Chapter 2 Three pages and nine characters
"The Tao is the Tao, the very Tao, what is the Tao ......" is only nine words, but in a blink of an eye, it contains a great truth. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Su Bai asked himself that he had read a lot of books, read a lot of truths, and the books he had read before were all clear, even if he didn't understand it when he first read it, he could know its seven deep meanings after a little figuring it out, so that he would not have no clue, and his face was rainy and foggy, like a mirror and a moon, which made people intoxicated and unable to extricate themselves.
Su Bai didn't know that it was these nine words, which kept rolling and flickering in his mind, and he was constantly figuring out the meaning, but he didn't know that this sitting was a night, as if he had lost his soul, motionless, and standing still.
Knock knock knock......
Knock knock knock......
It's not early, it's already time for breakfast, usually Su Bai has always been punctual, getting up early to read, and eating with his family, but this day is special, Su Yi, the head of the Su family, sent a maid to call Su Bai.
"Young master, young master......" The maid outside the door knocked on the door a few times, and she didn't hear any movement in the house, so she shouted and shouted, but she still didn't respond.
"What's the matter, young master, has never been late before!" the maid muttered to herself, frowning and pondering, her petite palms were sometimes closer to the door, sometimes moved away, looking undecided, but she did not dare to rashly push open the door of the young master's room.
"Young master, I'm in!" the maid finally mustered up her courage and pushed it.
As soon as the maid pushed open the door, she was startled before she could step in, the red candle on the round table had already burned out, and there was a man sitting at the table, holding a book in his hand, staring intently at the book, looking engrossed.
This young man is not an outsider, it is Su Bai, the young owner of the Su family's mansion.
The maid's knock on the door just now and the subsequent shouts were not heard by the young master at all, which surprised her a little, or maybe the young master deliberately ignored himself, which is really incomprehensible.
The maid walked over cautiously and with a frightened face, and called softly beside Su Bai: "Young Master......"
The sound of cotton is in the ears, although the sound is not loud, but the distance is very close, and it can be heard very clearly, under normal circumstances, even in this room. But Su Bai's face did not change, and he was still as immobile as an old monk, as if he was wandering outside the world, with only an empty shell body.
The maid's face changed suddenly, the Su family was such an incense in Su Bai's vein, and there could be no mistakes, so she hurriedly reached out and pushed Su Bai's arm: "Young master, young master!"
"Huh?" With this push, Su Bai suddenly felt that the nine characters in front of him were shaking, the things in front of him were shaking, the light and shadow were staggered, and he immediately regained consciousness, insects and birds chirped, the wind and grass moved, and the slightest bit of it was in his ears, but the scene flashed, and in front of him was the red candle that had burned out.
Looking around again, it was the maid 'Qiushuang' in the family, who looked anxious and worried at the moment.
"Ah, young master, you're awake!" Seeing Su Bai looking at him, Qiu Shuang was suddenly excited and laughed.
"Hmm!" Su Bai responded, closed the book in his hand, and buckled it on the table, his face was solemn, and he looked out of the house, the sun was already rising, and the light was bright, and he was suddenly shocked: "Unconsciously, a night has passed, these nine words ......"
In just a few blink of an eye, Su Bai already roughly understood, at least he knew that he was sitting down, and a moment of being in a trance, it was the moment he lost his mind, and it had been a long time.
"Dao Ke Dao, very Dao ......" Su Bai looked at the 'Dao Dian' on the table with a deep look, and was speechless for a while. He knew in his heart that he seemed to have been in a state of distraction for a moment, and he had this inseparable relationship with this Taoist book, and for a while, what the old beggar said resurfaced.
Enter the Tao and ascend, become an immortal and gain the Tao.
Qiushuang quickly explained her intention to Su Bai, and the indispensable thing was naturally a few reprimands from Su Yi, the head of the Su family, but Su Bai was not ashamed, but agreed with his father to go to the study to seek knowledge after dinner.
Su Yi has always been strict with Su Bai, he has always been meticulous, he knows his temperament, he is young and old, he has never been ashamed to ask questions, he is not ashamed of not being ashamed, he is modest and studious, and he is also deeply loved by him.
This time Su Bai inadvertently broke the law, it was just an ordinary trivial matter, but Su Yi was still a lesson, whipping Su Bai all the time, for fear that he would be lax about himself and slack himself, which was nothing more than burying his life.
The father and son went to the study together.
"Father, the child was so engrossed in a question last night that I stayed awake all night until the autumn frost came. Su Bai stepped forward and hurriedly said.
