Famous writers and articles about the ocean

Dishan Xu

The big stones in Nanputuo Temple (1) feel a little clean after the rain, but the moss is longer. The end of the world seems to have given us a sunny letter. The rainbow (3) in the forest is divided into seven colors by sunlight. In the tree, the female voice begged by the male insect is too sad to listen to. My wife, sitting on a stone, saw me coming and asked, "Where are you from? I have been waiting for you for a long time. 」

"I took my children to the seaside to pick up shells. Arjun picked up a broken shell. Although it was incomplete, it seemed that the bottom of a pearl was hidden inside. When he arrives, I will teach him to show it to you. 」

"It's so comfortable to sit in this shade! How nice it is that we come here every day! 」

The wife said, "Where can you ...? 」

"Why not? 」

"You should be the shade, not the shade. 」

"Would you like me to be such a shadow? 」

"Such a shadow is nothing! May you be the infinite treasure cover (4), which can cover all beings in the world. May you be a bright pearl (5) that can shine on all beings in the world. May you destroy all obstacles in the world. May you be a multi-treasure basin (7), which can hold all kinds of flavors and nourish all the hungry people in the world. May you have six hands, ten second hands, a hundred hands, ten million hands (8), and countless hands can make all the beautiful hands in the world. 」

I said, "Great, great! But I am willing to make seasoning salt, penetrate into food and so on, melt my skeleton, restore my original appearance at the bottom of the sea, and let all living beings taste salt but not salt. 」

The wife said, "Only seasoning can satisfy all sentient beings?" 」

I said, "If the function of salt base is only seasoning, it is not worthy of being called salt." 」

-Excerpted from Xu Dishan's essays, Hongfan Bookstore.

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(1) Nanputuo Temple: Located at the foot of Wulao Peak in Xiamen, Fujian. Nanputuo is located at the southern foot of Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province, so it is called Nanputuo. Founded in the Tang Dynasty, it was originally named Sizhou Temple and was later destroyed by a weapon. It was rebuilt and renamed Nanputuo during the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. Together with Putuo Mountain in Dinghai, Zhejiang Province, it is a scenic spot in the southeast of China. Great Compassion Hall is a famous building in South Putuo, all inlaid with fine wood carvings, octagonal pavilion-style, double eaves and three folds; The roof of the temple is stacked, supported by beams and columns, and its structure is peculiar, which is rare in temple architecture. There is a statue of Guanyin with a thousand hands in the temple, which is very finely carved. 1925, Master Huiquan became the abbot, founded Minnan Buddhist College and concurrently served as the dean.

(2) Bottom: structural auxiliary words. Used after nouns or pronouns to express all meanings. Same as "de"

(3) Rainbow gas: an arc-shaped aperture formed by the refraction or reflection of water droplets in the atmosphere after being irradiated by sunlight. Appearing in the opposite direction of the sun, from the outer ring to the inner ring are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple.

(4) Bao Hua: It is called a wonderful work in the treasure house. The Analects of Confucius: "If you want to do something, Bao Hua will do it. There are countless Bao Hua clusters, called Bao Hua Cluster and Baohuagai. In addition, it is said that the high seat (Mount Sumi) is the "throne of Bao Hua".

(5) Ruyi net beads: namely Ruyi beads, also known as Manizu and priceless beads. Refers to the treasure that can be realized as one wishes. This orb also has merits such as getting rid of illness and suffering. Generally used to compare Buddhism and Buddhism, representing classic merits. According to "Zabao Jing Juan Liu", Ruyi Zhu Bao comes from the brain of Moji fish. According to Volume 59 of Great Wisdom, Ruyi Baozhu may come from the heart of the Dragon King; Or Indra's king kong, broken and falling; Or replace it with a Buddha relic to benefit all beings. This Ruyi Baozhu is the holder of Ruyi Lunguanyin, Matou Guanyin and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, which can satisfy the wishes of all beings.

