Chapter 40: Daoyun Enlightenment
Regarding Wang Xizhi's "Huang Tingjing", folklore is full of legends. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 According to info, Wang Xizhi once came to Tiantai Mountain, because he was attracted by its scenery, so he temporarily lived in the local area, practiced his calligraphy, and improved his calligraphy with the help of local wonders.
One day, because I was not very satisfied with the speed of my progress, I was tired and rested on the desk, when suddenly a gust of wind blew, and a white cloud floated in, and there was an old man with crane hair and a childish face, looking at him and laughing, "Your handwriting is good, can you let me have a look?"
"The old man has won the prize, please correct me a lot. Wang Xizhi said modestly.
After the old man looked at it carefully, he said, "I see that you are sincere, so I will give you a pen trick that will be useful in the future." After speaking, he wrote the word "Yong" in Wang Xizhi's palm, and then floated away.
Afterwards, it was according to the pen formula contained in the word "Yong" that Wang Xizhi made a great progress in the realm of calligraphy. When he returned to Shaoxing to gather with friends, he left behind the eternal masterpiece "Lanting Collection Preface".
Later, Wang Xizhi has always remembered the fairy-like old man of Tiantai Mountain, and after searching for many times to no avail, he sincerely wrote a "Huangting Jing" according to the word, and put it in the cave on the mountain, and later generations called him Huangjing Cave. Until now, there are still many tourists who often run to the Huangjing Cave to see if there is still a pair of "Huangting Jing" hidden in it.
When he heard this legend before, Lin Nan just regarded it as a story, after all, later generations always like to add some magical aura to celebrities. But when this "Huang Ting Jing" was really placed in front of me, I realized that many legends are not necessarily groundless.
Before the painting was unveiled, Lin Nan's soul felt a trace of the charm of 'Tao' in it, and now he is facing the work directly, even if he does not exert his soul power, the charm between the lines is also rushing to his face.
In ancient times, most of the gods belonged to natural spirits, and heaven and earth were born. The cultivation purpose of Taoism is to conform to the will of heaven, follow the law, and seek breakthroughs in nature, which also has the general outline of "Taoism and Nature", until finally attaining the Tao and becoming immortals.
Especially at the peak of the development of Taoism, the basic cultivation system, such as talismans and mantras, was based on visualizing the world of ghosts and gods. Many of the Dao methods are performed by relying on the gods, such as "inviting the gods", "fighting the gods", and spells when the talismans are cast.
Gods and immortals were originally two different cultivation systems, but as the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper, they slowly merged together, and together they had a new name "immortals". Therefore, in the inheritance of the mountain gods, when the ancient heavenly court still existed, whether it was a god or an immortal, the cultivators finally reached the heavenly realm, that is, where the heavenly court was located.
The two different cultivation systems can learn from each other in many ways precisely because they both follow the laws of nature.
And in the calligraphy and painting in front of me, the trace of "Tao" rhyme produced is the master of Taoism, the comprehension of the laws of nature.
From this, Lin Nan can infer that the old man Wang Xizhi met back then must be a master of the Taoist lineage. And the word "Yong" he left behind must also carry his own understanding.
And Wang Xizhi, who had no cultivation foundation, naturally couldn't feel the secret hidden in this word, so he just treated it as a word recipe and learned the strokes inside. But after all, after a long time of observation and study, so that trace of rhyme, unconsciously imitated by himself to create the basic charm, and then integrated into this work.
From this work, Lin Nan can fully imagine that the old man's perception of the Tao has definitely reached a certain height, otherwise how can he pass on a word casually, so that an ordinary person can indirectly comprehend a trace of Tao rhyme.
It's a pity that the aura in the world is too thin, and it is difficult to reproduce the cultivation climax of the ancient period. No matter how high the comprehension is, but there is not enough aura to improve the realm, the final outcome will inevitably be like a mirror, and the old age will be empty. This has also directly led to the decline of the entire Taoism, after all, whoever has no hope of cultivating will have no hope of continuing to cultivate, and no matter how firm his faith is, there will be a day when he will collapse.
Tiantai Mountain, Lin Nan said silently in his heart, in many legends, there are many strange people hidden in some famous mountains and rivers, and now it seems that they must be Taoist cultivators. Especially in the past hundred years, the aura has begun to show signs of slow recovery, although the number is not many, but for those cultivators who have firm beliefs, there is always a glimmer of hope. It's just that I don't know if there are still masters like those on Tiantai Mountain who can reach it in the world now.
Throwing off these unrealistic associations in his mind, Lin Nan once again put his attention on the "Huang Ting Jing", which is one of the main cultivation methods implemented by ancient Taoism, the first priority, meditation, although it is two concepts with his own Shinto system, but now combined with the above Taoist rhyme, Lin Nan unknowingly felt immersed in it when he watched.
Many Taoist cultivation classics handed down from ancient times, after ordinary people get them, it is difficult for ordinary people to cultivate according to them to produce any effect, the problem is not only the thinness of aura, the key point is the so-called inheritance.
The inheritance of each school is already tight, and some key points can only be passed on by word of mouth between their own masters and apprentices, and the most important point is the so-called "enlightenment". Most people regard this step as a stage of spiritual or physical cultivation, but in the real inheritance, the so-called "enlightenment" is actually to cooperate with the cultivation classics with the perceptions of the predecessors, so that people can quickly understand the secrets of the classics.
This is also the reason why the cultivation progress of scattered cultivation can never be compared with those large sects, after all, without the comprehension inheritance of the predecessors, it must be a difficult process to re-explore by relying on oneself.
And the current "Huang Ting Jing" is precisely because it is mixed with this silk rhyme, after hundreds of years of precipitation, it can attract the surrounding aura to gather around it, slowly nourish itself, and strengthen the growth of the rhyme.
The soul space in Lin Nan's mind quietly underwent incredible changes along this feeling. When I read the sentence "Thinking about the sun, moon and stars", a part of the soul power in the space quietly spreads, scattered in the air according to a certain law above the space, although it seems very small because of the lack of energy, and there is no light, but the rudiments of the sea of stars have begun to slowly form.