Lv Mengzheng: "Ode on Breaking the Kiln", touching people's hearts and great wisdom

He who is poor and frustrated is also a good teacher. He teaches you how to work hard and how to be prepared for danger in peace--- Zhuge Changqing

Lv Mengzheng (944-1011), who was born in Luoyang, Henan Province (now Henan Province), has the name Shenggong. He was born in the third year of the reign of Emperor Xianyun in the late Jin Dynasty and died in the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Dazhong Xiangfu in the Song Dynasty.

In the second year of Taiping Xingguo (977), Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty won the first prize in Dingchou. During the Northern Song Dynasty, he entered the stage three times.

He came from a poor family and deeply experienced the suffering of the poor, so he studied hard, worked hard and loved the people hard.

Zhuge Changqing: When he was young, he used to read in a broken kiln with Kou Zhun, and experienced the warmth and cold of the world. Later, he became a prime minister, and he also felt the favor and disgrace of the people. So he wrote a paragraph of "Ode on Breaking the Kiln".

Why did you write "Fu on Breaking Kiln"?

It turns out that Lv Meng is now serving as the prime minister and the teacher of the prince.

When the emperor's crown prince (Zhenzong) was young, he was arrogant. No crown prince dared to teach him a lesson face to face. Lu Mengzheng decided to write an article to warn the prince. So he wrote this piece of "Ode on Breaking the Kiln".

Although this article is short in content, it contains infinite wisdom. The wise prince can understand the truth at once. After reading this article, the prince changed his normal state, and then he often humbly asked others for advice, and finally became the true emperor.

Fu on Breaking Kiln

The weather is unpredictable, and people are doomed.

A centipede can't walk as fast as a snake, and a chicken can't fly as fast as a bird.

A horse has a thousand miles to go.

People have lofty aspirations, but they can't achieve success unless they are lucky.

Confucius is still trapped in Chen Bang, and Tai Gong, a superior military strategist, is fishing in the Wei River.

Robber Zhi is not a kind person, and Yan Hui's short life is not a vicious person.

Yao and Shun are the most holy people, but they gave birth to unworthy children.

Zhang Liangyuan is a cloth, and Xiao He is called a county official.

Yan Zi, who has no five feet, was appointed Prime Minister of the State of Qi.

Kong Mingju can be a military commander of Shu Han.

Han Xin has no power to bind the chicken, so he was granted the title of General of the Han Dynasty.

Feng Tang has the ambition to settle down in the country, and the old half of the government has no seal.

Li Guang has the power to shoot a tiger, and he will never win.

Although the king of Chu is male, it is inevitable that Wujiang will commit suicide.

Although the king of the Han Dynasty is weak, there are thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

Young people who are full of knowledge and white hair are not qualified.

Some are rich before they are poor, others are poor before they are rich.

The dragon has not met, and is submerged between fish and shrimp.

When a gentleman loses his time, he gives his hand to a villain.

The sky is untimely and the sun and moon are dark.

When the ground is not available, the grass and trees will not grow.

When there is no water, the wind and waves are uneven.

When people are in a bad time, they will not be able to make good fortune.

In the past, I was in Luoyang. I went to a monastery every day and stayed in a cold kiln at night. Clothes and clothes could not cover his body, and light porridge could not fill his hunger. The superior hated me, and the subordinate hated me. They all said that I was cheap.

Yu He ascended the imperial examination and was the highest official, ranking third in the rank. He had a staff for flapping hundreds of bureaucrats, a sword for chopping contempt, a strong man for holding the whip, a beautiful woman for holding the rice, a silk brocade for thinking about clothes, and delicacies for thinking about food. The superior offered them and the subordinate embraced them, and everyone admired them. In other words, Yu said, "If you are not expensive, you will also be lucky at that time.".

It is the cycle of heaven and earth

——[Song] Prime Minister Lv Mengzheng

Why did Lv Meng win the first prize?

Because Lv Mengzheng was younger than a monk, he read all the scriptures and was deeply taboo in Buddhism. The examination paper was different. He didn't have a long speech, but he grasped the truth that Buddhism understood "emptiness" and suffered "suffering", and looked down on fame and wealth. He wrote in the test paper: "It's not surprising that people who can't plan for the Son of Heaven can plan for the people of the world, and if the Son of Heaven can't plan, they need to plan for the Son of Heaven and help the Son of Heaven." His bold words were appreciated by the college students, and indeed he was nominated as the third public in the gold list, and he knew and used it well, and thought of the people everywhere.

