For Wudang patriarch Zhang Sanfeng, Zhu Yan also occasionally knows about some historical books and miscellaneous records. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info has the following records in "History of the Ming Dynasty: The Biography of Zhang Sanfeng":

"Zhang Sanfeng, a native of Yizhou, Liaodong, is a Junbao, and Sanfeng is also called. With its undecorated edges, it is also called sloppy. It is majestic and magnificent, with a turtle-shaped crane back, big ears and round eyes, and a beard like a halberd. The only thing in the cold and heat is a lily, and the food is exhausted, or it is eaten for several days, or it is not eaten for several months. Don't forget, travel is impermanent, or the clouds can travel a thousand miles a day. Good and funny, if there is no one around. Taste the rocks and ravines of Wudang, and the language people say: "This mountain will be prosperous in a different day." "When Wulong, Nanyan, and Zixiao were all destroyed by the soldiers, Sanfeng and his disciples went to Jing Hazel, opened the rubble, and created a grass house to live in, and they were gone.

Taizu heard his name, and Hongwu sent an envoy to find it in the twenty-fourth year, but he couldn't. After living in Baoji's golden platform. One day he said that he should die, and he passed away, and the people of the county were buried together. and burial, hearing the sound in the coffin, enlightening the vision and resurrection. Naiyou SC, see the king of Shu. Re-enter Wudang, Lixiang, Han, and the traces are fantastic. In Yongle, Cheng Zu sent Hu Hu and Zhu Xiang to visit the book and incense coins of the book, traversing the wilderness, and did not meet for several years. It is ordered to serve Guo Jin, the Marquis of Longping, Zhang Xin, etc., more than 300,000 people, and the camp Wudang Palace, which costs millions. It was completed, and the name Taihe Taiyue Mountain was given, and the official seal was set up to guard, which actually met the words of Sanfeng.

Or say that Sanfeng Jinshi people, at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty and Liu Bingzhong were the same teacher, and later learned the Tao in the Taiqing Palace of Luyi, but they are not tested. In the third year of Tianshun, Yingzong gave him a gift as a real person who manifested himself through microscopy, and his survival was unpredictable. ”

The official history admires Zhang Sanfeng so much, and he is even more respected in folk miscellaneous books and Taoist classics. And his lifespan, according to historical records, lived at least more than 200 years, and in folk and Taoist legends, he was even more feathered into immortal longevity and boundless. He first practiced qi guidance for Taoist Danshi, from Long Zhenren and other teachers and friends, and then calmed down and hid in Wudang for nearly 30 years, and finally participated in a set of "body and mind integration" practice method. Since then, it is "walking through the mountains and stones, going back and forth", "hiding the Tao deeply, with a wide range of magical powers", and it is the legendary immortal.

As a cultivator, Zhu Yan knew early on that this Zhang Sanfeng was also one of the rare cultivators in this world, and his Taoism was profound, and there were few cultivators. But he never understood how far Zhang Zhenren's cultivation had reached? I don't know what his method of cultivation is, is it the same as his own?

Now listening to what Zhang Zhongyi said, I immediately understood that the Taoism of this real person was far beyond his ability. Since ancient times, those who can be called the realm of "cave mysteries" all have mysterious powers, such as calling for wind and rain, predicting blessings and misfortunes, etc., and they are omnipotent. Buddhism and Taoism classics contained in the "Cave Xuanling Treasure True Spirit", from the beginning of Tianzun, Taishang Laojun below, which is not a vast immortal? And Zhang Sanfeng was originally a mortal, with hundreds of years of practice, he was able to rank in the realm of Dongxuan, it seems that the ancient legends of immortals are not all groundless.

Looking at the Tai Chi created by Zhang Zhenren, Zhu Yan can not fully understand the practice of real people in the past, but he can also peek into it. This method of Danquan and cultivation seems to be very different from other Taoist and Zen ancient cultivations, not only relying on meditation to "refine the spirit, refine the spirit, refine the qi and transform the void", but also rely on the body movements to cooperate with the meditation and breathing, guiding the induction operation of the heaven and earth vitality and the spiritual energy in the body, so as to refine the qi and transform the spirit, and condense the spirit as the quality. Could this be the method of entering the Tao with martial arts as mentioned in the last words of the Wudang patriarch?