(6) King Kong: Originally an ancient Indian weapon. Because of its hard texture, it can break all kinds of substances, so it is named King Kong. In esoteric Buddhism, the Vajrayana is a symbol of bodhicitta which destroys troubles, and it is a prop for all venerable persons or practitioners. All the gods in the Vajra Department of Datura Sea Society hold the Vajra pestle. Pravda practitioners often carry it with them, and this pestle symbolizes the wisdom of the Tathagata King Kong, who can get rid of the inner demons and external religions of ignorance and delusion under the influence of evil.

(7) Euler Basin: the transliteration of Brahma's name, Ullambana, is a Chinese Buddhist area. According to the Euler Basin Sutra, the ceremony of turning over ancestors is held on July 15th of the lunar calendar every year. According to the Orchid Sutra, Mu Lian, a disciple of the Buddha, saw his mother fall into the hungry ghost road with her own eyes, skin and bones connected, and she was depressed day and night. Seeing that I had seen myself, I filled the bowl with rice and returned it to my mother. However, her mother got what she deserved, and her food turned into fire. In order to save his mother from this kind of suffering, Mulian turned to the Buddha for help. The Buddha instructed Monk Mulian to indulge himself on July 15th, and put hundreds of kinds of food in a bowl to support the three treasures, so that he could get infinite merits and save his parents for the seventh time. "Lanpen Classic": "Buddhist disciples who practice filial piety should always think about their parents' support, even their seventh-generation parents, and remember their seventh-generation parents with filial piety on July 15 every year, in order to serve Lanpen, give Buddhism and become a monk, in order to repay their parents' kindness. "According to the Buddha Chronicle Volume 37, the earliest person who went to the bonsai club in China was said to be Liang Wudi, which later became a common practice. Emperors and subjects of past dynasties have visited this club many times to repay the kindness of their parents and ancestors.

(8) Thousands of hands: This theory originated from "thousands of hands and thousands of eyes are free", one of the six Guanyin. It is also a thousand hands, eyes, arms, eyes, tongues and arms. According to the Heart Sutra of a Thousand Hands and Eyes, observing the past, the Bodhisattva heard that Dalagni, who is merciful and merciful, was a great wish to benefit all sentient beings with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes, and immediately won his body.

Brief introduction of the author

Xu Dishan (1893 194 1) is a modern writer and scholar. The name Zan (Fang), the word Di Shan, the pen name Peanut. My ancestral home is Jieyang, Guangdong, and I was born in a patriotic family in Tainan, Taiwan Province Province. After returning to the mainland, he settled in Longxi, Fujian. 19 17 was admitted to yenching university, took an active part in the may 4th movement and co-founded the new society magazine. /kloc-graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature in 0/920, and participated in the establishment of a literary research society the following year. 1922, he graduated from the School of Religion of Yanda University. From 1923 to 1926, he studied religious history, philosophy and folklore. At Columbia University Graduate School and Oxford University. On my way home, I made a short stop in India to study Sanskrit and Buddhism. /kloc-since 0/927, he has been Professor yenching university, the editorial board of Yanjing Journal, and taught in Peking University and Tsinghua University. 1935, because of disagreement with Si Tuleideng, president of Yanda University, he went to the University of Hong Kong as a professor. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression started, he became the executive director of Hong Kong Branch of Ren Zhonghua National Federation of Anti-Japanese Literature and Art Circles. The cause of resisting Japan and saving the nation is clamoring, and various organizations and educational work are carried out. Later, he died of overwork and transition.

192 1 year, Xu Dishan published his first novel "Birds of Life", and later published his early representative novel "Spider Weaving a Web" and his simple prose masterpiece "Peanut". His early novels are unique in materials, plots, imagination and romance, showing a strong southern flavor and exotic atmosphere. Although he is persistently exploring the meaning of life, he also shows metaphysical elements and religious colors. 1The novels written after the end of the 1920s maintained a fresh style, but turned to the realistic description of the masses and the criticism of the dark reality, which was vigorous, solid and powerful. "Spring Peach" and "Iron Fish Bottom Gill" are the representative works of this trend. His creation is not rich, but he is unique in the literary world. His works are collected and published in the form of short stories, essays, novels, plays, liberators, miscellaneous feelings, Indian literature, Taoist history (I), Xu Dishan's anthology, Xu Dishan's anthology and so on.