"Oh?" Su Yi was stunned, this son of his own is talented and intelligent, he has always been a bystander, a little bit thorough, although he is only twelve years old, but he is full of poetry and books, even ordinary adults can't compare to his knowledge, any problem can be easily solved in him, he has never been so engrossed in thinking about a problem overnight, but he is interested, very curious: "Let's hear it." ”
"What is the Tao?" Su Bai only said the last three words, because the core of the nine words was on these three words, and it was these three words that made him lose his soul and fly out of the sky overnight.
"What is the Tao?" Su Yi's eyebrows furrowed, he thought about it, his eyes turned, he looked at the courtyard outside the window, and then looked at the corridor between the houses in the distance, and the place where heaven and earth converged as far as his eyes could see.
He thought for a while, and then said, "What kind of Tao do you think is in this courtyard?"
"Bluestone Trail!"
"What's the road in front of the building?"
"Corridor!"
"What is the road between the markets, the shops, and the traffic?"
"Street!"
"On that day, the south and the north were connected, and the north and the south were connected, and what was the way where the thousands of miles of flying horses passed?"
"Official!"
"What is the way of the boat?"
"River!"
"What is the way to respect your parents and send them to the end of your life?"
"Filial piety!"
"Do you understand?" Su Yi looked at Su Bai with deep meaning.
"The child understands!" After Su Yi asked rhetorically, Su Bai's heart suddenly brightened, and he had an idea of what the Tao was in his heart.
Whether it is the bluestone path, the street, or the official road facing the sky, or the filial piety of people, the way of etiquette is all the way. Every person, every thing, every thing has its own way. There are long and short roads, round and short, black and white, life and death.
The Tao is ever-changing, invisible and invisible, just a belief, a manifestation, a will that can be concealed.
The Tao is the Tao, the very Tao, what is the Tao. The way in which everything is feasible is not immutable, what is the way? Tracing back to the original heart, everyone has their own way, and only by sticking to their own heart and sticking to their own way can we not get lost in the concept of pursuing the way.
"Dao Ke Dao, very Dao, what is Dao!" Looking through the Taoist dictionary again, Su Bai no longer had the confusion when he opened it for the first time, nor the original doubts, but felt that these nine words were extremely simple, not so complicated at all.
Reaching out to the top of the page, Su Bai opened the second page.
What is law?
"Huh?" Seeing the content of the second page, Su Bai was stunned again, innocent, clean, and nine words.
After a closer look, Su Bai immediately discovered the mystery.
The Tao is the Tao, the very Tao, what is the Tao.
The law can be the law, the extraordinary law, what is the law.
Su Bai immediately saw that the Fa on the second page corresponded to the Dao, Dao and Fa on the first page.
"Tao and Law, Tao Law, Tao Law......" Su Bai fell into contemplation again, and began to figure out the words and study the Tao and the Law.
This time, Su Bai didn't dream all night like last time, as if in an instant.
This time, he only woke up in an hour, and when he looked at the nine characters in the book, he already realized in his heart.
"The Tao is the way, it is a different belief, and everything will follow its own heart to chase what it wants, or to reach a certain height, whether it is ultimately achieved or not, this process is the Tao. ”
Su Bai carefully understood the true meaning: "The 'law' corresponding to the Tao is different, the Tao can be said to be the road, and if I know the road, I must have a way to pass through this road." You can ride horses, ride a carriage, or even walk on the official road. There is a ferry on the river, which can be crossed by boat, and there must be a way to do it. ”
"There is no way to do it, although you can also walk along the road, but it is far away from the road, although it is close at hand, but it is like the end of the world. And once there is the law, there is a way to escort the way, although it cannot be said that the law can be obtained but the way, but at least the road can be guaranteed to be smoother, the law protects the way, and the law helps the way to grow. ”
Under the observation of the bystanders, Su Bai can be said to be self-taught this time, completely understood the true meaning of this second page, enlightened, and reached out to open the third page.
Clear, very clear, what is clear?
On the third page, nine words appear again, and these nine words have a unique charm.
"Clear, very clear, what is clear?" Su Bai pondered, and kept talking to himself: "What can be understood, but it is not ordinary, what is it?"
Su Bai's heart kept repeating these nine words, his footsteps went back and forth, walking around the house, he walked from the inside of the house to the outside of the house, from the stone steps to the corridor between the chambers, to the ancient tree, to the side of the flowing water.
Watching the birds fly by in the sky, watching the fish play in the water, watching the pond dry under the scorching sun, feeling the cold and biting under the rain, cutting the skin like a knife in the wind, and the earth is extremely heavy and carrying all things.
Day after day, from early summer to severe winter, from early morning to sunset, Su Bai was almost thinking about the nine words on the third page in addition to the necessary homework every day, those nine words trapped him tightly like a spell, unable to escape, he knew that these nine words were for him to understand something, to understand that everything is following, a principle, a rule, a kind of thing that has existed since the beginning of heaven and earth.