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"My mother and I, a 36-year old and a 10 year old, and her husband, my father, the vast, dead bodies everywhere ... ..." recently, Master Hsing Yun in an interview with reporters in Taipei, as he spoke publicly for the first time about memories of the survivors of the Nanjing massacre.

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10 years fled in the dead pile looking for father

"There are dead bodies, I will pass over the corpse in order to move on, just thought I don't know if I can last, I heard scary footsteps from there was, you must hide, or else would have died. How to hide? It is best to sleep with with the dead ... ... "Master Hsing Yun of the 88 years old this year, described the massacre of 78 years ago as" hell on Earth ".

When the Marco Polo Bridge incident, young Master Hsing Yun has to know "another country coming to play us" kids children, singing patriotic songs, also trying to stand, but had to become the Japanese under butchers lamb to be slaughtered.

Master Hsing Yun recalled: "in Japan starting from July 7, 1937 Marco Polo Bridge incident, to Nanjing, in mid-December. I remember when the Nanjing massacre, snow fluttering, I carry two small sheets, I was only 10 years old, also followed the crowds fleeing a wanderer in exile. At that time did not know where fleeing to, where stray, just hoping to find a safe zone, but no matter where you go, it is not a safe place. ”

Because the father may not be in the Nanjing massacre, Master Hsing Yun and his mother looked everywhere for them. Corpses and rivers of blood and the horror of the Mai tho years masters in the minds of the terrible clarity. He said: "I saw River's head down, feet up, dead bodies everywhere, and blood infiltrated the river underneath the leaves, mud, see clearly. I still see roadside corpse being eaten by dogs into his chest, leaving only the limbs. The family's pet dog, eyes are red, we're afraid, don't know if dogs can bite, but fortunately we are master of it. At that time, examples of this are legion. ”

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Dunrukongmen 40 respectively contained

From the winter of 1937 to 1939 became a monk of the first month, a full two months a year, Master Hsing Yun and her mother had been looking for his father, but to no avail. Mother was disappointed, Master Hsing Yun in qixiashan qixia temple monks made the monk.

"Dead is dead, alive, people are always asking. Everybody hurts feelings and continue to live his life. "Master Hsing Yun said he wasn't dunrukongmen for Nanjing massacre alone, but to have the thought of becoming a monk since childhood, but did let his desire to cling to the monks of the Nanjing massacre.

After the mainland relatives, Master Hsing Yun met separately for more than 40 years mother, in which case the mother was nearly 80 years old, has died aged 95, mother and son occasionally talked about the Nanjing massacre, always be sad sob.

"They say memories are beautiful, but our memories are sad and dreary. "The Buddhist master said, but in an era of misery, the number of people killed, nor our family. We all have to accept the fact that only the brave life, survivors, and survivors have to work harder, to be more active.

"The Nanjing massacre influenced me was make me difficult to go home, youguonantou, let me wander all over the world, and finally settled down in Taiwan. "Master Hsing Yun said one family, hope that we work together to make the Chinese people become more powerful, the pain stop bullying suffered by other countries.

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Back painting handed down from ancient times

More than 20 years ago, Buddhist master and artist Li in United States Los Angeles meeting, a dialogue on the memory of the Nanjing massacre led to the amazing huge history painting of the birth of the rape of Nanking.

Li according to Buddhist master tells, even painted over more than 80 day and night, and finally completed the rape of Nanking. Divided into three parts: left, right, full canvas, screen is piled up a mountain of corpses. Left are two mighty Japan grinned after soldiers beheaded contest, one also cleans and bloodstained swords, the whole mountain is shrouded behind the mound of Earth and flowing Yangtze River of China. Master Hsing Yun when he saw the painting, a long time without saying a Word, his eyes burst into tears ... ...

"Nanjing massacre claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Father just died, can be said to be blood feud. But to kill kill is impossible, only with emotion, compassion, forgiveness, made his confession, so as to have a real hope for peace. "But Master Hsing Yun see, there are many Japanese don't come, Yasukuni Japan war criminals. He encouraged Li to the Nanjing massacre with around the world, began its worldwide six-continent journey exhibited extensively in 30 countries and regions.

On December 13, National Memorial Day of the Nanjing massacre, Master Hsing Yun said that the lessons learned from the forgotten. Our victory did not come easily, we continue to work any harder, and make China stronger; we want to let the world know we are Japan's attitude, knowing that history is always present.

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(Original title: best sleep with dead people in hiding)

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