Yunmen temple, a clean Buddhist resort, is also an inspirational choice for scholars. Wang Xianzhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Lu You, a great patriotic poet in the Song Dynasty, studied hard here when he was young, leaving the former site of Yunmen Caotang where he studied. In addition, there are several stories that have been told in the cultural history of China, such as the story of "Returning the Pen to the Tomb" and "The Iron Threshold", in which a wise monk practiced calligraphy hard and finally became famous. Emperor Taizong appreciated Wang Xizhi's masterpiece of calligraphy, and specially supervised the story of Xiao Yi, the imperial adviser, who tricked the monk into defrauding the original book Preface to Lanting, which is known as "the best running script in the world" in yunmen temple. The cloud gate is known because of the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion. Wang Xizhi wrote the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion in Yin Shan, which is well known to the world, but few people know that the cloud gate in Huiji is the place where the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion was lost. There is a chapter in the romance novels of the Tang Dynasty called "Preface to the Lost Orchard Pavilion in Cloud Gate". The story says: Monk Zhiyong is the seventh grandson of Wang Xizhi and the descendant of Wang Huizhi (the fifth son of Wang Xizhi). The teenager and his brother Xiao Bin (Hui Xin) join hands at Jiaxiang Temple in Mount Qin. Proficient in Prajna Buddhism and Chinese classics, good at Zen silence, rare in the world, good at book titles. Zhiyong lived in Yongxin Temple (Emperor Yang Di valued Zhiyong and Zhixin and named Yongxin Temple, namely yunmen temple). The book on the pavilion has been posted for more than 30 years, and the pen has been returned and placed in a big bamboo coffin. The coffin is as big as a stone, and all five coffins are full. Instead, it was named "Return the Pen Tomb". People who come to ask for books and topics, such as the city, live at the threshold and are wrapped in iron leaves, which is called "iron gate limit" Among his disciples, the famous calligraphers are Zhiguo, Shi Shu, Shi Te, Cai Bian and Yu Shinan. Zhi Yong's great contribution in the history of China's calligraphy art has two aspects: first, he developed the purport of "eight methods of eternal words" and gradually became a master of literati in Sui and Tang Dynasties; Secondly, The Collection of Thousand-character Essays opened the wind of calligraphers writing "Thousand-character Essays". There are 800 copies of Zhi Yong's portrait, Qian Zi Wen, and one copy of temples in eastern Zhejiang, which makes people write temporarily, and then becomes the first children's book in China. Mi Fei, a calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, said that Zhiyong's thousands of words are "beautiful, moist and energetic, and all sides are ready". Zhiyong is named after it, which means "to gain eternal words and wisdom". He is indeed an outstanding monk and great calligrapher in China. He also made his own inscription system, so he stopped writing books. One hundred years old and two years old. After Zhiyong's death, he spread the Preface to Lanting to Cai Jian. Tang Taizong loved calligraphy in his later years, especially the two kings. He collected a lot of Wang Xizhi's book stickers, but the Preface to the Lanting Pavilion only heard its name, so it reached the dream realm. Later, when I learned that Cai Bian had the Preface to Lanting, I ordered him to work in the infield in Beijing, which was very generous. I want to trick him into giving it to Mo Bao. Distinguish is ready, he wrote in the poem "To Call Taizong":
Don't let the clouds close at hand, the meditation room is empty.
Even if the imperial court is expensive, it is like a white cloud.
After arriving in Beijing, eloquence asserted that the Preface to Lanting was lost in the chaos, and I don't know where it is. Emperor Taizong had no choice but to release him to Vietnam. Emperor Taizong refused to give up and was ordered to go to Beijing. He asked the whereabouts of the Preface to Lanting again, three times. That is, as recorded in Tongzhi, Emperor Taizong summoned three times to identify talents and inquire about the whereabouts of his Lanting Post.