Sindhu Monk (simplified: 天竺僧人, traditional: 天竺僧人, pinyin: Tiānzhú Sēngrén, jyutping: tin1 zuk1 sang1 jan4) was a monk from Tianzhu and the shidi of Great Master Yideng. Dark-skinned, high-nosed and deep-eyed, he was a master at curing poisons, though he knew no martial arts at all.
Biography
Visit to Yideng
Shortly before Guo Jing and Huang Rong arrived at Yideng’s mountain retreat, the monk came from Tianzhu to visit his shixiong. On the road he caught a pair of golden salamanders (金娃娃), which he meant to take back to Tianzhu to breed, since they were the bane of a deadly poisonous insect there. He left them with the fisherman, Yideng’s disciple, to feed for a few days, but the fisherman let them escape into a waterfall.
He had earlier brought Yideng a copy of the Treatise on Great Adornment (大庄严论经) from the Western Regions. Yideng used its paper to show Guo Jing and Huang Rong that the picture in their brocade pouch was drawn on Western Regions paper, and so was Ouyang Feng’s work. The monk sat cross-legged through the conversation, seeming not to hear it.
Healing Yideng and his disciples
After healing Huang Rong, Yideng took poisoned pills that Yinggu had mixed among Huang Rong’s Nine Flower Jade Dew Pills. He told Guo Jing and Huang Rong not to worry, because his shidi was a master at curing poisons, and the monk cured him.
When Yinggu came to take her revenge, Guo Jing, disguised as Yideng, suddenly seized the monk’s wrist and sealed his Huagai and Tianzhu acupoints, fearing that his martial arts might be formidable; only then did he find that the man knew no martial arts at all. Afterwards the monk treated the scholar and the farmer, whose fingers had been poisoned, giving them medicine and cutting their fingertips to let out the black blood.
When Yideng told him in Sanskrit what Guo Jing had done, the monk replied in Sanskrit, and Guo Jing carried on reciting. Both monks were astonished: Guo Jing was reciting the Sanskrit General Principles of the Nine Yin Manual, which Zhou Botong had made him learn by heart. Yideng then translated the passage into Chinese for Guo Jing and Huang Rong.
Personality & traits
Physical appearance
He had dark skin, a high nose and deep-set eyes, plainly a man of Tianzhu.
Character traits
He was taciturn and withdrawn, paying little attention to those around him.
Martial arts abilities
He knew no martial arts. His skill lay in medicine: he was a master at curing poisons (疗毒圣手).
Relationships
- Great Master Yideng: his shixiong.
- Fisherman, Woodcutter, Farmer and Scholar: Yideng’s disciples, who called him shishu.
See also
- The Legend of the Condor Heroes characters
- Great Master Yideng — his shixiong
- Tianzhu — his homeland
External links
- The Legend of the Condor Heroes on Wikipedia