Among the twelve Dao Monarchs of the Dao Gate, the Immortal Dao Monarch has always had a bad reputation in the world.

Because he is delirious, he often likes to kill people, as if there is something wrong with his cultivation. All these years have been in Wudang Mountain, and two real people have guarded Zhuxian Daojun. Zhuxian Daojun himself also knew it, so he used the best iron chain of the Dao Gate to lock himself up.

Now that the big event is about to start, the Daomen will return, and the Daomen monks from all over the country have responded.

Wudang Mountain, naturally, can't sit idly by.

The real person who carried the water chose to go to the Two Realms Mountain to defend the Tang Dynasty. And Hefeng Zhenren chose to accept the Daomen and fulfill his duties, and neither side can be said to be wrong. Zhu Immortal Daojun now, looking at his disciple, said, "You go, leave me alone." ”

The real person who carried the water knelt down, kowtowed twice, and then left the cave.

In situ, Zhuxian Daojun's eyes gradually turned red. He roared angrily and slammed his fist into the ring next to him. This is the reason why he likes to get sick, he must be tied up, otherwise it will be a disaster to the world if he goes out.

When the real person who carried the water walked out of this cave, there were already people waiting here, and it was the real person of the wind. The senior brothers glanced at each other, and the wind real person was a little unbearable, and he said, "Senior brother, do you really want to go to the Two Realms Mountain?"

He Feng and Carrying Water are both disciples of Zhuxian Daojun, but the time to get started is about the same, and they both call each other senior brothers. After Hefeng Zhenren became the owner of the mountain, the relationship between the two people did not weaken in the slightest.

At this turbulent time, the fact that the real person who picked up the water chose to go to the Two Realms Mountain shows that he does not support the Daomen. After that, Daomen will definitely not treat him, and maybe he will take away his real position. If you go there, you may die, so why go again?

He Feng Zhenren didn't understand it very much, and said again: "Senior brother, have you been misled by the theories of Confucianism and Buddhism?"

The real person who carried the water smiled slightly and said: "The three religion theories all have merits, how can they be said to be misleading?"

The senior brothers competed against each other, and the wind real person said sharply: "Senior brother, the people of Datang don't need you." If the Tang people can't hold it and have their own Dao Gate to make a move, why do you have to send them to death? Outside the Two Realms Mountain, a little real person can't make any waves. ”

In front of the army of the demon clan, there are really not many things that a real person can do.

The real person who carried the water didn't care, and said, "I can keep it." ”

Hefeng Zhenren sneered and said, "Senior brother, what do you say to keep? Do you use the righteous men and gentlemen of Confucianism, or the compassionate heart of Buddhism?

glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Thinking about the countless people in Datang, going to the two mountains, where can I calm down." ”

Hefeng Zhenren asked again: "Senior brother, don't you want the Great Dao?"

In this world, there is something more important than the avenue. The real person who carried the water said: "The three teachings and the nine streams all have merits, I am about to leave, senior brother, do you want to hear it, is it not the classic of my Daomen?"

Zephyr stretched out his hand and plucked out his ear.

Only then did the real person who carried the water speak, which was similar to what the little junior brother said just now.

The tenet of Confucianism is "cultivation."

body, family, governing the country, and leveling the world", among which self-cultivation is the most important stage on the road of life. The self-cultivation process consists of two basic links: learning from things, sincerity and righteousness. Gewu is to correctly understand things, which can be achieved through activities such as reading, discussing, responding to things, and reflecting on the heart.

Enlightenment is the continuation of the object, through the comprehensive thinking, sorting and processing of the income of the object, to achieve the understanding of heaven and human ethics; sincerity is to exercise prudence and independence, so that neither deceive others nor self-deception, when alone, it is also like being looked at by ten eyes and ten hands, and still be sincere and prudent; righteousness is to eliminate the interference of lust, concentrate, concentrate, "empty and quiet".

The purpose of self-cultivation is to develop a sound personality. Confucianism has a very rich personality category, such as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, gentleness, courtesy, frugality, loyalty, filial piety, moderation, moderation, loyalty, forgiveness, peace, prudence, independence, etc., the most basic of which is benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and moderation. "Ren" is equivalent to "empathy" in modern psychotherapy, which is the basis of love and understanding. "The benevolent love others", and "righteousness" means that people's behavior must conform to the law, identity, and ethical norms. "Li" is a more specific rule of conduct than "righteousness", and "wisdom" is erudition and wisdom.

All human beings are born with a heart of compassion, a heart of shame, a heart of resignation, and a heart of right and wrong, and they are the four "good ends" of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and wisdom.

Since goodness is innate, a sage asserted: "All things are prepared for me", believing that man's knowledge of all things is innate, and as long as he "dedicates himself to it, cultivates his nature, and seeks for himself", he can discover it.

A great sage founded the science of mind based on this, proposing that "heaven and earth and all things are one", "the heart is reason, and there is no reason outside the heart". This theory is in common with the Buddhist view that "alayas are the seeds that produce all phenomena" and with Jung's doctrine of the collective unconscious.

After listening to it for a long time, Hefeng Zhenren asked, "As far as the things that seem to be in these books are concerned, there is nothing convincing, senior brother." ”

The real person who carried the water smiled slightly, changed his posture, and talked about the scriptures of Buddhism again.

Buddhist scriptures believe that good and bad are made up by people. Humans invent rules and then call things that don't conform to rules bad. As long as you give up the rules, the good and the bad will cease to exist. There is no good or bad, no truth or falsehood, no good or evil, no beauty or ugliness. Good is bad, truth is false, good is evil, beauty is ugly. "The filthy land is the pure land, the afflictions are the Bodhi", "the world is nirvana", and "all beings are the Buddhas".

