Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 1178: Junxing Monument and Ningqin
The valley is quiet and the stream is gurgling.

On the green lawn, the seventh princess, Zhao Bi, was also wearing a gray-blue Confucian dress, but it was slightly larger, completely hiding her exquisite figure. At this moment, she bowed slightly and said, "Because the Qin Club is just starting out, there are no rules yet. Please give me some advice, teacher."

Feng Qing was wearing a dark grey Confucian robe that fitted him perfectly, making his body look tall and slender.

Even though he concealed his peerless grace that shone through the heavens, his every move, every word, and every action were in line with the Great Dao, as if he had merged with the heaven and earth. He exuded an indescribable charm, and his grace was still superior to others. He stood there quietly, still like a bright moon, shining through the heaven and earth...

At this moment, he motioned for everyone to sit down, and he sat down casually, saying: "Since you have founded the Qin Club, you must have a 'purpose' for the Qin Club to point out the direction and mission for everyone. This is also the meaning of the Qin Club's existence, to reflect the pursuit and spirit of the Qin players."

"What the teacher said is true."

The Seventh Princess nodded, and the other musicians did the same.

“A music club not only needs to have its purpose, but also its motto.”

Feng Qingyan smiled and said, as if he remembered the various scenes when he founded the Qin Club in Zangshan Academy. "The so-called club motto is the rules that all Qin players in the Qin Club must abide by. It can be said to be the philosophy of the Qin Club, and it can also be said to be the important content of the Qin Club. It is the core of the Qin Club, which can inspire and encourage everyone..."

"This society motto is like the school motto. What is the school motto?"

Feng Qingyan asked.

"Tian Xingjian, the gentleman continues to strengthen;

The seventh princess Zhao Bi, Tu Ning and other disciples said loudly.

When the academy was rebuilt, Feng Qingyan erected the "Jun Xing Tablet" again and personally wrote the academy motto. It's a pity that after so many days, no one has discovered the secret of the Jun Xing Tablet. How could the Jun Xing Tablet written by him be just an ordinary Jun Xing Tablet?
Anyone who discovers the secret of the Junxing Stele, no matter who they are, or even a demon or ghost, can become his registered disciple.

Don't look down on registered disciples.

Who is he?

He is An Xiu!

Although there are tens of millions of people, I am going.

Who is An Xiu?
An Xiu is the saint in Feng Qingyan's heart. He is the holiness of his original heart, the source of his thoughts, and the origin of all his thoughts.

Moreover, to become An Xiu's registered disciple means to be his disciple Feng Qingyan.

Who is Feng Qingyan?
The Emperor of Kyushu in the previous life, the Lord of Reincarnation in this life, and the supreme being in charge of the underworld!
Feng Qingyan only has two disciples now.

The first disciple was named Zhang Zheng, whom he had adopted on a planet in the desolate universe when he left the world of the dead and entered the world of the living...

The second disciple, named Xingchen, is a special stellar life form who is now traveling in the heavens.

Who will be the third disciple?
He doesn't know either.

"I remember it very clearly, but is knowledge and action unified?"

Feng Qingyan smiled and gave a hint. As for whether they could finally discover the secret of the Junxing Monument, it all depended on their luck. In fact, in his mind, the titled disciples, the direct disciples, etc., were just a quota and a position.

Important and unimportant.

Regardless of whether they are registered disciples or academy students, he will teach them carefully.

Just like teaching your own disciples.

They are also his students.

At this time, the Seventh Princess and the others were slightly stunned, not quite understanding what the master meant. They did know the meaning of "unity of knowledge and action", that is, understanding the principles of things and practicing them are inseparable...

But they didn't quite understand why the gentleman suddenly said this.

"In establishing a zither club, we do not seek to compete with the world-famous zither clubs, but to enable zither players to cultivate themselves and understand the truth through zither."

Feng Qingyan smiled.

"Sir, if that's the case, how can our Fengming Music Club become famous?" A zither player was stunned for a moment and said, "Since the name of the music club is Fengming, we should soar to the sky and make a stunning debut."

"Soaring to the sky, making a stunning debut, competing with the world's zither clubs, is there a contradiction?"

Feng Qingyan Road.

"Uh……"

The zither player was stunned for a moment and said, "It seems that I didn't think about it. I was wrong."

"The sage made the zither to harmonize heaven and earth and to educate the people. The zither is the music of the sage to govern the world and the tool for the gentleman to cultivate. You have founded the Fengming Zither Club today, and you should uphold the sage's wishes, promote the way of the zither and rectify music. When music is rectified, the world will be governed."

Feng Qingyan said after a moment of hesitation.

Perhaps at their current level, they cannot understand it, but it does not matter. Once they know this, they will slowly understand it in the future.

