
This was a little inconvenient for Shi Guoliang, who was obsessed with art, so Shi Guoliang decided to return to China to become a professional painting monk.
Although painting monks is the most unpopular in Buddhism, it allows Shi Guoliang to concentrate on painting while pursuing his faith.
Shi Guoliang seems to have finally found the right way, he looked at everything in the world with the eyes of a monk, and then painted it with the hands of a painter, just like that, gradually, Shi Guoliang has a lot of masterpieces.
Among them, the most famous is Shi Guoliang's "Little Lama with Fingers", which is a sensational work in the painting circles at home and abroad, and also makes Shi Guoliang completely abandon his original frustration and embark on the peak of his life.
At this time, Liu Yumei returned to China with her son.
Liu Yumei has completely no choice about her son, although her husband has become a monk, she can live without her husband, but her son can't do without her father.
Shi Guoliang has made achievements in painting at this time, and his previous obsession with art has dissipated a lot, so when he saw his former family again, Shi Guoliang was stunned for a while.
Liu Yumei also had red eyes when she saw her husband, but the most important thing at this time was her son's education.
But at this time, Shi Cun didn't want to recognize his father at all, and his eyes were full of hatred.
That deep hatred made Shi Guoliang's heart suddenly feel like ashes, he thought that he was really "out of the dust", but as soon as he saw his son, Shi Guoliang knew that he still didn't let go.
Shi Cun was young at the time, and he was very rebellious, Shi Guoliang wanted to send his son to school, but it was still far from the school, so Shi Cun shouted to get off.
Shi Guoliang was puzzled, but his son jumped out of the car and roared resentfully: I will never let people see that my father is a monk!
It was Shi Cun's words that made Shi Guoliang decide to return to the vulgar after fifteen years of monkhood!
How did Shi Guoliang become vulgar? How did the father and son get along later? How did Shi Guoliang become a country?
A genius painter in Beijing
To become a famous painter, in addition to working hard day after day, year after year, talent is very important.
Shi Guoliang was one such painter, he was born in 1956, at a time when every family had many brothers and sisters.
Shi Guoliang's family is like this, he has seven brothers and sisters, so it is good to grow up with food and clothing since childhood.
Therefore, Shi Guoliang did not have so many opportunities to contact professional art training, but his talent in art was very high.
When he was a child, Shi Guoliang was very fond of painting, and the paintings he painted were praised by many professional painters.
Shi Guoliang's parents were also very happy to see that their child was so talented in painting, and although they had no way to send their child to study professionally, they still tried their best to support their child.
Later, as soon as the Shi family's family situation improved, Shi Guoliang's parents sent their children to professional study and worshipped Huang Zhou and Zhou Sicong as teachers.
With talent, hard work, and the teaching of famous teachers, Shi Guoliang soon painted many well-known works.
The first half of Shi Guoliang's life was particularly smooth, and later he was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and began to specialize in Chinese painting.
After graduating from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Shi Guoliang went to the mainland to work as a teacher in the art major of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts.
After the work stabilized, Shi Guoliang met Liu Yumei again, and the relationship between the two was very good, and they soon entered into marriage.
At that time, Shi Guoliang was a winner in life in the eyes of everyone, his work was smooth, his love was happy, and he later gave birth to a smart and lovely son.
It's just that such a happy but peaceful life is the pursuit of ordinary people, but it can't satisfy the artist, Shi Guoliang found that this kind of life made him gradually lose his creative inspiration.
So, like many people who are tired of the ordinary, Shi Guoliang decided to "go to a distant place".
Shi Guoliang wants to go to a bigger place, he wants to make a world abroad, so that his fame will spread not only in China, but also all over the world.
When Shi Guoliang told his wife his thoughts, his wife resolutely objected.
Because the life of their family is already a dream for many people, if they go abroad and start over, not to mention whether they can succeed or not, what if they encounter difficulties?
Liu Yumei told her husband that it would be okay if it was just a husband and wife, but now that they have a son, and the son is still so young, he will definitely suffer if he goes abroad with them.
But Shi Guoliang didn't listen to his wife's advice, so he stepped on a flight to Canada without looking back.