I'm going to the east.

Dishan Xu

If you live in the mountains, you must always get up early, because sleeping like waking up is abhorrent to all kinds of friends in the mountains. When you get up at dawn, you can not only watch the changes at the bottom of the colorful clouds; And listen to the voice of birds gently; Sometimes from the top of the mountain, from the surface of the tree, from the shadow of the stream and from the village, it gives us a lot of unspeakable happiness.

We live in the tooth pavilion on the mountainside. Once, it was almost dawn, everyone was still sleeping in bed, and a group of boys and girls were singing in ecstasy.

People on the sofa should wake up!

Chickens are often urged three or two times.

Have you noticed-

I'm going to the east,

Has the twilight penetrated the thousand village trees?

People on the sofa should wake up!

Then follow the chorus:

I'm going to the East!

I'm going to the East!

Welcome the new sunrise, quilt four tables,

Make me happy.

The song continued to sing, but it was too far away to understand.

Xiao Xu said to me, "Didn't you teach children to sing at school ten years ago?" Why did you come here to sing? 」

I said, "I was surprised, too, because even I forgot this song." 」

"You are depressed, of course you will forget this song. I think you should praise the darkness with the voice of praising the light now. 」

I said, "Otherwise, otherwise. Do you know me? Darkness was not enough to curse, and light was not worthy of praise. Light can't get you anything, and darkness can't stop you from anything. Why is there a different heart? If you want to praise, you should praise the morning morning; In Japan and China, you should praise Japan; Praise the dusk at dusk; Praise the long night in the long night; Praise the past, present and future, and it is the same when it comes to cursing. 」

At that time, the sunrise had already hit our faces, so we got up immediately and planned the tour at the end of the day.

The road to darkness

"My friend, wait a minute, wait for me to light the lamp for you, and then go. 」

Seeing his friend say this, Wu smiled and said, "Haha, Brother Jun, do you think I am a woman? Women need fire to walk at night; Dude, why bother? No, I'll go back empty-handed, lest I give you a lamp in the future. 」

There are several mountains between Wuweidi Village and Brother Jun's place, and the road is very rugged. Whoever goes that way at night must bring a light. Therefore, Brother Jun must not let him sneak back.

Brother Jun said, "You'd better bring a lamp. In this weather, there is no moon shadow and there is no danger in the mountains. 」

Wuwei said, "If I think of danger, I can't go back ..."

"So, how about you stay with me tonight? 」

"No, I must go back, because my father and wife are waiting for me there. 」

"You are too stubborn. How can you go there without a light? " Handsome elder brother said, while carefully handed him the lit lamp; He is still determined. 」

He said, "If you insist on telling me to go with the light, I'm even more afraid to go. 」

"Why? 」

"The whole mountain has no light. If I walk with a light, only three or two steps, the insects at the foot of the mountain will be uneasy. What if you happen to meet a long snake coming towards the fire? Moreover, this kind of light will make the unlit places more dangerous and make me more afraid. It's even harder when the lights go out halfway. Why don't I go empty-handed? Although I felt a little blocked at first, I could tell everything in the dark after a while. 」

He went out when he finished. Brother Jun still held the lamp in his hand and watched him walk through the path in the dense forest before shaking his head and saying, "There is such a freak in the world! 」

I walked in the dark, and although I often heard the voices of flying insects and wild animals, he was not afraid at all. Fireflies often fly out of the creeping weeds. Although the light is not big, it is enough. He himself said, "This is beyond your expectation, and it is beyond his lighting the bottom lamp for me. 」

He didn't fall that night; I have never encountered poisonous insects and beasts; Get to his house safely.

sea

My friend said, "when we reach the sea, freedom and hope are completely lost!" " Because we are too careless to show our limited ability and will in this boundless wave. 」

I said, "We are floating on it. Although not very satisfied at present, it will hit bottom in the future, or it is beyond our ability and will. Therefore, in the stormy waves, it is not allowed to say that we can reach anywhere we want; We can only save our lives first, and then go with the flow and toss and turn. 」

We sat in an unhappy lifeboat and watched the big ship that destroyed us halfway sink.

