Good Classmate - Talking about "Chu Sheng" by Zhiyi

Tu Yong Shi Men has a sense of righteousness and righteousness, and is eager to learn and pity to use both feelings. Since he is Sven's flesh and bones, he is always bright and clear. Note: between - distinction; between the light - between the underworld and the yang.

In Shuntianfu (present-day Beijing), Hebei Province, there was a filial piety surnamed Chen, who, when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, studied with a private school master. The gentleman's private school is located in the temple. There were many students who studied with him, including a classmate surnamed Chu, who claimed to be from Shandong and studied very hard. Study and study without a moment's rest. And this classmate was boarding at school, and never saw him go home once. Chen Sheng was the best with him, so he asked him why he didn't go home. Chu Sheng replied, "It's no secret, my family is very poor, and it is not easy to raise a little tuition." Even if I can't cherish every inch of time, if I study half a night more than others every day, then my two days can be worth three days of others. Chen Sheng was very touched by his words and wanted to move to the bed to live with him. Chu Sheng dissuaded him: "Don't move here first." I don't think our husband can teach us this bit of knowledge anymore. There is a Mr. Lü at fucheng gate, although he is very old, but he is very well educated, he can be our teacher, please come with me to his place to study! ”

It turned out that most of the gentlemen who taught private schools in Beijing charged tuition fees on a monthly basis. At the end of the month, when the tuition fee is over, students can choose to stay or leave according to their wishes. So Chen and Chu went to see Mr. Lü together. Mr. Lü Lao is a famous old scholar in Zhejiang, because he is poor and poor and cannot return to his hometown, so he has to rely on teaching some children to enlighten and make a living, which is really not his ambition. Therefore, he was very happy that two students, Chen and Chu, came to study with him. Moreover, Chu Shengren is very smart, and he understands it as soon as he reads it, and Mr. Lu pays special attention to him. Chen and Chu have very close feelings, reading at the same table during the day and sleeping in the same bed at night.

At the end of the month, Chu Sheng suddenly took a leave of absence to go back, and after ten days of returning, everyone felt very strange.

One day, Chen Sheng went to Tianning Temple because of something, walked into the temple, and suddenly met Chu Sheng under the porch, only to see that he was splitting the amaranth into small strips, dipping it in sulfur, and making a tool for igniting the fire. When Chu Sheng saw Chen Sheng, his face showed a look of shame and uneasiness. Chen Sheng asked, "Brother Chu, you have not come to study, I am very worried about you." It's a pleasure to have the privilege of meeting you here today. I wonder why you suddenly dropped out of school? Chu Sheng shook Chen Sheng's hand, invited him aside, and said to him sadly: "I really don't want to hide anything, just because my family is poor and can't afford to pay for My Husband's tuition, so I have to do half a month's business to make some money before I can read for a month." Chen Sheng sighed for a long time and said, "So be it! You go back to study, and I'll find a way to help you. So he asked the servant to pack up Chu Sheng's tools, and the two of them returned to the school together. Chu Sheng instructed Chen Sheng not to leak this matter, but just pretended to tell mr. Chen that there was something in the family these days and did not come to school.

Chen Sheng's father was a businessman who opened a shop and made a lot of money by doing business. Chen Sheng often secretly took money from his father to pay tuition fees for Chu Sheng. After a long time, Chen's father found that he was always young and had little money, and later he knew that it was his son who took the money, so he scolded Chen Sheng, and Chen Sheng told his father the truth. Father Chen thought that his son was a nerd, and people wanted you to pay for it when he read, so he was very angry, so he stopped school.

Chu Sheng felt very ashamed when he found out, and bid farewell to the teacher and prepared to leave. Old Mr. Lü was very surprised, asked to understand the reason, and scolded him: "Since you are so poor, why didn't you tell me sooner?" So he returned all the money that Chen Sheng had previously handed over to Chen Sheng, leaving Chu Sheng to study as usual, eat with himself, and treat him like his own son.

Although Chen Sheng did not enter the library to study, he often invited Chu Sheng to the hotel to drink together. Chu Sheng originally refused to go in order to avoid suspicion, but the more Chen Sheng invited him, the more insistent he became, often shedding tears. Chu Sheng couldn't bear to reject him, so he and Chen Sheng continued to communicate.

