As long as you want to, you can.
After living with the old cripple for eighteen years, Shu Guan discovered that practicing Buddhism was such a simple thing.
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On the blue sea, a huge steel fleet is riding the waves.
Deep beneath the sea, a giant dragon opened its golden eyes and stared coldly upwards.
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Fighter planes roared, cutting through the sea of clouds.
Ahead, huge wings hang down from the clouds and cranes cry in the sky.
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In the fierce battle, artillery fire was blazing and bullets were flying everywhere, but faintly, there was the sound of sword energy.
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This is a world where technology has risen, but myths have not yet dissipated.
The road to immortality has been cut off, leaving only a figure still walking alone.
In the rural northeastern mountainous regions stands a tiny Buddhist temple, named One Finger Temple. It isn’t a large one but it is extremely miraculous.
The temple has rice that emanates an aromatic fragrance.
The temple has sweet and refreshing water that rivals ambrosia.
The temple has Buddhas that grant wishes to the sincere.
The temple isn’t large but it has everything. The temple isn’t large but it has flourishing incense offerings that far exceed all temples. The temple isn’t large but it attracts both citizens and foreigners that line up overnight…
The temple has a bald but handsome monk. Every day, he would bawl, “I want to renounce asceticism! I want to marry a chick that’s not too pretty, have a cute baby, and lead a stable life!”
This book is a casual novel that introduces various Chinese traditional customs, as well as Buddhist ones. It strives to be a positive book, allowing people to reflect on how they should live their lives and treat others.
The third year of Wanli’s reign, in spring.
The Grand Secretary Zhang Juzheng reinstated the practice of keeping the Veritable Records (Qiju Zhu), assigning the duty to the Hanlin historians on a rotating basis.
From that moment on—
Shen Nian, third-ranked Jinshi from the year Xinwei of the fifth Longqing reign, Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Compiler at the Hanlin Court, Zhang Juzheng’s most outstanding disciple, and lifelong nemesis of the Wanli Emperor,
—thus began his career as court chronicler.
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That day, the young Wanli Emperor got drunk and missed an imperial lecture.
Shen Nian straightened his back and wrote:
“His Majesty, drunk, missed the imperial lecture. The Empress Dowager and the Grand Secretary rebuked him sternly, even speaking of dethronement.”
That month, a large number of eunuchs were appointed as mining and tax commissioners, extorting wealth from the people.
Shen Nian raised his chin and wrote:
“Before the throne, I declared: ‘The disasters of monopolies and mining taxes are entirely the Emperor’s fault.’”
That year, the Wanli Emperor neither performed the suburban sacrifices, nor paid respects at ancestral temples. He refused audiences, ignored memorials, and ceased court lectures.
Shen Nian and his fellow historians cried aloud:
“Better to die speaking than live in silence. The greatest honor of a court historian is to be killed by the Emperor.”
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Shen Nian said:
“I must be ill. I can’t sleep at all.
I have contracted Zhang Juzheng’s illness—the burden of holding up a collapsing sky—
but I was not destined for Zhang Juzheng’s fate.
In a daze, I saw the Grand Secretariat reduced to two people:
one drafting memorials—that was me;
one issuing imperial replies—that was also me.”
Introduction: [Rebirth] [Daily] [Single Heroine] [Entertainment Star]
In this era when travel and rebirth are commonplace, Ye Wen died young, but he didn't expect to keep up with the trend of society and be reborn.
Ye Wen doesn't plan to spend his life in a mess like in his previous life, he wants to change...
On May 20th, Qiao Ruoxing posted an update on the social platform: Single, available. PS: Those with physical health will be given priority. The accompanying picture is a divorce certificate. This operation was just like when she married into the Gu family without any warning and once again wiped out her circle of friends. After the breakup, Nei Han found her ex-husband infertile. Did she think her life was too long? Who is Gu Jingyan? A ruthless boss who can sue the media for spreading rumors to bankruptcy, would he connive at his ex-wife who left the house and left the house? How would he express himself in this way? Twenty minutes later, everyone was shocked again. Under Qiao Ruoxing’s update, a newly registered account commented, “Remove me from the blacklist!”
This is a feast for the actors. The script in your hand may not be the only ending, but from the moment you get it, are you ready to control your destiny?
[Slightly hardcore] + [A huge number of self-created academies and students] + [With both angst and sweet moments] + [Daily life/battle]...
Thirty years ago, the Seventeenth Joint Campus was destroyed by an unknown force, turning the once prosperous academy into a desolate ruin. Our forefathers fought desperately during the catastrophe, sacrificing their lives to give their descendants a chance to survive. However, the survivors still wander among the ruins, lost, helpless, and uncertain of the future.
Just as despair was spreading, a firm voice rang out:
"Reconstruction, revival, revenge."
Guided by this brief yet powerful message, the students of Campus 17 wiped away their tears and rose again. They rebuilt their homes from the ruins, unearthing buried scientific discoveries from the depths of the rubble, etching the tragedy into their hearts and transforming past pain into motivation for progress. Beneath the wasteland lies not only a shattered civilization, but also revelations powerful enough to change the future.
Thirty years later, when a similar disaster struck another school known as "Children's Eden," the students of the Seventeenth Campus resolutely raised the blade of revenge. They were no longer helpless survivors, but fighters who had overcome the shadow of death. With thirty years of accumulated experience and the strength forged from the ruins, they would safeguard hope and reverse their fate.
"The past belongs to history, but we remember it."
"What is now ruins, we will rebuild."
"The future belongs to hope, and we create it."
Traveling to troubled times wasn't a stroke of lightning; it was their own choice. Some aspired to reign supreme, others to liberate the people from their plight, and still others, through their own strength, to prevent the final barbaric conquest of civilization and thus rewrite the history of the Chinese nation. Of course, others simply desired to have three wives and four concubines, and to lead a life of extreme decadence unattainable in this world. This group of ordinary people, divided and divided in their ambitions, possessed neither the body of a tiger, nor the aura of a tortoise, nor the props of mental retardation. Crammed together in a chaotic huddle on an old ship, they possessed only modern machinery, technology, and a myriad of theories. Carrying ambitions, dreams, and ideals unattainable in this world, these time travelers journeyed towards the chaotic world of the late Ming Dynasty. Their destination: Hainan.
When his soul opened its eyes, Tomie was sitting on his lap, getting dressed! Takeru Sato, Chief of Psychiatric Surgery and Head of the Medical Department, wielded power within the psychiatric hospital comparable to that of the "Thunder King"! His family's influence was even more omnipotent in Tokyo! When he finally opened tape number III, it seemed as if everything had just begun. Painted skin, drought demons, Masakazu, Sadako, rifts, red clothes... Entering the new century, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Takeru Sato sat in the Prime Minister's official residence, chatting and laughing before the live cameras of major media outlets: "Everyone, I'm talking now. When I leave, I'll be talking to you, but you won't understand me!" This book has also been titled "I'm a Little Hot in Tokyo," "A Psychiatrist Who Doesn't Want to Be Prime Minister Isn't a Good Doctor," "Is This What You Call a Weird Talk?", "Starting with Tomie," "I Call the Wind and Rain in the Psychiatric Hospital," etc.
Power, money, women, fame… Driven by endless desires and the primal human instinct for comfort, corrupt officials follow one after another. Li Dongming, in his first stint as the head of a local government, entered a corrupt environment. Could he uphold the bottom line as a leading Party cadre? That is the question. And to reverse this already rotten environment? That's not just a simple question.