Jinling, the plague is raging, the streets and alleys, and the corpses are scattered. The thirty steps of Jinling Academy, Shen Moxibustion Night, the young man in purple, the young man in Tsing Yi, and the four Jinling students were talking about the plague in Jinling, when they suddenly saw Chen Yu coming in a hurry, and before they reached the thirty steps, they shouted from afar: "I have found a cure for the plague." Shen Moxibustion Night, the young man in purple and others said happily: "Say it quickly." ”

Chen Yu walked to the thirty steps, took a breath, took a sip of the tea on the stone table, and said slowly: "A good prescription for a thousand gold-virtue." When everyone heard this, their expressions were different, and the four Jinling students were puzzled, and one of them asked Chen Yu, "Brother Chen, what does this mean?" Chen Yu shook his head. The young man in purple and the young man in Tsing Yi pondered and meditated, and they had a clue, but they couldn't remember it for a while.

Hearing Chen Yu's words, Shen Mo thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said to everyone: "According to legend, although this plague makes people talk about it, it is not aimed at everyone. Those who are virtuous will be lucky in their troubles and avoid these disasters. Confucius also once said that the benevolent person lives and the physiology is complete. Cultivating virtue is especially the first thing to maintain health. It can be seen that since ancient times, only when the morality of the people is low, the plague will be rampant. The Jinling plague is also the result of low folk morality, and if the folk morality is sublimated, the plague will surely leave. ”

Chen Yu, the young man in purple and others all agreed with the words of the night of the moxibustion, and thought about how to improve this folk morality. Chen Yu said: "Jinling was hit by a plague, and the students closed the mountain gate privately, which seemed to be safe, but in fact it was the opposite. The closure of the mountain gate not only cut off the connection between the university and the outside world, but also cut off the opportunity for the university to help the outside world and the outside world to support the university. ”

The purple-clothed young man nodded and said, "What Brother Chen said is extremely true. "After that, call a little scholar and ask him to tell the Jinling students that he will open the mountain gate one day. The little scholar took the order to leave, and a student said: "Everyone, to improve this folk morality, I personally think that we must first cultivate ourselves, and let my Jinling School set an example, make porridge, administer medicine, and settle the homeless." After hearing this, he shook his head and said, "Brother Tai, although this method is feasible, it is inferior, and it only reflects the practice and good deeds of my Jinling Academy. Books have the effect of educating and edifying the world, and the books of sages can improve the conduct and self-cultivation of the world. Jinling University has a long history and a large collection of books, so why not use the books of sages to educate the world and spread the culture of the Holy Dao. ”

The young man in purple, the young man in Tsing Yi, and the four Jinling students all looked embarrassed, and the young man in purple sighed: "Brother Night, I don't know, my Jinling Academy is a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, respecting heaven and courtesy, learning Confucianism and Taoism, learning the six virtues of 'virtue, faith, holiness, benevolence, righteousness, and loyalty', the six elements of 'filial piety, friendship, harmony, marriage, responsibility, and compassion', and the six arts of 'etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics', which can calm the world and sublimate the morality of the world, so it is supported by the people and has many learners.

When there were the most people who practiced Confucianism and Taoism, from the elderly to the babbling children, nine out of ten people still practiced Confucianism. People know good manners, humility and humility, and dare to 'sacrifice their lives for righteousness' for the truth. But ......" The purple-clothed young man paused when he said this, a trace of sadness and helplessness flashed in his eyes, and Fang sighed again: "So many people have learned this Confucianism and Taoism, and they have been jealous of a major official in the government. This right leaned towards the government and the opposition, and despite the dissuasion of other officials, he privately used the power of the court to suppress Confucianism. In order to put our Jinling Academy to death, slander and spread rumors, and mobilize the people to hate the school. In order to dismantle the institutions from within, many fake schools were created to teach people to be 'fake, fighting, and ruthless', subverting people's norms. ”

"And that's not all. The young man in Tsing Yi said: "In order to cater to the officials, the protégés of the big officials burned books and pit Confucianism, making something out of nothing, and arrested Confucian students everywhere. The unmath student was brutally sent to the dungeon and tortured, but there was nowhere to seek justice. However, those who do evil do not know that it is precisely because of their evil that they have tested the true and false Confucianism and achieved the golden body and positive results of Confucianism and Taoism. Jinling Academy, but because of the catastrophe, the thousand-year-old inheritance was destroyed, but fortunately left this one hundred and eight ladders and the unyielding story of the students, warning the world not to act rashly. If it comes to holy books, there may still be some rituals among the people, and folk students desperately protect each other or hide them. However, we don't know where we are now. The young man in Tsing Yi spoke, and everyone was silent.

