Chapter 41: The Sweeping Monk
With the indelible impression of the orange orb that erupted from the fiery corona in his mind, Wang Yinan declined the staff's kindness to send him down the mountain. Coming out of the observatory, he continued to walk to the top of the mountain, and soon after that, he reached the top of the Purple Mountain at an altitude of 448 meters.
At this time, it is already afternoon, looking from afar, the whole Jinling City is bathed in the golden sunset, in the middle of the high-rise buildings, dotted with dotted lakes, like a string of beautiful necklaces, in the distant sunset, sparkling.
Wang Yinan tried his best to find the familiar Xuanwu Lake or the shadow of his alma mater in the ocean of this city, but the distance was too far, and he had to give up helplessly after a while.
"I don't know what Grothendieck is doing now," Wang Yinan thought.
If it weren't for the fact that this master had isolated himself from the world, he really wanted to call him and ask him if he had done it to the end and sent the Buddha to the West, and you would have said that what was the use of those formulas, methods, and the so-called indescribable theorem of G, and I still need to guess now.
"You know, I'm just a part-time mathematician, how can I compare with you big names", Wang Yinan complained secretly.
Of course, there is no one who can take a part-time job at the top of the blue star.
Although it was still autumn, when the wind blew on the top of the mountain, Wang Yinan still felt a burst of coolness, his hands wrapped around his shoulders, and he couldn't help but shiver and cough twice.
"It's bad to have a cold," Wang Yinan thought, and there were still a lot of things waiting for him.
The Stratoplanar plan is okay, the main work of 116 and the Jinling Institute of the Ministry of Electronics are advancing, and it would be good to integrate the software with the company at the end.
Previously, Wang Yinan rebelled against Academician Sun of the Academy of Sciences from the faction that advocated the strategy of quantum computers, and his team established a joint laboratory with several Ronghe employees led by Sun Wei, and now they are also in full swing to start work.
Of course, the results have not yet been achieved, but a lot of money has been spent, the latest model of lithography machine and the molecular knitting machine customized in Deshi City, one by one to the laboratory, fortunately, it is still used with state funds, and there is no need for Wang Yinan to post money in it for the time being, but at the speed at which they spend money, it is a matter of a few months.
The most worrying thing that I haven't grasped yet is the David plan, although Wang Yinan has been running around at home and abroad recently, and he is as busy as a dog, he has always been thinking about this project in his heart.
"I don't believe it, what I learned from Grothendieck can help the David Project?" , Wang Yinan slowly walked down the mountain, muttering in his heart, "In that case, this god of geometric algebra is not only the god of mathematics."
"In my heart, he will be God!"
"I don't know how their prototype system is doing", Wang Yinan thought,
"With the abilities of these people, how can they make a thing that can run?"
As the saying goes, "it's easy to go up the mountain and hard to go down", Wang Yinan walked down the mountain with a shallow foot, because it was not a weekend, there were few tourists along the way, and his footsteps echoed in the empty valley, startling a burst of birds.
After passing a stone arch bridge covered with moss, Wang Yinan came to a fork in the road, several forks led to the Mausoleum of the Sun Yat-sen, Linggu Temple and Sakura Camel Village, Wang Yinan thought about it and chose the path leading to Linggu Temple in the middle.
Linggu Temple was founded 1,600 years ago, it is the famous Southern Dynasty Liang Wu Emperor to commemorate Baozhi Zen Master and built the "Kaishan Jingshe", later the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the feng shui of Linggu Temple was super good, so he occupied that place to repair his own mausoleum, so Linggu Temple was moved to a valley between the mountains next to it, it can be said that the mountain has aura, the valley has water, so it is named Linggu Temple.
Later, that place was occupied as a mausoleum... This time, it was the National Government that built the National Revolutionary Army Memorial Cemetery, so Linggu Temple was relocated to the Dragon Temple built during the Tongzhi period on the side, which is where Wang Yinan is now going.
Linggu Temple has undergone thousands of years of changes, but in recent hundreds of years, the treasure of the temple has not changed, that is, the parietal bone relics of Master Xuanzang, which is now permanently preserved in the underground palace of Linggu Temple, with the respect of modern people for history and culture, it must be that it should stay there forever.
When Wang Yinan walked into Linggu Temple, it was almost dusk, and the melodious sound of wooden fish floated over, as if the monks in the temple were doing evening classes.
Walking into the temple through the three-arched gate of the red outer wall, bursts of sandalwood wafting faintly add a bit of ethereal color to the Zen courtyard in the twilight.
Wang Yinan bought a few sticks of incense at the door, walked to the copper incense burner in front of the Daxiong Treasure Hall, he lit incense, and bowed to the Buddhas and immortals from all walks of life who were enshrined here.
In his own words, "Although we are not a system, but when it comes to other people's territory, it is not a bad thing to be low-key",
So when he arrived at the church in Europa, Wang Yinan still had to praise the Almighty Lord a few times, and follow the customs of the locals.
