Chapter 1214: The Taiping Sutra
The Yellow Turban Army was defeated, the Taiping Dao was strongly suppressed by the imperial court, and soon disappeared, and then the Taoism of the Wei and Jin Dynasties became the world of the Heavenly Master's Dao, and the "Taiping Sutra" was gradually lost, and a part of the fragments were scattered in the "Daozang", and some scholars in later generations compiled the proofreading, which was also divided into one hundred and seventy volumes, but the academic community recognized that these were by no means the original appearance, and it would be good to have half of the original.
Yu Ji said that he could write the 170 volumes of the Taiping Sutra, and Sun Ce was indeed a little surprised.
"How many words are there?"
"I haven't counted it, maybe five or six hundred thousand."
"Do you remember it all?"
Yu Ji smiled. "The general has never seen the "Taiping Sutra", it is difficult to distinguish the authenticity, why don't I memorize a paragraph of "The Illustration of the World's Most Taoist Talk", how about it?"
Sun Ce's curiosity was aroused. He knew that someone had an excellent memory and claimed to have a photographic memory, but he didn't expect Yu Ji to have this ability. He made a gesture and asked Yu Ji to start performing. Yu Ji was also polite, cleared his throat, and began to recite.
"The Illustration of the World's Most Taoist Talks" even has more than 10,000 words in the original text and annotations, which is not very much, Yu Ji memorized it very easily, and he memorized more than half of it after a while. Sun Ce didn't match the original, but he knew that it was roughly the same. Looking at Guo Jia, Guo Jia also nodded in agreement. Yu Ji's memory is really extraordinary, and it is still possible to memorize the "Taiping Sutra".
Sun Ce immediately asked someone to get a pen and paper, and asked Yu Ji to write down the secret technique of the Yellow Turban Lux first. He was curious. Yu Ji didn't shirk it, and wrote it when he put pen to paper. Yu Ji's calligraphy is good, and he has a dusty atmosphere. While he was writing, Sun Ce was reading, and after reading half of it, he understood what was going on with the so-called Yellow Turban Lux Secret Technique, and why Yu Ji said that this secret technique hurt the heavens and did not recommend him to use it.
The secret art consists of two parts: one is the training to resist the attack, and the other is the elixir. The two complement each other, and the person who is selected as the Yellow Turban Lux first takes the pill, and then has the body hit with a stick, from light to heavy, from less to more, and then washes it with a potion. Day after day, year after year, until the body is strong and the sword is hard to penetrate. Before going into battle, take another pill, and you will not feel pain, but only know how to move forward.
Isn't this hard qigong?
At the end of the twentieth century, hard qigong was all the rage and was later dismissed as a fraud. It is not wrong to say that hard qigong is a deception, because this actually has nothing to do with qigong, and normal people can practice it as long as they are willing to endure hardships. But to say that hard qigong is useless is not true. After training, you can indeed obtain super resistance to blows, especially the outstanding protection ability against assassination, and the silver spear throat stabbing is a very popular performance.
It's just that performance is performance, there is a series of standard operations, if you don't follow that routine, even if you practice hard qigong, you can't be invulnerable, especially in the face of bullets, it's a shot with two eyes.
Sun Ce knows the trick here, but the people of this era don't know that when they see that the sword can't hurt the Yellow Turban Warrior, they will naturally be afraid, and the Yellow Turban Warrior will also be possessed like a god, coupled with his complete obedience to Zhang Jiao and his own martial arts, he can indeed exert strong combat effectiveness on the battlefield. The wounded will definitely be injured, otherwise there will be no loss of casualties, but after winning the battle, people only know that the Yellow Turban Lux is invincible, and few people care about those who are killed.
It doesn't matter if you don't use such a secret technique, the investment is too great, but the effect is not very good, and if you really encounter a strong crossbow, no matter how good the hard qigong is, it will not be used. With this time and energy, he would rather spend it on increasing the training and equipment of the Tiger Guard and Wuwei battalions.
After writing the secret technique, seeing Sun Ce's disappreciative face, Yu Ji was not only not disappointed, but relieved.
