Why did Su Shi's robe and jade belt stay in Jinshan Temple?

"There are several layers of stones on the pillow of the heavy building, and all the windows on the wall are facing the wind. Suddenly, when I saw the bird flying to the ground, I was shocked in mid-air. " This is a hymn written by Wang Anshi, a famous politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, after visiting Jinshan Temple. Jinshan Temple is located in Jinshan (northwest of Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province). Founded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was originally named Zexin Temple. Since then, because of its golden prosperity in the Tang Dynasty, it has been called Jinshan Temple. During the Lunar New Year in Song Zhenzong, he was named Longyou Temple for sleepwalking in Jinshan Temple, and was named Jiangtian Temple during Kangxi's southern tour in Qing Dynasty. Jinshan Temple was built according to the mountain situation, which made the mountain and the temple integrated and unique. Cishou Tower and Jiangtian Pavilion in the temple stand on the top of the mountain; Liu Yuting and Guanyin Pavilion surround the top of the mountain; Qifengge, Miaogaotai, Lengjiatai and other buildings are connected to the mountainside. Heavenly King Hall, the former site of Daxiong Hall, Buddhist Sutra Building, Buddhist Temple, Accommodation, Abbot Room, Zizhulin and other huge buildings. Adjacent to the mountain root, it is organically connected by curved corridors, eaves and stone steps, forming an exquisite building with a building upstairs, a pavilion outside the building and a pavilion in the pavilion. Each group is self-contained, interrelated, exquisite and gorgeous, and quite distinctive. Perhaps readers still don't know that there is a treasure in this famous temple in the south of the Yangtze River that has been treasured for nearly a thousand years. This is a jade belt used by Su Shi, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, to decorate his robes.

Then, why did Su Shi's jade belt stay in Jinshan Temple? Folklore and historical records have different opinions and differences. There are mainly the following viewpoints:

First of all, after Su Dongpo's death, his family sent this robe and jade belt to Jinshan Temple as a memorial to Su Shi's good friend and great monk Fo Yin. Su Dongpo wrote in a poem: "Why do you look at Jinshan Temple? You ring the bell and drum to smell Huainan. " Here, Su Shi wrote the considerable architectural scale of Jinshan Temple with true and meticulous brushwork, which also shows that Su Wan must have lived in Jinshan Temple for a long time and had feelings for it. It is credible that family members give their relics to living friends.

Secondly, according to the "Dantu County Records", Su Wan passed by Zhenjiang and visited the great monk Fo Yin in Jinshan Temple. At this time, Fo Yin is doing Buddhist work in the Buddhist temple. As usual, he doesn't receive visitors at this time. However, Su Shi was born with an open-minded personality and was an acquaintance, that is, he pushed through the door. Fo Yin had to say with a straight face, "Where is that gentleman?" There's no place to sit here! Su Shi said with a smile, "I'll borrow these four monks for the time being as meditation beds. "This is a humorous joke, which means that I'm not visiting and just sitting around, but borrowing the concept of' Big Four' in your Buddhism to calm my mind. Hearing this, Fo Yin turned anger into joy, so he agreed with Su Shi: If you can answer my question casually, if you are hesitant, please leave your jade belt in the temple as a treasure of the town house. Su Shi readily agreed to take off the jade belt. Fo Yin asked Su Wan a question in Buddhist terms, but the astute Su Shi thought for a while. When Fo Yin saw it, he ordered people to take it away. Su Wan had to answer with a smile: "The diseased bone is embarrassed by the jade belt, but the dull silver is still falling. "On the one hand, this poem taunts him that he is not worthy of this jade belt; On the other hand, it praised Fo Yin's clever thinking and skillful use of it. This story has been handed down to this day and has become an eternal story.

Third, Su Dongpo was demoted to Qiongzhou (now Hainan Island) because of his copywriting offending the court. Due to the lack of funds on the road, he had to sell this jade belt. Later, the jade belt was moved to Jinshan Temple. According to historical records, Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou at the age of 62 on 1097. On February 14, 2004, Baiheguan's new house was completed, and his eldest son, Mai Su, granted Renzong in Shaozhou to visit Su Shi in Huizhou. In April, Qiongzhou issued a driver's license again and the Changhua Army placed it. In May, the two brothers met in Tengzhou and went to Leizhou together. Cross the sea in June and arrive at the detention center on July 2. It is not difficult to imagine Su Shi's hardships and difficulties on his way to the relegation center at an advanced age. Especially at the turn of spring and summer, everything is moldy; And people are not stones, why are they valuable? Lack of medical care and medicine along the way, he had to entrust others to send him some medicine from other places, one is to treat himself, the other is to help others. What is commendable is that while he lamented his personal sufferings, he did not forget the sufferings of the people. He wrote in the poem "After Tangyin City, you get peas and barley porridge, showing three sons": "The land of the new moon is bare, and the river is yellow and dusty. Qiu Lin dark bean paint, summer drought wheat people. " In such a serious situation, it is good to have peas and barley porridge, even if it is delicious. He comforted his son and said, "Singing breakfast porridge is just the opposite. It is timely and valuable." On the way, Su Shi also wrote to Song Zhezong, asking him to go to the relegated mansion by water. He said that since he heard about his fate, he fell ill with anxiety, his eyes were dim, he only knew the way, his left hand was numb, his right hand was weak, and his teeth were white for 60 years. In addition, he doesn't usually arrange his life, and his salary is used up at will. He said he wanted to go by land, running around the clock, and get to the detention center quickly. However, due to serious illness and financial difficulties, there is no money to hire people to buy horses. He said: "If I spend the rest of my life in a weak disease, I will suffer from the heat of three volts, and the land will be more than 4,000 miles away, so my stiff servant will die in the middle of the journey. There is no doubt. " He hoped that Zhezong would "remember this old minister who had been feasting for eight years" and allow him to go to the relegation house by boat. Therefore, from the analysis of Su Shi's situation at that time, it is very likely that he will sell his official robe jade belt. Later, the monks of Jinshan Temple spent a lot of money to buy this jade belt.

Su Shi's jade belt left in Jinshan Temple once lost a Pian Yu edition. In the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong (1762), when Qing Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River for three times, he ordered someone to make it up. It is said that at that time, the emperor saw this jade belt in Jinshan Temple and wanted to bring it back to the palace, but he didn't take it away because he finally felt inappropriate.