Xuan Chu said: "Don't say it, several powerful people in ancient times were all from Taoist priests, and it seems that our Taoism is really good." There are a lot of talents! ”

The glass doll smiled: "Eh, hey, there are many famous people whose owners are Taoist priests!" It's not just ...... strategists."

Xuan Chu said: "Who else? ”

The glass doll smiled: "Yes, Fan Li, the God of Wealth, Hua Tuo, the medical saint, Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, Wei Zheng, the famous minister, and the ...... of the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi."

Xuan Chu said: "I'll go, even Wang Xizhi is a Taoist priest?" That's amazing, isn't it? By the way, Master, is there any basis for saying that Zhang Liang is a Taoist priest? ”

Lu Dongbin said: "The "Historical Records" and the "Book of Han" record that Zhang Liang's later years were spent in learning Taoism and practicing light skills. According to the records of Yongding County, Zhang Liang's tomb is in Qingyan Mountain. Yongding County is now Dayong County, Hunan, and Qingyan Mountain is in Zhangjiajie of Dayong County. The author recently visited Zhangjiajie, from the forest farm along the Golden Whip Creek downstream, walked 15 miles to reach the "Water Around the Four Gates". The old comrades of the tourist reception station pointed to the peak with the red flag on the opposite side and said to us: "That is the place where Zhang Liang learned the Tao from the red pine nuts." "I saw that the peak was two or three hundred meters high, and it stood steeply on all sides like a knife, and it was extremely dangerous. It can be seen that the records of the "Historical Records" and the "Book of Han" are indeed well-founded. ”

Xuan Chu said: "Oh, it looks like I really want to learn light skills!" ”

The glass doll smiled: "In ancient history, light gong and Taoism were inseparable, so that it became a Taoist self-cultivation technique and a unique symbol. The story of Li Mi's cultivation in the Tang Dynasty is a typical example. Li Mi lived in the Tang Xuanzong, Suzong, and Daizong periods, and was Suzong's mentor and friend, as well as a counselor, and had historical merits for pacifying the Anshi Rebellion. Later, dissatisfied with the government at that time, begged to return to Hengshan, insisted on retiring, Suzong gave him three products and Lu, and built a "Jinglu" famous apartment for him in Hengshan Yanxia Peak, which is still known as "Yehou Academy". In the tenth year of Tianbao, Xuanzong summoned him to the palace and taught the prince the Tao Te Ching. The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty records that he "hid Hengyue and dwelled on the gods." (See Li Mi's biography) Li Mi was convinced of the Tao of cultivation, traveled around the famous mountains, and Mr. Zhang of Yi Nanyue received the Tao and concentrated on cultivating the spirit and practicing light skills, and his kung fu was amazing. Please take a look at the following record: "Tianbao eight years, in the cousin Zheng Shuze's house, has been more than a grain of age, light and able to walk on the screen, the finger makes the air blow candle can be extinguished, and each guide bone joint is sound, and people call it the lock bone at the time." ("The Original Collection of Nanyue Zhi" quoted in "The Biography of Ye Hou") It seems that Li Mi, a Taoist believer, deserves to be called a master of light gong."

In addition, the light skills practiced by the Taoist priest of "Wuwei View" are also refreshing and refreshing to read. The Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Jie once went to Ningyuan, Hunan Province to visit Jiuzhi Mountain, there is a view of inaction in the mountain, and Yuan Jie lives in this view. There are three or four Taoist priests in the view, practicing light skills on the edge of the deep mountain cliff, being glimpsed by Yuan Jie, happy, writing down a seven-word ancient style, to record its events, becoming the first record and chanting light gong poems.

Shiyun: Jiuzhi Mountain is thousands of miles deep, and the peaks and valleys are rugged and people can't reach it. There used to be a fairy grandmother's house in the mountains, and ten miles of flying springs surround the Danzao. Now there are three or four Taoist priests, and Ru Zhi is refining jade and learning to light up. The neon clothes and feathers cover the ravine, fluttering like a crane about to come. This is a living picture of deep mountain exercises. The majestic and towering momentum of Jiuzhi Mountain is quiet and far-reaching, the thrilling of the big gully and deep stream, and the leisurely of the light Taoist priest stepping on the white clouds, all of which are displayed in front of us one by one, such as the scene, such as seeing its people, such as seeing its merits, it is amazing! Needless to say, it can be seen that Taoism is an active practitioner of light gong, and light gong is the traditional kung fu of Taoism, and the two are inseparable.

Lu Dongbin said with a smile: "Light Gong is a kind of "light lift" or "light body" kung fu that is inseparable from "guidance", that is to say, light gong is to rely on the Teng force generated by qigong to make the body rise. Here, one is "qi" and the other is "ascension", and their ideas and theories can be reflected in Taoist doctrines. Lao Tzu was the founder of Taoism, a thinker and philosopher in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the author of 5,000 words of the Tao Te Ching. It is believed that everything contains two opposing forces, yin and yang, and that the two opposing forces of yin and yang are unified in the invisible qi. In addition to the idea of "qi", he also put forward the concepts of "nourishing qi" and "dedicating qi to softness", which were absorbed by later Taoists and applied to light gong. Zhuangzi was a philosopher during the Warring States period, he inherited the ideas of Lao Tzu, and was the master of Taoist thought. His masterpiece "Wandering Away" embodies Zhuangzi's idea that "people should get rid of all things in order to obtain the greatest freedom": "There is a bird, and its name is Peng." Carrying Mount Tai on his back, his wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. Fight to shake the horns of the sheep and go up 90,000 miles, the clouds, the blue sky, and then Tunan, and the south is also suitable. At the same time, he also put forward the fantasy of "Liezi walks against the wind, is good, and returns in five days". The idea of ascension is clearly embodied here, and it has a great influence on the light skills of Taoism. Guo Xiang's "Zhuangzi Preface" said: "Reading his book, I seem to have passed through Kunlun Mountain, entered the realm of Taixu, and wandered in a trance. ”

Xuan Chu said: "But Master, I want to learn to soar through the clouds and fog, but I don't want to learn light skills!" ”

Lu Dongbin said with a smile: "This method, facing the northwest, standing with a T-shaped foot, closing my eyes and reciting a mantra: "I have Xuanyuan Dao Heart Communication, and I am as anxious as the ......law to invite the Void God through the flying dome everywhere."

After listening to the master's speech, Xuan Chu thought to himself, it's so simple, such a simple flying technique, it can't be just a few words!

Chu said, "It's that simple? Is it over? ”

Lu Dongbin smiled: "It's so simple, it's too late, but before that, you have to cultivate the Dao well, and you can only fly when you reach a certain level!" ”

Xuan Chu said: "Oh my God, I think it's so simple, human beings can fly, then don't everyone have to take a plane!" ”

The glass doll smiled: "Master, you are too simple, this spell is useless for ordinary people, this is also to cultivate into immortals to get a certain level of work will work, today the ancestor taught you, I'm afraid there is a reason for him!" ”

Chu Chu said, "Ah! Then if you say that, I will be able to ascend in no time, or I will say that I will try it in practice? ”

Saying that, Xuan Chu was excited, facing the northwest, and closed his eyes and recited the mantra with his feet: "I have Xuanyuan Dao Heart Passage Flying Dome everywhere to invite the Void God, anxious as the law......" Xuan Chu's eyes closed, I felt that I had the intention of taking off, nothing more than that I had already flown into the air, and I could actually soar into the clouds and drive the fog like Sun Wukong, not to mention a hundred and eight thousand miles, I just stood on the clouds and rested for a while, and I was already very happy.