Chapter 6 A Day of Assiduous Study
In terms of learning progress, the two can be roughly regarded as indistinguishable, but in fact, from the hard work of Cheng Dรน, you can see the level of efficiency, from this point of view, Zhao Ran was completely defeated by Zhumeng.
Of course, Zhao Ran would not admit defeat, in addition to continuing to grit his teeth and work hard, he also made an off-the-board move, hoping to shake Zhumeng's will to learn. He exchanged letters with Yumo more and more frequently, and each time he put the letters on the case in the outer hall, the purpose was to anger Zhumeng and add blockage to Zhumeng.
This trick is very good, every time Zhu Meng sees the letter, he will be unhappy, and he deliberately provokes Zhao Ran with a few words without words. Zhao Ran shot back with sharp words, and at the same time felt a secret refreshment in his heart.
There were too many letters, and Zhao Ran always had to find some topics, so Yumo also learned about the struggle between the two in study. Yumo was angry and funny and replied to Zhao Ran, asking him not to be angry with Zhu Meng, the reason is very simple, such anger is actually fighting with his own weaknesses and the advantages of the other party, it is strange to win!
Yumo told Zhao Ran, Zhu Meng has a reputation as a prodigy in Chengdu since he was a child, he was five years old, wrote poems at the age of seven, passed the children's examination at the age of eleven, won the case at the age of thirteen, and won the fame of Xiucai, and at the age of eighteen, he tried to solve the yuan in the township of Sichuan Province in high school, and he was an absolute Shilin Yingjie. If it weren't for the favor of Daomen, he would have gone to the capital to try it this year. People call this talented, not comparable to normal people. She asked Zhao Ran not to compete with Zhumeng in vain, because Huayun Pavilion had already booked this house, and after this year, this house would be worshiped under Master Liang Tengxian and practice the art of immortal paths.
Yumo's evaluation of Zhumeng aroused Zhao Ran's competitive heart, okay, you will be the same as "my generation" after a year, at that time, we learned differently, I can't catch up with you, so at least in this year, I must not be thrown out of eight streets by you!
So Zhao Ran added homework to himself and began to study "The Yellow Emperor's Yin Fu Sutra" and "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed". These two scriptures are not something that people who have just entered the scriptures can touch, and there is no solid foundation of the "four sons" scriptures. And even if you learn to understand the "Four Sons" scriptures, you may not be able to read these two scriptures.
"The Yellow Emperor's Yin Fu Sutra" mainly involves the essence of health preservation, including breath conditioning, diet and health, spiritual mobilization and other content, and even includes the secret art in the room. Many chapters in the second half of this sutra were deleted from the Quanzhen Dao Palace, but it was a matter of not tabooing eating and drinking men and women, so the sutra preserved in the Wuji Temple belonged to the complete version.
"Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed" is about the theory of Waidan, that is, how to alchemy.
Reading these two scriptures alone is definitely not readable, because the two scriptures are based on the principles of Yin and Yang Five Elements and Bagua Qiankun, which need to be derived and deduced, and involve a large number of obscure terms similar to the mathematical symbols of later generations.
In the scripture hall of Wuji Academy, there is only a requirement to learn these two books, and there are no specific requirements for understanding how much is counted. However, if you can correctly answer the questions about these two scriptures in the monthly and annual examinations, it will definitely give a high bonus to the evaluation of the results.
In fact, not only the "Yellow Emperor Yin Fu Sutra" and "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", including the "Taixuan Sutra", "Huangji Sutra", "Taishang Imperial Court Interior Jade Sutra" and "Taishang Imperial Court Interior Scene Outer Scripture" that Zhao Ran has not yet read, all belong to the same category, and they are scriptures that will only be dabbled in by Taoist children in the Jingtang for more than three years. But it is only a dabbling, and the Taoist Academy does not make any specific requirements.
When Zhao Ran read the scriptures, no one explained to him that these scriptures already belonged to the category of cultivation, of course, only in the hidden places of the Taoist sect such as the pavilion, with other scriptures and secrets, could they have the effect of cultivation, and for the Taoist priests in the Ten Directions Jungle Palace, the requirements of the Taoist sect were just to understand.
But Zhao Ran didn't know and didn't care so much, he relied on his golden fingers, picked up the book and began to recite it, memorized it for more than a month, and memorized the two scriptures, but what was said in the scriptures, he could understand one-twelfth of the good.
