Chapter 246: Xingqi Ming
"Xingqi, deep is accumulated, accumulating is extended, and stretched is down." This is definitely a Taoist Tuna Exercise.
Qigong Qigong has a history of more than 5,000 years in China, and the ancients originally used the form of 'dance' to channel and vent physical and psychological diseases.
Since the era of human ignorance, in the primitive society of Ru Mao and blood, human beings have to fight against the harsh natural environment and fierce birds and animals in order to survive and reproduce themselves. However, in the midst of resigned resignation, there will be a law of stillness and vividness.
We know that the contrast between the amount of information in the primitive society of human beings and the information explosion in today's society is self-evident, and it is precisely because the amount of information in the brains of primitive humans is extremely small, so it is easy to enter the high realm of qigong that has no thoughts.
Therefore, it can also quickly produce an involuntary sense of qi, which can be explained by the fact that in the current qigong boom, people with a low level of education, or illiterate and children, can quickly become angry, mainly because their minds are simpler, and they are not too complicated to think, so it is naturally easier to hold Yuan Shouyi and cultivate a sense of qi.
This article introduces the method of how to do qi.
Han Peacock slowly groped, as the more inscriptions were translated, the more he understood, and some of the inscriptions at the beginning were obviously the general outline of Tuna: "Xingqi, deep is accumulating, accumulating is extended, stretching is lower, lower is fixed, fixed is solid, solid is cute, cute is long, long is retreating, retreating is heaven." The days are on top; The ground is a few licks below. Along with the way, you will be born; Reverse or die. ”
Very regular text, even if there is no punctuation. Han Peacock can also be easily translated.
But after translating these words, Han Peacock was confused, how could he seem to have seen this piece of Tuna Gong somewhere?
Soon, Han Peacock knew what he was doing to feel that this piece of exercise was very familiar, because it was indeed very famous.
Because this is the earliest recorded qigong record found in China, because Han Peacock activated the Xuanyuan Water Control Banner and thus obtained the ability, he always wanted to find a cultivation method.
And the Xingqi inscription is the general outline of such a piece of exercise, but the number of words in the Xingqi inscription is too small, so it is useless for him.
But this is the earliest existing cultural relics of qigong theory in China. It was still deeply imprinted in Han Peacock's mind. This inscription is considered to be a work of the late Warring States period.
In 1975, during the excavation of Chang and Shama Wangdui, a piece of green jade was found in the tomb of the vassal king 2,500 years ago.
This piece of green jade is the head of a cane, and the performance of green jade is not good. There are grayish-black spots. Dodecahedral prism. Height 5.2cm, width 3.4cm, hollow but without top. It is used to put it on the rod, the top is a circular plane, there is a hole in the lower part of one side to communicate with the inner abdomen, and the edge is polished.
In the twelve sides, each side from top to bottom Yin text seal carved three characters, there are heavy text symbols, a total of 45 words, described the essentials of "line qi", is the earliest record of Qigong found in our country, but also the earliest document record of ancient Chinese medical theory, now in the Tian, Jin City History Museum.
The original text of the "Xingqi Ming" found in Mawangdui has a total of 45 characters, because the vessel is a seal character, and the age is old, there are signs of mottling and falling off, so there are multiple versions of the Xingqi inscription, and several of them are slightly different.
The full text is: "Xingqi, deep is accumulating, accumulating is extended, stretching is down, down is fixed, fixed is solid, solid is cute, sprouting is long, long is retreating, retreating is heaven." The days are on top; The ground is a few licks below. Along with the way, you will be born; Reverse or die. ”
If these words were translated into modern meanings, they would be: "It's a round of deep breathing." Inhale deeply, so that it stretches downward, and when it stretches downward, it is fixed and solid; Then exhale, like the sprout of grass and trees, grow upward, and retreat against the path when it goes deeper, retreating to the top. In this way, the heavenly machine will move upwards, and the earth machine will move downward. Those who follow this line will live, and those who go against this line will die. ”
The full text describes the whole process of internal qi operation when practicing qigong, and the system is quite complete.
