In the early years of Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi just turned 40. In order to achieve the purpose of hearing politics for the second time, she used various means, but she was afraid of North Korea's opposition and was unhappy all day.
Li, a trusted eunuch, guessed the truth, so he built a Buddha statue behind Manjuji's Daxiong Hall. After the completion, Li quickly told Cixi, saying, "I heard that there are often two buddhas in the Hall of the Great Hero, which is a good omen. I want to invite the queen mother to visit and watch. "
Empress Dowager Cixi was very surprised, so she began to drive out of the palace. Out of Xizhimen, off the high beam bridge, on the royal boat, along the long river until you reach Manjuji (now Beijing Art Museum).
Cixi went to the dock, entered the mountain gate, and went straight to Daxiong Hall. When I entered the temple, I saw that the III Buddha was still worshipping, and I was furious: "It is obviously the III Buddha. Where did the Double Buddha shine?"
At that time, the slave tricked his master into killing his head. Li knew it well and quickly said, "Calm down, Empress Dowager, please go to the backyard."
Empress Dowager Cixi slowly moved to the III Buddha and found a kind-hearted Guanyin sitting in the center of the temple, where the abbot of the temple and Cixi's civil and military ministers were also present.
At this moment, Li shouted, "Here comes Lafayette." The others immediately knelt down and shouted, "Welcome Lafayette!"
Cixi understood half of it, but pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Which Lafayette are you welcoming?" Li replied to them: "This is to meet the Queen Mother, you Lafayette!" "You are the Guanyin Bodhisattva who helps the poor today!"
"Now the emperor drives first, the new emperor is still young, and the country cannot be ownerless for a day. Subjects, please care about national affairs, you can save the people from the quagmire! " A word made Cixi happy.
Since then, the name of Lafayette has spread from Manchuria to Beijing, and the whole country has called Cixi the "Empress Dowager Lafayette". Cixi also listened to politics with a clear conscience.
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The title of "Lafayette" is not exclusive to Empress Dowager Cixi, because the emperors of the Qing Dynasty called it "Lafayette", but Cixi was the only Empress Dowager Cixi who was called "Lafayette".
186 1 year1month, Empress Dowager Cixi (1835- 1908) launched a palace coup, and the court was called "Lafayette" from then on. As for how the name came from, there are several different versions.
The first is the theory of meditation.
According to the records of unofficial history Grand View in Qing Dynasty, "After filial piety, she used to make Guanyin makeup. Li was blessed by being imprisoned, and Li Zhimei was a dragon girl. She took a great photo in the western way and hung it in the bedroom. The palace is called Lafayette. "
Second, others say the plus sign.
It is said that the title of "Lafayette" was given to her by Li. Cixi is very devout to the Buddha, and she never stops chanting for the Buddha, even if she sometimes goes out to patrol.
Once there was little rain in Beijing, and all the grains in North China suffered. According to custom, whenever this happens, Cixi and court officials will ask the Tathagata for rain every day until it comes.
This time, it only rained for three days. Li was very excited and took the opportunity to compliment Cixi, saying that the Empress Dowager was really amazing, just like a Buddha. This compliment made Cixi very happy.
Since then, Cixi has become Li's "Lafayette", which she calls every time she plays. Soon after, the name of "Lafayette" spread like wildfire and spread all over the palace, Beijing and the whole country.
The third is the theory of adding emblem.
In the biography of Empress Dowager Cixi, Cai Dongfan said that when Empress Dowager Cixi celebrated her 60th birthday, she "added a badge to make the value-bearing personnel and others call him Lafayette, or call him an ancestor."
Fourth, Mongolian customs along the way.
Wang Wusheng said in the Secret History of Shu 'an: "It is also common in Mongolia to be called Lafayette in the palace."
The above four statements all think that the title "Lafayette" is exclusive and unique to Empress Dowager Cixi, which is a misunderstanding. In fact, the title of "Lafayette" is not exclusive to Empress Dowager Cixi, because all emperors in the Qing Dynasty called it "Lafayette".
It turns out that in some dynasties, besides their respective temple numbers, posthumous title and honorific titles, emperors also had special titles, such as "the butler" for the Song Dynasty and "the master" for the Ming Dynasty. What was the proper name of the Qing emperor called "Lafayette"?
This is because the Qing Dynasty was founded by the Jurchen nationality, and the earliest leader of the Jurchen nationality was called "Man Zhu". "Full column" is the transliteration of the Buddha "Yanzhu", which means "auspicious". Therefore, the Nuzhen leader has been passed down from generation to generation, which is called "Full Column".
Later, some prominent families, the world's top leaders, were named "Manzhu". Therefore, after the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu "Manzhu" was translated into "Buddha" and became the special title of the Qing emperor. Empress Dowager Cixi asked others to call her "Lafayette" for special purposes. She tried to compare herself to the emperor.
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