Walking into the Daxiong Treasure Hall, Wang Yinan was very surprised to find that there was a table on the side, there was a futon on the side of the table, and an old monk closed his eyes and meditated on the futon.
Fortunately, Wang Yinan looked for a long time next to the monk, but he didn't see a broom, otherwise he really thought it was the reincarnation of the sweeping monk.
On the table, there is actually a bamboo tube, there are a lot of bamboo sticks in the bamboo tube, Wang Yinan is a little puzzled, this kind of old trick of fortune-telling, it is said that even the third-rate temple has not been popular for many years, it can be seen here, and it is all this Chenguang, and there are no tourists.
The old monk who meditated with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and his beard and hair were a little gray, looked dignified, and he looked like a high-ranking monk, and he didn't care about Wang Yinan at all.
Now this unfathomable appearance aroused Wang Yinan's interest, and he knocked lightly on the table, "Master, can you ask for a sign here?" ”
The old monk opened his eyes, "What if you ask, what if you don't ask?" ”,
Yes, although Wang Yinan does not have a wisdom root, he also knows that the old monk is playing with him, at this time, it is certain that he is smart but is mistaken by being smart, if he behaves too well, the old monk must accept me as a disciple? Others only think of one layer, Wang Yinan can think of two or three layers, he decided to pretend to be stupid,
"If you don't ask for it, forget it, if you ask for a signature, how much will it cost?" , I'm a layman, you bite me.
"The donor smiled," said the old monk,
"You and I see each other is fate, I look at the appearance of the donor, and I don't care about a little incense money",
This is a set for me, "Brother is not so stupid", Wang Yinan replied with a big smile, "Just say it directly, how many soft sister coins do you want to sign?" ”,
Unexpectedly, the old monk did not answer him, but stood up, stretched out his hand and took the bamboo tube on the table, and of course all the bamboo sticks inside, and then put it on the ground behind the futon, "Most of these games are used to make people laugh, so you don't need it to pollute the donor's eyes."
This is completely out of the routine, Wang Yinan was a little stupid, "Then how can I ask for a signature, to be honest, I have encountered a difficult problem recently, and I really expect the Bodhisattva to help me think about it and give me some inspiration."
"Meeting is fate", the old monk said again, "Let me tell a story to the donor", the old monk sat down on the futon, he pointed to another futon on the side, and motioned for Wang Yinan to sit down as well.
It seems that he has met a master, and it should not hurt for Wang Yinan to listen to the story, so he sat down.
The old monk took out two cups, one in front of him, and the other in front of Wang Yinan, and then poured water into the cup in front of Wang Yinan, and before he could start speaking, Wang Yinan raised his hand and said,
"I know, you want to tell me that because the cup in front of you is empty, you can still hold a lot of things, and the cup in front of me is already full, so you can't put anything new in it",
The old monk was not angry, just looked at Wang Yinan with a smile and didn't speak for a long time.
After Wang Yinan finished speaking, he also felt a little uncomfortable, as if he was like this now, as if he was no different from the full cup.
"Okay", after a while, Wang Yinan raised his hand and surrendered, "Yes, it has been touted too much recently, it is really a bit like a full cup, and you can't learn new things", I once said "I am three provinces in my day", the ancients were honest and did not deceive me.
"You go on, I only listen, I don't speak," Wang Yinan said.
The old man felt a little like a sweeping monk, and he poured water for himself lightly, "Drink saliva, I'll just pour you water first."
Wang Yinan almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood, is it really good for you to tease a young man like this.
"I'll tell you a story," the old monk said before Wang Yinan turned into a rampage,
"There was a man from Chu who got a beautiful pearl, and in order to sell the pearl and get the precious Mulan, he found someone to make a beautiful box."
"Then the box was carved with a pattern, then inlaid with gold edges, and finally sold to a Zheng Guoren",
The old monk finally said, "This is an old-fashioned story",
"It's possible that Zheng Guoren took the box and returned the pearls",
"It's also possible that he took the pearl and returned the box, none of which mattered",
"Importantly, what is a pearl to you?"
"What's a box?"
"You want pearls?"
"Still a box".
Wang Yinan has heard the story of buying pearls for decades, of course, all people laugh at Zheng Guoren, who doesn't know the value of pearls and is only attracted by the box, really didn't think about whether for Zheng Guoren what he needs is a pearl or a box.
However, I hate you people who send chicken soup the most, and I always say the simple truth, which sounds very reasonable, but the more I think about it, the more confused I become.
Wang Yinan didn't expect that when it came to selling chicken soup, the old monk might not necessarily be able to compare with him.
However, for Wang Yinan, what is a box and what is a pearl is indeed a question.
If the G indescribable theorem is the pearl in the eyes of all Blue Star people, those formal methods, tricks and tools seem to be a beautiful box.
So, for Wang Yinan, is the box important, or is the pearl important?
Or from another point of view, what is the use of pearls to Wang Yinan, and what is the use of boxes?
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