This inscription mainly explains the practice of Xiao Zhou Tiangong and the precautions when performing it.
It turns out that the Xingqi inscription is the earliest existing related qigong cultural relics, and the jade has no name, and the contemporary qigong people call it "Xingqi Jade Peiming", also known as the jade inscription and the Xingqi inscription.
However, the Tian and Jin museums did not agree with this name, because it was not a jade worn on the waist, but a decoration on the head of the cane, so they named it "Xingqi Ming Jade Staff Ornament." ”
Such a famous thing, of course Han Peacock knew about it, he just didn't expect that such a remote mountain village would have such a big discovery.
Compared with these jade tablets, those golden copper cylinders are really scum and can't be slag.
Seeing the Han peacock who was a little excited and couldn't help himself, and there were signs of trembling all over his body, Liu Wu smiled.
It was the first time she had seen this kind of Han Peacock, it turned out that Han Peacock didn't seem to care much about anything, as if he had seen through everything, but this time, these inscriptions and seal characters made him so out of shape, no need for Han Peacock to say, Liu Fu also knew that this time they found something amazing.
Seeing that another villager carried over the jade tablet in the distance, Liu Wu pulled Han Peacock and asked him to calm down: "What are these?" How do you get so excited? ”
"Qigong, 2,400 years ago, Taoist Qigong inherited during the Warring States Period." Han Peacock said in a low voice.
"Taoist Qigong? Is this stuff useful to you? Liu Wu asked.
Han Peacock saw those villagers put down the jade tablet and leave, so he said: "Of course it's very useful, you don't think that qigong is a lie, right?" ”
"Isn't it?" Liu Fu looked at Han Peacock and said.
"Of course not." Han Peacock replied firmly.
"Not? Have you practiced? Otherwise, how would you know that Lu Dao is not? Liu Wu asked.
Han Peacock looked embarrassed: "It turns out that I have practiced, but the qigong circulating on the Internet is not very reliable, so I didn't practice it, but now this is different, this is passed down from thousands of years ago, according to this practice of qigong, it must not be wrong." ”
The catkins were speechless. And Han Peacock continued: "If you are annoyed, go and play with He Xiangshan and them for a while, I will carefully study these jade tablets, and if I am successful in cultivation, I will teach you again." ”
Liu Wu said helplessly: "I really don't know where you got so much confidence, then good, you can study it here!" ”
Watching the catkins go away, Han Peacock calmed down to study these jade tablets.
Since these jade tablets are neatly spread at the bottom of the pool or on the edge of the pool, as long as one piece is opened, the others can be easily opened.
Soon. When Han Peacock was studying the Tu Na Monument. Other jade tablets have already sent quite a few.
Han Peacock looked at it one by one, and it was very easy for him to find that he was listening, keeping quiet, eating, and bigu, and if he added Tuna, he was in the room. There are already six Taoist exercises.
Of course. Such exercises must be a complete set. But it can also be cultivated alone, and when the seventeen jade tablets are all placed in front of Han Peacock's eyes, Han Peacock already knows the Dao. This must have been an early method of qigong cultivation.
The main contents of the practice are 17 steps, such as fasting, sitting and forgetting, supervising the fate, guiding, breathing, listening, breathing, keeping quiet, contemplating, keeping one, bigu, taking food, being in the room, doing qi, fetal breath, outer pill, and inner pill.
Xinzhai is the beginning of cultivation, and on this jade tablet, there is a general outline of this exercise, otherwise, Han Peacock would not know how to arrange the seventeen jade tablets of Lu Dao.
From the order of this Taoist qigong, it can also be seen that before the tuning, there are four cultivation steps: heart fasting, sitting and forgetting, fate supervision, and guidance, so practicing qigong is not so simple.
And this point is often unknown to many people, and the qigong that is now widely spread often starts from tuna, which obviously increases the difficulty of successful cultivation.
Although the main content of breathing is breathing, which is also the key to qigong, and the main method is abdominal breathing, there are not many people who can persevere, and it will not be difficult to achieve the highest state of unity between heaven and man if you practice it persistently.