After Lv Meng hit the top spot, he was awarded the post of chief minister, and was awarded the promotion of the state. When Emperor Taizong invaded Taiyuan, Lv Mengzheng was awarded the title of "Writer Lang" and was admitted to the History Museum. In the fifth year (980) of the Taiping Reign of the People's Republic of China, Zuo Buque was worshipped and the imperial edict was made. For eight years, he served as a counselor. In the first year of Duan Gong (988), Li Fang was dismissed and Lu Mengzheng was appointed prime minister. Lv Mengzheng is generous and simple for the hostages. He has high hopes. He holds himself in the right way and dares to speak in case of trouble. When it comes to current politics, if there is any objection, it will not be forcefully implemented. The relationship with Zhao Pu, the founder of the country, was very harmonious. In the second year of Chunhua (991), the admonishing official Song Hang was dismissed as a minister of the Ministry of Public Affairs because of his disobedience to the Emperor Taizong. After four years of Chunhua, the truth came to light, and my official became the prime minister again. Lv Meng is a clean and honest official. Someone once offered an ancient mirror, saying that it can shine for two hundred li. Lv Meng is smiling but saying, "My face is only the size of a basin, and I can shine for two hundred li when I use it!" The listener sighed. In the first year of the Daoist era (995), Emperor Taizong dismissed Lv Mengzheng once again. Lv Mengzheng shot out of the court with his right hand. During the period, the government was still calm and the affairs were mostly entrusted to his subordinates, but the president made a decision.

When Zhenzong ascended the throne (998), Lv Mengzheng was appointed as Zuo Pushu. In order to feel the favor of the Emperor Xiandi, Lv Mengzheng offered three million yuan of family wealth to help the court. In the fourth year of Xianping (1001), he ascended the phase for the third time. In the sixth year, he was granted the title of Duke Lai and the title of Crown Prince. Soon, he resigned due to illness and returned to his hometown. Zhenzong worshipped Yongxi Mausoleum, sealed Mount Tai, visited Lv Mengzheng twice in Luoyang, and asked who of his sons could be an official. Lv Meng said: "You are not enough. You have a nephew Lv Yi Jian. It's really a prime minister's tool!"

Lv Mengzheng died of illness in the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1011), and died at the age of 67. He was posthumously named Wen Mu, and was given the Zhongshu Ling.

There are many allusions and stories about Lv Mengzheng. When Lv Mengzheng was a child, his family was ruined, his parents died, he was poor, he slept in the open air, and he turned to his relatives and friends for help. He became a beggar. His desolation and misery reached the limit of the world. So when people talk about who is extremely poor, there is a metaphor of "being poor than Lv Mengzheng". One year during the Spring Festival, Lv Meng was seeing that his home was empty. In addition to being sad, he wrote a couplet of Spring Festival: the first couplet was "2345", the second couplet was "67889", and the horizontal couplet was "North and South". It means "lack of food and clothing", "nothing". At one time, it became a strange story.

Despite his poverty, Lv Mengzheng had little ambition and worked hard, and finally won the first prize in Dingchou Department in the second year of Taiping and rejuvenating the country (977). After that, the emperor granted the No. 1 Scholar's Office. So hundreds of relatives and friends, old friends of the gentry, dignitaries, businessmen and millionaires all came to the door with heavy gifts and thick gold to congratulate them. The housekeepers of Lv Mengzheng were all delighted and reported to Lv Mengzheng. However, Lv Mengzheng said, "I have only one family. How can I have such relatives and friends?" The housekeeper hurriedly sent the congratulatory gift list and said, "Your relatives and friends are all over the world. How can I say there is only one family?" Lv Mengzheng smiled and did not answer, and only ordered to close the door to welcome guests. Three days later, Lv Meng was calling the housekeeper and said, "My relatives have arrived. I have a couplet and posted it at the door. Only those who enter with a straight chest are relatives and friends, and should not be ignored." The housekeeper quickly pasted the couplet. The first couplet is: "The famine in the old year, the firewood and rice are not reliable. When walking out of the crossroads, many relatives and relatives can't afford credit or borrow. Many of them stand by, and no one can help them." The second couplet is: "The family is lucky, and there is hope for food and clothing. They won the top of the Five Classics. Their surname is also Yang, and their name is also Yang. No matter the king, the horse, the six, or the door to celebrate, they will add the best to the situation." The gift givers were ashamed to see it and left one after another. There was only a 50-year-old man with a patch of clothes and a string of dried tofu in his hand. When Lv Mengzheng heard the news, he went to the front door to welcome him and set up a banquet to enjoy himself with the old man. It is said that Lv Mengzheng later condescended to the old man's home many times, and the old man also became a frequent visitor in Lv Mengzheng's home. It turned out that the old man and his wife were poor people who made tofu for a living. When Lv Mengzheng was starving and cold, the old man studied hard for his extreme poverty and knew that he was a talent. He often gave it with coarse tea, light rice, wine and tofu.

