There is a saying that "If you don't make friends with monks, you are a good person." It means that if you don't make friends with monks, you are a good person. Then conversely, if a person makes friends with monks, , it proves that he is not a good person. Why did people in ancient times have such misunderstandings about monks?

First, I think this is because of the thinking of ancient people, because at that time, monks needed to abstain from alcohol, meat, and sex, and some people became monks in order to cut off their emotions. The ancient people’s People with relatively closed minds may think that they become monks because they have abnormal thinking. Being a monk actually restricts people’s freedom. Some people must become monks to avoid disasters, so people will misunderstand monks.

Second, we all know the monk Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin". He is also a monk, but he is different from other monks. He didn't drink, and he was also rude and straightforward. Although he was kind-hearted and honest with his friends, in the eyes of ancient people, he was a person who didn't understand etiquette. Perhaps the ancients used these stories or The description will give rise to certain wrong ideas about the monk, and it is normal to have misunderstandings about the monk.

Third, some people pretend to be monks to ask for money or food from people, and do some excessive things under the guise of monks to achieve their own goals, which will make people feel dissatisfied with the monks. , thinking that the monk was actually not a good person, so he buried this root in his heart. However, we should treat everyone equally and look at everything and everyone in two.