"Where is the water without fish? Where is the mountain without rocks? Where is the tree without branches? Where is the son without a father? Where is the daughter without a husband? Where is the city without a city?" So far, we have seen several different answers. Which one is right? In the spirit of knowing more, I post these answers for everyone's reference and discussion:
Answer 1:
Originally derived from Sakyamuni's mortal sayings, called "Encouragement to Practice Sutras", There are no fish in the southern water, no mountains and no rocks, a man has no father, a young girl has no husband, a He Tuo tree has no branches, and a Buddhist city has no market? The six characters are Namo Amitabha, followed by the mantra. When Sakyamuni walked in the mortal world, he had no sun, no food, no sleep, and no rest. His thoughts, thoughts, actions, and consciousness were also like this. This was the empty appearance of all dharmas—Namo Amitabha.
Answer 2:
This answer provides a so-called "secret history": When Li Yuanhong was the governor of the Hubei military government, he was discussing something with his subordinates one day. Liang Shiwu, a native of Changzhou, asked how After dealing with Luo Jincheng, a surrendered general of the Qing Dynasty, and several dozen Qing soldiers under his command, Li Luo thought about it and summoned the four treasures of the study to tell him "Where is the water without fish?" Where is the mountain without rocks? What tree has no branches? What son has no father? What daughter has no husband? What city has no city? >A mystery.
My subordinates who are familiar with Buddhist scriptures will understand after reading it: It was originally from Sakyamuni Buddha's mortal sayings, which is called "Encouragement to Practice Sutras", "There are no fish in the southern water?" No mountains and no rocks? A man without a father? A girl without a husband? The tree has no branches? There is no city in Buddha City? Isn't this a metaphor for the six words "Namo Amitabha"?
So they all held their hands and said: "The governor has a true Bodhisattva heart!"
Li smiled and said nothing.
When Liang Shiwu returned to his office and wanted to collect the surrendering troops, his aide Zhang Gong stopped him and said: "Liang Gong made a mistake. Just now, Governor Li did not want to kill the surrendering troops in front of his subordinates and confuse people's hearts. But he It should be known that the surrendered general Luo Jincheng is fickle and untrustworthy, so the governor of Li ordered Liang Gong to secretly execute the surrendered soldiers!" Liang Da was puzzled, and Zhang Gongxing explained:
Where is the water without fish? Metaphor "Qing"
Where is the mountain without rocks? Metaphor The word "ice" (soldier)
What tree has no branches? Metaphor The word "yu" means residual.
What son has no father? Metaphorical word "evil"
What kind of daughter has no husband? Metaphor The word "place"
What city has no city? Metaphor of the word "death"
Liang Shiwu was enlightened after hearing this, so he secretly executed the fallen general Luo Jincheng and dozens of Qing soldiers under his command.
I don’t think that in the whole country, no one can solve this mystery for nearly a hundred years, except Zhang Gongxing. Even the Governor of Li did not expect it!
Answer 3:
Later I saw a dear friend on the Internet who said, "If there is a will, things will come true. One hundred and two Qin Pass will eventually belong to Chu; if you work hard, God will not let you down." With the firm belief that "three thousand Vietnamese soldiers can swallow up Wu", I traveled through the five thousand years of Chinese culture and claimed to have found a standard answer:
"Complete Song Ci" (1980 edition by Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House) ) book contains the following poem by the Southern Song Dynasty poet Lin Zishu (alias Duchuan):
西江月
Lin Zishu
Mu Yusi The silk fascinates the eyes, and the cold wind pierces the heart.
The dim candlelight reflects the lonely fragrance, and the beautiful geese are busy thinking about returning home.
We held hands but were speechless, looking at each other felt sad.
Thunder crashes and dreams are lost, tears are frozen and jade beads are long.
This poem talks about: The husband went north to fight, and the wife was waiting for her husband to come back like wild geese in the coming year, so she was busy embroidering pictures of returning wild geese under the lamp on a rainy night, but she fell asleep and dreamed When the two met, they were awakened by thunder, and burst into tears...
So what was the answer he gave?
"Tears have no fish, icebergs have no rocks, jade trees have no branches, beads have no father, nuns have no husbands, and the Great Wall has no market."
The answer is the last sentence: "Tears are as ice as jade beads are slender." !