"Actually! I'm a hermit too! Hehehe! Bai Gui looked at the four Taoist hermits and said with a smile.

"You're a hermit too?" The four Taoist hermits didn't understand for a moment and asked.

"I'm not going to be free before you!" Bai Gyu laughed again.

"Oh?" The four Taoist hermits all looked at Bai Gui and waited for the following.

"Am I not? I've traveled all over the world, and I don't dare to disclose my identity, am I hiding? Bai Gui looked at the four old men and asked.

At this time! He retracted the smile on his face and pretended to be serious.

The four Taoist hermits glanced at each other and nodded.

"Although I am very famous within a certain range, and I am also famous in the Great Zhou world, but I? How is it different from a hermit? I don't have a face! I? Bai Gui pretended to sigh.

"You? White officials! You? You're the Great Hide! Truly hidden! An old man said.

"Yes, yes, yes! You're the Great Hide! It's the same as Da Yin! Another old man said.

"Great looming in the court! You are hidden in the world! Big Hide! You are the real hidden! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! White officials are hidden! Hidden in the world! What is hidden in the court? Hidden in the world is truly hidden! ”

"The white officials are invisible in the world, saving the suffering and saving the suffering, and everyone in the world is grateful to you! You are the real hidden! ”

"White officials! You say so! A few of us, really embarrassed! In front of you, the white official, we are all ashamed! Shame on you! In front of the white officials, our realm is too small! White officials! Although we are Taoists, our realm is too low! We're not as good as you! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! In front of the white officials, we all lived for dozens of years in vain! We lived in vain! It's true! White officials! It's not us who flatter you! I'm telling the truth! White officials! In front of you! Old decay and white life. ”

"Yes, yes, yes! We all lived in vain! We still claim to be Taoists, but we! Who are we? Our realm is too low! ”

"No wonder! Senior brother Yang Zhu said that we are stupid! At that time, we were still not convinced! I thought Yang Zhu was him! Alas! I just understand it now! Our realm is too low! White officials! Our realm is too low! White officials! ”

"Yang Zhu?" Bai Gui frowned and muttered to himself.

"Yang Zhu! It's our little brother! We are all disciples of Mr. Yin Xi, and we all converted to Taoism after listening to Mr. Yin Xi's preaching! Yang Zhu! That is, Yang Zi! ”

"Yang Zhu? Has he been to us? Baekyu asked again.

"I've been here!"

"Why not? He's been living here for a long time! ”

"He? He also wants to live in seclusion? Baekyu asked again.

At that time, Yang Zhu was very famous in the world! The name of Yang Zhu, within a certain range, in the academic world or the ideological circle, is known and known to everyone. Later generations Mencius said: The words of the world are "not Yang Jimo". This non-Yang Jimo refers to Yang Zhu and Mozi.

Mozi is Yang Zhu's predecessor, but! Mozi's Mohist doctrine is also widely disseminated.

Mencius meant: the world's academic thought, at that time was either Yang Zhu's Taoist thought or Mozi's Mohist thought. Taoism and Mohism were the academic representatives of the time.

"Where does he want to live in seclusion? He accepted the mantle of Mr. Yin Xi and came to preach with us! Then! There are nearly 100 false Taoists living in seclusion here......"

"False Taoist?"

"Where is the false Taoist? It's Taoist! It's just that all of us think that we understand the ideas of Taoism, but it turns out that it is not. So! We jokingly call ourselves false Taoists. ”

"Oh?"

"Yang Zhu came to us to preach, so that we understand something! Right now! In front of the white officials, we understand a little more! ……”

Bai Gui interrupted: "I'm not a Taoist! I? I had the pleasure of meeting Yang Zhu's seniors. But! I didn't know he was Yang Zhu at the time, so! He didn't ask in detail. But at the time! I still asked some, and Senior Yang Zhu also told me some. Can me? Alas! I was young at the time, and I didn't know that the other party was Yang Zhu, so I didn't take it seriously! I found out later! He may be Yang Zhu's senior! Alas! ”

Speaking of the past, Baekyu regretted it.

It's true! When I was young, I was like that: I didn't know the specific identity of the other party, so I didn't take the other party seriously. At that time, if you knew that the old man was Yang Zhu, wouldn't you humbly ask for advice?

What does it mean to have little power? That's about it! When you're not famous, when others don't know your identity, they don't take you seriously. If you're a celebrity, if you let out a stinky fart, others will think it's incense, and it tastes very good!

At that time, Yang Zhu spoke very well, but he didn't know that the other party was Yang Zhu, so he didn't take it seriously at all.

"Have you seen Yang Zhu?"

"But I didn't know he was Yang Zhu?" Bai Gui said with an innocent face.

"No wonder! You have your own understanding of Taoism! ”

"How do I know so much? You say that I am the great hidden in the world, but what am I hidden? I'm not hiding this at all! Instead, hide! Avoid! Escapism! No face! I! ”

When the four Taoist elders saw Bai Gui's expression, they didn't look like they were pretending, and they all laughed.

"I'm just confused? What does it mean to be hidden in the court? Hidden in the city, small hidden in the wild? Why? Want to hide in the court? And why hide in the world? Is my Bai Gui also called Okuin? I? ”

For what the Taoists call hidden? Bai Gui really doesn't understand.

"This?" One of the hermits said: "You listened to Yang Zhu's sermon at that time, and you may have realized something, maybe you didn't pay much attention to it at the time, so! I feel as if I'm not getting anything! Many people in the world don't understand the hidden nature of Taoism. Not to mention people from the outside world, how many of us who call ourselves Taoists understand? ”

"Yes! Regarding the hidden nature of Taoism, you must understand what the Tao is and what it is after life before you can attain enlightenment! If you don't understand what Taoism is, and if you don't understand life, you can't understand what is hidden. ”

"There are a lot of people who will ask? Why does Taoism have three kinds of hidden? Big, medium and small? And why: Da Yin must be hidden in the court? Both the middle and small hidden are easy to understand, but this big hidden does not seem to be hidden. Isn't it? ”

"Yes! There are many people who attribute Taoist concealment to 'escapism' from reality! Since it is an escape from real life, why hide in the court? That's not? Mixed rice? Don't do practical things? Since you are an official, how can you be such an official? Obviously! Many people's understanding: it is deliberately discrediting Taoism! ”

"Yes! That's how I understand it, too! Hehehe! Bai Gui looked at the four Taoist hermits and said with a smile.

"Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! You're wrong to understand it that way! You don't really understand the Tao of Taoism and the Taoist outlook on life! ”

"That? How should it be understood? Four seniors? Bai Gui's face changed and he asked seriously.

(End of chapter)