Du Fu, a famous realist poet of the Tang Dynasty, was a great literary hero, who attached great importance to literary literacy, and once told his son at his youngest son's birthday party: You should read the "Selected Works of Zhaoming", study diligently, and do not be blinded by the luxurious life.
Du Fu's "Selected Writings of Zhaoming" is the earliest surviving collection of Han chinese poetry compiled by Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming in the Southern Dynasty and a great literary scholar, and contains more than 130 poems by more than 130 famous artists in the nearly 800 years from the Zhou Dynasty to the Liang Dynasty of the Six Dynasties, totaling more than 700 pieces.
Xiao Tong, the author of the Selected Works of Zhaoming, was the most perfect prince of the Liang Kingdom of the Six Dynasties, he was talented, handsome and benevolent, he was a typical Ming Jun, but unfortunately, he died young before he succeeded to the throne, and later generations called him "Prince Zhaoming".
"Prince Zhaoming" Xiao Tong died in a hurry at the age of 31, although he was never married, he made love with a female nun when he was alive, but the love between the two was not recognized by the world, the nun was depressed, and a few years later Xiao Tong also died in a hurry due to an accident, and a beautiful love relationship finally became a regret forever due to the disparity in identity.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="44" > Xiao Tong, the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Liang and the crown prince of Zhaoming, who deserves to be commemorated</h1>
If you come to the ancient city of Xiangyang in Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, you will see a magnificent and towering platform in the middle of the ancient city, which is a Zhaoming Terrace built to commemorate the Xiao Tong of Liang Zhaoming, the Prince of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Xiao Tong, the Prince of Zhaoming, was born in 501, the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Liang, and was made crown prince before he was two years old, but unfortunately died of an accident at the age of 30.
After all, Xiao Tong did not ascend to the throne, and there was no Wenzhi martial arts, so why did people build a platform in the ancient city of Xiangyang to commemorate him?
All this stems from the fact that Xiao Tong, the Crown Prince of Zhaoming, had the excellent qualities of loyalty, filial piety, compassion for the people, and excellent literary style, and his virtuousness and good reputation are still praised by the world.
Xiao Tong was sensitive and studious since childhood, and began to study the Analects and the Book of Filial Piety at the age of 3, and at the age of 5, he not only read all the Confucian classics, but also was able to never forget and blurt out chapters.
At that time, the Buddhist classic "Diamond Sutra" introduced to China from the Western Regions Tianzhu Kingdom was very obscure, and Xiao Tong was ordered by his father Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu to divide the "Diamond Sutra" into 32 chapters, and attached appropriate subtitles to each chapter. In this way, the originally lengthy and obscure Buddhist scriptures become clear and easy to understand, which makes the reader feel relaxed.
The reason why Prince Xiao Tong was so knowledgeable was because he always loved to read the classics, and liked to gather a large number of people of insight to gather in the East Palace, even if he spent all night discussing poetry, songs, literature and history.
Such a noble, elegant, erudite crown prince loves to immerse himself in history and literature, and is a young talent who is difficult to find in the ancients and elegant and simple.
Crown Prince Xiao Tong was not a scruffy scholar who only knew literature and history, according to historical records, Xiao Tong was kind and filial, and when his mother was seriously ill, Xiao Tong, as the crown prince, once served him untied and unwillingly.
After the death of his mother's illness, Xiao Tong was overwhelmed with grief and could not swallow, and Emperor Wu of Liang saw the situation and persuaded him to eat several times, and Xiao Tong barely ate a little vegetable.
After the funeral, the originally strong and tall crown prince Xiao Tong had become weak and weak, and when the officials of the court saw the prince like this, they were moved to tears and praised his filial piety.
At the same time, the crown prince Xiao Tong was extremely sympathetic, during the liangwu emperor's period, the price of grain in Beijing had risen several times due to wars, and Xiao Tong, as the crown prince, was worried that the common people were short of food and clothing, so he ordered the Eastern Palace to reduce clothing and food, and take the saved clothes and grain outside the palace to help the poor. So much so that when the people saw Crown Prince Xiao Tong, they all thought that he was the future Ming Jun.
Later, Xiao Tong decided to devote himself to writing books, and he personally wrote 20 volumes of the Anthology of Literature, 20 volumes of the Yinghua Collection, a collection of five-character poetry, and a total of 30 volumes of the anthology of poems compiled into the Anthology of Literature.
