Due to copyright issues and public humiliation by "Falungong," Yu Chao, a disciple who was born in a famous school, who was once famous overseas, and who had been "instructed" by Li Hongzhi, has recently continued to expose information through overseas social media platforms, with the result that "Falungong" and "royal" figures like Li Rui, Li Hongzhi's wife, who had rarely attracted much attention before, have gradually surfaced and become a major attraction for the outside world to observe the bizarre inside world of "Falungong."
Yu Chao, a former member of "Falungong" who recently exposed all kinds of shady scenes between Li Hongzhi and his wife
Ordinary daughter-in-law
Li Hongzhi's wife has the same surname as him, named Li Rui. In 1978, Li Hongzhi's propaganda team of the forest police detachment was disbanded, and he stayed in the army guest house as an usher. Later, I was introduced to Li Rui, who was working as a cashier in Chaoyang Bath at that time. His parents were divorced, his mother was sick, and he had many brothers and sisters. Fortunately, Li Hongzhi is also good-looking, Li Rui did not dislike Li Hongzhi's family conditions, and the two got married. After marriage, Li Rui's family showed favor to Li Hongzhi, so Li Hongzhi was transferred to the labor union of Jilin Street Grain Management Institute of Changchun Grain and Oil Supply Company in Jilin Province in April 1982 through the relationship of Li Rui's father, and his daughter Li Meige was born in June of the same year.
Li Hongzhi (right), Li Rui (left) and daughter Li Meige (middle)
In April 1983, Li Hongzhi was seconded to the Security Department of Changchun Grain and Oil Supply Company as an officer (work for work), and in March 1984, he was transferred to Changchun City Personnel Bureau with the approval of the Changchun City Personnel Bureau. When he was working in a grain and oil company, Li Hongzhi was recognized as a good husband and father, and he picked up and dropped off his children almost every day, and he always went to parent-teacher conferences. Sometimes the kindergarten is not open, he brings the child to the unit, and he takes care of the child very well. It should be said that Li Rui's work is not hard, and Li Hongzhi is so "voluntary" and hard to take care of his children, it cannot but be said that in the world of husband and wife, Li Hongzhi is more or less "strict with his wife." At this time, Li Rui, as his wife, in addition to being a little stronger in front of Li Hongzhi, lived an ordinary and unassuming life, and was generally a reasonable daughter-in-law of the Li family.
However, as Li Hongzhi followed the trend of the later "qigong fever" and set up his own "Falungong" to embark on the road of a cult of deception, Li Rui's life path also changed 180 degrees.
Judging from public information, Li Rui's sense of existence in "Falungong" is extremely low, and this is not only reflected in the fact that Li Hongzhi basically did not show up in the course of operating "Falungong" in China, but also that after Li Hongzhi fled abroad, she did not openly hold positions in various "Falungong" projects. In "Falungong," Li Hongzhi's immediate family members or those who are related by marriage to the Li family are respected by his disciples as "imperial family." In contrast, Li Hongzhi's other "royal" relatives, such as his eldest sister Li Jun as the host of the New Tang Dynasty TV program, brother-in-law Li Jiguang as the president of The Epoch Times, and his daughter Li Meige as the deputy head of the Shen Yun Art Troupe, have either had similar experiences in their academic qualifications or resumes, or have been exposed to them like Li Meige. And Li Rui, who has only worked as a bath keeper in his formal career, is very lacking in both education and ability. It can be said that as a person close to Li Hongzhi, Li Rui is, to a certain extent, a "mirror collector" who cannot be used in "Falungong."
However, with the disclosure of information on the Internet and the exposure of people such as Yu Chao, who knew the inside story of "Falungong," Li Rui's image has changed from that of a "daughter-in-law in charge" to a "woman in the wheel" who is consumed by lust for profit and arrogant in power.
Billionaire woman
According to an earlier exposure by China's anti-cult network and Kaifeng.com, after years of operation, Li Hongzhi's family has at least 11 properties in the United States. Among these properties, there are 3 registered in the name of Li Hongzhi, 2 in the name of Li Rui, 5 in the name of Li Hongzhi's daughter Li Meige, and 1 in the name of Li Hongzhi's eldest sister Li Junfang, worth hundreds of millions of yuan.
