Mr. Chua Lam, one of the four great talents in Hong Kong, published a new book "A Wan of Pure Blessings" at the beginning of 2019. The book uses humorous and unrestrained writing style to write about the flavor of food and the local customs. More importantly, through these words soaked in the flavor of fireworks, Cai Lam conveys a simple philosophy of life to readers. Only by being in awe of life and grateful for food can we walk through this life calmly and gracefully with a calm mind. This is also the meaning of the title of the book "A Bowl of Pure Blessings".

From the great road to simplicity, knowledge and action are unified. The most profound philosophy is often contained in every detail of life, just as the blessings of a person's life are hidden in every meal of the day.

"Zhu Xi's Family Instructions" says: A porridge and a meal should remind you of the difficulty of getting there; half a thread and a half thread, always think of the difficulty of material resources. This not only advocates frugality, but also has a deeper meaning to educate people to be grateful.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a son of a wealthy family outside Bianjing City. He lived a luxurious life because of his wealthy family. He eats dumplings with various fillings for every meal, so his family spends a lot of money to hire a famous chef to make them for him. But this young man had a tricky taste. He would only eat the filling inside and spit out the outer skin. His family just thought he was naughty and laughed it off.

More than ten years later, the Jin soldiers invaded and looted Bianjing. That careless young man has become a middle-aged man. At this time, his family property has been dispersed, and his relatives have been separated in the war. He has long lost his former glory.

He followed the fleeing people all the way, but the journey was difficult. Being accustomed to fine clothes and fine food, he finally collapsed after eating all the dry food. Just when he was dying, an old monk carried him to the temple and cooked him a pot of batter, and then he was rescued. He stood up to thank me, but the old monk shook his head and said, "There is no need to thank me. What you just ate came from your family. It just returns to its original owner."

He couldn't help but be stunned, and then the old monk The monk pointed to a pile of pockets at the back of the room and explained the situation to him. It turned out that when he was a boy, his extravagant style was already well known to everyone. This old monk would stay by the river in front of his house every morning, carefully collect the dumpling wrappers thrown away by the kitchen, and wash them with clean water. Then it was dried in the sun, and over time it accumulated to fill the whole room. Now in troubled times, the old monk used it to help many people.

After hearing this, he immediately fell to the ground and cried bitterly, feeling ashamed.

Zeng Guofan was a prominent figure in the late Qing Dynasty. He was good at discerning human nature from details. He recorded such a small incident in his book "Zeng Guofan Family Letter".

When Zeng Guofan was suppressing the Taiping Army in Anqing, a distant relative came to seek refuge. This relative came from a poor background, dressed simply and spoke sincerely. When he met Zeng Guofan, he expressed to his face that he was willing to follow Zeng Shuai and did not seek wealth but only food and clothing. A few days later, Zeng Guofan prepared a banquet for him in the camp. During the dinner, the two chatted, ranging from the general situation of the world to the strategy of conquest. The man's words were sharp and precise. Zeng Guofan was very satisfied with his performance.

Unexpectedly, one of his actions during the dinner made Zeng Guofan unhappy. After eating, Zeng Guofan asked someone to give him a sum of money and sent him away. People around him were very puzzled. This secret was not revealed until Zeng Guofan later wrote a letter to his younger brother: "A certain family is extremely poor and is a new guest. It would be better if they go to the ground and eat. I am afraid that they will change their minds when they see something different, so I send them away." ”

It turned out that although this man claimed to be poor, he accidentally revealed a detail while eating: because the military rations were poor, he picked out the chaff from the rice while talking to Zeng Guofan, and Zeng Guofan From this, it is concluded that this person has different opinions and is difficult to hold a big position.

Life is a collection of countless details, and no one will give in to a big gift. In front of a master, the details of your words and deeds determine your success or failure, and those fools hiding behind the details will eventually There is nothing to hide from their wise eyes.

No matter how rushed you are, savoring delicious food amid the smoke and fire is still an indispensable ritual in life. Unfortunately, with the accelerated pace of life, what modern people lack is this kind of respect and patience for food. Data shows that more and more young people are choosing takeout as their source of food. They are accustomed to placing orders on their mobile phones and will never go back to the kitchen full of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. Accompanying this is the high divorce rate.

