Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is green. The evening wind blows the willow flute, and the sunset is outside the mountain. The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, the knowledge of the half-scattered. A pot of turbid wine is all over the place, don't dream cold tonight.
This is a poem written by Master Hongyi before he left home because of the separation of his friends, and in this, there is a kind of hidden pity, and there is also a kind of clarity after seeing through the world.
Master Hongyi has a very high attainment in the field of art, but it is strange that people who can reach a very high level in every field seem to eventually move towards such a clearness.
They will choose to become monks.
For example, Master Koichi.
For example, our impression of the "great hero Huo Yuanjia" - Huang Yuanshen.
Huang Yuanshen, originally from Chongqing, was born in Shanghai in 1948. When he was less than a year old, he moved to Hong Kong with his parents.
Because of the poor family conditions, the young Huang Yuanshen learned to take care of his younger siblings very early, and in order to help with tuition fees, he worked every summer every summer.
At the age of 12, in order to strengthen his body, he studied martial arts with his teacher, but he did not expect that one day, this initial intention would open the door to another world for him.
Huang Yuanshen studied very well, he was admitted to the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Canada and the Department of Engineering of New York University, but because of family conditions, he gave up the dream of studying abroad and chose to enter the society and work diligently.
During this period, Huang Yuanshen worked as a snack boy, a land handyman, a factory, a takeaway, etc., and he once said to himself:
"Seventy-two lines, I have done seventy-three lines."
Later, he worked as a jade apprentice and was very experienced in the identification and polishing of jade.
In ancient times, only gentlemen could wear jade, which meant "humble gentleman, gentle as jade", and Huang Yuanshen's personality had a wonderful tacit understanding with jade.
The master who made jade at that time liked him very much, so he gave him a piece of jade, which is said to have the effect of protecting the body, and later, Huang Yuanshen has always worn this piece of jade on his body.
At that time, Hong Kong kung fu films were just emerging, and there was a huge market gap in this type of film, but Wong Yuanshen never wanted to be an actor. His younger brother believes that his brother is highly skilled in martial arts, and with his skills, he will definitely be able to make some achievements in the film and television circle, so he secretly declared huang Yuan a shaw film and television artist training class.
More than 6,000 people applied for the examination, and sixty people were finally admitted. Huang Yuanshen, who participated with the mentality of being at ease with the encounter, was actually admitted, and he became a classmate with Michelle, Li Xiuxian and others.
Since then, he has also begun his acting career.
In 1972, Huang Yuanshen auditioned for the kung fu film "Hungry Tiger and Wild Dragon", because of his superb martial arts, he was deeply appreciated by the director.
Because of Huang Yuanshen's excellent performance, after this film, he began to receive film contracts continuously, and his performance has always been praised as "heroic outside, spirit show inside", his skills are a combination of strength and beauty, both strong and dashing.
In just a few years, Huang Yuanshen took over a series of martial arts films such as "Tiger Down the Mountain", "Big and Small Take-All", "Selling Raw Teeth", "Little Hero of the Living Dragon and Living Tiger", "Stronger In The Middle", etc. At the same time, Huang Yuanshen also learned a lot of knowledge about film shooting and film production: he had an understanding of film shooting skills, market analysis, film distribution, interpersonal relations, etc.
In 1975, Huang Yuanshen formed an international film company by himself, and produced, directed and acted in the film "Gambler".
This year, Huang Yuanshen met taiwanese film star Shi Qianyu, the two fell in love at first sight, then registered in Hong Kong, and later went to Taiwan to marry notarized.
——Whether at that time or now, it is easy for popular stars to announce their love affairs and marriages, but Huang Yuanshen generously admits that he has not covered up in the slightest.
This is consistent with his upright character.
Debuted for many years, Huang Yuanshen has very few scandals, he is polite and elegant, easy-going by nature, and always follows the principle of "going with the flow" when doing things.
But as an artist, gossip is sometimes an indispensable "booster": there are gossip to hype, and there is no gossip to create gossip.
Regardless of whether Huang Yuanshen was willing or not, the media at that time still tied him up with the TVB actress Huang Xingxiu, who was often cooperating at that time, to form a "double yellow CP", the media at that time liked to take the photo of the two people as a cover and make an article, and there was a tacit understanding between the eyebrows, false can be chaotic, and the anecdote was called "double yellow lotus rong" at that time.
But Huang Yuanshen's biggest scandal came from the later "White Lady" Zhao Yazhi.
In 1978, Huang Yuanshen met Zhao Yazhi when he participated in "Wrong Big Teeth and Broken Bones". At that time, Zhao Yazhi's wind evaluation in the circle was not very good.
It is said that when she and Zheng Shaoqiu were filming, there was a scandal between the two of them, which caused Qiu Kuang's original fat sister at the time to be angry and even slapped her; there were also rumors that she had a crush on Ni Kuang, and as a result, Ni Kuang's sister YiShu wrote in a book, alluding to her for being unruly.
The dedicated Huang Yuanshen did not care about these scandals, but concentrated on filming.