Six consecutive monthly examinations have been ranked first, such a result is not easy for newcomers, not only the professors of the scripture hall were pleasantly surprised, but also caused an uproar and uneasiness among the chanting children. For example, Ma Zhili, who ranked first in the perennial exam, seemed to be stimulated, and it is said that the hard work of studying has increased a lot, and at the same time, his attitude towards Zhao Ran has become much colder.
However, Zhao Ran didn't care about this at all, he was busy fighting with Zhumeng in all directions, where did he have the spare time to care about Ma Zhili?
In the eighth month, Zhao Ran picked up the tome "Supreme Yellow Urn Lent Lichengyi". This scripture is a compulsory course for Taoist children, telling how to set up the altar, how to do it, how to pray for blessings, how to town the house, how to requiem and a series of methods and precautions for fasting and Jiao rituals, as far as Zhao Ran's understanding is concerned, it is basically a Taoist business manual. If you want to gain a foothold in the Daomen, deal with the secular world, and be a promising good Taoist, you must learn this Taoist book.
Zhao Ran still remembers that at the ceremony where the patriarch passed away last year, the Taoist priests of Qinghe Temple who were invited to perform a dazzling Zhaijiao ceremony, and then took away the ritual of the car. It's definitely a shortcut to getting rich!
The entire "Supreme Yellow Urn Lent Licheng Yi" has a total of fifty-seven volumes and more than 100,000 words, and I feel dizzy when I look at it, but Zhao Ran still gritted his teeth and began a difficult recitation journey. Fortunately, this book belongs to the practical category of reference books, unlike the "Four Sons" scriptures, you have to read all kinds of commentaries and compilations, there is nothing too mysterious, and you can basically understand it, so Zhao Ran opened his mind and recited it page by page.
The original meaning of fasting is to purify the heart and body before the sacrifice and ceremony, in order to show one's piety, the specific method of fasting is called "fasting method", and Jiao, in the Taoist gate, specifically refers to praying for blessings and disasters, also known as "beating Jiao". In this "Supreme Huanglu Lent Establishment Ceremony", Zhai immediately set up an altar, respectfully asking the immortal master and the Holy Ancestor to descend mana, show supernatural powers, remove demons and subdue demons, and calm the world, and after fasting, Jiao is played to reward the grace of God - this is over, you can go back, thank you!
Different prayers have different rituals for fasting and Jiao, and the gods to be invited are also different, marriage and childbirth are different, promotion and wealth are different, disaster elimination and illness are different, and town houses and requiems are also different...... Every time the Jiao is held, from the performance to the construction of the altar, to the Suqi, the worship of the table, to the early dynasty, the noon dynasty, and finally the altar and the Jiao, each link is also different. Even if it is the same fasting method that is the same as the prayer and the intention, it still needs to be refined and adjusted according to the time, place, people, and even specific reasons.
Among them, there are all kinds of texts, scriptures, tips, magic instruments, altar diagrams, step void scattered flowers, music scores, etc., which involve each link, and are very complicated.
For example, to set up the Lingbao Huang Zheng Zhai altar, it is necessary to set up the inner altar, the middle altar, the outer altar, which is the inner altar alone, it is necessary to open ten doors, and it is necessary to use eighteen red filaments and ten short silk threads, and to use the silk rope or the green rope, divided into three ways - each of which has a different enclosing method, the length and size of the silk also have specific requirements, and the method of knotting the rope is also specific and micro.
In addition to the three altars, it should also be equipped with different ways of burning lamps, what ten directions and nine palaces, twenty-eight directions, what natal lamps, five mountain lamps, nine ghost lamps, six jia and ten straight lights, etc., make people have a headache.
In fact, the tome "Supreme Yellow Urn Lent Licheng Yi" is the main assessment content of the first-class examination paper of Wuji Academy, and it is the "eating guy" who only has the energy to learn after three years of chanting scriptures. Zhao Ran opened his mind, the big killer of the golden finger, and with the halo of the protagonist, it took more than a month to memorize it, and it can only be memorized.
Before the October monthly exam, Zhao Ran submitted an application to Liu Jingzhu and Jiang Gaogong to participate in the first-class examination paper assessment, he was full of confidence, and planned to overwhelm Zhumeng in one fell swoop in this way-it is also a first-class ranking, but Lao Tzu does the first-class exam questions, see what you, the guy who does the second-class exam questions, use to compete with Lao Tzu?
Thank you Yangzhigang and Xiongzhan for the reward!
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