Chapter Seventy-Four: Righteousness

After dinner, Mao Zheng taught Jingruo how to use chess pieces to code patterns for a while, and then he came to the study and flipped through the classics. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info now he lives a very relaxed and happy life, but he knows that happiness has always been very scarce, and it is difficult to keep it for a while, but it is difficult to maintain it for a lifetime. What's more, Mao Zheng already felt that there was a breath stirring his heart in his body, this breath was very comfortable, but this breath was also eroding the things that were pillars in his heart, Mao Zheng understood that this was the manifestation of the Seven Emotions Tribulation.

The Seven Emotions are furious and furious like the wind, fierce as a rolling stone, Mao Zheng relied on a will that did not want to sink and fall, and finally controlled it through the division of good and evil. But the seven love calamities are as gentle as a spring breeze and as sweet as honey, so that Mao Zheng is willing to immerse himself in it, little by little he can't tell what is right and what is wrong.

"As a human being, we should protect the people we cherish most and the things we hold most precious. If you hide because you are afraid, and you want to run away because you are worried, then how can you be a big man who stands up to the sky. Everything is my own choice, I will do my duty well, and then finish the way I need to go. ”

Mao Zheng closed a volume of "Mencius", looked out the window and thought, felt the great love in Mengfuzi's heart, and learned to be a big husband like Mengfuzi, and used his life to maintain the love in his heart.

got up and stretched his sore waist, rubbed his slightly sleepy eyes, Mao Zheng left the study, picked up the candlestick and walked towards the bedroom. Walking to the hall, Mao Zheng glanced at Jingruo's room, quietly, without any sound.

"She must have slept a long time ago, and it is a blessing to be able to live happily, and I should learn to live like that. Mao Zheng smiled and walked into his room to get ready to rest.

Just as he put the lamp on the cabinet in front of the bed and was about to turn off the lights and go to bed, a small pebble fell on the cabinet. Mao Zheng looked back and saw Jingruo lying on the beam, looking at him with a smile.

"You've been smiling since you entered the house, what kind of fun have you encountered, why don't you tell me?" Jingruo said.

"Jingruo, it's you. Now that I'm relaxed and in a good mood, I naturally look at everything to be happy. But Jingruo, why haven't you gone back to your room to rest so late?" Mao Zheng replied.

"I can't sleep, when I couldn't sleep before, I liked to look at the stars and talk to the stars. Although there are no stars in this room, fortunately there are still you, so I'm not here to find you?" Jingruo said with a smile.

"You want to talk to me, that's fine. But you better come down, I'm tired of looking up at you like this. Mao Zheng replied.

"I just like to be in it, and I'm uncomfortable sleeping in bed. If you're tired, you can lie down. Jingruo said.

"Well, it's all up to you. By the way, what do you want to tell me?" Mao Zheng smiled and lay on the bed, leaning over to face Jingruo.

"What do you mean? I had so many things I wanted to say just now, but I can't remember anything now. Otherwise, let's talk about you, by the way, what book you were reading just now, you are so fascinated. Jingruo asked.

"I'm reading Mencius, a book written by a sage from the pre-Qin period. Mao Zheng replied with his eyes closed.

"And what is this book about?" Jingruo continued.

"As long as we talk about two things, this is first to teach people to love others, and secondly, to teach people to cultivate their spirits. Mao Zheng replied.

"Nourishing Qi, is it the same as those monks and Taoists?" asked Jingruo curiously.

"There are similarities, but they are definitely not the same. There are many differences in Taoism's qi training methods because of different sects. But one thing is the same, and that is that there is nothing more important in their minds than their own body and their own spirit. Dao cultivates qi, there are spells, there are Dan Dao, and there are talismans, but they all use foreign objects to protect themselves from infringement. In fact, all of this comes from Zhuangzi's health regimen. Mao Zheng said.

"Then what did Zhuangzi say?" Jingruo asked.

"Zhuangzi tells a story: a man lives in the deep mountains and old forests, his body is very good, he is dozens of years old, his face is ruddy like a child, but one day he meets a tiger, and he is bitten to death by the tiger; another person, living in the world, will definitely come to visit with gifts when he meets a large family, and his relationship with everyone is very good, but one day he suddenly falls ill and dies. Therefore, eliminating diseases from inside and controlling tigers from outside is the foundation of Taoist Qi health preservation. Mao Zheng said.

"Tigers? But there are so many tigers. For example, in Jinling City, there are no tigers at all. Jingruo asked.

"The people's hearts are as fierce as tigers! Controlling the tigers from outside only controls the people's hearts. If you have read Taoist classics such as "Lao Tzu" and "Yin Fu Jing", you will find that many of them involve power and deceit, and the art of defeating and conquering, many of which are more lofty than the Legalists and more dangerous than the soldiers. It's just because of Taoism, the Tao of internal disease removal, and the technique of external tiger control, which have become two aspects, one yin and one yang, that people don't feel so terrible. What's more, because these two aspects of yin and yang are all to protect their own lives, they attract many people to practice Taoism. Mao Zheng said.

"Wow! Sounds amazing. What is the difference between Mencius's Qi cultivation and Taoism's Qi cultivation?" Jingruo asked.

"Confucianism also pays attention to love, but Confucian love is not love for oneself, but love for one's ancestors, clans, and countries under heaven, and the ideal of Datong is the ultimate destination of this love. Meng Fuzi's cultivation of qi is the most rigid and righteous spirit in the world.

"Human life is weak, and we will be plagued by diseases at every turn, so how can we say that it is just because my life has been integrated with the lives of my compatriots, and my life is closely related to the fate of the whole country under heaven, and I will never be lonely, I will never be lonely, I will always have hope, and I will always move forward confidently.

"Man's mind is disturbed by seven emotions and six desires, and man's eyes are deceived by all kinds of illusions, so man will do many irrational things, so what can be said to be right? If the subsection is damaged, it will be corrected, as long as the major section is not lost, then he is an upright person. After Mao Zheng finished speaking, he paused, and added: "And cultivating the righteous qi is not to do evil, but precisely to rely on this heroic righteousness and spread great love." ”