Such a dignified, benevolent, simple, and noble prince was rare in the world, and people praised him as the most perfect prince of Da Liang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="62" > the strange fate of heaven, prince Da Liang does not love pink dai love nuns</h1>
During the period of Emperor Wu of Southern Liang, the whole country believed in Buddhism, and although Emperor Xiao Yan of Liangwu believed in Buddhism, he was an emperor and was not suitable to go to the imperial temple Xiangshan Temple to worship the Buddha, so he sent the crown prince Xiao Tong to go to Xiangshan Temple to pray for the blessing of the country.
On the days of leaving the palace and entering the temple, Xiao Tong can quietly write books and chant sutras and worship the Buddha in a quiet and quiet environment, and occasionally Xiao Tong will go down the mountain to relax and travel privately.
At the foot of the Xiangshan Temple, Xiao Tong even met the wise woman who had devoted himself to life, the nun Huiru.
One day, Xiao Tong was wandering around the market under the mountain, and when he was thirsty, he found a tea stall and wanted to sit down and drink tea. Right next to the table in front of Xiao Tong, there sat a plain-clothed nun with a hair cultivation, she was quiet and elegant, and her temperament was dusty, which made Xiao Tong very curious.
Therefore, Xiao Tong, who was quite cultivated in Buddhism, boldly stepped forward and gave a deep salute to the nun, who immediately returned the favor and claimed to be a monk in the nunnery on the mountain, with the name Huiru.
Hui Ru and Xiao Tong returned to the same direction, they met and walked together, along the way the two talked about the Buddhist classics, the female nun Hui Ru was deeply learned and quick-witted, although she had already returned to the Buddha's Door, her extraordinary wisdom and charm firmly attracted Prince Xiao Tong. A Pingshui encounter, Xiao Tong, who has never thought of a woman, is deeply in love with the female Ni Huiru.
The next day, Xiao Tong came to Hui Ru's nunnery early, sincerely begged to see Hui Ru, and sat down with her to burn incense and talk about the sutras and Buddhism. Later, the two elegant people actually met and hated each other, and regarded each other as close friends, and a month later, Xiao Tong fell in love with Hui Ru, who was eloquent and clever, and they shared each other's hearts and fell in love together.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="72" > infatuation is blocked, a love that is difficult to keep together turns into a poignant legend</h1>
Although Xiao Tong is handsome and ethereal, has both moral integrity and ability, and hui ru is just in his prime and talented, one of them is a noble son of heaven, and in the future he will inherit the unification of the country and the country, and the other is a nun of the Buddhist Qing sect, and it is reasonable to not hear about the red dust world.
The love that arises between them will not be tolerated by the Teachings of The Dharma, nor will it be whipped by secular morality, so the results are naturally not optimistic.
Sure enough, Emperor Wu of Liang, who loved his children, soon heard about the love rumors between Crown Prince Xiao Tong and his daughter Ni Huiru, and Emperor Liangwu was ashamed and angry, and the next day he summoned Prince Xiao Tong back to the palace, which was considered to be cut off this "evil fate" that should not have happened.
In addition, Emperor Wu of Liang also sent someone to "reprimand" HuiRu's master, hoping that she would strictly discipline the nuns in the nunnery from now on, and no one should go out to cause trouble, so as not to tarnish the reputation of the Buddhist monks.
Hui Ru knew that she and Xiao Tong would hardly see each other again, and she missed each other to the bone, and after a few days, she became ill.
Before the end of the month, the nun Hui ru fell ill and died in the nunnery. Thousands of miles away, Xiao Tong, the crown prince who was in the deep palace, heard that although he was sad and came from it, he had nothing to do, he knew that everything was irretrievable, so he decided not to ask about love and love from now on, and gathered his heart to spend this life calmly.
In 531, the 30-year-old crown prince Xiao Tong took a boat trip to the lake, accidentally fell into the water because he wanted to pick hibiscus, and seriously injured his thigh, and died of his injuries a few days later.
Because Xiao Tong was unable to ascend to the throne in his lifetime, the people of the world called him "Prince Zhaoming" according to his nickname, and his wise deeds have been praised to this day.
Thousands of years later, the pure and poignant love story of Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming, and the daughter Ofe Huiru were still praised by the people of Xiangyang, who believed that Xiao Tong, the prince of Southern Liang, was virtuous, single-minded, and exemplary, so they built zhaomingtai for it, not only to commemorate and praise, but also to inherit and promote it.