The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 75 Taoism and Confucianism

Taoism pays attention to self-cultivation, builds alchemy into self-cultivation, and transforms into immortals. Taoists like Ge Hong and Qian Bing, who escape the world, are fundamentally different from Taoists like Sun Tai and Du Zigong who are born out of the world with five buckets of rice. .

Xiao Qinzhi didn't want to guard a broken Taoist temple all his life, and he didn't want to learn those alchemy techniques that "bang" when he practiced, otherwise he would disappear, so he used "revitalize the Xiao family" as an excuse, She shrugged off the kindness of Taoist Qian.

Thousands of Taoists lamented, stared at the surrounding Jinniu Mountain, and seemed to have something in their hearts, and said: "Poverty Dao has met you in his lifetime, and it is also a fate. Since ancient times, there have been many divergent roads in the north and south, and no one knows whether it is right or wrong. My fate is up to me, and I have been immortal for hundreds of millions of years. My Taoist believes that the destiny is fixed, and it cannot be changed by manpower. It can be done naturally. It seems that he is lucky. Therefore, I would like to give you a word, your life is born with water, those who succeed in water, those who lose in water, the road ahead, the ups and downs are like scabies, and you will come back to life again, endlessly, Pindao uses hexagrams, bones, and face-to-face deduction, only to deduce that you will encounter three major "kalpas" in this life, and they are all related to water.

Xiao Qinzhi listened in a daze, with a dazed expression on his face, he always felt that Taoist Qian was chattering like an old magic stick, Qian Taoist stroked his white beard, smiled lightly, and said: "Little friend Xiao has doubts in his heart. Is the word not credible?"

Xiao Qinzhi frowned and blinked, although he didn't say it clearly, it was self-evident.

Taoist Qian closed his eyes and said, "The first catastrophe has passed, but it was only a few months ago."

In Xiao Qin's heart, the big bell of Hong Aluminum rang, and his whole body tensed suddenly, thinking that what Qian Taoist said was the incident of falling into the lake a few months ago, and a soul came through later.

Suddenly, Xiao Qinzhi thought, this old Taoist was still on the mountain a few months ago, he already knew about the fall into the lake, and he even made a fool of himself, pretending to be such a thing, but he didn't expose it.

However, the patriarch didn't think so, he saw Xiao Qinzhi's changes before and after falling into the lake, and he agreed with Qian Taoist's words very much in his heart, even Xiao Yunzhi's expression turned serious.

Qian Taoist continued to point: "You are a virgin in the poor Taoist temple."

When Xiao Qinzhi heard this, his heart was overwhelmed, he looked embarrassed, but he still nodded.

The patriarch and Xiao Yun frowned.

Qian Daoren said: "I will give you another word. You should marry a wife after the weak crown. Before that, the child's body will be broken, which can be used to protect your luck and avoid disaster. And for your water life, you should marry the daughter of the earth life. Only then can we get twice the result with half the effort.”

The patriarch stared at him and said happily, "Poverty old Taoist, can your words be true?"

Qian Daoren glanced at the patriarch, and said with disdain: "Don't think that the poor Taoist is that corrupt scholar surnamed Cui, who lives in your house and eats and waits to die. Why does the poor Taoist want to please you?"

The patriarch smiled and said: "Poverty old Taoist, poor old Taoist, how about this old man come forward and act as a middleman to make peace between you and Mr. Cui. They are both neighbors on the mountain and down the mountain. Why should you talk about a rotten Confucian and he talk about a stinking Taoist priest? Let outsiders listen to it, but lose face."

Qian Daoren didn't show any affection at all, and said with a sneer: "You little thing, even your old man, who stood in front of the poor Taoist, didn't dare to call himself an old man, and that rotten Confucian who was eating and waiting to die, is not capable, and his tone is not good. .”

The patriarch was afraid that he was used to being scolded by Taoist Qian, and he didn't care at all. He said to Xiao Qinzhi who was in deep thought: "Go down the mountain, and come to the mountain often when you have nothing to do. You should read more books."

