Chapter Twenty-Six: But Some Worldly Truths

"How do you have to see that?"

Chen Changsheng closed the book and said to Chang Shan: "Some people are born to see, and some people are extremely poor all their lives, and they can't see the words in this book by all means. ”

Chang Shan thought for a moment and said, "Then it depends on what is in the book." ”

"What if there is Bai Yujing?" Chen Changsheng asked with a smile.

Chang Shan paused for a moment and asked, "Mr. is talking about the Immortal Dao?" ”

"It can also be understood in this way."

Chang Shan didn't think deeply, but he thought about it as a metaphor, and after thinking about it carefully, he said, "Then Chang Shan would rather not look at it." ”

"Why?" Chen Changsheng asked.

"Time goes and you don't return, if you gamble your life on an unknown ending, it's obviously not worth it."

"Don't you think it's worth it to have the opportunity to become an immortal?"

"It's not worth it."

Chang Shan said: "It's better to be more relaxed." ”

Chen Changsheng laughed after hearing this.

Chang Shan was puzzled: "What are you laughing at, sir?" ”

Chen Changsheng said, "You are much smarter than your master. ”

Chang Shan was blunt and said, "Actually, sometimes I also think that the master is not very smart, and some truths are not understood by him. ”

Chen Changsheng said: "Your master is very stubborn, as if he chose to stay on the mountain in the first place. ”

Chang Shan blinked: "But if... If I were the Master, perhaps, I would choose the same way, and Mr. Big would also think I was stupid? ”

"Tell me why."

Chang Shan said: "Chang Shan feels that there are some things that must be done, not thinking about why me, but thinking about why it can't be me, and the right way should be so." ”

Chen Changsheng held the hand of the book and paused, he was a little surprised when Chang Shan said this.

Chang Shan saw that Chen Changsheng didn't speak for a long time, so he called out.

"Sir?"

"Aang."

Chen Changsheng came back to his senses, and then asked, "Has your master taught you to read and write before?" ”

Chang Shan said: "It has been taught, but it is only the doctrine of the Tao Sutra. ”

"Other than that, how many books have you read?"

Chang Shan shook his head and said: "I haven't read a book, and there is no other book in the view except the Taoist Sutra." ”

Chen Changsheng couldn't help but sigh, in this world, books are in the hands of the big families, and it is indeed difficult for people at the bottom to find books.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is those at the top who stifle the way up from the bottom by restricting books.

It's sad.

Chen Changsheng took a deep breath and continued to ask: "After reading the Taoist Sutra, you should also recognize the characters, can you write them?" ”

Chang Shan said: "Some simple ones to remember. ”

In fact, he can't, he can recognize words, but he can't write, it just seems ridiculous, as if a person who doesn't write for many years forgets how to write a certain word from time to time, let alone a person who rarely writes from the beginning.

"Call your junior brothers and sisters over, today and tomorrow, Chen will teach you something."

Chang Shan asked, "Is the gentleman going to teach us how to write?" ”

Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "No, it's just some secular truth." ”

Chang Shan quickly called the other three over.

Chen Changsheng stood on the steps of the pavilion and glanced at the four disciples in front of him.

"Your enlightenment begins in the Tao Sutra, although there is great righteousness in the Tao Sutra, but it is the way of heaven, not humanity, as a human being, you should know the doctrine of humanity, and it is a pity to grow savagely."

"Today I will teach you the truth, and if you understand it, you will listen to it, and if you don't understand it, then you will write it down and think about it in the future."

Chen Changsheng thought for a while, and then asked, "Is there anything you don't want to hear?" If you don't want to hear it, you can do something else, and Chen won't embarrass you. ”

The four apprentices below all shook their heads.

Chen Changsheng nodded and said, "Speak in advance, this time, don't talk to each other, and don't interrupt me." ”

The backyard was quiet.

Chen Changsheng opened his mouth and said, "The truth begins in the book and ends outside the book, the so-called righteousness in the book, but the righteousness does not lie in the world, you need to know that the world is sinister, and the people's hearts are complicated. ”

"In the matter, when you know good and evil, good and evil start from the heart, but it is difficult to judge, the former so-called right path is good, however, right and wrong, good and evil are difficult to judge, under the verbal criticism, true and good can also be evil, and great evil can also be distorted, under the overall situation, do not follow the flow, when the judgment of right and wrong."

Chang Shan looked at the big gentleman, and he felt that what the gentleman said was particularly harsh, but it was a true truth.

"But if you don't know good and evil, you should have doubts in your heart, and then look for the root and judge right and wrong, however, the wise person does not distinguish between good and evil, and is good for himself, and pushes it on others, which is the policy of protecting himself; But if you are in your position, you need to judge good and evil, and you must think twice before acting. ”

Chang Shan was fascinated by what he heard, but the other three brothers and sisters were a little confused.

First, because the three of them didn't think too much about reading, Chang Shan himself thought a lot, and when he first read the Taoist scriptures, he pondered the truth in the book from time to time, and now it sounds a little difficult, but he can understand the fundamental truth.

Chen Changsheng kept talking like this.

Shang Lu had something to puzzle in his heart, and he always felt that there was something wrong with what Mr. said.

This is contrary to the righteousness he sees in the Taoist scriptures.

Almost all of Mr. Big's talks are about the dark side of this world, those things that are offensive, but they really exist.

In Shang Lu's truth, his good and evil come from his fists, and in the truth of Xuan Shen, his good and evil come from a righteous word.

And the truth of the little junior sister Zisu comes from the three senior brothers, and whatever the senior brother says is what it is.

Chen Changsheng only told everything he knew.

He didn't want the few people in front of him to understand, he just hoped that one day when something happened to them, they would be able to think about what he had said.

The sun gradually moved westward, the midday sun slowly dissipated, and the wind blowing in the forest became much cooler.

The sound of insects in the mountain stream accompanied by the sound of the gentleman's teaching in the pavilion was particularly quiet in the Taoist temple at this moment.

At dusk.

Xuanhuang carried a small bag of soybeans and returned to the mountain with a peach.

When I entered the Taoist temple, I heard a voice coming from the backyard.

He put down the beans and peaches as he entered, and then walked slowly to the backyard.

Xuan Huang saw that Mr. was reasoning, and he couldn't bear to disturb him, so he stopped here and listened with the four disciples.

"Some people rule the world with the knowledge in the book, but they don't know that the world is suffering, although it is easy to talk on paper, but it is more difficult to really implement, to be a man and to do things, you need to know and practice, and the export is coming, people have no distinction between high and low, not the reason is clear, I feel superior."

"For example, if there is a drought in a certain place one day, there is no harvest, if you are an official of the imperial court, when you are a relief victim, the court allocates food, but because there are many people in the disaster, the food is obviously insufficient, and the existing thing can be replaced, the bran is the food of livestock, but one pound of grain can be exchanged for three catties of bran, if you use bran, it will be spurned, but the food of the disaster victims can still fill their stomachs, if it is you, how do you choose? Is it grain or bran? ”

"If you are in your position, you should think about your responsibilities, don't care about the words of outsiders, bran can save a few more people, human life is important, and you will be elected bran."