"The verdant bamboo is full of Dharma bodies, and the lush yellow flowers are nothing more than the same." That is to say, the world is originally one, and people distinguish things from the perspective of "separation", so there are upper and lower, big and small, good and bad. This distinction is not an intrinsic property of things, but a product of subjective conjecture.

Buddhist relativism is also reflected in the view of the world as it is. When Buddhism says that everything is "empty", it does not mean that there is nothing, but that everything is relative. There is a cause to have an effect, and the effect is born according to the cause.

Everything is the result of the union of causes and conditions, and the whole world is a chain of cause and effect. This chain of cause and effect is so large that it has no beginning and no end.

Hefeng Zhenren nodded and said, "The eyes are mountains and rivers, and the dwelling is secluded. The moment is like a mirror, and I dare not hang alone. ”

Confucianism, and Buddhism, do have merit. But now the thousand-year-old cause of the Daomen, is it not as good as those scriptures and books? Hefeng Zhenren doesn't understand, although he is also a Tang person, but for the sake of the people, he thinks that letting the Daomen resist the demon clan is the best way.

After a long period of evolution, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism have penetrated and assimilated into each other, and to a certain extent, they have become "three religions in one". There is a couplet in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty that reads: "A hundred schools of thought contend, ten thousand laws are unified, three religions are one, and nine streams are of the same origin."

There is also a couplet: "Only the division of heaven, earth and man is always the same principle, and teaching Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism will eventually lead to the same way", which is well summarized, that is, we can start from different directions, but in the end we can achieve a common goal. From the perspective of personal cultivation, the three teachings are different, but the spirit of persuading others to be kind and persuading people to move forward is the same: Confucianism is "self-cultivation, governing the world, and leveling the world." Taoism is "health preservation, seclusion, and poverty." Buddhism) is "to see nature, to save the world, to understand all things."

It can also be said in another way, Confucianism is to do its best to be "humane", to seek "Buddhism", and to be poor in Taoism to "heaven". The "way of humanity" and "the way of Buddhism" are relatively clear, but what is the "way of heaven"? The way of heaven should include many things, such as "the machine of heaven, the will of heaven, and the mandate of heaven." Its original meaning is not to talk about superstition, but to talk about the laws of "heaven" or the laws of nature, including the laws that are already known and the laws that are not yet known. There can also be another method of comparison, Confucianism is called "righteous heart", Shijia pays attention to "clear heart", and Taoism pursues "refining the heart". Behind this, Confucianism talks about "governing the world", Taoism talks about "governing the body", and Buddhism talks about "governing the mind".

The real person who carried the water smiled: "What you said is also reasonable, but we have chosen different paths, so let's go our own way." ”

Hefeng Zhenren was very angry and said: "Senior brother, don't you understand, I also read the books of Confucianism and Buddhism, but I still remember the scriptures of Taoism in the end." The Dao of the Dao Gate is the ultimate Dao, and if you go to the Two Realms Mountain, you will not be a Dao Sect monk. ”

Daodaomen believes that it is not advisable to take the middle route and go to the extreme, because contradictions are everywhere, "you have me, I have you", "misfortune and fortune rely on, blessing and misfortune are ambushed", "if the army is strong, it will be destroyed, and if the wood is strong, it will be broken". Therefore, the problem should be viewed in two parts. When we encounter misfortune, we try to see the good side in it, "if we lose our horses, we will not know if we are blessed"; when everything is going well, we should "take precautions" and "be prepared for danger in times of peace".

In order to do one thing well, we must "know the male and guard the female", "know the white, keep the black", "know the glory and guard the humiliation", because "man is weak in life and strong in death." The life of all plants and trees is also brittle, and its death is withered. Lao Tzu also said: "The world is weaker than water, and the strong can win." ”

The reason why Jianghai can be the "king of a hundred grains" is because it is good at being in the lower reaches of small rivers

。 It is not difficult to see that the Daomen is very strategic, and in order to defeat the enemy, it is necessary to "indulge in what you want to capture", and "if you want to kill it, you must fix it."

He who wants to be weak will be strong. If you want to abolish it, you will rejuvenate it. If you want to take it, you will fix it.

On the surface, it seems that all scholars and scholars were Confucians, and their personality types were all ethical, and only unknown hermits faithfully embodied the Taoist ideal of personality. In fact, the recognition of the personality ideal of the Taoist sect does not have to be hidden in the mountains and forests, and the worldly world is born, as long as the worldly moral norms are eradicated from the heart, even if you sit on the temple, you can communicate with the life of the universe. "Small hidden in the wild, big hidden in the city".

In other words, the personalities of those in the imperial court are Confucianism and Taoism, and what they show people is the entry of Confucianism into the WTO, while what they yearn for is the transcendence and leisure of Taoism. When they gain power, they are Confucians, and when they are frustrated, they are hermits.

The voice of Hefeng Zhenren is getting louder and louder, and it seems to be resounding throughout Wudang Mountain.

At this time, a chubby figure came over and whispered, "Two senior brothers, don't quarrel anymore." ”

It was Xiao Haotian.

Seeing this, the two real people stopped arguing and smiled at each other. Hefeng Zhenren sighed and said, "Senior brother, if you want to go, go away, I won't stop you." Anyway, I can't stop it, so I'll help me kill a few more big demons after I go. ”

The real person who carried the water nodded, the senior brother can talk about it, and it is not necessary to divide you to the death. The three of them stood on Wudang Mountain to look at the scenery, and a Taoist on the side saw this scene, wiped his eyes, and lost his mind.

On this day, the real person of Wudang Mountain left Wudang Mountain and went to Liangjie Mountain to help build the Great Wall.

The next day, the Daomen issued a decree to remove the position of carrying water and reduce him to an ordinary Taoist.

(End of chapter)