South no Amitabha, South no Amitabha, South no Amitabha!

Nanwu Master Sakyamuni Buddha. Blessed life is limitless. Confucius. Jesus. Mohammed.

All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three generations in ten directions.

All immortals in the three realms and ten directions.

All sages at all times and in all countries.

Don't do any evil, and do all good. Persistence and responsiveness.

Zhuge Changqing wishes all the people who are destined to respect their parents and do good deeds and accumulate virtue rich and auspicious!

吕蒙正:《破窑赋》，感动人心大智慧

   贫穷不得志，也是一位好老师。他教你如何发愤图强，教你如何居安思危！                             ---诸葛长青 

   吕蒙正（944-1011），字圣功，河南洛阳（今属河南省）人。生于后晋出帝开运三年，卒于宋真宗大中祥符四年。

宋太宗太平兴国二年（977年）丁丑科状元。北宋时期，曾三次入相。

他出身贫寒，深刻体会穷人的苦难，所以读书勤奋、工作勤奋、爱民勤奋。

   诸葛长青：他年轻的时候，曾经和寇准一起在破窑读书，体会了人间冷暖，后来，做了宰相，更体会到人心的宠辱。所以他写了一段《破窑赋》。

为什么写出《破窑赋》呢？

原来，吕蒙正出了担任宰相，同时兼任太子的老师。

   皇帝太子（真宗）年少时目中无人，没有哪个太师敢当面教训太子。吕蒙正决定写一篇文章，来告诫太子。于是写了这篇《破窑赋》。

   这篇文章，虽然内容短小，但是却包含了无穷智慧，聪明的太子一下子就懂得其中的道理。太子读过此文后，一改常态此后常虚心向他人请教最终做得真宗皇帝。

《破窑赋》

天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。

蜈蚣百足行不及蛇，家鸡翼大飞不及鸟。
马有千里之程，非人不能自往。

人有凌云之志，非运不能腾达。

文章盖世孔子尚困于陈邦，武略超群太公垂钓于渭水。
盗跖年长不是善良之辈，颜回命短非凶恶之徒。
尧舜至圣却生不肖之子，鼓叟顽呆反生大圣之儿。

张良原是布衣，萧何称谓县吏。
晏子身无五尺，封为齐国丞相。
孔明居卧草庐，能作蜀汉军师。
韩信无缚鸡之力，封为汉朝大将。
冯唐有安邦之志，到老半官无封。
李广有射虎之威，终身不第。
楚王虽雄，难免乌江自刎。
汉王虽弱，却有河山万里。
满腹经纶白发不第，才疏学浅少年登科。
有先富而后贫，有先贫而后富。

蛟龙未遇，潜身于鱼虾之间。
君子失时，拱手于小人之下。
天不得时，日月无光。
地不得时，草木不长。
水不得时，风浪不平。
人不得时，利运不通。

昔时也，余在洛阳，日投僧院，夜宿寒窑，布衣不能遮其体，淡粥不能充其饥，上人憎，下人厌，皆言余之贱也，余曰：非贱也，乃时也运也命也。

余及第登科，官至极品，位列三公，有挞百僚之杖，有斩鄙吝之剑，出则壮士执鞭，入则佳人捧秧，思衣则有绫罗锦缎，思食则有山珍海味，上人奉，下人拥，人皆仰慕，言余之贵也，余曰：非贵也，乃时也运也命也。

