Unlike Buddhism, which believes that all life is suffering, Taoism does not think that life is a hard thing, but pursues longevity and even immortality and ultimate freedom, which may be one of the reasons why ordinary Chinese people like Taoism.

When people are frustrated, it is easy to enter the sand gate. On the contrary, if you live a good life, have money and power, and come to a monk and tell you that the four major ones are empty, all life is bitter, and wealth and glory are just passing glances, you are afraid that you will sweep the monk out of the house. At this time, you will believe in Taoism more, the rich and noble seek longevity, and the longevity seeks eternal life, which is why many emperors believe in Taoism.

I understand this, but what is the Five Hells Tribulation?

Liu Zongyuan handed the treasure mirror back to me and said, "There are many ways for Taoists to seek immortality, and in general, there are no more than three, cultivation, alchemy and accumulation of merits. The Five Hells Calendar belongs to the last type, accumulating merit ......"

The so-called five hells are different from the eighteen layers of hell of Buddhism, which are the Ice Hell, the Fire Pit Hell, the Heart-Digging Hell, and the Tongue-Pulling Hell.

Among them, the greedy and unrighteous fall into the ice hell.

The sin of adultery is in the pit of fire.

The sin of treachery is punishable by intestinal confinement.

Unfilial piety and unfilial piety fall into the heart-digging prison.

The sin of disrespect to God and fear God will fall into the prison of tongue plucking.

During the Song Dynasty, there was once a civil official with eyes and eyes named Huang Shang, and it happened that the emperor at that time, Song Renzong, believed in Taoism and ordered him to compile the world's Taoist classics. This is a terrible errand, if there is any mistake, even if it is a wrong word proofreading, it is a crime of killing the head, Huang Shang did not dare to be sloppy, conscientious, word by word, compared and investigated, more than ten years, he has also changed from a literati to a person who understands Taoism.

One year, Huang Shang inadvertently discovered a method of cultivating immortality from a secret Taoist collection of the Han Dynasty, which is the method of the Five Prisons Calendar.

The so-called human spirit is the existence of a person who has committed a crime, and is neither human nor ghost.

However, after Huang Shang did this, he did not become an immortal as he wished, but died of illness a few years later.

After he finished speaking, I thought about it carefully, according to the Five Hells Calendar Tribulation Law, it seems that among the people killed by the old way, one by one can correspond.

Zhu Tianna killed her brother and rebelled against her father, because she was unfilial and died of digging out her heart.

Director Yuan, who accepted bribes, died of greed.

Wei San was treacherous and died of gut-draining, as well as Lu Shouzheng's leadership, probably because he did not respect God and feared God.

Folded his hands and counted, four died, if the Five Hells Tribulation Law was true, that old Taoist would still kill someone.

I don't know who this unlucky ghost is......

I asked with concern, "Old Man Liu, I want you to say, do you think there is such a thing as immortality in this world?" ”

"In the past, Emperor Qin and Han Wu were all seeking the elixir of immortality, but even if they were the kings of a country and their power was monstrous, they could not resist the natural laws of birth, old age, sickness and death. Liu Zongyuan touched his rheumatism-stricken knee joint and sighed.

I nodded, so to speak, this old way is either a genius who sees the truth, or a madman who has fallen into the evil way, and in my opinion, the latter is more likely.

After sitting for a long time, I borrowed some books on this subject from Liu Zongyuan, and then I took my leave.

"Take the liberty to visit, these ginseng bird's nest supplements are considered a little bit of my heart, please accept it with a smile."

Although Liu Zongyuan looked cold, he couldn't help but glance at it, and said lightly: "Well, I know, don't come to me if you don't have anything in the future, no, don't come to me if you have something." ”

I grimaced and closed the door.

When he walked to the entrance of the building, he suddenly saw Liu Zongyuan's imposing words, "Lu Ming, can you still deduct some more!" Take two apples and peaches and fill me with supplements, get out, and don't let me see you in the future! ”

I slipped away and got into my little broken car and drove back to the store.