Text: Volume 4, Chapter 7, Three Slaves and Four Virtues
"The words are getting farther and farther, and we have to go back to the present, back to our Qingyang Sect, and back to your specific cultivation practice. So our Qingyang Sect, my Qingyang Sect practices and cultivates the truth, do we have any secrets and methods?"
When the head said this, he stopped again, drank a bowl of tea, and glanced down at the expectant eyes of the disciples.
"Next, I will invite your fourth uncle to tell you some Taoist exercises to practice!"
Daoist Xuanji drank the tea in the bowl and said this, and the disciples calmly relieved their hearts, and then they heard Uncle Xuanmei's melodious mezzo-soprano.
"Our Qingyang Sect's cultivation and cultivation are not as mysterious as the legends of the world, so divine, what world does not pass on the secret method, the only way to cultivate the true world, what the strange skills of the rivers and lakes, and the strange weapons of martial arts. So, do we have any methods for cultivating in the Qingyang Sect? Of course, there are still some, but I'm afraid you will be disappointed if I say it, so I'll talk about this first, and you will listen to it again, lest you expect to be like a sweet one, and you will get it like fresh water. ”
"Wouldn't it?"
"Our Qingyang faction pays attention to external cultivation and internal cultivation. The so-called basic cultivation method is nothing more than three outer and four internal, three from the four virtues. There are probably more than a dozen of them. The first is external refining, what is external refining? Refining legs and arms, refining feet and hands, refining neck and body, refining muscles and bones, refining physique, and strengthening muscles and bones; The second is external refinement, what is inhaled externally? Externally absorbing the qi of nature, externally absorbing the magnetism of the heavens, externally absorbing the vitality of all things, absorbing externally all the power and energy of visible and invisible qi, taking it from the outside, fixing it in oneself, and building one's own strength; the third is external application, that is, one's own internal power, how to apply it externally, focusing on strength, speed, On top of the four of reaction and instinct, this is quite complicated, and I will talk about it in more detail later. These are the so-called 'outer three'. The fourth is to look inward, to be sure, it is to look outside and look inside, to magnify and see small, and to look inside itself; the fifth is to listen in the ear, but also to abandon the outside and listen to the inside, to abandon the macro and listen to the subtle, to listen to one's own breath, to listen to one's own heart; the sixth is to be in the heart, to abandon the chaotic thoughts, to abandon the imagination, and the heart is in the navel dantian, which is also called to keep the center; the seventh is to listen to the qi inside, and the four, five, six have done it, and the qi is born naturally. This is the 'inner four'. When the 'inner four' is refined at home, refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming spirits, and inducing qi with intention, and following the small universe of Zhou Tian in the body, the body will be strong and strong, and the youth will be long and not decaying;
The disciples were all engrossed in listening, but the clear voice of Xuanmei Daoist stopped abruptly. In anticipation of everyone, the disciple standing next to him hurriedly served the tea, Xuanmei took a sip, moistened her throat, and then continued.
"So what is the meaning of 'three obedience and four virtues'? The so-called 'three obedience', the first is from heaven. Cultivating people often say that the way of cultivating the truth is to become an adult in the sky and become an immortal against the sky, this saying is true knowledge, but it is misunderstood by the vast majority of ordinary people and mortals, and they desperately cultivate against the sky, so that there are countless people who have gone mad and fallen into demons, resulting in countless cultivation tragedies. The original meaning of going against the sky means that the three major steps of cultivating the truth should be reversed and refined, not the real cultivation against the sky; but the real refining method should be in accordance with the heavens, from the four seasons, and the five organs, spring to refine the liver, summer to refine the heart, summer to refine the spleen, autumn to refine the lungs, winter to refine the kidneys, the liver, heart, spleen, lungs, and kidneys to be extremely strong, the eyes, tongue, mouth, nose, and ears will produce the so-called magic of different skills, perceiving thousands of miles, anger, joy, sorrow, and fear in order to shake the heavens and the earth and move the mountains and rivers. The heart is refined, the mind is also, the consciousness is also, the spirit is also, the spirit is refined, the qi is born from the essence, the line is followed, the gathering is the god, the rise is the spirit, the inner light is reflected, the six veins are the same force, the golden fetus is suddenly formed, the refining of the god is also empty, the Xuanzhu is gradually revealed, and the spirit is great; The third is to follow nature, the Tao is natural, all cultivation is from nature, follow the trend, can be achieved. Small to food, clothing, housing and transportation, not taboo, not indulgent, not rebellious, from nature; to the family and the country, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and faith can not be violated, loyalty, filial piety, love and grace can not be abolished, although people have personality differences, but the big festival is not against the contrary, from the nature of the world. This is the 'three slaves' of our Qingyang faction. What are the 'four virtues'? The so-called 'four virtues' are the 'four ways', morality and morality, which are the way in heaven and the virtue of man; in short, they are humane, earthly, heavenly, and Tao; what is the "Tao"? The Tao also has a Tao! This is also divided into four articles, but there are many details, and each of them cannot be finished even if it is talked about for three days and three nights. The above, 'three outside and four inside', 'three from four virtues', a total of 14 articles. ”