Qian Daoren said earnestly: "Little friend Xiao is free, but you can often come to play chess with the poor Taoist, and you can also borrow books in the Taoist temple." But he did not forget to take the opportunity to hurt the old man Cui, and sneered: "As for you, you have to follow the surname Cui. I don’t have any objection to learning the arts, but Xiaoyou just listen to Confucianism, you can use it for others, and don’t use it for yourself.”

Xiao Qinzhi bowed to salute, and went down the mountain with Xiao Yunzhi, but he was in a complicated mood, thinking: "Even if the weak crown is twenty, he still has to be a boy chicken for six years. Could it be that this old man can't accept disciples, he feels resentful, deliberately If you say this, you are making things difficult for me? What kind of enmity? What kind of resentment?"

With a heavy heart, Xiao Yunzhi stopped Xiao Qinzhi, who was looking unhappy, and said: "Brother, it's up to you to listen to what Qian Tianshi said, but listen to me first. Before I got married, Qian Tian The teacher has a saying that the rest of the growth period will be two years, and the shortest period will be one year, and the follow-up is exactly as Qian Tianshi said."

"Then sister, do you regret it?" Xiao Qinzhi asked.

"No regrets!" Xiao Yun said.

"That's enough. How can I change my original intention because of human language? I have never believed in the Taoist way of resigning to fate. Is it possible that some people are born as ants and will be the life of ants for the rest of their lives? Someone was put on the neck with a knife, Still can't resist? A noble family is born a noble family? Born like an ant, you should have great ambitions, your life is as thin as paper, and you should have an unyielding heart. If the sky is not fair, I will change my life against the sky, even if I lose in the end , but also to poke a hole, so as to prove that this life is not in vain."

What Xiao Qinzhi said was categorical, and he said without doubt: "I think the old man is just an old magic stick. Seeing that sister, you are kind, he picked up some words to scare you. In the end, the blind cat met a dead mouse, and now he wants to use these words to scare you. I, I will not be fooled by him. My fate is up to me, how can I be frightened by his few words?"

Xiao Yunzhi smiled for no reason: "Why have you changed so much now? Knowing how to make progress, I vaguely remember that you were not like this before?"

Xiao Qinzhi said: "In the three thousand years of the floating world, all living beings, in the final analysis, just live for a grain of grain. Some people get it by their hard work, some people get it by exploiting those who work hard, and some people get it by exploiting others. People get it. Therefore, when the sage is in the world and educates the world, most of what he said is what he said, which moved him and made him a wise man for a lifetime. The suffering people are not taught to stand up and resist. What kind of truth is this. The Taoist saying "do nothing but do everything" is the way of heaven, and I say "natural selection" is also the way of heaven, "where there is oppression, there will be There is resistance' is also the way of heaven. Since the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, since the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, it has been proved that there is no permanent king's hegemony in the world. The king is not benevolent, the minister is not loyal, and the people are overthrown by the crowd, and the cycle repeats. Therefore, Taoism also said that this is destiny, luck Exhaustion; Confucianism says that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least. You see, they have exhausted all the good things, so I don’t believe a word they say.”

"Thousands of Taoists asked me to learn Taoism, and old man Cui used private goods to teach me Confucianism. To be honest, I despise any of them from the bottom of my heart. I don't have such lofty ambitions, and I don't have lofty ideals. As an ordinary person, elegance is against me, but I also know the principle of 'you have to eat when you are hungry'. Whatever you say, being hungry is also the top priority. I used to mess around to fill my stomach. Not messing around now, just to fill my stomach better in the future, it's that simple."

"If, in the future, I have enough energy to help others while filling my stomach, I will be willing to do so, and I will not refuse; if, in the future, I will stand at the forefront of the times and need to undertake some missions, I will not hesitate I have to do my duty, but I have to do it voluntarily. If someone deceives me and asks me to do it, then I will resist. Confucianism can’t do it, Taoism can’t do it, even if the heavenly king Lao Tzu comes.”

"It's right and wrong!" Xiao Yun said angrily.

(End of this chapter)