Is there an inevitable connection between cooking and love?

For those who dine at banquets all year round, the food in front of them is just a prop in the vanity fair. They do not pay due respect to food, and they have no patience to stay with their loved ones. , and in the end it is difficult to obtain perfect love.

Love does not need to be bling, what it longs for is to grow old slowly in the stability of this world. The jade plates of delicacies in front of the red men and women will never compare to the bowl of warm porridge in the hands of the white-haired couple. One meal, one chopstick, one bowl. In a sense, eating is a connection with heaven and earth. Food is always the most direct channel for all living beings to communicate with the gods of heaven and earth. Because of this, your bowl will contain the blessings of your life.

At the end of the article, I will give you a set of "Taoist Esoteric Phrase Techniques". I believe you will feel more deeply after reading it!

Sitting with your eyes in a pit is not a sign of mercy.

If the left shoulder goes inward, it must be a lackey.

If the two eyebrows are connected, they can only live half of their lives.

With phoenix eyes and willow eyebrows, he must be a romantic ghost.

When you stop and see perfection, you will be blessed until you are young.

If you stop and see an advance, your luck lies in your weak crown.

There is no limit to your words, and wealth is before your eyes.

The purple air between the eyebrows indicates wealth and wealth.

The cheekbones are higher than the face, and the husband is over fifty years old.

The tip of the nose has no flesh, and the standard is a jerk.

If the little finger is unknown, life cannot be poor.

There is space between your fingers and no money left around.

If the sun line appears on your hand, wealth will come in this year.

It is difficult to gather wealth if you are small-minded, and disaster will occur if you have wealth.

Look at the third eye when a disaster occurs, it does not count as your dissatisfaction.

Stop in the view of restraining people, stop and stop without seeing each other.

If you have a big mouth and a big mouth, you are most afraid of not having a square forehead.

Walking with your left shoulder high makes it difficult to take aim in life.

Walking with your right shoulder high indicates high worldly merit.

The judgment is not absolute, and it should be Tai Sui occasionally.

It is in vain for the rich to stop and stop at the top and to stop and connect at the bottom.

If the top is full and the bottom is round, the mother will harm herself if she cannot control it.

As long as you are young, heaven and earth are yours, get a wife and go with others.

If the ears have roots but the nose is weak, they will be affected by the misfortune of women at home.

The eyes are transparent and the face is square. One year old is longer than one year old.

The sky is round and the earth is square. The biggest fear is that there will be a broken wall between the eyebrows.

The broken wall breaks the whole sky, and the life span is only in the middle of the eyebrow.

The three stops are far away, and they are not flattened. The five eyes are in harmony and create a home.

There is no air in the nose and no strength. It only looks for symptoms in the body.

The beard is ruthless and the beard is ruthless. A person with a square forehead is not a bad person.

The chest hair is long and the beard is long. Benevolence and righteousness are all around you.

There is a mole on the nose, and the yin is at the same time, but the wife will be born early and the child will be late.

A prostitute with thrush eyes and a willow-rimmed nose is famous all over the world.

Leaning your ears to your ears is unfilial, as you are afraid that your parents will not be able to say good things to you.

It doesn’t hurt to say they are noble people even if their faces are compatible but their bones are broken.

The bones are strange and unique, and each person in the mountains and fields has left a legend.

With a thin waist and a thin neck, she is easily obsessed with love.

Three-dimensional, with a mouth like a flower, even the dead should be praised by the living.

He has red and phoenix eyes, a lot of money, and is most afraid of his eyebrows walking up to him.

If the left hand is long and the right hand is short, there must be skills ahead of others.

He has weak ears and cannot breathe easily. He always ranks first in bragging in his life.

The big teeth are long and have a hole in the middle, which makes people's secrets famous all over the world.

The lines at the corners of the eyes are related to the universe, and the lines are divided into brothers as they go downwards.

In the middle of the lines, the property is flat, and in the upward direction, people are messing around.

A shy person. Running around when encountering difficulties.

He is very arrogant. Being too arrogant when things happen.

Water snake waist must be bad. Incarnate as a JI woman and talk about monsters.

If your legs are weak, you will suffer from anger. In the dream, I was bragging that I was number one.