It is well known that monks do not eat meat. However, in the history of our country, such an incident once happened. A king asked the monks to eat meat. If they did not eat meat, they would massacre the city. At that time, the monk ate meat according to the king's request. Later, he said a sentence: "Food and wine have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha's heart remains". This sentence has now become a classic saying.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the court was corrupt, there were successive years of famine, and the people were living in dire straits. Under such circumstances, many people revolted in order to survive, and Zhang Xianzhong also started the uprising at this time. At that time, the Ming Dynasty was facing internal and external troubles. The Qing army was eyeing it outside, and Li Zicheng's army was at home, so it could not take care of Zhang Xianzhong's snobbery. This also gave Zhang Xianzhong a good room for development.

In the beginning, Zhang Xianzhong was quite popular among the people and occupied a lot of territory. However, Zhang Xianzhong was a very irritable person, and he did not have lofty ideals or ambitions. Gradually, the people I no longer have confidence in him. However, he felt quite good about himself. He relied on his snobbery to do evil and massacre cities at every turn, which made many people very disgusted. Later, Zhang Xianzhong and others came to a temple. The monks in the temple treated them to delicious food and drinks. However, Zhang Xianzhong made a very unreasonable request. He asked the monks to eat meat, otherwise they would massacre the city.

The monks were shocked at the time, but in the face of Zhang Xianzhong's threat, they finally compromised. Later, after Zhang Xianzhong and others left. A young monk asked the senior monk why he did this. At that time, the eminent monk replied: "Food and wine have passed through the intestines, and the Buddha's heart remained". After hearing this sentence, the young monk also felt relieved. Later, this sentence became a classic saying and has been passed down.