Chapter 38: Confucianism and Taoism
"Master Bayin, this continuous Confucian Mountain, the peaks and mountains are steep, beautiful and beautiful, standing tall, although it has not changed for thousands of years, I remember that the master said, 'The benevolent man enjoys the mountain, the wise man enjoys the water', I can probably understand a little bit. "On a big boulder, a female disciple said to the master.
This boulder is very strange, the top and the bottom are round, the top is big and the bottom is small, looking from a distance, it looks like a fat golden rooster is independent, and I don't know how it stands on this majestic peak and strange ridge.
The older master stood in the wind, at the front of the boulder, looking at the undulating mountains in front of him, and said: "The benevolent person is happy with the mountain, which means that the happiness of the benevolent person should be like a mountain, open-minded, open-minded, and open-minded, although the wind and rain are blowing, it does not improve the essence of goodness; ”
The young female disciple nodded and said, "Oh, that's what it means. ”
The eight-tone gentleman suddenly turned around and faced this apprentice, his face was full of pride in it, and he said with a smile: "Ziyu, you worship yourself under my door, in the first year, you broke through the two orders of "self-cultivation" and "Qi family", in the second year, you broke through the first order of "governing the country", and in the third year, you crossed the watershed and reached the first level of "Peaceful World". ”
Ziyu heard such praises, but he didn't look proud, and said slowly: "As the saying goes, a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, this is all taught by the master, and the disciple is just the light of the master." ”
After hearing these remarks, the eight-tone gentleman liked this disciple even more, and said: "Ziyu, you have pure temperament, extraordinary talent, and have the best conditions for practicing Confucianism. Speaking of this, she looked at the other part of the Confucian Mountain, where the mountains were high and the water was deep, but seeing that in the depths of the clouds and mist, there were faint traces of human voices, and she continued: "Judging from your current cultivation progress, it is not difficult to surpass Ziwen Ziwu. At this point, she paused for a short time, the corners of her mouth curved into a moon arc, and continued: "At that time, you will give my master a big, big, long face!"
Feeling the sharpness in Shizun's words, Ziyu hurriedly bent his knees and half-knelt and said: "What the disciple has learned is only a drop in the ocean, compared with the deep-rooted Senior Brother Ziwen Ziwu, it is like a cloud. ”
The eight-tone gentleman immediately stepped forward to help her up, and said: "You don't know, because Confucius once said, 'Only women and villains in the world are difficult to raise', so there is a saying in Confucianism that 'women are not Confucian', so don't look at the master and I am superior to outsiders, and call me and several senior brothers the 'Six Gentlemen of Confucianism', but in fact, they look down on me and add the word Bayin in front of my title to insult me." ”
Among the Confucian sects, there are mostly scholars, and scholars have always had a subconscious that "everything is inferior, only reading is high", they especially hate Youling, thinking that they make a beautiful sound and disturb the gentleman's audio-visual, so they list the people who sing and play music as inferior to others. And the title of the eight-tone gentleman is preceded by the word eight-sound, which even says that she has a low character, does not stand in the hall of elegance, and is despised by others.
Ziyu had heard that everyone was equal in Confucianism and Taoism, and there were few disputes, let alone gender discrimination. Today's master's words made her insightful, and she was angry and hated those men with eyebrows. But hatred is hatred, if she wants to boast that she will definitely surpass Ziwen Ziwu, she never dares to be so conceited.
So Ziyu said: "The disciple must do his best, practice Confucianism well, and add glory to the master." But then he thought of something and felt that something was wrong, so he asked again: "Master, didn't you say that the most important thing in practicing Confucianism is to abandon worldly prejudices, avoid the grievances and grievances of the world, and forget both things and me?"
The eight-tone gentleman said: "You are right, but life in the world is to live by material, and material is to arouse people's inner desires and essence. But desire, in turn, will affect people's cultivation, which is the reason why for thousands of years of my Confucian Sect founding school, except for Confucius and Meng Ke, no one has reached the level of 'refining gods and transforming emptiness'. ”
Ziyu heard that it was reasonable, but then she felt that there was a hole in her words, she frowned, and asked, "Could it be that Old Master Kong and Mr. Meng have nothing to ask for?"
The eight-tone gentleman laughed a few times and said, "Good question!"
Ziyu looked at her and smiled inexplicably, and she didn't know if she was happy or frustrated and smiled, so she had to stand aside and watch how Shizun moved.
