Explanation of the 'Reverse Journey'

As mentioned earlier, the Chong Xuan Sutra. Tianrui" in a poem, all things come from nature, the thief has no intention, time is like a reverse journey, life and death are not in love, this poem old guest did not understand carefully, so he explained himself, and then some netizens mentioned that "reverse travel" here does not mean to go back in time, so I went to check the information.

In ancient times, it referred to inns and inns, and if the meaning of inn is taken here, then the translation should be that time is like a hostel.

The counter-brigade developed to the late Warring States period, at least in the Qin State, and there were already a lot of them. The large number of businessmen and citizens has affected the normal progress of agricultural production. Therefore, it led to Shang Ying's "Abolition of the Reverse Travel Order", thinking that the cancellation of the hotel can make people not live, the people are dedicated to farming, and the world is peaceful. This is, of course, an act against the trend of the times and will not work. But in turn, it shows the development of the hotel industry at that time.

However, in Taoist classics, "traveling back" often refers to human life, which is a metaphor, and the metaphor of life is temporary, just like a journey back to home; And the Tao is eternal, like one's own home. Taoists believe that all things in heaven and earth are nothing but the transformation of one qi, which gathers and is born, and qi disperses and dies. Therefore, "Corpse" quoted "Lao Laizi" as saying: "Between heaven and earth, send also." The sender will return together. The ancients said that the dead are returned, their lives are also alive, their death is also dead, their lives are also small, and the years are also fast. ”; Liezi said: "Death and life are reversed, so those who die are not born in peace"; "Zhuangzi" said: "Life and death are short, how can you force it? Is it not confusing to know that evil is to be happy? To the evil is to know the evil to die is not the weak and do not know the evil of the return? To the evil husband, the deceased do not regret the beginning."

Some scholars believe that these are Buddhist ideas of reincarnation. In fact, this argument is intended to demonstrate that the Taoist idea of "Qi Wu" belongs to the idea of "Qi Wu", which is similar to the "life and death, death is also the beginning of life, and the era is known", and it is by no means the same as the Buddhist idea of reincarnation. The basis of the Buddhist theory of reincarnation is different from the theory of biochemistry, and he uses cause and effect as the theoretical basis. On the other hand, the Taoist biochemical theory belongs to the pure biochemical theory of all things, without any religious overtones. Although there are similarities on the surface, they are not the same.

Therefore, in Liezi's words, the meaning of hostel cannot be completely applied, because Taoists believe that life is a constant reciprocation in time, life is not for life, death is not for death, it is just a change of qi, and the dead person will not live elsewhere.

Therefore, the old guest can also be regarded as forcibly explaining for himself, if time is reversed, life and death are not in love, these two sentences express that Liezi believes that life is constantly repeated in time, life or death are false, and it is not as good as love to survive forever in life. This is also in line with the theory that everything is false in the Guixu School.

Since the leaflet has been opened, the old customer will nag a few more words.

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han dynasties were the most prosperous time for the Chinese immortal doctrine, especially the Taoist schools that evolved from the Huang Lao Doctrine, but generally speaking, it is believed that all things in heaven and earth began with the chaos of yin and yang, originated from one, and was the Tao, and then evolved all things in heaven and earth are endlessly reciprocating in the Tao, whether life and death or time and space, are under the Tao, so Taoists believe that if you understand the essence of the Tao through cultivation, you can travel through time and space to reverse life and death, which is also something that Taoists strive for.

And in such a context, if the story of the Qin Dynasty completely abandons the doctrine of immortals, Taoism, and philosophical theories that have influenced China for thousands of years, and instead specializes in the development of science and technology, this is not only disrespectful to the ancestors of Chinese civilization, but also the emasculation of self-culture, Westerners invented science, but never abandoned mythology, whether it is comics or movies, whether it is science fiction or history, you can see the background of myths and legends everywhere, God and Zeus These mythical characters are everywhere, We cannot completely abandon our civilization heritage because of a foreign culture.

Especially in the description of the pre-Qin and Qin and Han dynasties, the character of Guiguzi is the same as Qin Shi Huang, and it is an existence that cannot be bypassed in history, but this character similar to a legend is something that no one can know and understand, only respect the record of history, make him illusory, and let him continue to maintain mysterious characteristics, rather than forcibly using the so-called scientific theory to collide and explain, so in this story, the old guest uses two lines to write, the main line is the development of Qin Shi Huang and Great Qin, The dark line is these immortal characters hidden behind time and history, with the protagonist as a link, there is a very vague intersection, which has been foreshadowed since the appearance of Yu Wuya.

The old guest is not a pure scientific believer, nor is he a Taoist apprentice, the old guest has always believed that the world we live in is not the world we see in our eyes, behind him, there must be an invisible big hand manipulating our lives and everything, there are many mysterious events and phenomena that cannot be explained by science, it may be the legendary god, and this story, since it can be accepted through time and space, what else is unacceptable, after crossing time and space, we have to respect history, respect science, and the old guest thinks it is not too.

So this is not a serious history, everyone can bear to see which chapter as long as they want, and the old guest just wants to write a book of Daqin in his mind.