Bhikshuni is a Buddhist term for a woman who has become a monk. Generally, a woman who has become a monk over the age of 20 is called a bhikshuni, also known as a nun. In the first year of Shengping in the East (357), she became the first in China to have a clean check. A bhikshuni. In fact, nuns are not uncommon in Chinese history. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Li Yi’s concubine Yu Xuanji became a female Taoist priest in Xianyi Temple; in the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649), Wu Zetian also entered Chang’an Ganye Temple as a nun. .
Nuns generally live in nunneries with strict precepts and rules, and nuns can also return to secular life. Generally speaking, nuns must give up their precepts to return to secular life, and they can only return to secular life once in their life. After returning to secular life, they will never return to secular life again. You cannot become a nun again. There were also nuns who returned to secular life in history. One of them was a very special one. After she returned to secular life, she married a man 22 years older than herself. This nun was Wang Caiyu, born in 1863, whose original name was Caiyu, from Fenghua, Zhejiang.
The reason why Wang Caiyu returned to secular life was an intolerable fault in ancient times, that is, Kefu Kezi. Although the first rule for divorcing a wife in ancient times was childlessness, Kefu Kezi was far more serious than having no heirs, and This is the case with Wang Caiyu. Wang Caiyu was just an ordinary woman. She usually made money by selling nuns and needlework. When she reached the marriageable age, she married into a family in Caojiatian Village. In the second year after her marriage, Wang Caiyu gave birth to a son, but the good times did not last. The child died of a sudden illness a few months later. In the autumn of the same year, Wang Caiyu's husband also died of cholera. In the same year, both her husband and children passed away one after another. At this time, Wang Caiyu was caught in rumors. Kefu Kezi's statement was unacceptable to her. There happened to be a nunnery nearby at the time, so Wang Caiyu escaped to the nunnery at the age of twenty despite her mother's objections. Become a Buddhist nun.
But Wang Caiyu’s life did not end there. At that time, Wang Caiyu’s cousin Wang Xiandong was working as a clerk in a store, and the owner of the store, Jiang Zhaocong’s first wife, passed away. Wang Xiandong thought that he still had a sister who was in a nunnery. , so he deliberately brought them together, hoping that they could have a good marriage. Wang Caiyu, who was in his youth, did not want to live in a nunnery for the rest of his life. With the encouragement of his mother, Wang Caiyu chose to return to secular life and get married again.
In June 1886, 23-year-old Wang Caiyu married Jiang Zhaocong, who was 22 years older than herself. After marriage, Wang Caiyu lived a happy life. Although her husband was 22 years older than her, he treated her very well. After marriage, Wang Caiyu ran a shop with her husband and occasionally supported her mother's family. The next year, Wang Caiyu also gave birth to a boy, named Ruiyuan. Ruiyuan was Wang Caiyu's first remaining child, so the couple loved this child very much. But things are unpredictable. After the eldest son, Wang Caiyu gave birth to a son and a daughter who died in infancy. Soon, her parents-in-law and husband also passed away, leaving Wang Caiyu alone again. But this time, she did not choose to escape. All hopes were pinned on the first child Ruiyuan, who was allowed to attend a private school, learn knowledge, and receive a good education. Ruiyuan lived up to his mother's expectations and became an upright man. From then on, this man was named Ruiyuan. The boy changed his name and became Chiang Kai-shek, who later became a household name.
On June 14, 1921, 58-year-old Wang Caiyu passed away due to a recurrence of heart disease. Although she had been troubled by many rumors when she was young, she was deeply involved in Kefu Kezi's statement. She was still in her twenties. She became a nun at a young age, but in general, Wang Caiyu was lucky. After returning to secular life, she met a husband who loved her, parents-in-law who loved her, and filial children. Although her husband and her youngest son and daughter passed away, her eldest son treated her particularly well. She was filial, and her eldest son was very promising and became a celebrity in the Republic of China in modern history. She herself was even more honored because of her son's existence.