Preface: Ji Gong, commonly known as Li Xiuyuan, Daoji, today’s Zhejiang Province, Tiantai County) Yongning village people, the Southern Song Dynasty monks, later honoured as the ‘Ji Gong living Buddha’. Legend has it that he was not bound by the precepts, was addicted to wine and meat, and behaved like a madman, but he was a learned and virtuous monk. Ji Gong knew Chinese medicine and cured a lot of difficult cases for the people, and he liked to fight for justice. His virtues of helping the needy, eliminating violence, honouring the good and punishing the bad have left a unique and beautiful impression in people’s minds.
Legend has it that when Ji Gong was 18 years old, he came to Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou to become a monk.
He took the dharma name Daoji, but he didn’t really follow the temple rules.
He loved drinking alcohol and eating dog meat, which was unusual among monks.
Later, he transferred to Jingci Temple on the Southern Mountain and served as a clerk monk.
Once, the Daxiong Baodian Hall of Jingci Temple was unfortunately destroyed by fire.
Ji Gong was entrusted with raising funds to collect large woods for rebuilding the hall.
After drinking heavily for three days and nights, he suddenly shouted, “The big woods have arrived! Quickly get them from the well!”
Indeed, many large woods emerged from the bottom of the well in the temple.
When the people felt that there were enough woods, the big woods in the well stopped appearing.
Today, in Jingci Temple, you can still see an ancient well called “Shenyun Well”.
Ji Gong also foresaw that a small mountain would fly from the west and land in front of Lingyin Temple. He saved the villagers with a trick of “monks robbing the bride”.
This is the story of Feilai Peak.
Ji Gong also released snails with their tails cut by residents near the West Lake, and since then there have been many tailless snails in the West Lake.
He also waved a broken straw fan and made a small stream that often dried up suddenly spray out, and it has flowed continuously since then and never dried up.
There are many, many other legendary stories about Ji Gong, and the Chinese are particularly fond of him.
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