"The Classic of Mountains and Seas"
It is said that in ancient times, there was a scholar named Zhu Yaozong, who was naturally intelligent and full of knowledge, and came to Beijing to take the high school entrance examination. The Emperor's Palace Examination
Seeing that he was not only talented but also good-looking, he recruited him as his consort. "The spring breeze brings joy to the horse's hoof disease", as usual
Zhu Yaozong returned home in a splendid appearance as a newly rich man. Before leaving, Zhu Yaozong made a memorial to the emperor, mentioning how his mother had endured many hardships, how she raised him as a child, and how the mother and son depended on each other. He asked the emperor to establish chastity for his mother who had been widowed for many years and never married.
>Arch. The emperor was very happy when he heard the words and agreed to play it.
When Zhu Yaozong told his mother about the establishment of the chastity arch, Zhu's mother, who was originally happy, showed an uneasy look, so
she told her that she wanted to marry Zhu Yaozong's mentor Zhang Wenju. idea. Zhu Yaozong, who was unprepared, was immediately knocked down. He knelt down in front of his mother and said, "Mother, this is absolutely impossible. Where can I put my face if I remarry?" Besides, the crime of deceiving the emperor will inevitably lead to death."
When she was in a dilemma and had no choice, Mother Zhu couldn't help but sigh: "Let it be fate." She took off. She wore a skirt on her lower body and told Zhu Yaozong: "Tomorrow you will wash the skirt for me and dry it in the sun all day and night. If the skirt is dried in the sun, I
promise not to remarry; If the skirt doesn't dry, it's God's will, and you don't have to stop it anymore." On this day, the sky was clear and sunny, but who knew that it would be cloudy that night, and it would rain heavily in the morning, and the skirt would always be wet. Zhu Yaozong complained endlessly in his heart, knowing that it was God's will.
Zhu's mother said to her son seriously: "Son, it's going to rain and my mother is going to get married. God's will must not be violated!" There have been so many things.
It's useless to talk. Zhu Yaozong had no choice but to report the marriage between his mother and his mentor to the emperor and ask him to punish him. The emperor repeatedly expressed his surprise and issued a decree: "Those who don't know will not be blamed. It is a match made in heaven, so let him go."