As the saying goes, the grace of dripping water should be repaid by the spring, but during the Three Kingdoms period, there was such a person who not only did not repay, but also killed his benefactor three times.
The book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is believed to have been repeatedly read by many people, and from the book, it can be seen that the situation in the Three Kingdoms is turbulent and undoubtedly a chaotic world. In the chaotic world, it is easy to produce heroes, and it is also easy to produce treacherous and evil people. We are familiar with cao cao, the fierce general Lü Bu, the military master Zhuge Liang and other well-known figures, but there are also despicable and shameless people who are not known to us, who rely solely on grace to take revenge for their own selfish interests. It is strange to say that such a negative figure was worshipped by posterity and even regarded him as a hero.
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He is a deep believer in Buddhism
Tsurugi is a person who loves to preach the Dharma. In the history of Chinese Buddhism, especially in the propaganda of Chinese Buddhism, it has played a role that cannot be ignored.
At that time, When he believed in Buddhism, built Buddhist temples, and preached Buddhism, he probably attracted the people in a relatively novel way of group chanting, and then through the methods of drinking and eating and exempting them from forced labor, the broad masses of lower-class people were more willing to believe in Buddhism, and gathered the people through Buddhism to increase their momentum. He once spent a huge amount of money to build the Floating Tu Temple, and built a stupa in the temple, the stupa has a gold plate, the lower building is built, the overall appearance is nine-story octagonal, layer by layer to build cornices, the surface is inlaid with copper mirrors, such a building has also become the basic reference for China's early stupas.
Whatever the purpose, the role played by Tsuga in the history of Buddhism is indeed non-negligible, objectively promoting the influence and spread of Buddhism.
02 Jing Rong killed his benefactor three times
He was a general during the Three Kingdoms period and at the top of the list of evil people in the Three Kingdoms. At first, he was only responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the forward troops in Xuzhou, but under the influence of Cao Cao's large army attacking Xuzhou in 193 AD, he was like a bird of fright, and had to flee in a panic. He fled to Guangling County to defect to Zhao Yu, which also began three evil deeds of revenge.
In the face of The Rong who abandoned the city and fled, Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling County, not only did not dislike it, but allowed Him to lead the people to camp, and often set up banquets to entertain him, treating him sincerely as a friend. And Not only was He not grateful for Zhao Yu's kindness, but after seeing the rich property of Guangling County, he became greedy.
Taking advantage of a banquet in which Zhao Yu was drunk, He decisively ended Zhao Yu's life, and connived with his subordinates to carry out a large-scale burning and looting, and after the money was in hand, he turned to his former friend Xue Li.
Like Zhao Yu, Xue Li treated Him with courtesy. All he encounters are true friends, and those who meet him can only be said to be unfortunate or short-lived. Insatiablely greedy and dissatisfied with the property he had obtained from Guangling County, he drunk Xue Li in the same way, killed him, robbed him of money, and recruited Xue Li's subordinates to his command.
Later, Zhen Rong had plans to go to Yangzhou to defect to Liu Xuan. However, The act of revenge twice by Zhen Rong had already reached Liu Xuan's ears.
Liu Miao, remembering that he was also a conspirator, arranged for Zhu Hao, who was supporting the battle for Yuzhang Taishou, in the hands of Zhu Hao. Liu Xuan's original intention was to hope that Zhen Rong could help Zhu Hao compete for the position of Taishou, and Zhu Hao also believed that Zhu Rong was sent by Liu Xuan to help him, so he trusted him very much, eating and living together, almost to the point of inseparability.
He never thought that Jing Rong's ambitions were so great that he soon killed Zhu Hao in the same way and became the governor of Yuzhang County.
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He died at the hands of civilians but was widely worshipped by posterity
After Zhu Hao's death, Liu Xuan was furious when he learned of this, so he personally led his troops to attack Zhen Rong. Facing the powerful Liu Xuan, Zhen Rong was vulnerable and was finally forced into the mountains. The villagers in the mountains were not angry with Jingrong's enmity, so they united to kill Jingrong and offered his head to Liu Xuan. The life of the great evil man of the Three Kingdoms also came to an end.
Since He Rong'en had done so many evil deeds in revenge, why did future generations still worship him as a hero?
The money stolen by Tsui Rong was not used elsewhere, but a large number of temples and Buddha statues were built. At the same time, he asked the people to believe in Buddhism like him, to go to the temple every day to chant the sutra, and to pay incense money, which also caused dissatisfaction among the people. After hearing the complaints of the people, he revised the policy to exempt Buddhists from all taxes. This initiative also attracted monks from the surrounding monasteries, and more and more people were willing to join his temple and become Buddhist believers.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the act of killing benefactors was indeed despised, but his deep belief in Buddhism left him with a good name for future generations. His contribution to Buddhism has indeed attracted many buddhist people and promoted the promotion of Buddhism among the people.
It does sound like there are many contradictions between believing in the Buddha and taking revenge, but in this era, everyone has their own views, his evil deeds cannot be ignored, and his contribution to the spread of Buddhism cannot be erased. Write down your ideas and discuss them with the editor.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Influence of The Buddha on the Development of Buddhism