The eight-tone gentleman said: "Your question is really good, this is related to another cultivation method of our Confucianism and Taoism. ”
"Another cultivation method?" Ziyu asked curiously.
The eight-tone gentleman said: "That's right, another method is to read the Confucian classics, open the door of the mind with the sages and sages, accept the mysteries of heaven and earth in the eight veins of the strange scriptures, and forge the five internal organs of the fake mastery avenue, and when the avenue is completed, the upper can reach the sky, the lower can be thorough, transcendent and holy, and realize the immortal road." Confucius and Meng Ke were not thoughtless, but they were knowledgeable, wise, and learned to make up for the shortcomings of human affection in the past, which made up for the unattainable avenue of human beings. ”
Ziyu said again: "Then why didn't anyone have such an achievement later?"
The eight-tone gentleman said a good question, and then said: "This is because since Qin Shi Huang burned books and pit Confucianism, many Confucian classics have disappeared since then, although some Confucian scholars have re-repaired and written, but after all, the wisdom is short, the knowledge is lacking, and most of them are not the essence of the former sages, and it is difficult for later people to extract useful information from them that can peek into the catechism of heaven and earth, and can check the changes of yin and yang; Therefore, those who want to become immortals in this way are even more scarce like morning stars. ”
After hearing this, Ziyu couldn't help but sigh, the hardships and troubles of the road of cultivation can be imagined.
The eight-tone gentleman said: "Most of us in Confucianism and Taoism use the two methods together, cultivating both civil and military, and advancing both physically and mentally. ”
Ziyu said "oh oh" twice and whispered, "I know." ”
At this time, the eight-tone gentleman said to the bottom of the boulder: "It's been hidden for so long, why don't you come out?"
Hearing Shizun say this, Ziyin was a little sullen, walked out depressed, and said, "It's been three years, I didn't expect Shizun to feel my breath so easily?"
The eight-tone gentleman said: "I said that if you just stroke the qin with your body, you will definitely reveal the traces of your body, and as long as the internal force can match yours, you will definitely be aware of your existence." ”
Ziyin frowned, looked at Shizun with a confused expression, and said, "But I still can't understand the mystery of stroking the qin with my heart." ”
The eight-tone gentleman said: "Your mind is enslaved by the body, of course you can't understand it. The higher realm of piano skills is the direction of the heart, the shape of the head, the heart is the shape of the meter, the shape is the heart of the plan, and the heart shape is suitable. ”
Ziyin bit her lip, her face was full of suspicion, and said, "I don't understand what the master said at all. ”
The eight-tone gentleman sighed and said, "Forget it, you came to me this time because you want me to teach you any new piano skills?"
Ziyin Nunu mouthed and said, "In the eyes of the master, I am so powerful?"
The eight-tone gentleman smiled lightly, scratched her nose with his hand, and said, "Say, what's the matter?"
Only then did Ziyin look straight and said: "The head of the sect asked all the masters to go to the Immortal Que to get Qi, saying that there is something important to discuss. ”
"Something important?" The eight-tone gentleman fell into deep thought, and after a while, she came back to her senses and said to Ziyu, "Let's go together!"
Ziyu and Ziyin followed Shizuntian to jump off the boulder, walked towards the side of the mountain, and after walking a few steps, the eight-tone gentleman suddenly turned around and said to Ziyin: "You don't want to go." ”
Ziyin's face suddenly showed loss, almost panicked, and said, "Why?"
The eight-tone gentleman said: "You think I don't know, you are so competitive, and you have a grudge against Ziwen and Ziwu." The master is afraid that you will do something out of the ordinary if you go, and it is not good for him. After speaking, he took Ziyu and left.
Ziyin was so angry behind her back that she burst into tears, looking at the back of her sister and sister, her heart was like a knife.
The eight-tone gentleman seemed to sense something, and quickly turned around and said to Ziyin: "It's not that the master won't let you go, but it's not good for you and others, if you can't accept the fact that others are your junior disciples, but your cultivation is stronger than yours, it will be difficult for your cultivation to go to the next level." ”
Ziyin just wanted to say something to Shizun, but Shizun was already a hundred and ten steps away, so she had to helplessly watch them leave, thinking in her heart: In the past, she was a celebrity in front of Shizun, and Shizun would take herself with him no matter what he did before you were in the same door, as a show off. And now she doesn't bring herself, but Ziyu Senior Sister, which shows that ......