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The allusion seems to be like this~~
Wu Zetian made the character
One day, Wu Zetian had a whim and wanted to get it for herself. A good word, but after thinking about it for several days, I still couldn't find the most suitable one, so I decided to ask the world's literati for the most auspicious word, so a list of soliciting imperial words was posted on the wall of Chang'an.
It is said that there is a fire-burning monk in Shaolin Temple named Mingkong. Apart from the monk's name taught him by the abbot, this man does not know many characters.
On this day, Mingkong went to Chang'an to buy groceries. After returning from shopping for groceries, when he arrived at the city wall, he suddenly felt a stomach ache and wanted to go to the toilet. He looked up and saw a piece of paper posted on the city wall, and without thinking about it, he tore it off and prepared to use it in the toilet.
Seeing that no one had revealed the imperial list for several days, the imperial guard who guarded the imperial list went to a watermelon stall nearby to eat watermelon. When the imperial soldier came back from eating the watermelon, he happened to see Ming Kong unveiling the list. He was happy: someone finally revealed the list, and he could return to life.
The imperial soldier saw that Mingkong had unveiled the list and wanted to leave. He was anxious, so he went up and grabbed Mingkong: "Monk, you can't leave!"
Mingkong saw a soldier. He held himself back, not knowing what was going on, and asked: "Master, why don't you let me go?"
The imperial soldier told Wu Zetian about the calligraphy.
When Mingkong heard this, he sat down on the ground and passed out! When the imperial soldiers woke him up, Mingkong cried loudly and begged: "Master, I don't know, how can I measure words? Please let me go, and I will put up the royal list again. Do you think it's okay?" ?"
Upon hearing this, the imperial soldier shook his head and said, "No, you must come with me to the palace!" Seeing that he could not plead for mercy, Mingkong had no choice but to go with the imperial soldier to see Wu Zetian.
Mingkong was annoyed and scared along the way. He was annoyed that he had recklessly uncovered the imperial list, and was afraid that he would lose his head. However, he didn't want to die in a daze like this, so he made up his mind and decided to pay attention.
Wu Zetian was very happy when she heard that someone had revealed the list. Quickly let the person who unveiled the list enter the palace.
Mingkong walked into the palace tremblingly, and when he saw Wu Zetian, he quickly knelt down to apologize. When Wu Zetian saw a monk coming in, he apologized again and asked: "Monk, are you the one who revealed the imperial decree? Why are you apologizing?"
Mingkong lowered his head and said, "I am a monk and I am afraid that I will not reveal the royal decree." It's appropriate and insulting to the saint!"
Wu Zetian smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, can you tell me what words you tested for me?"
At this time, Mingkong had no choice but to risk it. , said: "The word "I" is not in the dictionary."
Wu Zetian said: "Then write it down!"
So Wu Zetian ordered people to bring paper and ink to Mingkong. Mingkong wrote the character "曌" in a crooked way. This was what Mingkong had thought of on the way. He knew his own two characters, so he simply superimposed the two characters and changed it into "曌".
When Wu Zetian saw this character, he thought it was quite unique, and asked: "Monk, how do you pronounce this character?" Mingkong was stunned, he had forgotten this. Fortunately, he was quite clever, and he turned his eyes and said: "When the sun and moon shine on the earth, let's call it shine!"
Wu Zetian was overjoyed after hearing this and rewarded Mingkong with 100,000 taels of silver to rebuild the Shaolin Temple. Mingkong returned to Shaolin Temple happily.
Later, when Wu Zetian became emperor, she even wrote a limerick for this word - The sun and moon are in the sky, Zhao Zetian Chang'an smiles once he becomes emperor, I am the most proud in the world