"Since the name of the Qin Club is Fengming, its purpose can be 'to promote the Qin to harmonize the world and transform the people.'" Feng Qingyan looked at the Seventh Princess and the others gently and said, "Of course, this is just a suggestion from the teacher. After all, the Qin Club is your Qin Club, and it should be decided by you all."

"Teacher, this is also our decision."

The Seventh Princess said, and suddenly she felt a sense of pride in her heart, as if her teacher had pointed out the way forward for her, which broadened her horizons. Although there was still fog on the road ahead, a lamp was lit in her heart. Although she could not see the fog or the road clearly, the lamp could always guide her forward and prevent her from getting lost.

"Yes, this is also our decision."

Other musicians said.

"Teacher, I think that the motto of Fengming Qin Club can also be the motto of the school, which is 'The heaven is vigorous, and the gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement; the earth is in a low position, and the gentleman should be virtuous and bear all things', to inspire us Qin players." The Seventh Princess said, "Moreover, we Qin players need to constantly strive for self-improvement and bear all things with virtue."

"Senior Sister Zhao is right."

Tu Ning nodded.

Although Zhao Bi is the seventh princess, in the academy, everyone calls her Senior Sister Zhao. This is what she requested.

"As zither players, we need to pursue something."

At this moment, Tu Lu hesitated for a moment and said, without any timidity, but rather very generously, "Using the zither to cultivate oneself and to clarify the Dao, is the pursuit of our Fengming Zither Club. How about that? This is also the pursuit of all zither players."

"it is good."

The one who played the zither said loudly.

The Seventh Princess looked at Tu Lu in surprise, as if she couldn't expect her to say such a thing.

In fact, she didn't like these two vixens very much. After all, she was a human being. Besides, the demons and ghosts in Yanyun had caused countless disasters to the people of the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a demon suppression department...

But the master had no objection, so how could she dare to show any?

Moreover, after getting to know them for a long time, I found that these two little foxes are quite nice and do not have the aggressiveness of other goblins.

"Today, all of you who join the Fengming Qin Society must cultivate yourselves with the Qin and understand the Dao with the Qin."

The Seventh Princess said, to express her stance.

After all, she is the president of Fengming Qin Club.

All the pianists nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Feng Qingyan watched them discuss, he couldn't say and do everything by himself. However, soon after, they started arguing, no one could convince the other, so the Seventh Princess had to ask him to make the decision.

It’s mainly a matter of principle for the music club.

At this time, everyone's eyes fell on Feng Qingyan, all full of expectation, hoping that the gentleman would support them.

"Confucius said: Gentlemen are harmonious but different, while villains are the same but not harmonious." Feng Qingyan expressed his own opinion, saying: "There are tens of thousands of qin players in the world, and their ideals are also tens of thousands. How can they be unified? People's ideals vary from person to person, and they cannot be forced to be unified, let alone destroy others' ideals. Therefore, the principle of establishing a qin club is 'harmony but difference', so that we can seek common ground while reserving differences in the world."

"Sir, what if other people's ideas are wrong?"

Those who own the zither are not convinced.

“If you know you are wrong, then correct it.” Feng Qingyan said calmly.

"What if... we don't know who is right and who is wrong? Or, what if we mistakenly think we are right?"

At this moment, another zither player hesitated and spoke, looking quite puzzled. After all, they had been arguing for a while but still couldn't come to an answer, and he also couldn't figure it out in his mind.

“Harmony but not uniformity.”

The Seventh Princess said that she had understood the master's philosophy and knew what to do now. But it was hard to say who was right or wrong. After all, her realm had not yet reached Feng Qingyan's realm, and there were many things that could not be distinguished between right and wrong. Moreover, some things were not black and white...

After the Seventh Princess made her decision, the other musicians stopped arguing.

In fact, as long as you understand the concept of "harmony but difference", you will be able to distinguish clearly in your heart. How can you not know right from wrong?

"The zither requires respect, uprightness, calmness, and composure. If you use the zither to make friends and find soulmates, you should not compete or seek, show off your skills, or show off..." Feng Qingyan pondered for a moment and added, "The zither is an instrument, and virtue is in it. How can a zither player be without virtue? And how can you be without integrity? You need to remember, 'be humble and keep your money', this is the integrity of a zither player."

“Students understand.”

Everyone bowed their heads and said.

"Now that you understand, I will teach you a method today."

Feng Qingyan Road.

At this moment, everyone's eyes lit up, but at the same time they were a little confused. The master had been here for three years, and they had never seen him touch a piano.

So some people think that Mr. An does not understand the piano.