Two years later, Chen Sheng's father died, and Chen Sheng asked to study with Mr. Lü Lao, who was touched by his sincerity and accepted him. However, Chen Sheng has been suspended for a long time, and there is a big gap in academics compared with Chu Sheng. After another half a year, Mr. Lü Lao's eldest son came from Zhejiang all the way to the capital to find his father, and Mr. Lü Lao wanted to return to his hometown. The students gathered some money from the university to pay for Mr. Lu Lao's journey back to his hometown, and Chu Sheng could not come up with the money, only to cling to it with tears. When Mr. Lü was parting, he instructed Chen Sheng to treat Chu Sheng as his own teacher. Chen Sheng agreed.

After Mr. Lü left, Chen Sheng asked Chu Sheng to live in his home and become his own teacher.

Not long after, Chen Sheng passed the Xiucai examination and will take the township examination as a supplementary candidate. Chen Sheng was worried that his studies were not refined, and he could not finish the article during the exam. Chu Sheng took the initiative to ask to take the exam in his place, and Chen Sheng agreed.

On the day of the township test, Chu Sheng brought a person with him, saying that this person was his cousin, named Liu Tianruo, and instructed Chen Sheng to follow him for the time being. Chen Sheng had just gone out, Chu Sheng suddenly pulled him from behind, Chen Sheng almost fell, Liu Tianruo hurriedly supported him, and the two left together. After they toured for a while, they stayed together in Liu Tianruo's house. The Liu family had no women, so Chen Sheng lived in the inner courtyard. Stayed for a few days, and unconsciously arrived at the Mid-Autumn Festival. Liu Tianruo said: "There are many tourists in Emperor Li's garden today, so we will also go to play, or relax the boredom in our hearts, and then send you home by the way." Therefore, Liu Tianruo asked Ma Shu to carry the tea set and wine utensils forward.

When I arrived at the garden of Emperor Li, I saw only the water terrace and the plum blossom-shaped pavilion, and there was a lot of noise everywhere, and I couldn't get in. The two men walked through a sluice gate and saw a painting boat parked under an old willow tree, so they helped each other to board the boat.

The two drank and chatted, and after several rounds of drinking, they felt bored. Liu Tianruo stretched out his head and said to the servant: "There are new singers in the plum blossom hall recently, I don't know if I am at home, you go and ask for it." The servant went away for a while and then returned with a woman. It turned out to be Li Shuyun from the brothel, a famous prostitute in the capital, who wrote poems well and was good at singing. Chen Sheng once drank with friends at her house, so he knew her. The two met and greeted each other a few times. Li Shuyun had a sad and sad look on his face. Liu Tianruo asked her to sing a song, and she sang a "Artemisia Song" (belonging to the elegy category). Chen Sheng said very unhappily, "Even if our lord and guest can't satisfy you, they won't sing elegy to the living!" Li Shuyun quickly stood up to apologize, barely showed a smile, and sang a beautiful song. Chen Sheng was happy, grabbed Li Shuyun's wrist and said, "I read the words "Huan Xi Sha" you wrote a few days ago, and now I have forgotten them. Li Shuyun chanted: "Tearful eyes yingying to the mirror table, open the curtain to see the little sister-in-law, look down at the bow shoes." The strong solution green moth (moth eyebrow) smiles, frequently wipes the red sleeves on the cheeks, and is careful that it is afraid of being guessed. Chen Sheng chanted several times. After a while, the boat came to a halt. Chen Sheng and Liu Tianruo went ashore and walked through the long corridor, Chen Sheng saw that there were many poems inscribed on the wall of the long corridor, so he picked up a pen and wrote the words of "Huan Xi Sha" on the wall. At this time, it was close to evening, and Liu Tianruo said: "The people in the examination room should come out soon." "Just send Chen Sheng home."

