Author: Smile
During the Ming Dynasty's Ming Dynasty, Hong Yingming went to Nanjing to seek a career, lived on the Banks of the Qinhuai River in the "Area of the Six Dynasties of Smoke and Moon, where gold powder gathered", came from the remote New Capital of Sichuan to the bustling Jinling resort of Ten Miles, lived in a foreign country, shy in his pockets, prepared for the hardships of the world, fortunately, there were several predecessors and friends of the same age to help him, and he was still able to barely survive.
Qin Zhunhe merchants gathered, densely populated, Hong Yingming while wandering in the pleasant scenery of the smoke and rain of jiangnan, while singing and singing with his friends, while immersed in writing books and saying that although the days were hard, they were also at ease.
One day, a good friend Yu Kongjian came to visit him, to the meal, Hong Yingming brought out the congee pickles to treat each other, jade-colored rice porridge into the throat that melted, refreshing and warm, black and bright pickles salty and crisp, endless aftertaste, Yu Kong and praised, even said that this is the taste of the world, and asked what kind of dish? How can it be so delicious?
Hong Yingming smiled silently: "Is this, is it a vegetable root..."
Yu Kong said, "How come there is no bitterness and hardness of ordinary vegetable roots, and the entrance is so sweet?" "
Hong Yingming said: "The root of the vegetable tastes bitter, and ordinary people try it a little and then discard it." I think it's a pity that I pickled these roots into pickles. My roots are delicious because I know that the flavors are urgent. I salted the root and fermented it for a year to remove the bitterness of the root and force out the aroma of the root. Then remove the salt from the root with water and dry it in the sun for three days to make the root more chewy. Finally, it is served with spices such as peppercorns and marinated for seven days before being served to the table. ”
This grand discussion on the production of vegetable root pickles is comparable to the cold incense pills of Baochao, which are regarded as treasures for making treasures, and the eggplant of Fengjie in "Dream of the Red Chamber", but the ingredients are unremarkable, and they are also regarded as abandoned vegetable roots, and the cost of time and the essence of labor can only be achieved by Hong Yingming, who is indifferent, Yu Kongjian sighed greatly: "Sexual determination of vegetable root fragrance."
The title of the book "Cai Gen Tan" comes from this, and Yu Kong Jian wrote in the "Inscription" composed for "Cai Gen Tan": In the name of "Cai Gen Tan", it is fixed from the experience of qing bitterness, and it is also derived from cultivation and irrigation, and its turbulent storms and dangers can be imagined. He also quoted Hong Yingming as saying: Heaven labors me in form, and I make up for it with my heart; I meet with heaven, and I know what I know." In a nutshell, no matter where people are, they are willing to be greedy, bite the root of the vegetable, and do everything.
Hong Yingming, the character of self-sincerity, the number of the first Daoist, The new capital of Sichuan, the birth and death of the year is ominous. There are almost no records in the history books about his life and deeds, and it can be said that he was a rather mysterious figure. His elder and division commander Feng Mengzhen Youyun: "Young Mu Chaohua, Late Perch Zen Silence", a word with his life trajectory, early years and the heart of the economy, in his later years to penetrate the world, return to the hidden mountains, quite experienced in Taoist Buddhism, half way and half Buddha and half hermit, from active entry into the world to transcendent birth, Feng Yingming in the historical record gradually saw the beginning and the end, if it were not for a "Cai Gen Tan" that has been passed down through the ages, it would almost annihilate without a trace.
The most widely known classic golden sentence in "Cai Gen Tan" is "Do not be insulted, idly watch the flowers blossom and fall before the court; go to stay unintentional, and follow the clouds outside the sky", which is the most true portrayal of Hong Yingming's self and life insight. "Reading through human feelings, the beginning of the lack of madness is precious; preparing to taste the taste of the world, Fang knows that it is true" "The earth is wide and the sky is high, and the narrowness of Pengcheng is still felt; the clouds are deep and pine, and The dream of Fang Zhihe is leisurely", at this time, Hong Yingming, starting from the personal cultivation of self-cultivation, has realized that the ultimate goal of life is to return to simplicity and return to the truth, and not to forget the original heart.
From his enthusiasm for fame and admiration for prosperity in his early years to his later youyou under the forest and sincere worship of the Buddha, no one knows what Hong Yingming has experienced, presumably he has tasted the hardships and hardships of life, and finally realized the true meaning of life, using the pen of a literati, taking confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism as the core, taking the study of the heart and Zen as the core, and writing in the form of quotations the "Cai Gen Tan" that has a life path of self-cultivation, Qi family, governance, and peace in the world, and has become an ideological treasure that educates the world and enlightens future generations, and a spiritual chicken soup that nourishes people's hearts.
Because of "Cai Gen Tan", Hong Yingming occupied a place in the history of Chinese literature and became a famous thinker and scholar of the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, he was also highly recommended by the people for inventing vegetable root pickles.
He taught his neighbors hand in hand how to make pickles. After the Qing Dynasty, vegetable root pickles have become an industrial trend, and many craftsmen who operate vegetable root pickles, in gratitude for Hong Yingming's contribution to vegetable root pickles, have donated money to build temples to worship him, and honored him as the grandfather of vegetable root pickles. Yangchun Baixue and the Lower Riba people are magically combined.
He wrote "Vegetable Root Tan", which carries forward the spirit of vegetable root.
Hong Yingming, who realized the road of life from the root of the dish, is called "silly vegetable root" because he pays for the root of the vegetable that people abandon at his own expense. In fact, he was not stupid at all. With his own hills in his chest and the great wisdom of life, he has reached a state of mind that ordinary people in the rolling red dust cannot reach.
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Intern Editor: Jiang Tianyun