盖人生在世，富贵不可捧，贫贱不可欺，此乃天地循环，终而复始者也

                               ——[宋]宰相·吕蒙正

   吕蒙正凭什么赢得头名状元呢？

   因吕蒙正年少于僧院长大，熟读各部经书，深得佛学教讳。考试的试卷与众不同，他没有长篇大论，却抓住佛学悟“空”受“苦”的道理，看淡一名利，他在试卷中写道：“不能为天子谋事者不奇，奇者乃为能天下人谋事者，天子如不能谋则需能谋者而助天子也。”他大胆的言论受到大学士的赏识，果然金榜提名位列三公，并且知才善用，处处为百姓着想。
   吕蒙正中状元后，授将作监丞，通判升州。太宗征讨太原，吕蒙正被授著作郎，入值史馆。太平兴国五年（980），拜左补阙，知制诰。八年，任参知政事。端拱元年（988年），罢李昉，拜吕蒙正为宰相。吕蒙正为人质厚宽简，素有重望，以正道自持，遇事敢言。每论时政，有不允者，必不强力推行。与开国元老赵普同在相位, 关系极为融洽。淳化二年（991年），谏官宋沆上疏，忤怒太宗，吕蒙正受牵连，被罢贬为吏部尚书。淳化四年，真相大白，复以本官入相。吕蒙正为官清廉，曾有人献古镜，言能照二百里，吕蒙正笑而却之道：“我脸不过盆子大，安用照二百里！”闻者叹服。至道元年（995年），太宗再度罢贬吕蒙正，吕蒙正以右仆射出判河南府，期间，政尚宽静，事多委任属僚，其总裁定夺而已。
　　真宗即位（998年），吕蒙正被任命为左仆射，为感先帝之恩，吕蒙正献家财三百万助之朝廷。咸平四年（1001年），第三次登上相位。六年，封莱国公，授太子太师。不久，因病辞官，回归故里。真宗朝拜永熙陵，封禅泰山，过洛阳两次看望吕蒙正，曾问其子中谁可为官。吕蒙正道：“诸子皆不足用，有侄吕夷简，真乃宰相器也！”
　　吕蒙正病逝于大中祥符四年（1011年），享年六十七岁，谥文穆，赠中书令。

　　关于吕蒙正，有极多的典故和故事。吕蒙正少时家道败落，父母双亡，贫寒交加，风餐露宿，求助亲朋旧故无门，沦为乞丐，其凄凉悲惨及至人间极限。所以民间论到谁人穷极，则有“穷过吕蒙正”之喻。有一年过年，吕蒙正见家中空无一物，悲伤之余，写下一副春联：上联是“二三四五”，下联“六七八九”，横批为“南北”。暗喻“缺衣少食”，“没有东西”。一时间传为奇谈。
　　尽管贫穷，吕蒙正还是少立大志，奋发苦读，终于中宋太宗太平兴国二年（977年）丁丑科状元。之后，皇帝赐予状元府。于是，亲朋故交、士绅旧故、达官贵人、商贾巨富，成百上千，皆携重礼厚金登门祝贺，一时门庭若市。吕蒙正管家佣人无不雀跃喜极，报知吕蒙正。吕蒙正却说：“我只有亲人一家，何来如许亲朋？”管家忙将贺喜礼单送上，曰：“大人亲朋故旧遍四海，怎说仅有一家？”吕蒙正笑而不答，只吩咐闭门谢客。三天后，吕蒙正唤来管家说：“我的亲人已到了。我有一联，将其张贴于大门，只有挺胸而进者，即为亲朋，不得怠慢。”管家忙将对联贴上。上联为：“旧岁饥荒，柴米无依靠。走出十字街头，赊不得，借不得，许多内亲外戚，袖手旁观，无人雪中送炭；”下联为：“今科侥幸，吃穿有指望，夺取五经魁首，姓亦扬，名亦扬，不论王五马六，踵门庆贺，尽来锦上添花。”送礼之人看了大为羞愧，纷纷离去。只有一个衣着补丁、手提一串豆腐干的五旬老汉昂首而入。吕蒙正闻报喜极，亲至前门迎进，并设酒席与老汉尽欢。据说，吕蒙正以后还多次屈尊老汉家，老汉也成了吕蒙正家中座上常客。原来，这老汉及老伴乃以做豆腐为生的贫民，当吕蒙正饥寒交加时，老汉为其处境困极而苦读所感，识之为英才，常以粗茶淡饭、水酒豆腐济之。

       南无阿弥陀佛，南无阿弥陀佛，南无阿弥陀佛！
南无本师释迦牟尼佛。福生无量天尊。孔子。耶稣。穆罕默德。
                十方三世诸佛菩萨。

                三界十方一切神仙。
                古今中外一切圣贤。
         诸恶莫作，众善奉行。持之以恒、有求必应。

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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