Chen Sheng entered the house, and Liu Tianruo said goodbye and went back. Chen Sheng saw that the room was dim and no one, and after a little hesitation, Chu Sheng had already walked into the door, he looked closely, but it was not Chu Sheng. Just when he was wondering, the man suddenly approached him and fell. Then the servants of the house said, "Ah! Dude is tired! Together, they dragged him to help him, and at this time, Chen Sheng felt that it was not others who fell, but himself. After he stood up, he saw Chu Sheng standing next to him, trance-like as if all this was in a dream. Chen Shengping withdrew from the servant to ask about this matter, and Chu Sheng said, "Tell you, don't be surprised: I am actually a ghost, and I should have been reincarnated a long time ago." The reason why I have dragged on here again and again is because I can't forget your deep friendship with me, so I attached myself to you and took the township exam instead of you. Now that the three exams are over, my wish is over. Chen Sheng asked him to take the exam instead of himself. Chu Sheng said, "No need! Your ancestors were blessed with a shallow life, and you were a miserly person," and you couldn't bear the glory of being an official, and it was useless to take the exam again." Chen Sheng asked, "Then where are you going?" Chu Sheng said: "Mr. Lü Lao and I have a father-son relationship, and I often hang on my heart and can't forget it." I have a cousin who is in charge of the books and archives in the hades gate, and I implore him to intercede with the head of the prefectural government, and there may be hope that I will be reincarnated as the heir of Mr. Lü Lao. "After saying goodbye, I said goodbye and left."

Chen Sheng felt that this matter was very strange, and he would visit Li Shuyun after dawn and wanted to ask about the boating tour of the lake, but it was said that Li Shuyun had been dead for several days. He went to Emperor Li's garden again, and saw that the words of the "Huan Xi Sha" inscribed by himself on the porch wall were still there, but the ink color was faint and blurry, as if it was about to be erased. Only then did he understand that it was his own soul who wrote the poem, and that Li Shuyun, who wrote the poem, was a ghost. In the evening, Chu Sheng came with a happy face and said, "The things I said have been successful, and now I have to say goodbye to you." After saying that, he held out two hands and asked Chen Sheng to write a "Chu" character in each of his palms as a sign. Chen Sheng wanted to set up a banquet for him, and Chu Sheng shook his head and said, "No need." If you don't forget our friendship in the past, after the township test list, you don't have to be afraid of the long and difficult road, come to Zhejiang to visit me. Chen Sheng sent him with tears, and saw a person waiting outside the door, Chu Sheng was still clinging to it, this person pressed his hand on the top of Chu Sheng's head, and Chu Sheng flattened with his hand. This person picked up Chu Sheng with his hand and put it in a pocket, and walked away with his pocket on his back.

After a few days of issuing the list, Chen Sheng really won the lift. So he prepared his bags and went to Zhejiang.

Mr. Lü's wife had not given birth for decades, and was more than fifty years old, and then suddenly gave birth to a boy. When the child was born, his two hands were tightly held and could not be extended. After Chen Sheng arrived at the Lü family, he asked to see the little boy and told Mr. Lü that there must be a "Chu" character in the palm of the child's hand. Mr. Lui didn't believe it. Strange to say, as soon as the little boy saw Chen Sheng, the ten fingers of his hands were automatically extended, and everyone looked at the palms of his hands, and sure enough, the word "Chu" was written on each of his two hands. Everyone was surprised and asked Chen Sheng what the reason was, and Chen Sheng told them the origin of this matter. Everyone liked and was amazed. Chen Sheng gave Mr. Lu a large amount of money, and then resigned and went home.

Later, Mr. Lü Lao, as an old man, went to the capital to participate in the court examination and lived in Chen Sheng's home. At this time, Mr. Lü's younger son was only thirteen years old, and he had already passed the xiucai examination.

Now there are many kinds of "friends" in society: there are "xueyou" who go to school together, "comrades-in-arms" who serve together, "patients" who are hospitalized together, "dance friends" who dance together, "donkey friends" who travel together, "group friends" in the same WeChat group, and even friends who rub mahjong, called "mahjong friends"... What is a friend? Like-minded people who help each other are friends. Naturally, those who use each other and collude with each other can also be called friends, and fox friends are also friends! The above-mentioned various friends, some sincerely help each other to learn from each other, and some use each other to conceive a ghost fetus, but most of them are playing and chatting for fun. The two friends in today's story are really friends with souls.

Chu Mou, the family is poor and wants to study; Chen Mou, the family is rich, the two people have become friends in the same window. Chu delayed his studies because he could not pay the tuition fee, and Chen was suspended from school by his father for two years by concealing his father's support for Chu. Chu mou received help from his teacher, Mr. Lu Lao, and continued to study. The story does not explain the time of Chu's death, but it can be speculated that Chu should have died during Chen's two years of suspension, and the reason why he did not go to reincarnate was to repay Chen's kindness. Ghost Chu first helped Chen Mou to take the exam, let him pass the first level of the scientific examination, became a lifter, and then said goodbye to Chen Yiyi, reincarnated as the son of Old Man Lu in the teacher's home, and repaid the teacher's thoughts.

