"Ten Years of Diving" was made on February 20, 2006

Guan Da's "Immortal Road" has a style that is deeply rooted in the essence of Chinese classics, with short sentences and simple rhetoric. It is like a beautiful and bright freehand landscape, without any traces of artificiality. It not only has the conciseness of classical Chinese but also achieves the simplicity and readability of vernacular, which is deeply loved by all readers.

Unlike the other two masterpieces "Zhu Xian" and "Fairy Sword" that are also popular among readers, the characters in Shi Xian Fa and Ren Ren are actually out of reach, and the demons, spirits, gods, and ghosts in "Fairy Road" are all coexisting with people, such as Yun Zhongjun, Ling Yi'er, Kou Xueyi, Qiong Wei, Fan Chuan, Xiaoshu and so on. Cheng Xian asked, which didn't seem to be out of reach. However, the cultivation of immortals in "Immortal Road" is not as hierarchical as in today's popular Xiuzhen novels, and the process of cultivating immortals is simply divided into several stages.

So what is the path of cultivating immortals in "Immortal Road"? Perhaps we can find some clues from the thoughts of the characters in "Immortal Road". The first article described that he wanted to worship Qinghe in the Qing Palace several times but could not, and then described the social form at that time as follows: "At that time, the whole country admired Taoism, not only Taoist temples and incense flourished, but even the literati and celebrities in the world also took the study of Taoist classics as a fashion trend. At that time, there were many famous Taoists in Shilin. Later, he entered the Shangqing Palace because of the Horseshoe Mountain incident and became the hall master of the Sihai Hall and practiced Taoist exercises. After waking up, he was ordered to find the treasures of the master and bring the United States together, and the interesting stories in the game world are to reveal the Taoist pure and inaction, and the natural nature of the mind is fully revealed.

Similarly, the article begins with a write: "The name Xingyan was taken by the old scholar of the Ji family's private school. Before, there was no awakening of this person in the world, only the Zhang family's dogs. Then he sat in on the school and was influenced by Confucian culture since he was a child. In the following text, the incidents such as helping Nanhai County to retreat from the mountains and bandits being awarded the title of Zhongsan Doctor are all manifestations of Confucian loyalty to the monarch and patriotic morality. In the first volume, Xingyan and Ju Yingxiang helped sell medicine to punish the father and daughter of Lu County, the third volume, Xi Ruiniang punished Hu Shi'an, and the sixth volume, Annanhai suppressed the mountain bandits and other chivalrous deeds. Awakening is based on compassion in all actions, punishing corrupt officials and villains more and killing less. It is not only chivalrous and spiritual, but also cherishes Buddhist thoughts. Poyang County made Lu Chonghuang change his past wrongs, and later obtained the emperor's personal letter "Fubo in the World" and Chen Kui, Chen Bantou fell into thieves, and finally lost his life, which is the best interpretation of the idea of Buddhism's karma.

Generally speaking, the spiritual thought of "Immortal Road" is inseparable from the essence of the doctrine of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. The three major ideas of discarding the pedantry of Confucianism, the ruthlessness of Taoism, and the traditional Chinese thought after the birth of Buddhism were blended together and mixed into one. In the end, what readers can see is people's persistent pursuit of "truth, goodness, and beauty". Cultivating immortals is not in self-cultivation but in cultivating the mind, and the road of cultivating immortals is the path of cultivating the mind. Perhaps this is the path of cultivating immortals that "Immortal Road" wants to show to readers. ------- all of the above are my momentary addiction to gibberish, and because of the negligence of the writing, the words are not meaningful, and the words are all messy, I hope you will forgive me.

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