At this time, Lu Dai came to report that all the guests had dispersed. Sun Ce asked Yu Ji to go back and continue the conversation. They returned to the water pavilion, Yuan Quan arranged wine and food, Sun Ce and others took their seats, and then listened to Yu Ji explain the morality of the Taiping Sutra.
Slightly different from the rumors Sun Ce had heard before, the Taiping Sutra in Yu Ji's mouth was another version. I don't know if the original rumors were wrong, or Yu Ji changed his mind, to tell the truth, the "Taiping Sutra" he said was not obtained from Yangquan Shenshui, but a compilation of many people, and Yu Ji himself was one of them. They didn't write it out of thin air, but they had a book, some of which were ancient books that had not been circulated.
In other words, "Taiping Jing" is a collective creation in the style of "LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn" and "Huainanzi". There are not only political theories, but also secret methods for health preservation, and some methods for detaining ghosts and prohibiting evil spirits. Because it is written by many people, the style of writing is not uniform, and there are often contradictions in opinions, but on the whole, this can be regarded as a masterpiece of this era.
In terms of ideology alone, the academic thought of the Taiping Sutra is the play of Laozi's thought, and it also has a part of Confucianism, which is a mixture of Confucianism and Taoism. This is also normal, Confucianism flourished in the Han Dynasty, and the teaching materials for enlightenment were all "Analects" and "Filial Piety", and readers would have a Confucian foundation more or less.
Sun Ce is most interested in health preservation. For him, with Yu Ji in front of him, the most convincing thing is health preservation. As for the theory of governing the country, a group of people who were born to practice know what kind of governance is, Yu Ji's means of pretending to be a god and playing ghosts are not enough to see, Zhang Jiao is also more than destroyed, and the construction is insufficient, if he really takes the "Taiping Sutra" as a program for governing the country, he will die as miserable as Zhang Jiao.
Wellness is different. Yu Ji also repaired the middle of the house, and he can still live at the age of more than 100 years, which is a ready-made example.
Yu Ji is not in a hurry, one of the purposes of his trip is to hope that Sun Ce can pay attention to his health and live longer. In his opinion, Sun Ce came from a humble background, and his policies were also beneficial to ordinary people, if the Han collapsed and the world was in chaos, it would naturally be better for Sun Ce to unify the world than Yuan Shao to unify the world. Sun Ce's reuse of Xu Yue and others is already practicing Taoist theory, but he is only seeking the Tao outside the body, not the Tao inside.
He hoped that Sun Ce would cultivate both internally and externally.
Yu Ji has practiced from binding his hair for more than 90 years, and he has indeed made some achievements, but he is still thousands of miles away from becoming an immortal, and in addition to treating some people, there is no solution to the suffering of more people. It is conceivable that it is not easy to seek the Tao in the body, and even if it is possible, the sanctification of the body is rare. Until then, seeking the Tao outside the body can solve more problems. Take curing diseases and saving people as an example, how many people can he save alone? Sun Ce built a herbal medicine hall, trained medical craftsmen, wrote medical books, and developed medicines, which could save thousands of people.
"Yin and yang are compatible, internal and external corresponding, and it is not appropriate to be biased. Taking Gonghe as an example, it is naturally good for him to seek the Heavenly Dao with numerical techniques, but if he can also cultivate the Dao Method, even if he does not enter the mountain wall, he can just breathe and sit and forget, he can be full of energy, and he does not need to fall asleep with the help of pills. Lao Tzu has a saying, I have a great trouble, and I have a body. Since you can't go, you should cultivate yourself. Self-cultivation should also be taken into account both inside and outside, with the guidance of the mind as the outside, and the clarity of the mind and meditation as the inside. If the heart of the Tao is firm, supplemented by the Tao methods such as the room and the pill bait, the days can be expected, and it is also beneficial to seek the Tao outside the body. β
Sun Ce nodded frequently. Internal and external cultivation is the basic principle of health preservation, and both the East and the West are no exception, but the severity is different. The East is inward, focusing on self-cultivation, and the West is outward, emphasizing fitness. Later, the East and the West gradually merged, and the Oriental people also began to run long-distance and exercise, and the Westerners also began to learn the Eastern meditation and yoga.