Therefore, this step seems to look simple, but it is actually a very deep realm, and if you don't have a good foundation, it is very difficult to do this step.
If you go from the beginning of the heart fast, step by step to the breath, and continue to cultivate like this, maybe you can finally cultivate the inner dan.
Of course, if Han Peacock didn't have the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag in his hand, then he wouldn't believe that this Qigong could really practice internal qi, but the more mysterious Xuanyuan Water Control Flag had come out, and there would not be much psychological obstacle if another exercise appeared.
Seeing that the surroundings were clean, Han Peacock hid in an unoccupied room, planning to test whether this exercise was useful, after all, he had been looking forward to obtaining such an exercise for many years, and now that he got it unexpectedly, it had already made him a little impatient.
Han Peacock carefully studied the first jade tablet, and after reading it twice, he wrote down the words on this jade tablet.
This jade tablet has the largest number of words, except for a general outline, which is the cultivation method of Xinzhai.
Xinzhai, "Zhai" is the meaning of pure heart, Xinzhai refers to the inner emptiness and tranquility. The saying of Xinzhai was first published in "Zhuangzi. The World": "Only the Tao gathers emptiness, and the empty heart is fasting." ”
It means that the great road is void and quiet, so the human heart should be pure and quiet in order to be in harmony with the great road. Therefore, the real fasting method that Chinese Taoists talk about is not a vegetarian diet on the outside, but a clean heart inside, which is also the subtle meaning of Chinese Taoist cultivation.
It can also be seen from here that this exercise should have been produced after Zhuangzi, that is, at the end of the Warring States Period, which also coincided with the time of the part of Xingqi Ming found by Mawangdui.
Xinzhai is the entry, in fact, it is the cultivation of the original spirit, of course, in modern fashion, it is the cultivation of spiritual power.
Meditation is meditation, and of course, you are not wrong when you say meditation.
Visualization is to imagine something in one's own mind, anything goes.
If it is simple, it is like mental arithmetic, and the simplest is of course one plus one equals two, and if you practice with your heart, then you must imagine an equation in your mind, that is, one plus one equals two.
In this way, step by step, until it becomes extremely complex, and in the process of this calculation, how each step is calculated, can be seen in the mind before it can be considered successful.
If you can clearly see the whole calculation process in your brain, as if you write it in a notebook, you have achieved the highest level of mental arithmetic.
In this way, it is equivalent to imagining the calculation process in the brain that was originally done in the notebook by hand. If you can clearly visualize the whole process and steps in your brain, then the first step of visualization is small.
This kind of cultivation method is very simple, the avenue is simple, and the avenue is void and quiet, but it is not easy for these ordinary people to do it, so in order for their brains to be able to clear the void and be quiet, in order to merge the avenue, they naturally have to think of some way.
And the easiest way is to let your brain do something seriously, as long as you are serious. Other things naturally disappear from your mind. If you cultivate slowly in this way, you will eventually be able to cultivate to the point where you are extremely void and quiet.
This kind of thinking is easy for Han Peacock, after all, when he first got the approval of Xuanyuan Water Control Flag. It is the constant desire for water in the heart.
At that time, he and Zhou Meiren were trapped under construction debris for thirteen days. During these thirteen days. Not only do they have to face the fear of darkness, the torment of hunger, and the greatest torment of all, thirst.
No water for thirteen days. It will definitely become a human dry, fortunately it was raining at that time, they relied on the rain and supported it for a long time, and after the worst, they really couldn't hold it anymore, and Han Peacock was unconscious, and there was only one thought, that is, to ask for water.
As a result, his obsession attracted the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag hanging around Zhou Meiren's neck, which is actually the power of visualization, and it can also be said to be the power of the Yuan Shen.
Now, after ten years, Han Peacock's strength has become too strong, so it is very easy to do some preliminary visualizations.
Mental arithmetic is simple, and visualizing a still life is easy for him to complete, after all, with such a strong brain, simulating a static picture in the brain is just memorizing the complete details of the next picture.
