Text: Volume 1: The Guardian of Xuanwu: Chapter 21: The Ethereal Dao

Xuanyuan Defeated Heaven returned to the room arranged by Confucius in the "Confucian City", Xuanyuan Defeated Heaven sat quietly in the room, thinking about the content of Confucius teaching him to refine his heart today, and a huge voice echoed in his mind:

"The first thing to practice is to cultivate the mind, and what the heart thinks is for the artistic conception in the chest, and the inner emptiness and artistic conception are far-reaching, and the natural cultivation comes naturally. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The heart can't let go, the heart is mixed, it's for the upset, the upset go crazy, although the poetry is a small way, but it is very helpful for the inner emptiness of the cultivator, this is today's content, you have to remember it well"

Recalling these sweet words, it was like the heart was nourished, and the heart gradually became empty, and Xuanyuan quickly entered a state of concentration.

The night of cultivation seemed quiet and deep, a huge bright moon hung high in the sky like a silver plate, and countless leaves swayed gently under the night breeze.

Xuanyuan Tianpan sat motionless on the bed, the night was as cold as water, and the silent night passed.

When the morning sun sprinkled on the earth, the first ray of light that pierced the night sky shone into the small courtyard of Xuanyuan Defeated Heaven, the birds sang happily, and Xuanyuan Defeated Heaven slowly opened his eyes.

After a night of cultivation, Xuanyuan felt extra energetic, he pushed open the door and felt the warm sunshine, and his heart couldn't help but feel comfortable.

He walked briskly to the other courtyard, hoping to get more teachings, for he could not afford to delay a moment now.

Walking into the courtyard, Kong Ru was drinking tea, and he said to Xuanyuan Defeat: "Well, it seems that you have gained a lot, so let me teach you a few other items in the six arts of Confucianism today." ”

Yesterday you understood the importance of artistic conception and mind cultivation, which is the Confucian Six Arts: the benefits of "book", the Confucian Six Arts: "Etiquette, Music, Archery, Emperor, Calligraphy, Mathematics" Today I will teach you etiquette and mathematics.

The so-called "rites" are a hierarchical system, such as the hierarchy of the Son of Heaven, princes, princes, doctors, scholars, etc., who have a relationship between superiors and subordinates, collectively referred to as rites.

And the "rite" I am talking about today is different, it is a kind of invisible thing, to put it bluntly, it is an ethereal way.

The so-called three thousand avenues is just an illusory statement, and "li" is one of these countless avenues, although he is not the highest dao, but the countless "dao" without "li" is also a vain dream.

"Li" is a kind of rank, but "Li" also has another mission, that is, to maintain the "level" of countless avenues

This is "Li", although it has a phase, but it is invisible, and the maintenance of the Tao in the world depends on the hierarchical norms of "Li", so it is called "Li", do you understand?

Xuanyuan defeated the sky: "I don't understand, what is this 'ceremony'?"

Kong Ru: "Ahem, you can slowly realize it yourself"

After speaking, he turned around and muttered in a low voice: "How do I know, Kong Sheng said so, I'll copy it."

Well, are you very focused, let's talk about "counting"

"Senior Kong, can I ask you a question before I talk about 'numbers'?"

"You say"

"Senior Kong, what is this 'ceremony'?"

Kong Ru sighed: "Alas, the heavens are defeated, there are some things that need to be comprehended by yourself, and you can't grow by relying on the teachings of others alone."

"Oh, Senior Kong, the juniors have been taught, seniors, you continue to talk about 'counting'"

The so-called "number" is a "fixed number", which is what happens in the dark, which is the old saying "there is a fixed number in the dark." ”

"Counting" is a more ethereal way than "rites".

"Everyone's understanding of the number is different, and the cognition of the major sects is also different, but from ancient times to the present, there is only one master of the 'number' Tao, which is 'Fu Xi', and his self-created Fu Xi sixty-four hexagrams explain the concept of 'number' clearly, but since Fu Xi, no one can count the Tao and study it thoroughly. ”

Confucianism believes that there is a constant movement in heaven, and there are fifty fixed "numbers", but there are forty-nine Tianyan, and only the "one" that can be grasped is traceless

The Taoists believe that there is a deficiency in heaven, and nine is the ultimate number, and the so-called ninety-nine is one.

Yin and Yang believe that heaven and earth are divided into yin and yang, and it is impossible to divide heaven and earth specifically, so they believe that there is yang in yin. There is yin in yang. Mutual growth and restraint cannot be separated.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now, when your cultivation improves, you will definitely understand as your cultivation grows, okay, that's all for today's content, you can understand it first"

This sentence is the Tao of "rites" and "numbers", the avenue is three thousand without a trace, and the ethereal road is like a dream, so you can understand it

Saying that, Kong Ru slowly disappeared.

Leaving Xuanyuan Defeated Heaven in the courtyard to watch blankly, he looked at the place where Kong Ru disappeared, and thought in his heart, the ethereal Tao of "numbering" and the way of "etiquette" are the ethereal ways of countless Taos, what kind of Tao is this?

At this time, the sky gradually darkened, and Xuanyuan was still sitting in the courtyard thinking about it, and his heart was thoughtful, as if he had grasped something, but it didn't seem to be.

Kong Ru came to the courtyard and said to Xuanyuan Defeat: "Let's get here today, at this time, the ethereal and difficult to find way, even I don't have the ability to fully understand, you better go back to the house and slowly understand, don't be anxious, be in a hurry, otherwise you will go crazy."

Xuanyuan nodded and returned to the small courtyard, looking up at the stars in the sky, in a trance, as if he had caught something.

At this time, an ethereal voice came: "The avenue is three thousand, the changes are thousands, there is no trace, and the mind can be followed." ”

The ethereal voice of this word seemed to come from above the nine heavens, the dark night was silent, only the ethereal voice echoed above the nine heavens, and a word woke up the person in the dream, so that Xuanyuan had a trace of enlightenment.

"Who are you, why are you here?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, I'm just here to dial yours, if we have a fate, we'll see each other in the future, I'll go"

As he spoke, the night returned to its original silence, and there was no dead silence with the noisy chirping of insects, only the silver platter hanging high in the air, emitting a faint silver light.

Xuanyuan returned to the room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and recalled the words of Confucius and the mysterious voice today, the so-called "rites" are the hierarchy, such as the hierarchy of the Son of Heaven, the princes, the princes, the doctors, the scholars, etc., and the hierarchy with the relationship between superiors and subordinates is collectively called li.

And the "rite" I am talking about today is different, it is a kind of invisible thing, to put it bluntly, it is an ethereal way.

The so-called three thousand avenues is just an illusory statement, and "li" is one of these countless avenues, although he is not the highest dao, but the countless "dao" without "li" is also a vain dream.

"Li" is a kind of rank, but "Li" also has another mission, that is, to maintain the "level" of countless avenues

This is "Li", although it has a phase, but it is invisible, and the maintenance of the Tao in the world depends on the hierarchical norms of "Li", so it is called "Li", do you understand?

What is "number"......

Gradually, he fell asleep groggyly, and only the night breeze in the distance gave a faint sadness to the silent night......