For Wang Daozhen, her life is not smooth. Although she is the daughter of Hanlin's bachelor, and her family background is relatively good, Wang Daozhen's parents don't love her because she was sickly and plain-looking when she was a child. Under the system of feudal society, girls are generally engaged by their parents and marry others early. However, due to Wang Daozhen's poor personal conditions, even Wang Daozhen's parents did not pay due attention to the growth of this daughter. Just when Wang Daozhen's parents thought she couldn't get married, an official's son, Xu Jingshao, got engaged to her.
Unlike ordinary girls, Wang Daozhen has no interest in the Four Books and Five Classics and traditional embroidery. On the contrary, she is obsessed with Taoism. Although her parents disapprove of this behavior, they are not good at saying much because Wang Daozhen has promised others. However, what Wang Dao really didn't expect was that her fiance Xu Jingshao died suddenly when she was not married, which was also a heavy blow to her. At that time, Wang Daozhen cried for three days and nights, claiming to keep a festival for Xu Jingshao. Although Wang Daozhen's parents didn't agree with the decision, it was a traditional custom in those days, so her parents couldn't stop it.
In the later days, because Wang Daozhen lost hope for her future life, she simply became a female Taoist. At that time, she named herself Tan adopted son and officially became a monk. After that, Wang Daozhen also began to practice the way of crossing the valley. This practice method originated in Zhuangzi and has been used by Taoist children for many years. In the process of spiritual practice, Wang Dao often goes on a diet, which makes her thinner and healthier.
As Wang Daozhen became more and more famous, many celebrities came to the Wangs to exchange views with her. For a time, Wang Daozhen became a famous female Taoist in the Ming Dynasty. However, her life is not smooth.
On one occasion, she claimed that she had almost completed the cultivation of immortality and would take off on September 9, which attracted hundreds of thousands of people to watch. At that time, many people wondered what kind of special behavior such a female Taoist would have. On September 8th, Wang Daozhen cut off a strand of his hair and put it in front of Xu Jingshao's grave. On September 9th, Wanli seven years, Wang Daozhen also came to Tang Zhi, ready to take off. Although Wang Daozhen was only 23 years old at this time, people did not feel sad about her departure. After all, in everyone's view, Wang Daozhen's soaring also belongs to the accomplishment of spiritual practice.
In fact, after we have a certain understanding of Wang Daozhen's ascent, we will find that her ascent is not so-called enlightenment, but just an act similar to suicide. Because of Wang Daozhen's infirmity and perennial monasticism, she doesn't eat oil and salt. Therefore, in the case of long-term malnutrition, Wang Daozhen, who is only 23 years old, is in very poor health, and on September 9 th,
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For Wang Daozhen, it is not true that Tao is soaring, but it is obviously more perfect to end his life in this way. From Wang Daozhen's story, we can feel that under the system of that feudal society, as a woman, there was a lot of helplessness. If Wang Daozhen had had a better choice in life, maybe she wouldn't have ended her life in such an extreme way.