Baili said: "Your ancestor and grandfather are unborn martial arts wizards, they ...... Among the three brothers, your grandfather is the most famous at swordsmanship, and his set of Suqin swordsmanship is derived from Tao Yuanming's poems, which is really a shocking creation. As he spoke, his face was full of solemnity.

Bai Yixue's eyes widened, and she said strangely: "Tao Yuanming's poems?"

Baili dyed his hands and beards, nodded, and said, "Exactly." Tao Yuanming is natural in nature, fleeing and returning to farming, sticking to his own embrace in the 'Solid Poverty Festival' and 'Cultivating Hide', unrestrained body and mind, and being truly complacent, Chen Shidao said that he was 'not for poetry, but wrote the wonderful ears in his chest', and Su Dongpo said that Tao Yuanming's poems were 'quality and real, and they were solid and solid'. Tao Yuanming's poems, which are pure and unpretentious because of their feelings, and their language is plain and unpolished, have been highly regarded for hundreds of years. Your ancestor was a person of wisdom and spirituality, he loved Tao Yuanming in his life, and he often read Tao poems for pleasure in his spare time. ”

Baiyixue's heart was surging, thinking about the time when the wind fell from Tao Yuanming's poems, and realized a set of earth-shattering peerless swordsmanship, his heart must also be like a tide of thoughts, and he couldn't help but be leisurely fascinated, and sighed: "The ancestor and grandfather can understand the clever swordsmanship from Tao Yuanming's poems, I am afraid that 'I don't see the ancients before, and I won't see the comers afterward'." ”

Baili sighed: "Yes, your ancestor is really a strange man who is rare in a hundred years." Sighing alone for a while, he continued: "Tao Yuanming is a man of crane singing, and he has three great virtues in his life, drinking, reading, playing the piano, and saying to himself, 'I like to be plain, and I am a seven-stringer. Legend has it that when Fu Xi passed by a tung forest, he saw two phoenixes perched on a huge plane tree from the clouds, and the tung forest suddenly shone brightly. Because the phoenix can reach the heavens and the earth, the five tones and the nine virtues of the concord, the non-bamboo does not eat, the non-Liquan does not drink, and the non-sycamore does not inhabit. Fu Xi thought that the big tree he perched on must be a sacred tree, so he found a skilled craftsman and carefully cut down the sycamore to make the luin. He is the way of heaven and earth, the bottom plate of the piano is flat, the panel is a semi-circular arc, take the meaning of the circle of heaven and earth and the bottom, according to the three hundred and sixty-five days of the year, the length of the piano is three feet six inches five, and then according to the meaning of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, with the five strings of palace, business, horn, sign and feather, it is made into a musical instrument. ”

Bai Yixue said: "So Fuxi made a piano, and he made a five-stringed piano?"

Baili said: "Exactly." Shennong made the piano, Shun played the piano and ruled the world, all of them were five-stringed pianos. Later, King Wen lost his son, and added a string to control his mourning, and King Wu added another string to form a total of seven strings. Tao Yuanming played the lyre. He is detached from the world, his interest is really ancient, he is drunk when he drinks, he reads books but does not seek to understand, and he plays the piano and sings endlessly. On that day, your grandfather read "The Book of Jin: Tao Qianchuan" at night, and it was written in the book that Tao Yuanming did not understand the sound, and the animal suqin had a string emblem without it. A friend asked, 'Mr. plays the piano as a wonderful hand in the world, and he should pluck the strings and play a song to entertain the ears and eyes, but why are there no strings?' Tao Yuanming replied, "But knowing the piano is interesting, why not the strings are sounding!'"

Bai Yixue looked puzzled and asked: "One of Tao Yuanming's three great things in his life is to play the piano, how can he say that he 'does not understand the sound' and plays the stringless piano?"

Baili said with a smile: "Good question." Tao Yuanming claimed to be 'less learned to play the piano and books', and said that 'in addition to the weak age, he was entrusted to the qin book', which shows that he has no interest in secular affairs since he was a child, and only likes to spend time playing the piano and reading. In his "Words for Returning", it is said, "Playing the qin book to dispel worries", and in "Fortune", it is written, "Qingqin crosses the bed, and half a pot of turbid wine." Yan Yanzhi also said that Tao Yuanming 'Chen Shu dropped out of the scroll and put the wine string piano. Tao wrote in the fifth poem of "Imitation of Antiquity", "Know my original meaning, take the piano and play it for me." The upper string is shocked "Farewell Crane", and the lower string is "Lonely Luan". Tao Yuanming listened to a master playing the piano, and said that the upper string tone was close to Yueshan, and the sound of the piano was high-pitched and agitated, like a lonely crane on the clouds in the middle of the night, chirping endlessly, and the cry was terrible and abnormal, resounding through the clouds, and the lower string sound was close to the dragon's gum, and the piano sound was more tactful and low, like a lonely luan whispering and wailing, such as crying and complaining. ”