Chu's method of taking the examination was to let Chen's soul drink and sing in the garden with his ghost friend cousin Liu Tianruo and the ghost prostitute Li Shuyun, and he borrowed Chen's body to enter the examination hall to take the exam and succeeded in one fell swoop.

Of course, finding a gunman to take the test was or is not allowed by law in the past or is now, and ordinary people cannot be fooled. However, these methods were useless in the face of Chu Sheng's Soul Possession Method, because the ghost methods could not be dealt with by the living.

There is another point: Mr. Lü Lao's son in his old age is naturally very happy, not to mention that this son has a history, has a surname in his hand, and indicates that he came to repay the favor. The true so-called "husband and wife are related to good and evil and have a good cause; children are debts, debts, debts, debts, debts Liaozhai was originally "the aunt who listened to the foolish words", and Lao Ge was also nonsense!

[sic] "Chu Sheng" and "Liaozhai Zhiyi" Three Sessions Book VIII, Twenty-third Article

When He was sixteen or seventeen years old, he studied at the monk's temple from a school master, and his disciples were very numerous. There are Chu Sheng inside, who talk to themselves as Shandong people, who are hard to ask for, and who have no time to rest; and in the boarding fast, they have not tasted their return. Chen You, the most virtuous, replied: "The servant's family is poor, and it is not easy to handle the bundle of gold, that is, he cannot spare the inch of yin, but if he gives it half a night, then I can be a man for three days." Chen felt his words and wanted to bring the bed to sleep with him. Chu Zhizhi said: "Don't, don't!" I regard sir, learning is not my teacher also. There is Mr. Lü at the gate of Fucheng, although he is a teacher in the old age, please move with him. "Most of the people who set up accounts in Gaidu are counted in months, and at the end of the month, the bundle of gold is completed, and they are allowed to stay. So the two lives were together. Lü, Yue Zhi Su Confucian, can not return to the fall, because of the child's meng, it is not his zhiye. The two lives are very happy, and Chu is very wise, and he is very wise, so he is particularly important. The two have a good relationship, the same day, the same bed at night. At the end of the month, Chu suddenly returned to the holiday, and more than ten days did not return. Doubt it.

One day Chen went to Tianning Temple, met the Chu corridor, split the sulphur and quenched it, and made a fire tool. Seeing Chen, he was uneasy, and Chen asked, "Why waste reading?" Chu shook hands and asked, Qi Ran said: "Poor mr. no one, you must sell it half a month, and you can read it in January." Chen sighed for a long time, and said: "But read it, self-cooperation efforts." "Order to reap the inheritance of the people and return to the school." Don't let it go, but tell mr. Chen. Chen's father was unscrupulous and rich in property, and Chen Yuan stole his father's Jin Dynasty Chu legacy. The Father rebuked Chen with death, and Chen Shi told him. The Father thought he was foolish, so he abolished the school. Chu Da shame, don't want to go. Lü knew why, and Let Zhi know: "Since the son is poor, hu will not tell him early?" "Nai Si returned to Father Chen with gold, stopped reading as before, and feasted with him, if he was a son." Although Chen did not enter the museum, he invited Chu to drink at the restaurant. Chu Gu avoided suspicion, and Chen Zhizhi Mijian often wept, and Chu could not bear it, so he had no contact with him.

