Riddle: The Emperor Became a monk: Is the emperor shunzhi dead or a monk? What is the answer?

Since there was a human between heaven and earth, with the division of gender, the love and right and wrong between men and women have never stopped. However, the people in these stories are not ordinary people, but foxes and ghosts. There are almost no real descriptions of dignitaries and even emperors and princes, but it can't be said that there is absolutely no. Among them, The Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty recorded a story: the emperor shunzhi became a monk because of the death of a woman, and finally the royal family in Qing Dynasty could only say that the emperor shunzhi died of illness. In ancient China society, being an emperor was everyone's highest dream. However, there is such a person in this world. When he was an emperor for many years and got everything an emperor should have, he was tired of sitting in the dragon chair and began to abandon all material and glory. He must be a bald monk who can only fast and recite scriptures and is not allowed to approach women. This man is the emperor shunzhi. His abnormal behavior was called one of the three major mysteries in the early Qing Dynasty by later generations, that is, "Shunzhi became a monk". The fact that the emperor gave up becoming a monk sounds really new and even incredible, but in historical records, it is true that the emperor shunzhi became a monk. According to records, the emperor shunzhi believed in Buddhism for a long time. Tibetan Buddhism had a far-reaching influence on the Qing royal family when they were outside the customs. Sourdrang queen, the emperor shunzhi's biological mother, is a Mongolian. She was deeply influenced by Buddhism since she was a child. Coupled with heavy and busy state affairs and tense political atmosphere, she is young and widowed. Therefore, sourdrang queen needs to rely on Buddhist beliefs to ease his inner pain. Her thoughts and behaviors, unconsciously, also deeply influenced the emperor shunzhi as a child. In addition, because of loneliness, most eunuchs serving the royal family in the palace believed in Buddhism, and their words and deeds also influenced the emperor shunzhi to some extent. Besides, the emperor shunzhi's family life is not sweet and beautiful. In order to find spiritual sustenance, he developed a strong interest in Buddhism. According to textual research, the earliest record of the emperor shunzhi's contact with monks was in the eighth day of November in the eighth year of Shunzhi (1651kloc-0/2.20), at Zhongjingshan, Qianxi County, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. During that trip, the emperor shunzhi not only learned more about Buddhism, but also regarded becoming a monk as the belief and pursuit of life. In the 14th year of Shunzhi (1657), under the arrangement of eunuchs, Emperor Shunzhi met and talked with Han Pucong, a monk who presided over the meeting. It should be said that the meeting was very successful and enjoyable, which made unhappy the emperor shunzhi be elated. The emperor shunzhi, a 20-year-old monk, was deeply attracted by Han Pucong's profound Buddhist attainments and elegant manners. So the emperor shunzhi wanted to call the monk Han Pucong into the palace to give lectures. Han Pucong (1610-1666), born in Shunchang, Yanping, Fujian, was a common name Lian, and was a monk in Qing Dynasty. He became a monk in Tennoja when he was 0/5 years old, and shaved his hair three years later. At the age of 25, he traveled all over the world and then practiced in Taiping Temple. In May of the 13th year of Shunzhi (1656), he began to preside over Haihui Temple in the south of Beijing. In the fifth year of Kangxi (1666), he died at the age of 57 on December 8, leaving sixteen volumes of Quotations from Master Ming Juecong. During the Buddhist activities in the palace, the emperor shunzhi's spirit was entrusted and greatly enriched. So, in excitement and joy, the emperor shunzhi gave the monk Han Pucong the title of "Ming Jue Zen Master". Seeing that the emperor shunzhi was so obsessed and pious about Buddhism, monk Han Pucong recommended Yulin L and Mu Chen to him. Among them, monk Yulin L was honored as the teacher of the emperor shunzhi in the future. Yulin L monk (1614-1675), also known as Yulin Tong L monk and Yulin Tong L Zen master, is known as Yulin and Yulin, a native of Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, with a common surname of Yang. He was a famous monk in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, presided over by Hongji in Huzhou, Zhejiang. In the fifteenth year of Shunzhi (1658), he was called to Beijing to promote Buddhism in Wanshan Hall and was awarded the title of "Dajue Zen Master". Soon after, he left his disciple, Tunxi Hangsen, to continue his Buddhist career in Beijing. The following year, he was named "Dajue Puji Zen Master" and given purple clothes. Perhaps, at this time, the emperor shunzhi felt that he could not truly believe in Buddhism, and it occurred to him that he should also have a formal name of a Buddhist disciple. In the 16th year of Shunzhi (1659), the emperor shunzhi finally couldn't hold back his admiration for the Buddha, and let monk Yulin L give himself a dharma name. How dare monks in Yulin do such rude things? But at this moment, the emperor shunzhi made up his mind and stubbornly insisted, not only claiming that this practice was voluntary, but also proposing that "some ugly words should be used". Yulin monk L was forced to write 10 for the emperor shunzhi to choose from. The emperor shunzhi chose the word "chi", thinking that only this word can express his fascination with life and Buddhism. According to the rules of the ancestral method of Longchi in Buddhism, the name comes first and the name comes last. Usually just by name. Yulin l should be called Yulin tong l monk. "Tong" is a disciple of Yulin L, and all the disciples of Yulin L use the word "Xing". According to this rule, the emperor shunzhi's legal name is "Xing Chi" and his legal name is "Crazy Taoist". After that, the emperor