The story of Zhuge Liang becoming a monk

Zhuge Liang (181-23410-8), a native of Yang Du, Xuzhou (now yinan county, Linyi City, Shandong Province), was an outstanding politician, strategist, essayist and calligrapher during the Three Kingdoms period.

The story of Master Zhuge Liang:

When Zhuge Liang was eight or nine years old, he couldn't speak, and his family was poor, so his father asked him to herd sheep in the nearby mountains.

There is a Taoist temple on this mountain, where an old man with white hair lives. Every day, the old man walks out of the gate and wanders around. When he saw Zhuge Liang, he teased him and asked questions with lively gestures. Zhuge Liang always answers with gestures happily.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was clever and lovely, the old man treated him and soon cured Zhuge Liang of his inability to speak.

Zhuge Liang was glad that he could speak, and ran to the Taoist temple to thank the old man. The old man said, "Go home and tell your parents that I want to take you as a disciple, teach you to read, learn astronomy and geography, and fight with Yin and Yang gossip. If your parents agree, you can come to school every day and you can't miss a day! "

From then on, Zhuge Liang worshipped the old man as a teacher and went up the mountain for advice every day, rain or shine. He is smart, studious and absorbed, and he never forgets anything when reading. He will remember it after listening to the class once. The old man loves him more.

In an instant, seven or eight years have passed.

One day, when Zhuge Liang went down the mountain and passed an abandoned "temple" halfway up the mountain, a strong wind suddenly blew and it rained everywhere. Zhuge Liang is busy hiding from the rain in buddhist nun. At this moment, a woman who had never seen him welcomed him into the room. I saw this woman with fine features and beautiful fairy posture, just like a fairy descending to earth. He couldn't help but move his heart. When she left, the woman sent Zhuge Liang out of the door and said with a smile, "Today we met. We went up and down the mountain to rest and drink tea. " Zhuge Liang felt a little strange when he came out of buddhist nun. Why has he never seen a place where people live before? !

After that, Zhuge Liang often came to buddhist nun. The woman not only warmly received him, but also warmly retained him and cooked a good meal. After dinner, they are either joking or playing chess for fun. Compared with Taoist temple, this place is really another world. Zhuge Liang began to be in a daze.

Zhuge Liang has a problem with his thoughts and is tired of learning. What Master said went in one ear and out the other, but it was not printed in his mind. What is written in the book, I don't know what to say after reading it once, but I still can't remember it after reading it once.

The old man saw the problem, called Zhuge Liang to his side, sighed and said, "It's easier to destroy trees than to plant them! I have worked hard for several years! "

Zhuge Liang heard something in the master's words and bowed his head and said, "Master! I will not live up to your painstaking efforts! "

"I don't believe this now." The old man looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "I think you are a clever boy." I want to teach you to be useful, so that I can cure your dumb illness and accept you as a disciple. " A few years ago, you were smart and diligent. Master, I have painstakingly taught you not to feel pain. Now you have changed from diligence to laziness, even if you are smart, it is in vain! He also said that he would live up to my painstaking efforts. Can I believe it? "

The old man added: "If the wind doesn't come, the tree won't move;" The boat does not shake, and the water is not muddy. " As he spoke, he pointed to a tree wrapped with kudzu vine in the yard and showed it to Zhuge Liang: "Do you think that tree is dead or alive, why can't it grow up?"

"Let kudzu be too tight!"

"Yes! There are many trees, stones and little soil on the mountain, which is bitter enough. But its roots grow down and its branches grow up. It is neither afraid of heat nor cold, and it always grows bigger. But if kudzu vine is tightly entangled, it will not grow. This is called' trees are afraid of soft vines'! "

Smart people are smart. Zhuge Liang could not hide from Master and asked, "Master! Do you know everything? "

The old man said, "you can know the nature of fish near the water, and you can know the sound of birds near the mountain." Judging from your expression and movements, can you still not know what you are thinking? " After a pause, the old man said solemnly to him, "To tell you the truth, the woman you like is not human. She used to be a crane in the heavenly palace. Because she was greedy, she ate the flat peach of the Queen Mother and was knocked to the ground to suffer. " In this world, she becomes a beautiful woman, ignorant, hardworking and only having fun. You only look at its beauty, don't you know it's just sleeping and eating? If you go on like this, you will accomplish nothing in your life! If you don't do what she wants, it will hurt you. "

Zhuge Liang was a little flustered and asked what to do.

The old man said, "cranes have a habit of showing their true colors every night and flying to Tianhe to take a bath." At this time, you go into her room and burn the clothes she wears. She stole clothes from the Heavenly Palace. Once burned, she can't become a beauty. "

Zhuge Liang promised to do as the master said. Before leaving, the old man handed Zhuge Aliang the leading crutch, saying, "When the crane finds out that buddhist nun is on fire, it will fly down from Tianhe immediately, and when it sees that you burned her clothes, it will not die with you. If it hurts you, you can hit it with this crutch, remember! "

In the middle of the night, Zhuge Liang quietly came to buddhist nun and opened the door. Sure enough, he found only clothes on the bed, but no one was there. He immediately lit a fire to burn clothes.

The crane was taking a bath in the Tianhe River when his heart suddenly vibrated. He quickly looked down and found that the temple was on fire, so he flew down. When she saw Ge Liang burning her clothes, she rushed over and pecked Zhuge Liang's eyes. Zhuge Liang was quick of eye and load, picked up a crutch and knocked the crane to the ground at once. He reached for it and caught the crane's tail. The crane struggled to break free and flapped its wings and flew away. As a result, the feathers on the crane's tail were caught by Zhuge Liang.

A crane loses its tail, which is different from a crane in the Heavenly Palace. From then on, I never dared to take a bath in Tianhe, nor did I dare to sneak into the Heavenly Palace to steal clothes that could become beautiful women. I will stay in the world forever and blend in with the white cranes.

Since then, in order not to forget this lesson, Zhuge Liang has kept the feathers on the crane tail as a warning.

Since then, Zhuge Liang has become more diligent. Master learned everything he said and wrote in the book, recited it, got the message, and became his own thing. Another year passed, and it was the day when Zhuge Liang burned the skin of a beautiful woman. The old man smiled and said to Zhuge Liang, "Disciple, you have been with me for nine years. You have read all the books you should read, and you have listened to everything I want to teach you. As the saying goes, the master leads the door and the practice is in the individual. You are eighteen years old, it's time to go out and do what you should do! "

Zhuge Liang heard the master say that he was "all teachers" and pleaded at once: "Master, the more I learn, the more shallow I feel. I need to learn more from you!"

"Real skills can only be acquired by doing things. What you learn from books depends on the changes of everything in the world. Change at any time, improvisation is useful! For example, if you want to learn from cranes, don't be infatuated with eroticism in the future. This is a direct lesson; By extension, everything in the world should not be confused by appearances, but should have a careful insight into its essence. This is my breakup fee! I'm leaving today. "

"Master, where are you going?" Zhuge Liang asked in surprise, "Where shall I visit you in the future?"

"Travel around the world without orientation."

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang burst into tears and said, "Master must go. Please worship his disciples to thank you for your kindness!"

Zhuge Liang bowed his head, looked up and disappeared from Master, never to be found again.

When the old man left, he left something for Zhuge Liang, that is, the gossip suit he later wore.

Zhuge Liang missed Master and put on her gossip clothes, thinking that Master would always be by his side. Zhuge Liang did not forget Master's teachings, especially the entrustment when he left. He specially made a fan out of the feathers he carried with him and held it in his hand, warning himself to be cautious. This is the origin of Zhuge Liang's feather fan.