Bai Yixue nodded and said: "Li Taibai listened to the Shu monk play the piano and wrote, 'Wave your hand for me, like listening to ten thousand songs.'" The guest heart washes the water, and the rest rings into the frost bell. It is said that he listened to the sonorous sound of the Shu monk, and felt that his heart seemed to be washed by water, and he was as happy as a river! In this way, Tao Yuanming is also well versed in the way of the qin and has studied the art of the qin. ”

Baili said: "Exactly." Why did that master play "Farewell Crane" and "Lonely Luan"? Although he did not say a word, the sound of his piano already showed his heart: the widowed crane after a long absence, looking forward to the day when he was singing Jiugao, and the separated lonely luan also longed to live together in the fairy mountain. Tao Yuanming listened to the sound of Gaoshi's piano, and was greatly moved, and he also poured out his heart: "I wish to stay and live, from now until the cold of the year." You see Tao Yuanming listening to Gao Shi playing the piano and hearing it so clearly, how can you say that he 'does not understand the sound'? That is really a big mistake. He doesn't play the piano, he doesn't play the piano, he doesn't caress the piano, just because it is difficult to find a bosom friend in the world, and his heart is difficult to tell, so he has to appreciate the true sound in the depths of his heart, and is not limited to the external appearance of the sound. As the so-called piano has no strings, it has more than enough. It's a pity that there are very few people in the world who understand the deep meaning, Xiao Tong, Li Yanshou and others, who actually say that Tao Yuanming does not understand the rhythm. ”

Bai Yixue nodded and said: "Although there are many acquaintances, there is no good friend among them, and the pain in his heart can be imagined." I thought: "Brother Yang Cao is sincere to me, and he can be regarded as a bosom friend in life." ”

Baili said: "There are also bosom friends who understand Tao Yuanming, but they are from later generations, for example, Li Taibai said, 'The big sound is a song by itself, but it plays the piano without strings', and said, 'When you hold the piano, you make the moon, and you take the intention of no strings.'" Sikong Tu also said, 'Mr. Wuliu knew his own emblem, and laughed wordlessly. Ouyang Wenzhong of this dynasty can also understand his intentions, he said, "I love Tao Jing Festival, and you often follow the qin." People without strings don't listen to it, who knows about this music?' Huang Gu even said, 'The wind wakes up after the wine is disgusted, and the piano only sees the heart without strings!' It's a pity that Tao Yuanming can't hear the words of their bosom friends, otherwise he would definitely invite these confidants of different generations to talk about the piano and drink together. ”

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "Li Taibai's "Drinking with the Phantom in the Mountains" wrote, 'The two of them drink the mountains and flowers, cup after cup. I was drunk and went to sleep, and the Ming Dynasty intended to hold the qin. I think he also sent an invitation to Tao Yuanming, and wanted to invite the old gentleman to drink and play the piano with him. ”

Baili said with a smile: "This explanation of yours is quite interesting. However, Tao Yuanming's temperament is pure and unpretentious, seeking truth and not being confined to the vulgar, 'If you want to be a person, you will be a person, not to seek it, and if you want to hide it, you will not take it as high. He was destitute, the strings were broken, and he had no money to buy a new one, so he held the stringless piano and plucked it, as long as there was a song in his heart, what did it matter if he made a sound or not? Su Dongpo said, 'When there is a piano and the strings are bad, it will not be changed, but it is true to caress it with sustenance.' However, Tao Yuan is clearly good at using the piano, and it can be seen that the interest of the piano does not lie in the sound. Whether there are strings or not, what is pursued is a kind of interest, and it is just a kind of adaptability and willfulness to express one's heart. ”

Bai Yixue listened to the words like a drink, and her heart was broken, and she said: "The seniors have thousands of chests and wonderful insights, and they make this deafening and deafening words, which makes the younger generations admire." ”

He laughed and said, "Wrong, you're wrong! The old man is only thin and shallow, how can he have such insight? These are all the postscripts recorded by your grandfather in the "Jinlan Notebook" and the "Swordsmanship", and the old man is just picking up people's teeth and wisdom. ”

Bai Yixue was stunned for a while, and said: "The ancestor and grandfather can create a set of clever swordsmanship from Tao Yuanming's poems, which shows his ingenuity and insight, and also shows the subtlety of Tao Yuanming's poems." ”