A student said, "The holy book has been destroyed, can I write it again?" The young man in purple asked, "How can I write it again?" The student thought for a moment and replied: "I think there must be students in my Jinling Academy who have read this holy book, how about letting them write it silently?"

"No, you can't. Shen Jiu Ye said categorically: "Can you guarantee that they can write it word for word? Can you guarantee that the books they write silently can be good?"

"This?" the student was dumbfounded. Shen Moxibustion Ye Su said: "The book of the sage is the words of the sage, the book of the sage, there is a meaning behind every word, and if you change a word, you will lose its meaning." Moreover, we compile holy books in order to educate people, and we use them in the name of the Holy One. If this book is not complete, the meaning is not the original intention of the saints, and if the people are allowed to learn it, will it not be misleading. Although our intentions are good, our actions are evil, because we have passed on false things from the world and destroyed the true meaning of that book. ”

After hearing this, the student nodded thoughtfully, bowed to the night of the moxibustion, and said, "I have been taught." Dare to ask Brother Night, there is a feasible way. "You can't write holy books, but I personally think that the stories of good deeds can be told, and the practitioners' own experiences can be shared. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and the purple-clothed young man hurriedly said: "Brother Night, can you tell me a little more detail?" Shen Moxibustion took a sip of tea and said: "In this world, there are not a few people who do good deeds and get good fortune, and they are also closely related to the people. Why don't we use these real people and real things that happened around them to educate them, so as to sublimate folk morality. Compared with the greatness of the holy book, these deeds of good deeds and good deeds are more recognized and accepted by the people. It may be even better if we tell stories with the Word as evidence. However, we must not take the Holy Word as our own words, nor should we have the psychology of showing and showing, especially when telling our own stories, our thoughts must be pure, and we must not have distracting thoughts, otherwise the story will become tasteless, and our own morality will also decline. ”

Everyone agreed with the words of the night of the moxibustion. The purple-clothed young man said, "Brother Night, what you said is reasonable. I will now arrange for people to sort out the stories of good deeds and good fortune, so that the students can tell them to the people. At the same time, it was combed into a book and distributed to the people for free, so that they could read it on their own and cultivate their self-cultivation. Although the methods of making porridge, administering medicine, and housing the homeless are inferior, they are beneficial to the people, and I personally feel that they should be done. After that, he wanted to summon the scholar to come and sort out the stories of good deeds and blessings, as well as porridge, medicine, and the placement of the homeless.

However, after calling for a long time, I didn't see a single scholar coming. Just as I was wondering, I suddenly saw a group of students coming here angrily. The person at the head asked the purple-clothed young man: "You can't think of this school as yours, and if you say that you will open the mountain gate, you won't ask me and other opinions?" Another student said: "Open the mountain gate, this matter is very big, and now it is the time when the plague is raging, do you want to cause us to die?"

"And you ......" A student pointed to Shenjiu Night, and then pointed to Chen Yu and said: "Relying on his identity as a Heavenly Daoist, he vainly talks about the affairs of my Jinling Academy, when this is your sect?"

The young man in purple wanted to explain, but the students who came were gossiping, and the accusations were blurted out, and Shen Jiu Ye and the others couldn't interject for half a sentence, and they were all reprimanded with their heads and faces. After the students who came to say everything, the purple-clothed young man said: "This move to open the mountain gate will benefit more than harm to our students, and it is an idea that we have after careful consideration." ”

"The benefits outweigh the disadvantages?" the leading student sarcastically said: "What kind of fallacy are you? The plague is raging, and it is too late to hide now, but you open the mountain gate to greet you." Could it be that everyone is dead and liberated, which is what you call benefit?"

"Brother, you misunderstood...... "Shen Jiu Ye was just about to speak, and before he could finish speaking, the student was already angry: "Shut up!

