Xu Shu became an immortal.
According to Wanyuan County Records, Xu Shu later resigned and lived in Batai Mountain in the hinterland of Daba Mountain. He went to Hua 'e Mountain to collect medicines and treat diseases for the people. Later, he became immortal and was called "the ancestor of calyx". The county annals also specifically record that Xu Shu first came to Baitang, Batai Mountain, Wanyuan, Daba Mountain, to live in seclusion in his later years. Baitang Tibetan is located under the right (west) of Batai Mountain. The cliff is towering and surrounded by mountains on three sides. It seems that jade, bamboo and rattan are all flourishing. There is a circular grotto next to it, hundreds of meters deep, and a stone door suddenly opens in the grotto. When you enter it, you can see the sky when you look up. The door opens on a steep rock wall, which is dangerous and attractive. It is said that there was an ancient temple on it a long time ago, which was extremely splendid and solemn. "But it looms from time to time, and it is also the flow of Asia and Asia." Throughout the ages, temples were built to worship Xu Shu.
According to Wanyuan's story, Xushu Temple was built here, but it no longer exists because of the delay of time and the erosion of wind and rain, and was rebuilt in 1980s. Now that incense burners have come to Xushu Temple, people are coming and going in an endless stream, which shows that people in China still long for God.
Qipanshan Mountain is a famous local landscape, which is a cluster of karst erosion formed by more than 30 circular solitary peaks. Located in Wang Jiaping Village, Xiayantang Township, Batai Mountain, 3 1 small round peaks are scattered and orderly, with ups and downs, and the closely connected round mountains are like a huge chess piece arranged in an orderly way. Such a vast chessboard is rare in the world, and I'm afraid only celestial immortals can play it. Legend has it that when Xu Shu lived in seclusion in Baitang, a local official admired his name and wanted to invite him to be an official. Xu Shu smiled and said, "If you can play chess with me, you can. If you can't, you can never talk again. " The official gentleman asked, "What's the trouble?" He set up a chessboard on the mountain, but Xu Shu smiled and said, "Can you hold my chess piece?" Officials and gentry looked intently and were surprised. It turned out that the pieces in the chessboard somehow turned into mountains, and Xu Shu drifted away, leaving only Qipanshan, and no one had spoken.
According to the ancient book Hu Shi Shuo in Qing Dynasty, there is an island called Guziyang in the northeast of Lingshan (Laoshan), and there is a white anti-winter flower on the island, which is as big as two hands embracing each other. A man went to pick this flower, and on his way back, he met an old man who was driving a boat and wearing woolen shoes and robes. The old man asked him, "What do you do?" The man answered truthfully, and the old man immediately shouted, "This is not a common thing." The old man told him again: "There is a gentleman in Jimo who is learning Taoism. His name is Hu Yuyang. You can say hello to him for me. " Hu Yuyang was a famous scholar in Jimo in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. He was proficient in Zhouyi and left many magical legends. The old man said that and disappeared. The man was very surprised and quickly set up a bamboo raft to return. But suddenly there was a strong wind, and it didn't stop until the man threw away all the winter flowers he had picked. Later, the man went to Hu Fuyang and told him what he had seen and heard. Hu Fuyang told him: "That man was Xu Shu in the Three Kingdoms, and he lived in seclusion in Guyang for a long time."
Zhao, a native of Jiaozhou in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Ode to Drums, Foreign White Winter Flowers":
Ice and snow posture, but the world is independent. Graceful and empty valley, cold power can not be eroded.
Haze is accompanied by seclusion, and jade is virtuous. The frost moon is full of Lin Hao, dotted with the color of Gan Kun.
A guest came from the sea, and people suspected that he was Xu Yuanzhi. The clouds fell on the surface of the sky and were out of sight.
In the poem, Xu Yuanzhi is Xu Shu and Xu Shu is Yuan Zhi.
A magical story is recorded in the ancient book Yi Ju Fu Bian in the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, General Luo Siju went astray as a thief when he was young. Later, he went to Zhong Nanshan to study martial arts with Taoist priests and got help from Xu Shu. Luo Siju later went through rough times and gradually embarked on the right path of joining the army, repeatedly making outstanding achievements and becoming a prefect. In order to repay his kindness, he once rebuilt the temple in Hua 'e Mountain and made a new statue of Xu Shu, the "ancestor of calyx".
Xu Shu's longevity is also recorded in Yong 'an ancient book notes in Qing Dynasty. Xue Fucheng (BC 1838- 1894), a famous diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty, said: Mr. Gu Hongshan is my great-great-grandfather. When I was six or seven years old, I studied with him. At that time, my husband was over eighty years old. Mr Gu once told me that when he was young, he studied in Wang Yao Temple in Wuxi, where there were several Taoist priests. One day, a foreign Taoist suddenly asked to stay for a period of time. This foreign Taoist priest is "old-fashioned, arrogant, and talks about the past and the present, especially about the current affairs of the Three Kingdoms, which makes people cry." His deeds are often not in historical materials. Ask him his name and laugh.
A few months later, a young monk suddenly fell ill and fainted. He ordered people to take more than ten stones of mulberry leaves, put them in a big pot and boil the juice to take them. The young monk recovered quickly and left the heretics. The old Taoist thought that he was a man of practice, but he insisted on leaving after repeated detention. When he left, the old Taoist tried his best to keep him. The foreign Taoist priest told the truth: "To tell you the truth, I am Xu Shu. 2 1 century ago, the little Taoist was a primary school under Liu Yuzhou (Liu Bei). I thought he was quite meritorious in the battle of Fancheng, so I came to save him. Why do you want to keep me? " Then he left. At this time, the old Taoist priest knew that he was a fairy and hurried after him, but he couldn't catch up. I walked dozens of steps, but I couldn't see anyone and disappeared out of thin air.
There is also a legend in Yong 'an Notes that Xu Shu appeared to save people. During the late Qing Dynasty or Jiaqing period, a Taoist priest suddenly came to a village in a county in Guangdong. The Taoist priest was in rags and begged the villagers to give food. No one wants to give alms except a bowl of rice given by an old woman. The Taoist sighed sadly: "I want to save this side, but I don't know that it is difficult to get back in days and I can't be strong." Although the villagers have no charity, they still have the bottom line of believing in God. The sigh of the Taoist priest made them pay attention to it, so they gathered together to watch. Perhaps it was the Taoist priests who saw that there was a bottom line in their belief in God, so they spat on a big stone the meal they had just eaten and said to everyone, "There is a great plague this year, and death is not counted. Every time you swallow this rice, you can save a person. Do you want to live? " The villagers can believe that they are vying to eat the rice grains spit out by the Taoist priest. A villager asked the name of the scholar, and the Taoist replied, "Uncle Xu" and left. Soon there was a plague in the local area, and many people died, but everyone who ate this rice was safe and sound.