Baili said with a smile: "Non-yes, non-yes." You're only half right. If your ancestor has unique ingenuity, it is indeed an ingenious innovation to be able to transport a set of extremely clever swordsmanship from Tao Yuanming's poems, but Tao Yuanmingqin has not yet opened the strings, or has already obtained the interest in the piano, so there is no need to play the stringed piano, but it is not his first creation, but a long history. In the Tao Te Ching, it is said, "The sound of the great sound, the elephant is invisible, and the Tao is hidden and nameless...... what is the sound of the great sound? Wang Fuhei commented, "If you don't hear it, you can't hear it." 'Unhearable' or 'none' is the essential beauty of music, not the beauty of a specific piece. Therefore, Zhuangzi also said that "there is no happiness in the supreme happiness", and he believed that "those who are in harmony with the heavens are called human happiness, and those who are in harmony with heaven are called heavenly happiness...... and the sound of heaven and happiness should be empty of oneself, fasting, sitting and forgetting, suspense, and breaking delusion, so that oneself can be integrated with things, and the spirit can be free from obstacles. Tao Yuanming's 'Emptying the device and getting it, leaving the strings and preaching', it is this true meaning that your grandfather also realized from this. ”

With that, he stood up, took the long sword, and said loudly, "Xue'er, you have a good look." Your ancestor and master have been tirelessly pursuing the way of the sword all his life, what is the 'Tao'? Buddhism says, understanding one's own nature, and all laws are one; Confucianism says, keep one's mind and cultivate one's nature, and stick to one's heart; and Taoism says that one's nature and body are round and clear, and hold the yuan and keep one. The Taoist is big and outer, vast and boundless, all-encompassing, all-pervasive, seeking nothing, and doing nothing. Bai Yixue listened to it with enthusiasm, although she didn't understand it very well, but she also pondered its meaning in her heart.

Baili Duran flicked the long sword with his fingers, and the sword body buzzed, like a dragon's groan, and said: "'Dao' fell on this word 'nothing'. Wuji gives birth to Taiji, Taiji gives birth to two yi, two yi gives birth to four images, and four phases give birth to gossip, there is something from nothing, and 'nothing' is the whole and essence of the Tao. This set of swordsmanship has a total of 9981 moves, and each move has 9981 changes, which can be described as infinite and accessible. Tao poems have pastoral, Yonghuai, Yongshi, service, etc., all the swordsmanship is derived from Tao poems, each move is named after Tao poems, this first move is 'heaven is secluded and far away'......"

He explained and gestured, and when he had finished explaining the various subtle variations of this trick, it had already passed two hours. Baili Ran put away the long sword and asked, "Xue'er, how much can you remember?"

Bai Yixue thought about it for a while, and said shyly: "The younger generation is stupid, only ...... I only remember three or four percent of ......"

Baili Wanzhi laughed, stretched a long lazy waist, and said: "Can you still remember three or four percent?" Hehe, sleep, sleep, sleep on him, wake up tomorrow, and forget about it completely......"

The next morning, when the two of them were having breakfast, Baili saw that Bai Yixue was in a trance, and the boiled eggs had not yet been peeled off the eggshell, so they put them in their mouths, and they didn't know the taste, and couldn't help laughing: "Xue'er, are you still thinking about last night's swordsmanship?

Bai Yixue said: "The senior said last night that he would sleep a lot, wake up tomorrow, and forget it completely." The disciple had almost forgotten it by this time. ”

Baili Wanran glanced at him and said with a smile: "Oh?

Bai Yixue said: "Yes." Yesterday's teachings of the predecessors, I lay down and thought carefully, the grandfather's set of Suqin swordsmanship, both from Tao Yuanming's poems and texts, should be the best of its "but know the piano in the fun, He Lao strings on the sound" wonderful, the beauty lies in the enemy's moves, when forget the tricks, must not be confined to a move and a style of unpleasant, must grasp the sword intent, abandon its form and its spirit, abandon its end and chase its roots. ”

Laughing, the dust on the stone roof shook and fell, and said, "Wonderful, wonderful! Cher, it seems that she slept well last night, very good!"