However, after a while, the outside world rumored that Huang Yuanshen and Zhao Yazhi were "affectionate". Such information was immediately denied by the two.
The reporter did not let go of a trace of clues, and later broke out, during that time, between Zhao Yazhi and her first husband Huang Hanwei, there was indeed a problem, the two often quarreled, Huang Hanwei even fought a big fight, and finally, the two chose to divorce.
On Huang Yuanshen's side, his wife Shi Qianyu only said lightly in an interview: There is indeed a little problem with the feelings between us, but there is no third party.
This mysterious case ended because of the denial and silence of the parties, but the matter was far from over.
In the days that followed, the two were well.
In 1981, Huang Yuanshen starred in "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", his elegant temperament and exquisite martial arts suddenly interpreted Huo Yuanjia's form and spirit.
In 1983, "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia" was introduced to the mainland, instantly swept the country, thousands of empty alleys, and to this day, whenever the song "The Great Wall Never Falls" sounds, people who hear it will still be full of blood.
This is the classic, it always evokes the sleeping memories in your heart.
In 1989, an incident broke out, huang Yuanshen quit the entertainment industry and chose to cut his home.
This year, Zhao Yazhi's ex-husband Huang Hanwei's life was not satisfactory, so he often drank and chatted with friends, and once he said at a party that he had picked up a love letter written by Huang Yuanshen to Zhao Yazhi.
Among the friends present at the time was a weekly magazine owner, and out of professional sensitivity, he immediately went to the letter and published it.
Suddenly, public opinion boiled over, and everyone brought out old things and had a carnival.
At this time, Huang Yuanshen chose to become a monk.
In 1990, Huang Yuanshen took the highly respected Saint One Master as his teacher and took the dharma name Yanshen.
At that time, the media reported that Huang Yuanshen was unable to "infatuate" Zhao Yazhi, so he chose to become a monk.
Is this really the case?
The answer is no.
In fact, Huang Yuanshen is idyllic and peaceful, and he is not suitable for the complexity of the entertainment industry. As early as the time he set up the company to shoot the film "Gambler", it has shown that he is "incompatible" with the entertainment industry.
In the 1970s, the quality of Hong Kong films was average, and many relied on violent blood and even pornography as a gimmick to attract audiences, which disgusted Huang Yuanshen, who felt that he could not lose his conscience for money.
Because his films have no gimmicks, the box office is average, but the righteous and awe-inspiring Huang Yuanshen will never allow himself to lose the bottom line.
Therefore, although it was getting hotter and hotter, Huang Yuanshen was getting unhappier and happier in his heart.
In 1984, when Huang Yuanshen was filming "Becoming a Dragon and Tiger Fighting", he met Lin Guoxiong, who converted to Buddhism, and through Lin Guoxiong's guidance, he began to contact Buddhism.
In 1989, because of the "scandal incident", he finally chose to officially shave his family, and later, Huang Yuanshen settled in Baolin Temple.
A reporter has followed and interviewed Huang Yuanshen for many years and found that he lived an ascetic life:
Every day, I get up at 3:30, do morning classes at 4:00, eat breakfast at 5:00, start chanting for more than an hour at 7:00, and then plant vegetables and raise flowers in the monastery.
In terms of diet, he quit smoking, alcohol, and meat, eating only two meals a day, and did not eat until the next morning after noon.
At that time, the reporter asked: "Master Yanshen, you became a monk, and the audience lost a good actor, so sorry." ”
Huang Yuanshen replied lightly: "Life is acting, in the past I played a character in film and television dramas, now I play a monk in Baolin Temple, and when I am older in the future, I will play an old monk!" ”
From this answer, we can faintly see his understanding of life.
Some people once used to describe Master Hongyi with "brilliant to the extreme, and bland", but many years later, this sentence was used to describe Huang Yuanshen, and it was so appropriate.
Before his death, Master Hongyi wrote down the four words "Intersection of Sorrow and Joy".
And Huang Yuanshen, who became the Master of Yanshen, also wrote a poem:
Life Totwoman III, Death came and went without a trace. The Lord, rich or poor, The big limit is the end of the play.
The first four words of this poem are connected to "life and death are big things", or, Master Yanshen is telling us that "fame and fortune are small".
If so, why bother?
There are two kinds of people in this world:
Some people are willing to dance in the wind and dust, such as Zhao Yazhi, for many years, she has been gossiping and gossiping, but she does not care; some people want to escape from the wind and dust, but also have to be clean, such as Huang Yuanshen.
It can be seen that when Huang Yuanshen withdrew from the entertainment circle, he cut his home not for Zhao Yazhi, but for a kind of inner satisfaction that he has been seeking.
At the end of 2006, the 25th anniversary of the "Great Hero Huo Yuanjia" crew gathered, Huang Yuanshen was exposed in 2005 and returned to the world, moved to the United States and his children were raised. Although he left the temple, Huang Yuanshen still lived the habit of monks, with daily coarse tea and light rice, accompanied by green lanterns.
Not flashy, willing to be lonely, a person can live so quietly. So, okay.