More than two years later, Chen's father died and he asked for employment. Lü felt that he was sincere in accepting it, and the abolition of learning was long, and it was more suspenseful. After living for half a year, Lü's eldest son came from more and more and sought his father. The doormen have collected money to help suit, and Chu only sprinkles his nose and attaches to it. Lü lined up and told Chen Shishi to do so. Chen Congzhi, Guan Chu Yu home. Before long, he entered the Yi Yu and took the exam as a "widow". Chen Wei could not finish the picture, Chu please replace it. Solstice. Chu Kai came alone, yun was his cousin Liu Tianruo, and asked Chen to temporarily go. Chen Fang came out, Chu suddenly dragged himself from behind, and he wanted to go, and Liu rushed away. After a glance, they stayed together in their home. There are no women in the house, that is, the guests of the museum are in the inner house. After a few days, it was suddenly mid-autumn. Liu Yue: "Today, in Emperor Li's garden, there are many tourists, and when they accumulate in the past, they will send the king back." "Let people go to the tea and wine utensils." But when you see the water in the plum pavilion, you can't enter the noise. After passing the water pass, then under the old willow, a horizontal painting radial, will board the boat. A few lines of wine, bitter silence. Liu Gu said: "There is a new Ji in the Plum Blossom Hall recently, I don't know if I am at home?" "When the servants are young, they arrive with Ji Ju, and cover the hook bar Li Shuyun also." Li, a famous prostitute in the capital, a good singer of Gongshi, Chen once drank with his friends in his home, so he knew it. Meet each other, slightly warm and cool. Ji Qi qi has a worried look. The song of Liu Ming, for the song "Artemisia". Chen displeasure, said: "The main guest is not the right thing to do, why sing to the living and die?" "Ji Qi thanked, forced to smile, is a song and a song." Chen Xi, catching his wrist, said: "Qing Xiangri's "Huan Xi Sha" has read and counted, and now I have forgotten it. Ji Yin said: "Tearful eyes yingying to the mirror table, open the curtain to see the little sister-in-law coming, look down and turn sideways to look at the bow shoes." Forced to dissolve the green moth to smile, frequently wipe the red sleeves on the cheeks, be careful of being guessed. Chen repeatedly counted four. Having docked the boat, passing through the long corridor, I saw that there were many inscriptions on the wall, that is, the order notes on it. The sun was already twilight, and Liu Yue said, "The people in Minzhong will be out." "So send Chen Gui, don't go when you get started." Chen saw that there was no one in the room, and Ou Yanjian Chu had already entered, but it was not Chu Sheng who was carefully examined. Fang doubted, the guest was close and servant. The family said: "Gongzi is worried! "Help and drag it together." The servant of enlightenment is not him, that is, himself. When he arose, he saw Chu Sheng beside him, and he was like a dream. Study it on a screen. Chu Yue: "Tell me not to be alarmed: I am a real ghost." Long time to be reincarnated, so because of this, Gao Yi can not forget, so attach the body of the king, in order to catch the sword; after three battles, this wish is completed. Chen Fu begged to go to the Spring Maiden, saying: "The ancestors of the emperor are blessed with thinness, the bones of miserliness, and the gifts are unbearable." Ask, "What will it be?" "Mr. Lü and the servant are divided into fathers and sons, and they can't be ignored." The cousin is the book of the underworld, and the one who asks for the lord of the white land, or when there is a saying. "And so I left." Chen Yizhi; Tianming visited Li Ji and asked about the rafting, and Ji Ji died for several days. And to the Imperial Garden, see the inscription still exists, and the light ink is still faint, if it will be worn out. The initiator is the soul, and the author is the ghost. At the end of the night, Chu Xi arrived, saying: "The plan is fortunate to be successful, and I respect and say goodbye to the king." So he stretched out two palms and ordered Chen Shu Chu to write on the top of The Zhizhi. Chen will put the wine as a feast and shake his head: "Don't need it." Junru does not forget the old good, after putting the list, do not be afraid to repair the obstacles. Chen waved his nose and sent it. Seeing a man waiting at the door, Chu Fangyi, his man pressed his hand on his item, and with his hand, he put a plaque in his hand, put it in his bag, and went away.

A few days later, Chen Guojie. So the cure is like a yue. Lü's wife had been giving birth for decades, and she suddenly gave birth to a son in her fifties, and her hands were inseparable. Chen Zhi, please meet, it is said that there is a text "Chu" in the palm of the hand. Lu was not convinced. When he saw Chen, he opened his fingers and regarded it as a result. Ask why, tell him. Rejoice together. Chen Houyi is the return. Later Lü yigong, Ting tried to enter the capital, and gave up chen; then er entered Pan at the age of thirteen. The Yishi clan said: "Lü Lao taught his disciples, but did not know how to teach his son." alack! Be good at people, and surrender to yourself, one room is also good! Those who are born in Chu, who have not repaid their teachers with their own bodies, first repay their friends with their souls, and their aspirations and deeds can run through the sun and the moon, and they will be strange with their ghosts! ”