The west palm held by the west has only one iron ring on its head, which can support three or two inches. Angel tube, four or five fingers long. Its pole is made of wood, and its thickness can be changed at any time. Shoulder height, under the safety code, can be two inches. Its stirrup is round or eccentric, which can accommodate big fingers, or six or eight, and can be worn on the safety rope, copper and iron can be used as you like. "According to the second volume of the Western Regions of Datang and the fifth volume of Galand in Luoyang, Zhang Xi, held by the Buddha, is located in Rogge, a country in northern India. It is more than ten feet long, patented with tin sheet, roofed with sandalwood and packed in a treasure chest. In the Tang Dynasty in China, a man with four sticks of all iron was regarded as illegal by the Book of Changes. At present, there are six pipa and forty-two pipa in Japan, and the center of the pipa is decorated with balls, five-wheeled pagodas and Buddha statues. There are three functions of Xisong: (1) to drive away snakes and poisonous insects. For example, the fifty-two clouds in the Four Points Method (Dazheng 22.956a) say:' The monks are afraid of seeing snakes, scorpions, centipedes and hundreds of feet, and they are white buddhas at first. Listen to the Buddha's words and catch Zhang Xi. "Ten Odes" Volume 56 (Dazheng 23.417a):' Buddha lives in a cold garden, and many poisonous insects gnaw at monks. As the Buddha said, walking sticks should be used to drive away poisonous insects. (2) When begging for food, it is used to warn donors or prevent cattle and dogs. For example, Volume 34 of Miscellaneous Affairs in Benaye says that when you go to other people's houses to beg, don't knock at the door, shake your hands and be quiet, thinking that you are alert. In addition, there is a cloud (Dazheng 54.230b) in Volume 4 of the Biography of the South China Sea Returning to the Inner Law:' Those who talk about the west (in short) make a plan to guard against their cows and dogs when Si Yuan begging for food.' (3) For the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, such as the fifty-two clouds (Dazheng 22.955c) in the Four Points Method:' When winding the string bag, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled fell to the ground. Buddha's words, the old disease listens to the stick. "In addition, Uber's five precepts are described by Zhang Xi, and the cloud (Dazheng 24. 1 120c):
You have to clean your hands to catch it. Should I take off the building when I enter the monk's room? ? , not nearby. If you enter the White House, you should? ? In the back. If you have to go to the White House or eat Chinese food before middle school, all kinds of karma must be shaken. Three, if you don't come, it will be five, five, or even seven, seven. If you don't come, it will be more than home. Volume 1 of "Three Thousand Hua Zhang of the Big Bhikkhu" also lists 25 restrictions, such as holding a statue of Buddha in the west, not making the staff's hair sound, not pointing at people with the staff, not drawing words on the ground, etc. This shows the strictness of its usage. Monks in ancient China also had the habit of holding things in all directions. In the sixteenth year of "Continued Biography of Monks", the monk Hou went to Huaizhou Mountain to meditate, heard two tigers fighting, roared and shook the cave, and then stopped fighting. In the same book, it is also recorded that Sui Tanxun was walking in the mountains. When he met two tigers fighting, he dispersed them with tin. This is the ancient so-called two-part allegorical saying. In addition, monks hold Zhang Xi to patrol all around, which is called flying tin or patrolling tin; Stop at a place called Leave Tin, Leave Tin and Hang Tin. In the eighth volume of Jingdezhen Lantern Legend, Zen master Yinfeng climbed Wutai Mountain in the middle of Tang Yuanhe (806 ~ 820). When passing through Huaixi, seeing officials and thieves fighting, it is difficult to decide the outcome. The teacher tried to solve his problem, but he threw tin into the air to stop the combatants. This is a famous story of flying tin since ancient times. To later generations, it is also a common novel plot for monks to fly tin to exorcise demons. In Japan, Tiantai, Yanzhen and other places. When I lived in the Fa Conference, I played Zhang Xi with a short handle and sang Brahma, thinking that the sound made by Zhang Xi had special magic. Brahma, also known as Zhang Xi, is one of the four laws, which can be divided into nine laws and three laws. There are nine hymns, also known as Chang; The third is the first two and the last one of the nine hymns, also called Zhang Xi. Also, at the law conference, Zhang Xi's first sentence was sung, and Zhang Xi's position was called Zhang Xi's public. In the tantric school, Zhang Xi's Buddha Tathagata is listed in Sakyamuni, which is the embodiment of Zhang Xi. In addition, among the 40 hands of Guanyin with a thousand hands, one hand holds Zhang Xi, which is called Zhang Xi's hand. In addition, there are the Eight-armed Bodhisattva and the Earth-hidden Bodhisattva. Take this staff, too.