Vernacular Taiping Guangji: Book I, Volume 1 Immortals (VII) Xu Fu went out to sea in search of immortal grass

Taiping Guangji is the first collection of ancient Chinese documentary novels. A large book written for the Song Dynasty. The book consists of 500 volumes and a table of contents of 10 volumes, based on documentary stories from the Han Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty. Legendary masterpieces such as "The Biography of Li Wa", "The Biography of Liu Shi", "The Biography of Peerless", "The Biography of Huo Xiaoyu", and "The Biography of Yingying" were first seen in this book. This book is a collection of ancient stories compiled by category, which has a great influence on the development of literature in later generations, and is a treasure of ancient Chinese novels, which is very worth reading. The editor searched and excerpted the vernacular text of the "Taiping Guangji" compiled by comrades Gao Guang, Wang Xiaoke, Wang Yang and other comrades in 1993 for those who love ancient literature to read. The information comes from the network, if there is any inappropriate, please contact xiaobian in time to delete.

Xu Fu went out to sea in search of immortal grass

Xu Fuzi Junfang, I don't know what kind of people the Tao is. During the reign of Emperor Qin Shi, there were many people in the Western Regions of Dawan who had died unjustly and died. Some birds bring a kind of grass to the face of the dead, and the dead are immediately revived. The official government reported this matter to Emperor Shi huang of Qin, and emperor Shi Huang of Qin sent someone to carry that kind of grass to the north city to consult the ghost valley. Oni Guzi said that the grass is the undead grass of the ancestral continent in the East Sea, growing in the fields of Qiongyu, also called Yang shen zhi, the leaves are like rice, do not grow in clumps, a plant without dead grass can save thousands of people, Upon hearing this, the First Emperor thought that this kind of undead grass would certainly be available. Xu Fu was sent to take three thousand boys, boys, and girls to the sea in a boat to find the ancestors.

However, Xu Fu never returned after going to sea, and he did not know where he went. Later, when Shen Xi became an immortal, the Taoist ancestors, the Yellow Emperor, and lao zi sent Xu Fu as envoys to receive Shen Xi's ascension to heaven. At that time, Xu Fu was riding in a white tiger car, Du Shijun Si Ma Sheng was riding on a dragon car, and the waiter Bo Yanzhi was riding in a white deer car, and they all came together to pick up Shen Xi. Only then did they realize that Xu Fu had been incarnated as an immortal.

In the first year of the Tang Dynasty, a reader suffered from a strange disease of being half-skinned and blackened, and invited Zhang Shangrong, an imperial physician in the palace, to come and see what kind of disease it was. The patient gathered the whole family together and said, "How long can I live now that I am sick like this?" I have heard that there are gods and immortals in the sea, so I will simply go and ask for immortals, and maybe I will be able to cure my disease. ”

The people in the family could not keep him, so they could only send him a servant to bring grain and food to the big sea side of Dengzhou in the east of the mountain, and just when they saw that there was an empty boat on the sea, they let him get on the boat and put the east and west into the boat. Raise the sails and go with the wind. This gentleman drifted on the sea for more than ten days, leaned against an isolated island, and saw that there were hundreds of people on the island, as if they were worshipping someone.

After the scholar came ashore, he saw a woman on the shore washing medicine, so he asked the woman what they were. The woman pointed to the far side and said, "Look at the white-haired old man sitting in the middle of the big bed, it is Xu Jun, and the whole family is worshipping him." ”

The scholar asked Xu Jun who he was. The woman said, "Haven't you heard of Xu Fu, who went to sea to seek immortality when Emperor Qin Shi was the first emperor?" The scholar said that he knew the Word. The woman said, "He is Xu Fu." After a while, when all the worshippers dispersed, the disciples went up to see Xu Fu, told him about his illness, and asked Xu Fu for treatment. Xu Fu said, "You have a disease that is bound to die, but when you meet me, you can live." ”

Xu Fuqi first gave the scholars some very delicious meals, but the bowls for the rice were particularly small, and the soldiers felt that the bowls of rice were too small. Xu Fu said, "If you can finish the rice in the bowl, I will add more to you, and if you are full, I am afraid that you will not even be able to finish the rice in this small bowl." ”

The soldiers ate in large mouthfuls, and without eating a few bites, it was like eating several large pots of rice, and they were very quickly full. Xu Fu gave him wine to drink again. The glass is also very small, and I get drunk as soon as I drink it. The next day, Xu Fu gave the soldier a few black pills for him to eat, and after eating them, he produced several liters of black dilute water, and the disease was cured.

The scholar asked to do something here in Xu Fu. Xu Fu said, "You are a person with an official position in the world. It is not appropriate to stay here, I will let you go back in the east wind, you don't have to be afraid of going too far to go home. ”

Xu Furen gave him a bag of yellow medicine and said, "This medicine can cure any disease, and when you meet a sick person, you can use a spoon to measure and drink a little to cure the disease." After the scholar returned to Dengzhou, he offered the medicine to the palace. At that time, Tang Xuanzong gave the medicine to the sick people. As soon as you eat the disease, you will be cured.