From the beginning of the promise to my grandfather, my grandfather spent the next few days explaining to me the formation and development of Taoist culture and Taoism, as well as some basic common sense of Taoism. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In my opinion, what Taoism pursues is to retreat to the mountains and forests, cultivate into immortals, and finally live forever. If you say that you want to enter the Tao, you choose not to enter the WTO, and you will be quiet and do nothing.

In China's thousands of years of history, people are still deeply rooted in Taoism... No, it should be the impact. From eating, drinking, living and traveling, every bit that the Chinese pay attention to, there is a shadow of Taoism.

Say it's not big, it's not small.

Is it because there are fewer Taoist believers that Grandpa said that Taoism is in danger of disappearing or breaking Taoism?

If so, what does it have to do with me? This should be the role of propaganda, and it is a Taoist thing such as their Quanzhen and Zhengyi and Maoshan.

"Yo, Brother Dao, why is it that you have only been in the Dao for two days, and you are ready to retreat and cultivate and realize the Tao alone?"

The monk's discordant voice interrupted my thoughts, and I remembered that the monk had been living there since he came to my grandfather's house. Spend the day loitering, wandering here and there. The most annoying thing is that none of the little girls in the village are free from the 'harassment' of the monks.

That flowery mouth, in this closed and backward village, makes the little girls talk about red faces all day long.

Strangely, monks are unusually popular.

The main reason is that the news of the village is closed, and the villagers are not aware of the outside world and are curious. As a result, the monks described to them the sky, what electric lights and telephones upstairs and downstairs, and the popular TV series that are broadcast now, etc. It wasn't just the little girl who listened to the idiot, but even the villagers who were busy with farm work surrounded him.

It is really difficult to grasp the style of this monk's behavior.

"You say, is Taoism really declining now?" I ignored the monk's mockery, but looked at him and asked seriously, "Is it because Taoism has lost its followers?" ”

I heard my grandfather say that the monk is indeed a Taoist, although he has not been in the Tao for a long time, and he is not very reliable, but he should know more about Taoism than me, an intern Taoist.

"Decline?" The monk sneered and said, "Tell you, our Taoism has never flourished, why is it declining?" ”

When the monk saw that I looked stupid, he still had a sad feeling of hating iron and not steel, and put on a style of doing what a master did to educate his apprentices. Because I asked him, I endured it, and asked him for advice in a low voice.

According to the monks, Taoism is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and some immortal monks, based on Taoist ideology and theory, aim to become immortals and seek the way of immortality. Later, Taoism gradually came under the control of the ruling class of society at that time. Because, those who have the right to wealth and nobility have a greater desire for immortality than ordinary people.

But most of the Taoist priests who are really capable stay away from the hustle and bustle, escape from the world, and pursue their own immortal paths.

Because of this, many people who pretend to be Taoist gods, in order to defraud money, power, wealth, and wealth, under the guise of immortality, cultivate elixir, mix in the upper strata of society, and turn those in power into a daze, but who will end well in the end?

Some gods who know a little bit of Taoism incite and bewitch believers who don't know the truth, and finally make those men and women who believe lose both money and money.

There are even more hateful people, who attribute the evil deeds such as jian prostitution to Taoism, saying that the way of collecting yin and supplementing yang in the practice room is the way to supplement yang.

The result can be imagined, and the reputation of Taoism has been smeared more and more by these in this way.

"If nothing else, let's take the peasant uprisings in history, the Taiping Army, the Boxer Rebellion, and the White Lotus Sect, etc., which are not doing rebellions in the name of Taoism. It doesn't matter if you succeed or not, but is Taoism what you use? ”

"Then what do you say the priest should do?"

"Do what?" The monk waved his hand casually and snorted: "According to what my master said, you can do whatever you want, and if you think about it, you will only increase your troubles." ”

Heh, this is exactly the same as the style of the fake monk of the Golden Dragon Daoist.

"Even if you say that religion doesn't care about the rise and fall, it is an indisputable fact that the rise of various religions in our country is indeed very fast. Only Taoism is slowly wiped out in people's hearts, and I am afraid that in the end, the local sect will not be able to withstand being replaced. ”

"Quick? You say that teaches? The monk was stunned, turned his head to look at me and asked.

"****** religion, Buddhism." I blurted out that after all, it is an indisputable fact that after the reform and opening up, the speed of the spread of these two sects and the sharp increase in the number of believers have increased.

"What is ****** religion, you have to believe it, you have to believe it, you have to believe it if you don't believe it, a violent sect. Buddhism is the most troublesome, inciting the masses of the people is a set of things, what to say: child, you are not a bad person, as long as you learn to use your head, there is still salvation. The monk said with a grin.