When the young man in purple, the young man in Tsing Yi and the four students heard this, they felt that it was very unreasonable. A student has always been quick to speak out, and then said: "Brother Night is a distinguished guest of my Jinling Academy, what's wrong with my Academy?"

"What a dog. The leading student said: "You scolded him so much, why don't you switch to Ring Tianyun?"

"You're messing around, spewing feces all over your mouth. The student was annoyed and blushed. The four students were angry, and one of them said: "Luo Yan, the sage said, 'Be cautious in your words and deeds'." Look at you, now that you are so rampant, where is there still the image of Confucianism. Scolding distinguished guests and ridiculing classmates, do you dare to try the 'hidden ladder' to see if you can get by?"

The students who came to talk to Shenjiu Night and others did not speculate and broke up unhappily. After this incident, the four students were worried, and one student said: "How can this be good? Our method of doing good has not yet been implemented, and it has been denied." Shen Jiu Ye smiled and said: "Brother Tai, why do you say this? Doing good is what we want, what do we care about others? If there are students in this Jinling school who are willing to join us, it is naturally their kind intentions, and the accumulation is also their own blessings; if no students are willing to join, we can also do it ourselves, how can we give up the good deeds we want to do because of the denial of others? We should know the affairs of the world, and whether we do it or not, it is our own thoughts. ”

After saying this, he got up and went down the mountain. Everyone was puzzled, and the purple-clothed young man asked, "Brother Ye, what are you doing?" Shen Mo said without looking back: "Words must be done, deeds must be fruitful, do what we just discussed." When they heard this, they followed closely.

Walking to the fifteenth staircase, Shen Moxibustion led everyone to visit the students who closed the mountain gate without permission. The student had a sallow face and a dying breath, and lay on the bed waiting to die. Suddenly, he saw the arrival of Shenjiu Night and others, and hurriedly said, "You guys go out quickly, don't be infected by me." "After that, I want to get out of bed, and I will wait for the night to leave. It's a pity that he was too weak to roll out of bed. Seeing this, the young man in purple stepped forward quickly, wanting to support the student. The student hurriedly dodged and shouted, "Don't touch me, leave quickly." ”

The young man in purple saw that the student's attitude was rigid, and he was afraid that the student would be injured, so he had no choice but to walk away. The night of the moxibustion will be discussed by everyone, and slowly listen to the students. The student was silent for a moment, looked at the Shenjiu night and said: "Heavenly Daoist, you care about the world, and I am ashamed of myself for being the model of my human race." I am sick with a plague, and my money is of no use to me, so take it and scatter it among the people, and use it for what you are about to do. ”

Shen Moxibustion Ye bowed deeply to the students, and then left with everyone. After the students left, their hearts were not at peace for a long time. In a trance, I returned to my childhood, when I was stubborn by nature, tying stones to the fish, and watching them swim with difficulty. One day, he was seen by a passing mountain chief, and he angrily tied a stone to his back. I was very uncomfortable, staggering, and I knew that the fish were suffering. I wanted to untie the stones on the fish's body, but found that the fish had been lost, and for the first time I knew the fragility of life, and wept bitterly for my ignorance and my own faults.

Seeing that he knew his mistakes and could change them, and his nature was not bad, he brought himself to Jinling Academy to learn the six virtues, six elements, and six arts. He was full of poetry and books, and called himself a Confucian scholar. But this plague of Jinling, he hated the world, and blamed the people for the departure of the mountain chief, and closed the mountain gate privately, where is worthy of the title of Confucianism.

Thinking of this, the student regretted it, and thought that he was afraid that his life would not be long in coming, so he made a wish to write down his life experience and leave it to future generations as a warning. However, the student had been bedridden for a long time, and his legs had already been paralyzed. I couldn't take the pen, ink, and inkstone, but my hand trembled so much that I couldn't grind the ink.

The student's heart is horizontal, bites the ink block, and uses his mouth instead of his hand to grind the ink. The corners of the mouth are red and swollen, and the gums are bleeding. Then he bit the pen again, used the ground as paper, and dipped it in ink to write his life. Strange to say, when students first write, every word is very difficult and takes a long time. But the further it goes, the smoother and faster it becomes.

At dusk, the students put down their pens and noticed that there were people in the house. When he raised his eyes, he couldn't help but be surprised, but then he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "God, are you here to take me away?" "With that, slowly disappear.