Bai Yixue said: "I don't know if it's right, and I ask my seniors for advice." ”

Baili Wanzhi stretched out his bamboo chopsticks, picked up a piece of tofu in the bowl, and said: "Tofu is light and tasteless, but everyone likes it. Su Dongpo commented on Tao poems' 'dry and creamy, like light and beautiful', 'quality and solid, delicate and solid', which means that Tao poems are tasteless and have a taste outside, which is the taste. Tao poems are enshrined as light because of the eight characters of 'quality and substance, and skin and substance'. Your ancestor also realized from his tasteless poems and essays that 'it is invisible, intentional or unintentional'. ”

Bai Yixue looked at the piece of tofu he held with his chopsticks in a daze, and all she could silently read in her mind were the eight words "like and invisible, intentional or unintentional".

He savored it, only to feel that the words of the hundred miles of dye were subtle, and he couldn't help but be a little stupid, and when he was in a trance, he heard the words of the hundred miles of dyeing: "It seems to be invisible, intentional or unintentional, this 'nothing' word is just from the accumulation of 'have' bit by bit. Look at Zhang Xu's "Four Posts of Ancient Poems", the pen is a thousand strokes, like a golden snake dancing wildly and unrestrained, it seems to be out of order, but every post and every word of his, which one is not behind dozens of cold and summer hard practice?"

Bai Yixue nodded repeatedly. Baili Wanye continued: "Xue'er, there is no end to martial arts, and there is no end to the sea of art. Practicing martial arts is also like practicing calligraphy, you can't talk about a little opportunistic, but you have practiced to a certain level, and you must no longer understand the moves as a dead frame. I mentioned to you before, the move is dead, but the human brain can't die, once the move is finalized, it also means that in addition to this fixed posture, everything else can be flexible, that is to say, any move has the effect of defeating the enemy, it depends on whether you will touch the bypass, draw inferences, and this ability to be flexible, and from the daily down-to-earth hard practice, that is not a trick. ”

When Bai Yixue heard this, her heart melted, and the spiritual platform was empty, and she said: "This is 'broad view and appointment, thick accumulation and thin hair.'" ’”

Seeing him smell a thousand things, he was very happy in his heart, and said, "Exactly." The thirteen styles of snow quicksand of the respected teacher are also known for their agility and changeability, and they can travel with things to achieve a good situation. You have this as a foundation, and then practice Suqin swordsmanship, compared to others practicing this swordsmanship from scratch, but it is a lot cheaper. ”

Bai Yixue secretly rejoiced and said, "Yes." "Pondering:" The thirteen styles of snow quicksand are the swordsmanship created by Xuanyuan when he lived in the snow mountains, he is a proud disciple of the grandfather, and he must have learned from the grandfather and the grandfather, and it is an inseparable relationship between the two. ”

Baili said: "Xue'er, how is your body feeling now?"

Bai Yixue said: "The younger generation breathes and breathes according to the mental mantra of the predecessors every day, and feels that the body is gradually getting better, and now there is no longer a feeling of cold hands and feet, abdominal pain and waist cold." ”

Baili Ran nodded and said, "Very good." But there is no peace, there is no return', and there will be some repetition in the future, which is normal. Xue'er, the move is just the appearance, supplemented by internal force, to show the power of relaxation. This set of meditation and pranayama methods also comes from the chapter 'Mental Method' of the "Jinlan Notebook", but when your grandfather and the three of them co-authored this book, it is not known which one of them wrote it......"

Bai Yixue let out a soft "ah" and thought secretly: "If it was the ancestor grandfather and Shi Lao Hero's pen, it would be fine, but if it was written by that traitor, wouldn't it ...... Isn't that a little ...... That ......"

Seeing that he was silent, with a strange expression on his face, he immediately guessed his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Xue'er, I told you that there is no distinction between good and evil in martial arts, and the so-called good and evil are not in the difference between sects and skills, but in the good and evil in people's hearts. No matter how good and strong the martial arts are, if the bad guys learn it, it is a 'sharp weapon' that hurts the heavens and harms the reason, and if the good people learn it, they can suppress violence and help the weak, and support justice. ”

Bai Yi Xue's heart stammered, and she said happily: "Yes!"

Baili said: "But if a person is not Yao Shun, who can be good? It is difficult to distinguish whether it is a good person or a bad person." The so-called half Buddha and half demon, there are neither inherently good people nor inherently evil people in the world. Everyone has greed, hatred, hatred, love and hatred, which is human nature, and the qualities of truth, goodness and beauty in human nature are one, while the difference between the holy and the mortal is only in the obvious and hidden. If hatred, jealousy, and obstacles are hidden, then you have a Buddha mind. With the heart of a Buddha and the heart of compassion, even if you go to study, you can turn harm into good, so why bother with the source?"

Bai Yixue's face turned red, and he was ashamed of himself, and said: "Yes, it's just that the younger generation is stubborn and dull, and it is difficult to understand the truth for a while." ”