According to a 2017 news article "Li Hongzhi Sells a Luxury House in the United States for 2.39 Million US Dollars", Li Hongzhi once sold a mansion in New Jersey, USA, at a high price, with an area of 676 square meters, 7 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms, and an online quotation of 2.39 million US dollars, equivalent to 16.14 million yuan. The property is registered in the name of Li Hongzhi's wife, Li Rui, at 9 Hunter Road, Woodcliff Lake Township, Bogan County, New Jersey.
Photographs of some of the rooms in the mansion owned by Li Rui
Worthy of the "Ancestral Hall"
After Li Hongzhi fled to the United States, around 2001 he began to build Longquan Temple, the headquarters of "Falungong" and his personal estate, near Luyuan Town, Orange County, in upstate New York. Longquan Temple is called "Longquan Temple Buddhist Company" to the outside world, and because it is located on a small hillside, "Falungong" is called "On the Mountain" internally. Longquan Temple has a Tang-style Buddhist hall, Zen room and so on.
Li Hongzhi's luxury headquarters and estate in upstate New York
According to a Russian female disciple who has been to Longquan Temple, the main hall is not dedicated to the Buddha statue, but to the statues of Li Hongzhi, his wife Li Rui, and daughter Li Meige, which is the so-called "ancestral hall". Li Hongzhi, the living "Lord Buddha of the Universe", is supported by his living wife and daughter, and enjoys the incense produced by Longquan Temple every day. Li Hongzhi and Li Rui live in Longquan Temple, and the disciples have just made incense and worship in front of the three puppets of the Li family, and when they turn around, they meet Li Hongzhi, Li Rui and others walking around in the compound.
However, according to the official website of Luyuan Town, the main hall of Longquan Temple had a fire, and then Longquan Temple changed its original wooden structure to a cement structure, and it is unknown whether the puppets of the three Li family later became clay puppets.
In any case, when he was alive, he was able to share the incense offerings of his disciples with Li Hongzhi according to the standard of "Buddha," and I have to say that Li Rui's status in front of Li Hongzhi and within "Falungong" is extraordinary, and the term "master" is not in vain.
Enjoy the "Queen" treatment
In traditional Chinese concepts and practices, the apprentice regards the master as his father, and the servant as the father and extends to the master's spouse, and it is understandable that some skills in modern society need to be learned and passed on a daily basis.
Today, even if some fields retain this concept and practice, they will not overstep the rules, such as when apprenticing to a teacher, they may kneel down to worship and worship tea, but in daily life, in front of the master and the mother, it is enough to grasp the attitude and grasp the figure, and the same strict respect and kindness are also a common portrayal of the traditional Chinese master-apprentice relationship.
However, in addition to Li Rui's own puppets (or clay puppets) living in temples and enjoying the worship of his disciples, mortals in the world also enjoy the "queen" level treatment in daily life.
According to Yu Chao, in Longquan Temple, when eating, the disciples brought food to Li Rui and would "kneel down on one knee" to serve it. Yu Chao did not say whether this kind of action was voluntarily performed by the disciples concerned or at Li Rui's own request, but what Yu Chao said was that in "Falungong," there are two situations: Li Hongzhi and others mentally castrating their disciples and disciples emasculating themselves, and some of the disciples are "eunuchs." What he said is true.
Gambler
Like Li Hongzhi, Li Rui is now in his seventies. It is said that at this age, it should be the time to tease his grandson. However, there is no exact source of information about whether the only daughter Li Meige is married and whether she has children that can make Li Hongzhi and Li Rui her grandfather and grandmother.
However, judging from Li Hongzhi and Li Rui's "amateur" hobbies, the husband and wife are indeed very "idle" in their daily lives.
According to Yu Chao, Li Hongzhi likes to play poker and is addicted, especially when Shen Yun is out performing, he will call some henchmen in Shen Yun's management to form a fixed circle and play cards all night, which has a great impact on Shen Yun's performances. Liu Wei, the person in charge of Shen Yun, often tells others with the tiredness and complacency of "the old minister": "You know, it doesn't belong to me at night." And Li Rui also has a poker circle, which also plays cards all night, and needs to catch up on sleep the next day. However, Shen Yun sometimes had to rehearse before the show, and sometimes had to rehearse in the lobby of the hotel where he was staying, and the movements and sounds during the rehearsal would naturally affect Li Rui's rest. According to Yu Chao, Li Rui rushed out of the room and ran to the actors and scolded, causing the actors to look at each other, and most of these actors were simple minors.
