In Qingyashan Temple, monk Qingxuan came down the mountain with an alms bowl to beg for alms. His original intention was to save all sentient beings with simple meals, but he happened to meet Su Wanqing, the daughter of a wealthy businessman from the south of the Yangtze River.
At that time, she was involved in a family dispute, and the engagement was treated as a deal. She was so tired that she cried under the peach tree outside the temple. Qingxuan stopped and said, "Everything is fate, and all hardships will eventually be solved." Then he turned and left. This aspect became the beginning of a half-life entanglement between the two.
In the following years, he went down the mountain to beg for alms and passed by her house again and again. Sometimes she presented him with a bowl of hot porridge, and sometimes she silently put down the silver coins on the threshold without saying a word, only looking at the figure wearing cassock from a distance. Qingxuan abides by the Buddhist precepts, remains calm and does not respond, and suppresses his emotions in the sound of chanting sutras, thinking that cutting off the worldly ties will protect her.
But the troubled times suddenly broke out, the Su family was framed, and the whole family was overturned. Su Wanqing was living on the streets, and had no choice but to go to the mountain temple to beg him to take him in. Buddhism does not accept sinners, so the abbot ordered Qingxuan to drive her away. On the one hand, he has adhered to the rules and precepts for half his life, and on the other hand, he has a devastated and dependent sweetheart. Qingxuan is shaken in his heart for the first time.
He still begged for alms every day, but most of the money and food he raised was quietly used to support Su Wanqing. The world said that he was compassionate and helpful to the world, but he knew clearly that what he transformed into was never incense and silver, but a bad relationship with her.
Years passed, the war subsided, the Su family was redressed, and Su Wanqing was able to return to her homeland. On the night before leaving, she asked him: "Master has transformed into the world, but has he ever let go of his obsession with me?"
Qingxuan lowered his eyes, tapped the alms bowl lightly on the bluestone, and said in a low voice: "The poor monk has traveled all over thousands of mountains and rivers, and has brought suffering to all living beings, but he can't save you."
He originally wanted to beg a favor to save himself, but in the end, he was stuck with this fate in the mortal world and spent his whole life. The Buddha said that one must not be moved by emotions, but being moved by emotions is the fate that cannot be escaped in his life.
Concept: ancient costume romance