The friend said, "Look, the underground boat that took us to our destination is going to rest!" " ! Now in this vast empty sea, we have no idea. 」

Fortunately, the people at the bottom of the boat were too anxious to pay attention to what he said. I held his hand and said, "Friend, is it time for you to talk about the bottom?" Aren't you going to help paddle? 」

"Paddle? This is an easy thing. But where are we going boating? 」

I said, "in all the oceans, under such circumstances, no one has come up with an idea and no one can escape from it." Let's row. 」

Lecturer's words

Hua Meng

From the perspective of Buddhism, the word "wish" is of great significance. The power of vows can make people do good deeds and become buddhas. The so-called "practice is important, making a wish is preferred; Willing to stand, all beings can live. " I hope to be a person who promotes Buddhism and good roots. What he cares about in his heart is either personal practice or hope to repay everyone. "Wishing wisdom" means that wishing is the first thing, which is enough to trigger wonderful wisdom, and wonderful wisdom itself can complete the meaning of wishing.

Xu Dishan's "Wishing" is an allegorical prose style. Through the dialogue between the first person "I" and his wife, it shows the "wishing wisdom" of sympathizing with others.

Located in Putuo Mountain Temple, it is the Dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Under environmental conditions, there will naturally be "What should I do with my body?" Time and space of "willingness" of law. The male insect in the tree cries sadly for the female insect, which is in contrast with the author's karma at this time. Worms don't have the consciousness of the world, just courting for mating and reproducing the next generation; Although the author is married, he understands and supports Buddhism, which turns their love into a Bodhi household.

In this article, it is a metaphor. Although life is flawed, every inch contains a treasure-like meaning, which can change life, develop potential and lead people to realize and get rid of troubles.

My wife wants "I" not to be a shade, but to protect the shade of all beings. More importantly, I want to become a Buddha and fulfill all the goodness in the world with my own hands.

What is interesting is the answer of "I". The author is willing to make "refined salt for seasoning" to make food return to the "bottom of the sea" and "let all beings taste the salt, but not the salt body." True wisdom without leakage, such as "The Diamond Sutra" says: "If you measure all sentient beings, don't measure all sentient beings", which means that you don't take credit, don't take credit, and blend into the sea of people.

The wife asked, "Only seasoning can satisfy all sentient beings?" This is the wife's confusion about the author's wish, and the wonderful answer is "I": "If the function of salt base is only seasoning, it is not worthy to be called salt. That is, if "doing this" is only for all beings, it is not "doing this". In fact, emphasizing ability and degree is a lasting difference in aspects, which is divorced from the viewpoint of aspects. These are all caused by the combination of karma. How can there be a difference between him, before and after, and up and down?

Although the text of "Wish" is short, the artistic conception is melodious. This is the consistent method of the author Mr. Xu Dishan, and several short articles are attached to the article to share with readers. The first "I will come out from the East" means that people habitually praise the light and despise the darkness. In fact, there is no right or wrong between light and darkness. We should live in the present and praise the beauty of every moment. The dark road reveals that people rely on "lights" to see the road ahead. If they let go of foreign objects and return to noumenon, they are actually self-sufficient. Dependence on things limits people's potential. If they have no place to live, they will have a heart. The last article "The Sea" tells us that the world is changeable. If you really want to find a direction and count it as a thing, how can you master it? The "speaker" is the hope of life, while the "walker" is constantly moving forward; What's the destination? "Don't ask for cultivation, don't ask for harvest." In the vast sea of life, no one has come up with an idea, and no one can escape from it. Just row!

Xu Dishan's fable is full of wisdom and has a long aftertaste, and he is worthy of being the pioneer of Buddhist literature creation.