A poem beyond the mortal world

"Flowers, leaves don't touch the body. Although she doesn't touch her body, Fang Xin has entered her heart. "The general meaning is: Although I have experienced beauty, I am not tired of it; Although not tired of beauty, beauty has entered the heart.

In Zen Buddhism, "a hundred flowers blossom without touching a leaf" means not to be disturbed by the secular world. Even after the secular world, external things can't desecrate the Buddha's heart that is detached from the secular world.

"Over a hundred flowers" is a metaphor for the realm of five desires and six dusts. I have my own efforts to make it clear that the realm is wisdom, and knowing everything is wisdom.

"Leaves don't touch the body" is kung fu, meditation and purifying the soul. In a word, I am clear, no matter what state or temptation is outside.

Extended data:

"Flowers, leaves don't touch the body. Although she doesn't touch her body, Fang Xin has entered her heart. " From the Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu.

Peony Pavilion is a legend (script) created by Tang Xianzu, a playwright in Ming Dynasty. Published in forty-five years of Wanli of Ming Dynasty (16 17).

The play tells the story that Du Liniang, the daughter of a government official, fell in love with the scholar Liu Mengmei in her dream, but died of injury. In reality, she turned into a soul looking for a lover, fell in love with a ghost, finally came back to life, and finally became one with Liu Mengmei forever. The play has elegant wording and beautiful language.

This drama is one of the outstanding works in the history of China's traditional operas, and it is also known as the four classical dramas of China together with Cui Yingying's The West Chamber, The Earth Shakes and the Palace of Eternal Life. ?

Character introduction:

Du Liniang

Female, 16 years old, the only daughter of Du Bao, the satrap of Nan 'an, Jiangxi Province in the early Southern Song Dynasty, was deeply loved by her parents since childhood. Born beautiful, he has a gentle, tenacious and persistent temperament, as well as a sentimental, sentimental and infatuated side. I woke up with a dream tryst with Lingnan scholar Liu Mengmei and missed it.

With the help of Liu Mengmei, Shi, Judge Hu, Fairy Peony, etc. and God, she came back to life and finally got married with Liu Sheng after many hardships.

Although she lives in a boudoir and is influenced by feudal ethics, she has a rebellious consciousness against traditional ethics and a rebellious spirit against cruel reality in her bones, and her heart is burning with a strong desire to break free from feudal cages, crush the shackles of Neo-Confucianism, pursue personality liberation and yearn for beautiful love.

She died of love and was born of love. She is not only a tragic figure strangled by feudal times, but also a romantic life shaped by art. ..

Chen Zui Liang

Male, tutor in Du Liniang, over 60 years old. He is benevolent and moral, and he speaks eloquently. He is bent on teaching this beautiful young female student to be a model of a good wife and mother.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Revival of Peony Pavilion