Li Hongzhi and Li Rui are both addicted to playing cards, and those who are familiar with playing cards know that if they do not bring "color heads," simply playing cards will not be able to arouse people's long-term interest, especially the elderly who are in their seventies. As for whether Li Hongzhi and his wife let some disciples who manage the "project" send kickbacks to themselves by playing cards, judging from the temperament of Li Hongzhi and Li Rui, of course, this possibility cannot be ruled out.
The cartoon of the American magazine The New Yorker satirized Shen Yun as Li Hongzhi's marionette
Management method: sow discord
In the "Falungong" Shen Yun Art Troupe, many of them are young actresses, and of course their appearance and temperament are also above ordinary people; as a "strict wife" Li Hongzhi, it is not convenient for him to meddle in management, and the great responsibility for management naturally falls on Li Rui.
According to Yu Chao, Li Rui's management method is very straightforward, that is, to provoke mutual vigilance and mutual distrust between actors, so as to divide and rule. Li Rui would call a certain actor aside and tell the actor, "Many students report that you are the worst in cultivation. If the actor doesn't admit that he is the worst, Li Rui will continue to ask: "Then who do you think is the worst?" Some actors who are in the rebellious period of youth will reply: "I shouldn't think so much about others (whether the cultivation is the worst), I don't think I can judge who is the worst in cultivation, I don't think as a cultivator should think like this." ”
Li Rui's behavior in "Falungong" and Longquan Temple will naturally arouse the dissatisfaction of some people, especially many Shen Yun actors who are in the period of youthful rebellion, and many of them were forced by their parents who practiced "Falungong" to go to Longquan Temple to learn to dance. Their personal experiences in "Falungong" and Longquan Temple were very different from the "Falungong" paradise imagined by their parents, and this experience gradually made them understand that after the end of their fleeting dance careers, which had extremely low incomes, they were faced with two choices: First, a very small number of them had been domesticated by Li Hongzhi and others, or they would stay behind to continue training actors in the so-called "Falungong" schools, or Li Hongzhi and Li Rui would marry those elderly disciples who had lost touch with society as their wives, and second, they would break away from "Falungong" as soon as possible and Shen Yun's control, return to normal society, and enter a normal life.
It is precisely these rebellious actors who have the spirit of rebellion that have increasingly exposed to the outside world, including Yu Chao and others, the shady scenes of the Longquan Temple and the Shen Yun Art Troupe, the old nest of "Falungong," so that we, the outsiders, can get a glimpse of the various acts of "people who hide the mirror" like Li Rui.
In the heavily guarded Longquan Temple, the old nest of "Falungong," young Shen Yun actors are monitored for their clothing, food, housing, and transportation once they enter
Let the "Lord Buddha of the Universe" Li Hongzhi "change the order every day"
The exposure of the acts of Li Rui and others by Yu Chao and some of Shen Yun's actors caused an uproar within "Falungong" and forced Li Hongzhi to respond.
On September 13, 2023, Li Hongzhi threw out the "New Scripture" "Treat Master's Family Correctly", claiming that "except for Master, all Dafa cultivators have the mission of saving themselves and helping teachers save sentient beings", and said that "especially improper compliments are harming Master's family." There are also people who treat Master's family members as if they were masters, and there are people who give them money and other things." Li Hongzhi originally wanted to block the mouths of the people, but he did not expect to say too much, and I am afraid that such a statement would extinguish Li Rui's prestige in "Falungong" and cut off the Li family's financial means in "Falungong."
It should have been flooded, but Li Hongzhi quickly found a remedy. On 26 October, in the name of the "Minghui Editorial Department," Li Hongzhi again threw out an article entitled "Demanding Yourself as a Cultivator," saying that "on the issue of how to treat Master's family members in the present world, some students have shifted from their previous words and deeds such as complimenting people to the other extreme of treating them with people's hearts," and "Master did not say that his family was wrong, but only corrected individual students for not acting like cultivators," and he also shifted the responsibility to ordinary "Falungong" followers." Don't make trouble for Master because of your inappropriate words and deeds, but understand the Fa in the Fa and demand yourself as a cultivator."
In less than two months, Li Hongzhi turned the "new scriptures" of "every word" into an "article by the editorial department of Minghui.com." Who is behind the scenes? Li Rui is well aware of Li Hongzhi's meticulousness and benevolence to Li Hongzhi, and there is no lack of possibility that Li Hongzhi will be scolded bitterly by the turtle king. And a case that was originally caused by Li Rui was finally brought to Li Hongzhi's place, and it became the responsibility of the disciples to turn big things into small things and small things into nothing! Ladies and gentlemen, do you say that evil is not evil?