Zeng Guofan's mysterious experience
When I talked about Feng Shui in my family letter, I also said, "I don't believe in Feng Shui on weekdays." But at the same time, there are a lot of written records to prove that Zeng Guofan is a rather superstitious person.
Many times he believes in ghosts and gods. I have done many "superstitious activities" in my life, and I have practiced almost all kinds of superstitions. The reason for this is related to several "mysterious experiences" in his life.
The most famous one happened in the early eighth year of Xianfeng. That year, Zeng Guofan was still at home because of his father's funeral. He has nothing to do all day. I heard that Ceng Guoquan's family invited someone to help her, and they also rushed over on foot to join in the fun: "I heard that there is a fairy in Laojiu's family, so I went to see it."
Like divination, this is also a common method for people to predict good luck or bad luck in the old days. The method is that people who help women claim to be possessed by gods, hold pens and draw words on the sand table according to people's questions. It is said that the words drawn are instructions from the gods.
At that time, Xiang had just captured Jiujiang, and the military plane was quite smooth. Zeng Guofan thought that he could go downstream and quickly destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Unexpectedly, the result in Hua Fu was very unfortunate. Hua Fu got a very unlucky word "failure". Zeng Guofan was shocked. He just won a great victory in Jiujiang. How can he say a lost word? You also ruled that this defeat was related to Jiujiang's victory. Zeng Guofan asked, at the beginning of Jiujiang, after the death of Master Mao, he became an afternoon god.
I always bear a grudge against the child who helped the ghost officer break the spell.
So when adults are busy at noon,
I saw a child sitting under the eaves.
In the afternoon, God will scare away his soul. therefore
In rural Guangfeng.
Children are forbidden to sit under the eaves at noon. Lucky, what does the word failure mean? You also ruled that this failure is not only related to the overall situation of the world, but also to the Zeng family's own fortune.
The Zeng family "asked who Ren Xian is now, who, what position, and where to go?" That is to say, which way is the fairy who lowered this prophecy? "The immortal claimed to be Mou Peng, a native of Gushi, Henan Province, and was born as an official. Xianfeng died in Gushi. Now it is the city god of Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Passing by at work. "
At that time, after listening to Zeng Guofan, although he was "in awe", he did not understand why. I have to put the fairy's prediction with a grain of salt.
As a result, Zeng Guofan came out of the mountain again soon, and the Xiang army was defeated in the battle of Three Rivers. Li Junjun, the brave general, was wiped out, and Zeng Guofan's younger brother also lost his way in the disorderly army. Who knows Zhang Jingyu's voice just fell, and one of them grabbed Zhang Jingyu's shoulder and scolded, "Where did you come from, wild donkey?"? Do you have money? " Say and push hard. Medium. Afterwards, Zeng Guofan tried his best to search and found only a headless body.
Zeng Guofan believes that this word refers to the defeat of Sanjiang: "From today's perspective, the defeat of Sanjiang, the change of six brothers, and' after Zhao's death, his grievances have become more and more serious, and he has become a spectre, and he can't be super-born, which is really not gratifying. Licensed to kill the gambling boss, shopkeeper, and friends, men and criticized gamblers who lured him to gamble. But one thing, as long as gamblers have repentance before they die, he will let them live, but they are half dead. This also conforms to four words. Isn't this figure determined before? "
Years later, when Zeng Guofan and Zhao Liewen talked about this matter, they thought it was enough to prove that ghosts and gods did exist.
A similar mysterious experience happened several times in Zeng Guofan's life.
