The heart only root so becomes the king of root carving

As soon as he was born, the midwife decided that he would not be a mortal. But when he grew up, his father said he was dumb as a log.

At the star hotel in Shanghai, the doorman refused to let him in because he was not neatly dressed. In a $50-a-night room, he can't turn on the TV. Met by the deputy governor, only to get nervous and run over a wall. Now successful, but insisted on refusing media interviews.

Before he graduated from junior high school, he went to work as a cobblemaker, but he did not like the work of hooping pieces of wood together.

By chance, he was deeply attracted to the New Year pictures bought by his father, the New Year pictures are vigorous and powerful roots, he stared at the root of the trance for a long time, the original root can also change the decay into art, from then on, found an extraordinary goal in life, and vowed to play root in the end.

He devoted himself to the research and creation of root carving. To find his roots, he went through hardships, once on the mountain fell half to death; To transport the roots, he spent seven years and 110,000 yuan to build roads; To stick to his vow, he turned down offers of a monthly salary of 10,000 yuan abroad; He rejected emotion and family to focus on his career. To concentrate on the creation of root carving, he declined media interviews; To build his kingdom of root carving, he gave up all desire.

It has always been his dream to carve 500 Arhats from roots. After years of searching for a root, he cried when he finally found a root that had survived hundreds of years. He used a dozen 13-meter-long trains to transport them back at a cost of more than 2 million yuan.

Then he locked himself in the warehouse, along with the roots. Talk to them with your eyes, talk to them with your words, talk to them with your heart. Six months later, we started. With the help of the apprentice, more than ten years of thinking, more than ten years of carving, and more than ten years of carving shocked the world's 500 Arhat root carving group suddenly.

It was like a grand Buddha meeting. Five hundred Arhats five hundred expressions, five hundred expressions from five hundred souls, five hundred souls deduce five hundred connotations. Each glance of the five hundred Arhats is a meeting of the heart; Every expression of the five hundred Arhats is infused with the soul. Then the world of root carving comes alive, and these five hundred vivid and bright lives are the perfection and truth in the depths of his heart.

If the heart is not quiet, how can you outline the Buddha statue of Satu Zen machine; If the heart is not grand, how can the Buddha statue of relief Buddhism be placed? Without the Buddha nature, how can you carve a lifelike Buddha statue, without the Buddha's heart, how can you give Arhat different looks?

He has the Buddha in his heart, and the Buddha is in front of him. He has the root in his heart, and the root has life. He has no distractions, and his eyes only have the expression of the root. He has no thoughts, his heart is only the root of the world. He is the angel sent by heaven to continue the life of the tree, and also the angel sent by heaven to interpret the paradise of the Buddha with the root carving.

His eyes did not shine with the halo of honor, only the spirit of the root carving shone. His heart has no greed for fame and wealth, only the pursuit of the realm of beauty.

Now he is no longer in the eyes of the world, but numerous award-winning artists, various honors have been pouring in -- "Master of arts and crafts in Zhejiang Province", "Folk artist in Zhejiang Province", UNESCO awarded the title of "first-class folk arts and crafts artist", his name was included in the "Chinese Figures in the Sea of Words".

Yet many admirable honors were not worth the weight of the root eagle in his mind; Many of the fame and fortune that let a person be left behind is not worth the charm of the root carving in his eyes.

He did not like to walk on the red carpet, said it would be suspended, he was only willing to walk on the real land, he did not miss the luxury of the city, only intoxicated in the world of root carving.

He does not want to be burdened by fame, does not want to be trapped by love, not want to be trapped by interest. Others say he is a "root maniac", he is not willing to do anything, only willing to do one thing, only the root in the heart, so he became the king of root carving.

And we mostly do nothing because we are willing to do everything. And some people just think if I do it, what do I get? Some people do a lot, just want to get what, so hold the title of "master" around.

Life is not what you are, but what you do. The value of life is not what you have, but what you create.

Just like him -- do not want to be famous but also famous root carving master Xu Guqing. If he also likes the people of the world trivial and miscellaneous, such as people who love each other lingering entanglements, such as the world after fame and vanity, how can he create the world's largest root carving kingdom?