Chapter 8: The First Hearing

Yue Fei got up early in the morning, because today was the first day to go to school with Mr. Zhou, so he specially changed into new clothes. According to the gentleman's instructions, when he first stepped into the chen, he waited outside the door of the gentleman's house.

After a while, the door opened, and the gentleman came out, holding a small wooden comb in his left hand and a glass of water in his right hand.

Yue Fei hurriedly called the master early. Mr. Zhou nodded, did not reply, and walked straight to the big stone slab.

The slate had been replaced with a new one, and there was a half-low stone table next to it that had just been moved, and with a few tall and stout trees nearby, it was a good place.

Yue Fei didn't dare to say anything, just followed Mr.

I saw that Mr. put down the water cup, picked up the wooden comb, slowly combed his hair more than 100 times, and after combing, he called Yue Fei to go into the house to fetch water and get a towel, wash his face and rinse his mouth. After washing, pick up the water cup on the stone table and drink it slowly. Then, let Yue Fei go to the kitchen to get the morning porridge and finish it with Yue Fei. Stand up and walk slowly, rubbing your abdomen with your hands as you go, about 100 steps, and walk back to the stone slab. said: "Xiao Feifei, do you think the teacher is annoying?" ”

Yue Fei hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

Mr. said: "This is the Taoist time getaway, we Taoist pay attention to the unity of heaven and man, each hour has a corresponding action guide, each action has a university question, you have to carefully experience." ”

Yue Fei said yes

The gentleman sat cross-legged on the stone slab, asked Yue Fei to kneel in front of him, with a straight face, and said:

"Before studying, I have to explain to you the precepts of Huashan. If you can keep the precepts, you are a disciple of Huashan; If you can't hold it, you can hire another famous teacher. Do you know the way? ”

Yue Fei nodded again and again.

Mr. went on to say: "My master respected the ancestor of Chen Tuan to cultivate the Tao in Wudang, and the Tao of Huashan was attained, and he created his own school of sleeping immortals. I am in the same vein of Huashan, pay attention to unrestrained, and at ease, and there is only one precept: that is, "be upright and strong".

Seeing the confusion on Yue Fei's face, Mr. explained: "Straight, first of all, you must be reasonable. The word "reason" is the most primitive good thought and basic judgment in people's hearts, such as eating when you are hungry and sleeping when you are sleepy; respecting the old and helping the young and helping the weak is good, and bullying the weak and tyrannical is evil. The word 'li' is what Confucianism calls 'supreme goodness', Buddhism's 'Rulai', and other sects of Taoism say 'Yuan Shi'. ”

The gentleman stopped, took a sip of water, and continued: "Why does the Huashan Sect emphasize the word 'Li' so much? Because now the way of the world has changed, the rules of the world have begun to deviate from the right path, no matter how to practice literature and martial arts, it is all for the purpose of 'learning literature and martial arts, and giving goods to the emperor and the royal family'. For his own fame and fortune, he helped the royal family fool the people. There is Dong Zhongshu in the distance, and there are Cheng brothers in the near future, what do they say about the 'Three Platforms and Five Constants', and what is 'self-denial and revenge'. Phew!"

Ladies and gentlemen, I originally wanted to scold Zhu Xi, but after checking the information, this product was born in the Southern Song Dynasty during the Gaozong period, so I had to turn to Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi to talk about things. However, these two brothers were not good birds, and the most typical example was the opposition to a woman's remarriage. His famous saying is, "Death by starvation is a small matter, but loss of festival is a big matter." "It's disgusting.

The more he said, the more energetic he became: "Those corrupt Confucians have created a lot of hateful etiquette rules, and they have been widely praised, and these hypocritical etiquette methods have fundamentally distorted human nature, restricted people's thoughts, and blinded people's hearts, making it difficult for people to stop at the highest goodness, and they cannot achieve the beginning. So first of all, you have to understand the 'reason', do you understand? ”

Ladies and gentlemen, "Stopping at the Highest Perfection" comes from the "University", which is an important scripture of Confucianism and a guide to meditation and cultivation, and has the status equivalent to the Buddhist "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra".