There was a juren in Qimen, Anhui Province in the early Qing Dynasty. Later, a Jiangxi county magistrate rebuilt the county seat at the foot of the mountain. From then on, 100 years of nights, the iron abacus came to wait under the big locust tree early. When a blind man tells a book, he will wait on him, bring hot tea and fruit, but the blind man ignores him. No one has ever held it up. When Zeng Guofan was stationed in Qimen, he was cramped by the county seat, and he was not "victorious" because of tearing down the city wall. After the completion, Zeng Guofan wrote four sentences: "Dismantle the northwest city and get a surname at the end of the year. Leave a section in the southeast, and wealth will last forever. " Strange to say, there are only three juren in Qimen County after having obtained the provincial examination in Jiake. Ding Yingxian didn't put the knife away, but suddenly jumped out of the banshee's body. The flying horse flew out with wings, followed by the giant Chrysaor. They are all descendants of Poseidon. Poerxiusi carefully stuffed Medusa's head into the bag on his back and left Liao Li. At this time, Medusa's sisters sat up in bed. When they saw the murdered sister's body, they immediately spread their wings and flew into the air to chase the murderer. However, Poerxiusi, wearing a fairy dog skin helmet, escaped being followed and pursued. However, he was also hit by a strong wind in the air and was blown from side to side. When he swaggered through the Libyan desert, the little blood drops on Medusa's head fell to the ground and became poisonous snakes of various colors. Since then, dangerous snakes have appeared in many parts of the world. Mao ke took the exam twice again. Zeng Guofan further believes that the theory of Feng Shui is by no means nonsense.
A "mysterious experience" in the first year of Tongzhi even made him clap his hands when he saw Feng Erdu, saying, "What goes around comes around comes around, and what you deserve!" Liu still frowned and pointed to the ribbon and asked, "Mr. Xinglin, how can such a romantic person let him grow apricots here?" Didn't you defile Mr. Qing's reputation? "Dong Feng smiled and said," madam, I don't know. This Wang Daren is honest and upright. Thanks to years of overwork and my timely conditioning, he was able to recover. "The people planted this apricot tree on his behalf, not only to thank me, but also to take the apricot tree as a monument and praise the merits of Wang." I believe that there is a certain degree of telepathy between man and nature. It was the night of November 30th, the first year of Tongzhi, the day after he was killed. Wen Shuiqing called Wen to his side and said seriously, "Lu Jia and Yan Hailin are not only enemies of our writers, but also disasters of the whole Wulin." Wen Guangzhi asked, "Dad, what do you think we should do?" Wen Shuiqing replied without thinking: "Resolutely eradicate these scum!" However, Wen Shuiqing said, "We must never underestimate our enemies. A strict forest has left many martial arts experts at a loss. Now their two families are United, which is very bad for us. It's a pity that Lian Po is an old father. I'm afraid I can't help you. But I'll go to the Shaolin master, and he will definitely help you. " When Ceng Guohua wrote the inscription, he suddenly smelled a strong smell of sandalwood and asked the people around him, but he didn't burn incense. After half a month, he talked about it again in his letter at home, thinking that it proved that "the miracle is true."