After he was able to visualize the still life, he began to visualize the scenery again, from the scenery to the animals, which was the biggest difficulty.
This is like computer drawing, the mental arithmetic at the beginning is just some lines, and the later scenery is already a frame, and when it becomes a scene, it will naturally be able to draw a picture.
If you visualize it again from the scene, and it's an active animal, it's already a three-G animation at this time.
Han Peacock slowly entered the state of forgetting things and me, at this time, his brain slowly sketched a picture of a tiger descending the mountain, although the tiger did not move, just a painting, but the momentum of the angry mountains and rivers, but the tiger was vividly expressed.
When the tiger descends the mountain, what he wants is the momentum that swallows mountains and rivers, and what he wants is the innate domineering spirit that Ling Ran is unparalleled.
If someone enters the room at this time, they will find that Han Peacock's whole person seems to have turned into a tiger descending from the mountain, and he is about to choose someone to devour, this momentum is extremely terrifying.
This is the tiger in the heart.
When Han Peacock woke up from his meditation, the electric lights in the house were already on, and the sky outside was dark, what did he do just now?
Han Peacock immediately thought of the tiger in his heart, and then his whole temperament changed significantly.
There is a tiger in his heart, and his body shape also changes with his heart, making his momentum become as domineering as a tiger.
"Good stuff!" Originally, he was still a little apprehensive, but now, Han Peacock has been able to determine that this time he really got the treasure, even if those jade tablets can't be received, just the inheritance above is enough to make him sleep until he wakes up laughing.
Han Peacock slowly stood up and moved his hands and feet, he did it cross-legged for an afternoon, and his hands and feet were not numb at all, which he didn't dare to imagine at all before.
It turned out that he had also meditated cross-legged, but even with Han Peacock's physical fitness, he couldn't last long, because of cross-knee meditation, as long as it was a short time, his legs would become numb because of the lack of qi and blood, and then even if he had back pain.
But today, he sat for seven or eight hours, and his body didn't feel the slightest abnormality.
"This heart fasting method is really a treasure." Han Peacock secretly rejoiced.
It must have been when he visualized the tiger that he drove his own qi and blood to run, and only in this way would his body not be sour and numb.
If there is a tiger in his heart, even if his body does not move, as long as the tiger in his heart moves, his body will be able to move with the tiger in his heart, so his body's qi and blood will be driven, which is cultivation.
When Han Peacock came to his senses and no longer wanted to cultivate, Han Peacock found that there was actually a note on a desk in the room.
"You really can, just do this for an afternoon, without saying a word, is it really settled? Okay, I believe in you, remember to teach me qigong when you wake up, there is food on the table, you have to heat it up yourself when it is cold, there is a gas stove in the side room next to it, catkins. ”
Han Peacock felt a warmth rise in his heart, now that he is not hungry, it is better to go to Liu Wu to talk about life and ideals.
However, soon the smug smile on Han Peacock's face was gone, and when he saw the reverse side of the note, there was actually a small word: "I slept with He Xiangshan first, I really don't know when you will be able to wake up, send me a text message when you wake up, remember to eat." ”
Han Peacock was speechless, this must be the message that Liu Fu was worried about, and when he came to see him again, he added a message behind the note.
"Oops! I missed the opportunity to talk to a beautiful woman! Han Peacock sighed and ate the food on the table.
When he was full of wine and food, he thought of being full of warm thoughts and lust, but at this time there was no chance, since he was in good spirits, then study hard again!
Without distracting thoughts, Han Peacock walked out of the house again, came to those jade tablets, and memorized the words on those jade tablets, word by word, to the depths of his brain.
Han Peacock believes that what is recorded in his mind is truly his own, otherwise, Han Peacock will definitely not be able to sleep tonight.
Without any worries, Han Peacock sat down cross-legged again, intending to visualize the tiger in his heart, but just as he sat down to visualize, his heart suddenly moved.
At this time, can he visualize the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag? What would happen if he visualized the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag? (To be continued......)