shunzhi called himself disciple Fu Lin when he participated in meditation with Yulin monk. Call Yulin L disciple brothers. In order to appease the emperor shunzhi, Yulin monk L called him "Buddha's Heart". For this reason, the emperor shunzhi was also engraved with titles such as "Dust Tibetan Taoist", "Foolish Taoist" and "Lazy Weng". In the sixteenth year of Shunzhi (1659), although there were quite frequent Buddhist activities between Shunzhi Emperor and monks, Shunzhi Emperor, as the revered figure in the Ninth Five-Year Plan, was still confined to Buddhism at that time. The teachings of Buddhism, the Zen of monks, really have a deep influence on the emperor shunzhi. Perhaps Buddhism's self-cultivation, arrogance and rashness, and indifference to all the concepts of fame and fortune in the world can just fill the emperor shunzhi's anxious and rude empty mind, which is also the spiritual sustenance and life pillar he needs. The emperor shunzhi's obsession with Buddhism has historical roots. It is a way of life explored by him in practice, and it is the need of living environment, psychology and body. From this perspective, it is a natural result that the emperor shunzhi finally shaved his head and became a monk. The seventeenth year of Shunzhi (1660) was an eventful autumn in the emperor shunzhi. When the beloved princess died, the emperor shunzhi cried her eyes out to accompany her, and his biological mother sourdrang queen also advised her to be invalid. His most respected nanny also came to persuade him, but it didn't help. As a result, the whole palace was turned upside down. For such an importune emperor and his son, sourdrang queen had no choice but to send many people to guard him day and night to prevent him from committing suicide. Maybe the Buddhist mentality played a role. After crying for a while, the emperor shunzhi gradually calmed down. However, the emperor shunzhi, who saw through the world of mortals, made up his mind in his heart: Put on the mountain forest, become a monk, no longer associate with laity, and live a life of idle clouds and wild cranes. Having made up his mind, the emperor shunzhi began to make premeditated preparations. Because Empress Dowager Cixi was closely monitored and could not leave the palace at will, Emperor Shunzhi remembered Tunxisen, a monk who lived in Hongzhi, Huzhou (Xing Wu, Zhejiang). Monk Mao Xisen is a disciple of Monk Yulin L and the elder brother of the emperor shunzhi for generations. In the same year1mid-October, the emperor shunzhi finally invited the monk Mao Xisen to Xiyuan (now * * *), forced him to shave his hair, and held a net hair ceremony in Wanshantang, which was regarded as a monk who realized his dream. This time, the emperor shunzhi made a great determination: since I can't die, I will become a monk. Sourdrang queen was greatly annoyed by the facts in front of him, but he was helpless. However, as a female politician and heroine in the Qing Dynasty, sourdrang queen had long planned to come up with a way to save Zhao by besieging Wei. She sent someone to invite monk Mao Xisen's teacher, namely the emperor shunzhi's teacher, monk Yulin L. When the Yulin monk rushed to the palace and saw that the emperor shunzhi had really turned into a bald monk, he was shocked and frightened to learn that it was his apprentice, monk Kuang Xisen, who gave the emperor clean hair. He didn't dare to be angry with the emperor shunzhi, but he flew into a rage against his apprentice. He immediately ordered people to get dry wood and burned the monk Shao Xisen on the spot. It's really unlucky to meet the emperor's job as a monk and monk Kuang Xisen. It should be this sentence. The teapot boiled jiaozi, but it was full of bitterness. Emperor Shunzhi looked at his brother, a kind-hearted old monk of that age, but he was going to be burned to death because he shaved his head. It's really cruel At this critical juncture, the emperor shunzhi had to express his willingness to grow old together, return to the secular world and stay a monk, begging the Yulin monk to spare his brother. Monk L of Yulin borrowed a donkey from the slope, and sourdrang queen took it away as soon as possible, leaving monk Kuang Xisen alone. The emperor shunzhi was forced to give up the idea of becoming a monk and grow his hair again. Following the advice of Yulin monk L, he ordered 1500 monks to be protected by bodhisattvas in the tower of Cishou Temple in Balizhuang outside Fuchengmen. The monk Yulin L was also named "Dajue Puji Nengren National Teacher". But the emperor shunzhi's idea of becoming a monk is still there. Afterwards, he once asked monk Yulin L: Buddha Sakyamuni and Zen founder Dharma both abandoned their positions and became monks. Can't I follow their example? In order to stabilize the emperor shunzhi's paranoia, monk Yulin L, as a Buddhist Zen master, once again did some ideological work for the emperor shunzhi: at first, they realized Buddhism (referring to Buddha Sakyamuni and Zen founder Dharma), but now according to the laws of WTO accession, the emperor needs to protect Buddhist justice and the places where all bodhisattvas live, so you need to continue to be emperor. Buddhism is boundless, and turning back is the shore. It can be said that the emperor shunzhi's restoration of hair not only saved his brother's life, but also saved the dignity of the Qing Empire. The emergence of legendary stories is often a fertile ground for historical mysteries. Why are people so interested in Shunzhi becoming a monk? Not only is the incident itself a bit odd, but people also think that there are more historical stories hidden behind it. Furthermore, four historical mysteries related to the emperor shunzhi appear in people's sight, namely, the mystery of the emperor shunzhi's succession to the throne, the mystery of the life experience of a generation of famous princesses, the mystery of the emperor shunzhi's death, and the mystery of the hole in the emperor shunzhi's mausoleum. The emperor shunzhi's story not only left a rich imagination space for people, but also left a research topic for scholars.