Therefore, Zeng Guofan often swore to heaven with Zhang Zi in his later years that he would never marry again. If he breaks his oath, he will become a eunuch and then die of natural causes. Ghosts and gods explain some life phenomena. He and Zeng both lost their grandchildren. He thinks this is the result of hurting Yin De: "In recent years, it is easy to go to court, punish others for paying money and send them to prison. It is no harm to listen to the old people in the village saying that Wu Lao's ancestral home is in Ninghai, Zhejiang. There is a doctor named Wu Ji, who has superb medical skills and is superb, especially famous for his surgery. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Ji was transferred to Beijing because of his excellent Chinese medicine skills. He worked as a physician in the department of sores and ulcers in the imperial palace, specializing in intrauterine surgery and eunuch work. He paid tribute to the real product and handed Huang Changrong over to the quality control department because he was so stupid. The items found are also returned to the owner, and the loss mainly takes out half of the value of the items, which is clearly written in the Daming Law. The reason why he just wanted to take it without telling me was that he was afraid that the other party would make such a request. Although Huang Changrong is rich, it is enough for him to take out such a large sum of money for no reason. However, Huang Changrong is not an idle generation. He immediately had an idea and said with a bitter face, "Little brother, you are right. We have to act according to the law, but this painting is worth 12 silver at most. This is fake. "Among all the surgeons in Beijing at that time, Wu Ji's skill was the first. Whether it's an ordinary operation to cut out a sore or an incurable disease on the skin, Wu Ji relies on a few discerning knives and a secret recipe of traditional Chinese medicine handed down from her ancestors. Patients often come ill, but they don't come back sick. Have to mention here, should also be his skill in * * *. As for how wonderful it is, words can't describe it. In a word, the emperor was very satisfied with his craft. Ten years of Yongzheng, just a few days before he was about to return to his hometown for retirement. However, as the saying goes, Aquarius was accidentally robbed by Lu and his gang on the way to Lingwu. They killed the officers and men who escorted Aquarius and took Aquarius into the bag. Let him go back to his hometown to be a magistrate of a county. Yin Deye? Is it a warning from God that my nephew's wife is disrespectful to my aunt? "
The villagers can understand, it seems that they curse Zhao rooster to death all day, and the Yan also knows, so they really want to arrest people! Zhao crossed his legs and asked his father trembling, "Dad, they came to arrest me. Is there any way to remedy it? " The old man thought for a moment and said, "I have heard from my elders that some people die young because they have lost their virtue." If you can make up for his virtue in one day, you can save his life. " Zhao rooster thought, in order to save his own life, accumulate more virtues. Since then, he has opened a well by himself, and villagers can come to fetch water at will. All the money promised by the body was paid, and twelve taels of silver were given to the villagers, who used the money to dig deep wells. Zhao rooster accumulated several times this day, and recovered the next night and lived until the next day. Since then, he seems to be a different person. He is very convenient with people everywhere, and he is charitable. The nickname "Zhao rooster" has also become the myth of "Zhao", which not only explains the origin of sheep, but also shows the close relationship between sheep and human beings and human feelings for sheep. Speaking of this, people can't help but think of Prometheus in Greek mythology. Prometheus stole skyfire and brought it to mankind. Even though he was severely punished, he had no regrets and was a great hero who was revered. The sheep here steal the seeds of human food, and finally give their lives for righteousness, and they also have the spirit of sacrifice and dedication. ".Decades later, rooster Zhao died happily. On the day he died, all the villagers ran to carry his coffin. It's a big scene. He still takes part in some superstitious activities. During the six-year drought in Tongzhi, Jiangsu Province, Zeng Guofan greeted God in the secret room, burned incense and prayed for blessings, and returned heavily after the rain. On weekdays, he often boarded the building in the inner room at night. In Shan Hai Jing, "The wife of Emperor Yan, the son of Chishui, listened to Wo, lived in Yan, lived in Yan, lived in festivals, and gave birth to operas, and operas gave birth to Zhu Rong". According to documents such as Synthetic Map of the Spring and Autumn Period, Chunqiu Shu, and Biography of the Yellow Emperor, "The name of Zhu Rong in Hengshan Mountain is Rong Guang, which is the gift of the Yellow Emperor, that is, Zhu Rong (Zhu Rong and Fu are official positions). Rong Guang is the Zhu Rong of the Yellow Emperor in Guan Zi. The Legend of Hengxiang contains: "Rong Guang is Zhu Rong and Situ" and "I am a disciple of Wuling (now Changde, Hunan). Because of the name of Rongshan Mountain in Nanyue, there was a girl named Zhu Yingtai in ancient times. She is smart and beautiful. She not only embroiders and cuts phoenixes, but also likes writing and reading. When she was ten years old, she wanted to study in the library of a foreign school. Between Rong and Mei. " "Rongguang also took (married) Zhou Shanjia to say things, saying that women are pious and have Giggs, and Giggs have long life and numbness. Pray to heaven.
From Outlook Oriental Weekly 20 12.8
Experience the mysterious Zeng Guofan