Everything that followed was like a dream, with ups and downs, and even fifteen years of monkhood.
In the past fifteen years, the only thing Shi Guoliang regrets is that he was absent from his son's growth.
Seeing that his son didn't look back and leave after getting out of the car, Shi Guoliang finally decided: he wants to return to the vulgar and make up for his son.
But Shi Guoliang at that time was no longer the same as he was fifteen years ago, and his status in both the painting world and Buddhism was no longer what it used to be.
So now that it is still vulgar, Shi Guoliang must bear some criticism.
But just like when he resolutely became a monk, this time Shi Guoliang was still desperate to return to the vulgar.
That good father and husband have finally returned
Shi Guoliang returned to the world in September 2010, but although he is still vulgar, Shi Guoliang still has his own Buddhist beliefs.
In order to create better living conditions for his wife and son with his works, Shi Guoliang spent nearly four years creating his classic masterpiece "Turning the Scriptures".
Later, the "Turning Prayer Chart" was sold at auction in 14 years and fetched a high price of 11.73 million.
This money is enough for the Shi family to live a peaceful life, and it also began to support Shi Guoliang to accompany and make up for his son.
And after getting along with his son for a long time, Shi Guoliang found that although his son was very rebellious, his son inherited his talent for painting.
After discovering that his son also has a talent for painting, Shi Guoliang is very happy, which not only means that his son can inherit his painting career, but also makes them have more topics to talk about.
After his father came back, Shi Cun gradually became less resentful of his father, and Shi Cun liked his father's works more than anyone else.
Shi Guoliang tutored his son's studies, and at the same time taught his son everything he had learned in his life little by little.
When it comes to winter and summer vacations, Shi Guoliang will take his wife and son to travel everywhere, he knows that these experiences can make up for the shortcomings of father and son, husband and wife over the years, and can also inspire himself and his son.
As for his wife Liu Yumei, Shi Guoliang blamed himself very much.
After persuading herself to no avail, Liu Yumei shed tears, and the words she said have always been engraved in Shi Guoliang's heart.
Liu Yumei said at the time: I have been following you all my life, and now you are bent on becoming a monk, and I can't do anything, you go, I will take care of my son, and I will always wait for you.
Although Liu Yumei said so, Shi Guoliang didn't want to delay his wife, so he finally divorced his wife.
It didn't take long for Shi Guoliang to find his own Liu Yumei, needless to say, his intention, Liu Yumei also guessed.
Liu Yumei just shed tears again and said with a smile: Look, I said a long time ago, we will still come together.
In this way, Shi Guoliang and his wife remarried and settled in their hometown of Beijing.
Shi Guoliang continued to create, while educating his son, and at the same time trying his best to take care of Liu Yumei.
With Shi Guoliang's efforts, the hearts of the people have been seen for a long time, and the family of three has finally released their suspicions, and Shi Cun no longer resents his father, but follows his father and begins to study seriously.
Later, Shi Cun was even better than the blue, not only admitted to his father's former alma mater, but also created a lot of excellent works.
And Shi Guoliang finally discovered that the reason why he was tired of a peaceful life at that time was because his own attainments in painting were not high enough.
After returning to the world, Shi Guoliang not only had more inspiration for painting because of his wife and son, but also made higher and higher achievements in painting, and later held many grand exhibitions in a row.
For today's story, such an ending is undoubtedly a happy ending.
But many people will also feel that although Shi Guoliang is an excellent writer, as his family, he has endured many hardships that he should not have endured.
Especially Shi Guoliang's son, how did he spend those days without his father?
Even if the father and son eventually get back together, those days are always irretrievable, and perhaps this is what the family of artists must bear.
After reading this story, you may think of such a word: there is only a thin line between genius and madness.
Shi Guoliang's story illustrates this point, his madness back then was something that many people didn't understand, he chose to go abroad to start over when his career and family were both harvested, and after his career and life abroad improved, he chose to become a monk!
This is a crazy life, but also a life of genius, as ordinary people we may not be able to empathize, but as Chinese, we can have an excellent painter, it is still worthy of our pride!