Looking at Zhu Yan's contemplative appearance, Zhang Zhongyi pondered for a moment, and then said: "The patriarch also once said that this Tai Chi is practiced to the extreme, and the body, mind, and qi are integrated, and there will be Tai Chi presented, and our generations of disciples have been unable to understand it. How can the body, mind, and qi become one? But today, when you watch you box, you punch with your thoughts and draw your qi, which seems to be in line with the meaning of the unity of body, mind and qi. Maybe in the future, it's up to you to solve this mystery. ”

"Thank you master for the lesson, I will work hard!" Zhu Yan was also deeply encouraged by Zhang Zhongyi's words, and he nodded heavily and said, but at this time, another thought popped up in his heart.

The world's martial arts are the same sect, Wudang Zhang Sanfeng entered the Tao with martial arts, broke through the mysterious realm of the hole, and Shaolin Kung Fu is famous all over the world, is there also the same thing?

When Zhu Yan told Zhang TCM about his thoughts, Zhang TCM was stunned for a moment, he had never thought of such a question. In this way, he talked with Zhu Yan about the strengths and weaknesses of martial arts in the world, especially for Shaolin martial arts, and he talked about his various feelings.

To say that the patriarch Zhang Zhenren entered the Tao with martial arts and practiced Danquan at the same time, it is well known to the world, and the purpose of practicing martial arts in Wudang is also to protect oneself and maintain one's health, and to reach the way of heaven.

Since the patriarch of Bodhidharma, this Shaolin faction has branched out and lined up with many sects, and it has become a common sect of martial arts in the world. However, Shaolin Zen and martial arts are separated, and Zen people meditate and breathe and face the wall for many years, but they can understand the vitality of heaven and earth and get close to the way of heaven; The so-called martial arts sects first nourished qi, then used qi to transform strength, and qi into the membrane, and forcibly transformed the heaven and earth vitality that was warm in the body into a body domineering that struck iron and gravel. This practice of using the Tao to enter the martial arts and squandering the vitality can certainly serve the purpose of winning the competition for a while, but in essence, it runs counter to the cultivator's goal of cultivating qi and regulating the body, so it is often difficult for martial artists to live a long life.

This phenomenon of Zen and martial arts separation in Shaolin is said to be related to the two scriptures handed down by the Bodhidharma Patriarch, one is the "Washing the Pulp Sutra" and the other is the "Yijin Sutra". The former can change the innate qi, that is, the method of cultivating qi and entering the Tao; The latter is the method of transforming qi into strength, that is, the method of transforming the vitality in the body into the strength of various limbs. Logically speaking, the former is the art of cultivation, and the latter is the method of self-defense, and the practice of both can not only protect the body, but also achieve the great cause of practicing and becoming a Buddha.

But it is a pity that the whereabouts of this "Washing the Marrow Sutra" have been unknown since the Bodhidharma Patriarch passed it on to the second ancestor Hui Ke. Since then, Shaolin has only relied on the practice experience accumulated by several generations of Zen Buddhism, and the "Yijin Sutra", which focuses on turning qi into strength, based on the world.

In addition, the world has a lot of utilitarian hearts, and the method of turning qi into strength in the "Yijin Sutra" is indeed exquisite. Even people who have a low level of vitality cultivation can often achieve an astonishing effect, unlike a person who cultivates the Tao, who has accumulated years and been poor for decades, and may cultivate to a low level and achieve nothing. Therefore, in the end, the people of this world are still many warriors, and there are few cultivators. The martial arts sects in the world are also mostly branches of Shaolin; From the martial arts of Wudang, there are only three doors of Taiji, Xingyi and Bagua, and it has lost its original meaning of cultivation.

Hearing what Zhang TCM said, Zhu Yan knew the secrets of martial arts even better. He saw that the book mentioned that the Shaolin Dharma patriarch was originally the three kings of ancient India, named Bodhidharma, who was enlightened by the Great Prajna Dharma to preach in China. His monastic thoughts should come from the ancient Indian book "Vedas", and the legendary Buddha Shakyamuni was enlightened by this "Vedas" and became a Buddha.