Listening interestingly, I continued to ask, "What about Christianity?" ”

"This teaching is even more, what are you talking about?" The monk tapped his right hand on his forehead, made a pious Christian appearance, and said, "There are too many bad people in this world, believe me, believe me, I promise you eternal life." ”

This monk is indeed able to make things up, and he has no respect for other people's sects at all.

"Since you like summarization so much, why don't you preach?"

"Where did we come from so many terms and conditions in Taoism, all of our predecessors are characters, and the most they can say is: If you love to believe, you will believe, if you don't believe it, get out, don't hinder my ascension."

The words are not rough, although the monk said more casual jokes, but he did not fail to say the key points. All denominations are working hard to revive their influence on the mainland, whether it is the establishment of a sect or the propagation of doctrines, in short, they are all striving to gain more followers.

Only Taoism, just like a proud and indifferent person, I cultivate immortals and seek to be quiet, so I have time to do these complicated mundane things.

"Actually, I understand what you are wondering about? Isn't that a problem with the Taoist tradition? The monk said to me seriously: "The influence of our Taoism, it doesn't matter whether those people believe it or not, but whether they believe it or not, thousands of years of historical development have long been integrated into the bits and pieces of life." Do you say they lost it? As for what Taoism is facing now is the real inheritor and the inheritance of Taoism and art, if we Taoist lose ourselves, you say, will Taoism still exist? ”

The monk continued to explain to me that, as he said, the crisis facing Taoism is not in the present, but in the Qing Dynasty. During the Kangqian period, the Qing government began to crack down on Taoism in an all-round way, prohibiting the opening of altars in all places, and once discovered, it would be dealt with according to law.

During the Qing Dynasty, every major ceremony or sacrificial activity in the imperial court had Taoist priests appear. Later, even the Taichang Temple, where the Taoist priest served, was abolished, and the treatment of Taoism was strict to the extent of military control.

During that time, Taoism did have some trough among the people.

But despite this, people who are truly Taoist feel that this has nothing to do with Taoism at all. I have to continue to cultivate if I should be cultivating, and if you want to ban it, you can ban it, everyone has nothing to do with it. Maybe without your political interference, we could have been quieter.

But no matter how the Qing rulers opposed Taoism, they even wanted to eliminate Taoism.

The result?

Not only can the Qing government not be able to eradicate Taoism, but you can't even manage the non-governmental Taoist organizations well. Under the strong suppression, a large number of religious rebel organizations such as the White Lotus Sect, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Little Knife Society under the guise of Taoism were born.

"Hey! Sometimes, I think that we Taoists are so hated by the rulers! The monk looked up at the sky helplessly, but he looked like he had nothing to do with himself. sighed: "I think of a sentence that someone once said, I am really unwilling, what is it called: Confucianism is like food, and it is inseparable from it when governing the world; Taoism is like medicine, when the world is sick and chaotic, Taoism will come out. But when the illness is cured, there is no need for Taoism. ”

"Since the Qing government can't eliminate it, why should the Dao system be cut off?"

"After the Qing government and in the Republic of China, many monks and masters lived in seclusion and devoted themselves to cultivation. It wasn't until decades ago that **** began, which almost broke off the inheritance of our Taoism. ”

Speaking of ****, I am afraid that not only Taoism and Buddhism, but even Confucianism, which has been practiced in China for thousands of years, has been greatly impacted.

The militia and the people throughout the country were bewitched by politicians, and everywhere they destroyed the four olds, eradicated feudal superstitions, and wantonly destroyed monasteries, Taoist temples, and other religious sites, but also smashed and burned Buddha statues, Buddhist scriptures, and many high-quality Taoist documents.

"You don't know how much Taoism suffered during the **** period. Almost all the seniors of the hermit cultivation were pulled out of the deep mountains, and most of the seniors were criticized and persecuted, and finally died innocently. You must know that the real Taoism is all oral teaching, and it is a pity that those living books will disappear like this. "The monk looked heartbroken, and this time it really hurt him." Now, many inheritances have disappeared, and they can't be found, which is the difficulty that Taoism is facing now. ”

What is inheritance, what is carried forward.

Taoism is just like the character in the bones of the nation, it does not fight, governs by inaction, obeys but does not obey, and is harmonious but not weak. Affected by the impact of history, the distortion of science and technology, and the suppression of politics, as long as the inheritance continues, regardless of the east, west, north and south, Taoism will eventually be passed on from generation to generation.