Yue Fei looked at Mr. talking eloquently, shook his head and said: "Dong Zhongshu and the two old gentlemen Cheng are both famous sages, and my mother taught me the Four Books and Five Classics since I was a child, the way of Confucius and Mencius. What's wrong with these three outlines and five constants? ”

With a "snap", Mr. slapped out, and five red fingers appeared on Yue Fei's face.

Yue Fei looked at Zhou Tong in fear, and even said that Mr. was angry, and the disciple knew that he was wrong.

The gentleman smiled and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Yue Fei was speechless for a while.

Mr. said: "It was originally the teacher's fault for beating you for no reason, but based on the "Three Principles and Five Constants", you must not disobey the master at all, so you can only reluctantly blame yourself. But you already have different opinions in your heart, that is, "dissenting opinions", and these "dissenting opinions" will become demons in your heart, slowly lurking in your heart. When you cultivate the Jindan Dao, these inner demons will manifest and turn into all kinds of illusions to confuse you, causing you to go mad and destroy your future. Therefore, Huashan emphasizes "straightness", that is, to have a clear mind, and the heart is not born. If you are not straight, you are not strong, and all kinds of evil thoughts and demons are numerous, how can you talk about practice? What about martial arts? ”

After a pause, he continued, ". Being a teacher does not mean that the way of Confucius and Mencius is wrong, but that those corrupt Confucians in later generations will interpret the way of Confucius and Mencius indiscriminately for their own selfishness. It is simply bullshit to say that the king is the minister, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. For the monarch, there is no way to be immoral, immoral and corrupt; The flattery of the ministers, the corruption and perversion of the law, in the end, it is not the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, and the separation of the wife and ......"

As he spoke, he suddenly found that he had gone too far, so he stopped and asked Yue Feiming if he didn't understand.

Yue Fei is also talented, thought about it, and replied: "The teacher is saying, you must keep the right faith in your heart, don't be trapped by the worldly etiquette, and don't go with the flow. ”

Mr. looked at Yue Fei with satisfaction and said, "Yes, the son can be taught." You understand the word 'reason', and I'll tell you the word 'straight' again. Those who are 'straight' would rather bend than bend, and the so-called would rather be straight and take it, and never seek it in the bend. Everything you do is upright and indomitable, which is the first meaning of 'straight'.

If a man is not a saint or a sage, how can he be without fault. Everyone makes mistakes, the question is what to do if you find a mistake? Do you want to insist on the mistakes you have made to the end, and even take the wrong as right and the wrong as the right? Or do you admit your mistakes and correct them? At this time, you need to use the word 'straight' to face it. The so-called 'is its is, not its non' is the second meaning of 'straight'. ”

Ladies and gentlemen, in this paragraph, I refer to "Zhuangzi? A passage in the "Theory of Things": Therefore, there is the right and wrong of Confucianism, thinking that it is not what it is and not what it is. If desire is what it does not and not what it is, then it is clear.

Mr. Zhou went on to explain what it means to be strong: "When you straighten up, your qi will naturally become stronger, and the qi here is what Mencius called the spirit of Haoran, which is the greatest and most rigid, and is harmless with direct cultivation. The 'straight' raised here is synonymous with the 'straight' of my Huashan Lizhi, and the Tao is ideal. This is also the book Mencius. The truth in "Gongsun Chou".

Little Feifei, do you understand?"

What Mr. Zhou taught was exactly the same as the way of Confucius and Mencius taught by Yue Anren, and Yue Fei easily understood it, and even claimed that it was.

Mr. Zhou asked, "Then can you be 'justifiable'?" ”

"Yes," Yue Fei replied affirmatively.

Mr. Zhou thought to himself: "It is very rare that Yue Fei can understand these truths at a young age. "Let Yue Fei pack his things and come back in the afternoon.