"In addition, the cultivation of the true Tao, although we have to look at the future of the target, but the focus is on the daily cultivation process, in the usual bit by bit, as the so-called details determine success or failure, the process is more important than the future, the road is long, I will go up and down and seek, only in the dark and dark back and forth and keep asking, only to know that the plain and calm is the 'true'. In the process of cultivation, it is necessary to meditate and experience more, especially to experience the 'Three Realms' and the 'Two Rituals'. The "Three Realms" is the three realms of Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing in the cultivation advancement, also known as the "Three Clears and Three Realms", of course, the experience of each realm depends on the individual's cultivation, and those who cannot cultivate it cannot be experienced, which is a bit high and difficult, and the further the realm, the more difficult it is to understand. 'Liangyi' is the two phases of yang and yin, and the mutual transformation between the two phases, which is the foundation of the Tao, far higher than the 'outer three inner four', 'three from the four virtues' and 'three purities and three realms', encompassing all images and all creations, and is the most ordinary, always accompanying you and me, left and right, like a shadow, everywhere, all the time. Yin and yang are the two aspects of all images and all changes, the earth is yin, the sky is yang, the moon is yin, the sun is yang, the night is yin, the day is yang, water is yin, fire is yang, Ze is yin, mountains are yang, the lower is yin, the upper is yang, the inside is yin, the outside is yang, concave is yin, convex is yang, even is yin, odd is yang, static is yin, movement is yang, softness is yin, rigidity is yang, void is yin, reality is yang, instruments are yin, work is yang, viscera is yin, and intestines are yang...... The list goes on and on. One yin and one yang is the way, one is closed and one is the change, all things are negative yin and embrace yang, and the impulse is harmonious. All of the above, taken together, is the only way for our Qingyang Sect to cultivate. There are thousands of cultivation methods, thousands of people and thousands of people, but when summed up, they are nothing more than these......"
The square in front of the hall was silent, the breeze in the air stopped, the white clouds overhead stopped, and even the birds stood quietly on the branches, listening to the supreme exercises rippling in the sky above the Cereals Temple Square, and they were intoxicated.
After the Taoist teachings were completed, all the disciples stood solemnly in the square in front of the hall, preparing to send off the two masters. The head of Xuanji immediately asked people to call Shang Qingtian, Liang Qingshan and Li Qingtong up.
Xuanji Dao Elder asked, "Qingshan, what do you think of the recent progress of the seventeenth exercise?"
Qingshan bowed down and said: "Returning to the master, the seventeenth junior disciple has deep potential, is talented, and works hard, practicing for seven or eight hours every day, and his skills are advancing as fast as flying, and they are all chasing after the disciples." ”
Xuan Ji asked in surprise: "Chasing you?"
Aoyama said, "Yes." Of course, I'm talking about his own cultivation skills, not exercises, because there are many third- and fourth-order exercises that he hasn't learned yet, and when he will teach them, he still has to wait for the master's instructions. ”
Xuanji Dao said: "Qingtian, how about you try Seventeen's palm skills?"
Qingtian bowed down and said, "Disciple obeys!"
Qingtong asked, "Is this all there?"
Qingtian asked rhetorically: "Is there anything wrong?"
Qingtong said conceitedly: "Fourth Senior Brother, I'm afraid that my palm is too strong and will damage the main hall. ”
Xuanmei Daoxian said: "This is not simple!" After that, she stood up and walked forward, stood between the two, and plucked a verdant bird-shaped hosta from her head, closed it between the palms of her hands, gently swirled it around, and said softly in her mouth: "The jade phoenix is lingering, the ring is around the front and back, the golden hairpin is encompassing, up and down, left and right, there are three zhangs, and six are self." Knot!" quickly took off her two palms, but saw that the green hairpin suddenly transformed into a strange emerald bird, flew out of her palm, circled around the three of them, and drew a looming golden wire circle, and then jumped above her head, and in the air three feet above the ground, vertically drew the same golden wire arch ring, and finally flew back to Xuanmei's unfolded palm, and turned back into the verdant bird-shaped hosta, which was no different from the original.
The disciples in the audience were all dumbfounded.
Xuanmei Daoxian inserted the hosta back into the green silk hair on one end, and the two golden wire rings disappeared from everyone's vision in an instant.
"It's okay! I've carved out a separate barrier with the jade phoenix hairpin, enveloping both of you in this nearby world, isolated from everything around you. The two of you can do it with all your might. ”
Xuanmei said, stepping away, suddenly stepping out of the barrier and standing on one side. At the moment when she quickly passed through the enchantment, Qing Tong heard a scream of "Zheng", and saw a glass-like transparent sphere with a diameter of three or four zhang outside his body trembling and appearing, shaking a few times, and then disappearing again, he knew that it was the enchantment.
Qingtong said loudly: "Fourth Senior Brother, then I'll make the first move?"
Qingtian smiled: "Seventeenth junior brother, you invite first!"