Even if they understand, they are only ordinary people. After all, human energy is limited. Mr. An uses it all for reading. Where is the time to learn the zither? Although it is said that the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting are the four arts of a gentleman, all literati can do one or two, but only one or two...

For example, among the four great Confucian scholars of the Song Dynasty, there was one who did not know how to play the zither.

"Sir, do you know the piano?"

At this moment, a zither player couldn't help but say, with surprise and a little anticipation.

"I know a little bit."

Feng Qingyan Road.

"..."

The person who played the zither was immediately disappointed when he heard this.

I only know a little bit, it seems that you are only an eighth or ninth grade zither player...

Although they are basically all eighth or ninth grade zither players, Mr. An is a great sage and knows a thing or two, so he can only be eighth or ninth grade.

Of course it’s impossible, it hasn’t been qualified yet.

Of course, it is also possible that it is the fifth or sixth rank, this is just a humble statement by the gentleman.

"What rank of zither player are you, sir?"

There was also a zither player who asked curiously.

"What rank?" Feng Qingyan thought about it seriously and said, "It should be zero rank." He was already a zither saint, but the other zither saints were not as good as him, far inferior to him.

So he is really tasteless.

"No quality?"

"Wupin, isn't it that I haven't entered yet..."

The players were stunned and didn't quite believe it. How could the master have no frets? It should be at least eight or nine frets or above.

At this time, even the Seventh Princess did not have much expectation. After all, the teacher was a great sage, so it was not surprising that his zither was not up to standard. The teacher was so young, and he was a great sage. He should have spent all his time studying.

Maybe in the teacher's eyes, the piano is just a minor thing.

In the eyes of some great scholars or quasi-great scholars, the zither is indeed just a minor art, or even not at all mainstream, and is only used to help celebrate or relax the mind and body.

It is an art, not a Tao.

Feng Qingyan just smiled and didn't explain much, saying: "Although this method is quite difficult, but those who are sincere can also open it, watch carefully."

At this moment, Feng Qingyan suddenly flicked his right hand, and a seven-stringed harp immediately appeared in front of him.

The resulting piano is more real than the real one.

"..."

"..."

But at this moment, everyone was stunned. Where did the piano come from? They didn't see clearly at all. What was going on?
Moreover, I still don’t quite understand. Does the teacher want to teach them to hide the piano in this way?

wrong.

The gentleman came empty-handed and could not hide his zither on his body.

Where did this piano come from?

Everyone looked at each other and asked each other if they understood, but no one got an answer.

"This is the Void Condensed Harp."

When Feng Qingyan finished speaking, the seven-stringed harp in front of him slowly dissipated so that everyone could see it clearly.

This made them all open their eyes wide and look shocked.

"This this……"

"Is this zither real? Is it an illusion?"

"Void Condensed Harp? What does that mean? Did it appear out of thin air, or was it condensed out of thin air?"

At this moment, Feng Qingyan demonstrated it again, setting the speed to the slowest, but they still couldn't see it clearly, and their faces were full of questions. So, he demonstrated it for the third time and explained its principle in detail...

but.

It seems like I understand, but it also seems like I don’t.

They were all waving their right hands at this moment, but Qin did not appear...

However, they were not disappointed. Instead, they were full of anticipation and excitement. This was a divine magic.

With a sudden flick of his right hand, the zither appeared?
This technique can definitely make a sensation in the whole world.

If Fengming Qin Society mastered this method, wouldn't it mean that Fengming Qin Society could do whatever it wanted?

That's not right, why have they never heard of it? Although the master is from Middle-earth, if the master knows it, there should be someone in Middle-earth who knows it too...

Although Yanyun is very far away from Middle-earth, it is not isolated from the world.

No matter how rare this technique is, it should have been passed on to Yanyun, but they have never heard of it, which surprised them a little.

Are you the only one who knows this technique?
"This method of 'playing the zither in the void' can only be taught to those who are broad-minded, refined and upright; it is not appropriate for frivolous people to talk about it."

Feng Qingyan stood up and said.

“Students understand.”

Everyone nodded.

"There are many schools of qin, and each school has its own traditions. As qin players, you must listen to the various schools and be convinced. You must be clear about what you are teaching and what you are learning, so that you can be harmonious yet different."

“Students understand.”

"If someone is smart and intelligent, why not let him surpass his teacher? If someone is not single-minded, I will not teach him." Feng Qingyan had already turned around and left, but continued to say, "Beginners must be determined and determined, and must achieve success before they can be taught. If someone comes here on impulse and gives up halfway, that is not worth it."

“Students understand.”

The Seventh Princess and others all stood up to see him off respectfully.

However, they are all intoxicated by the method of "Void Condensing Harp"...

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(End of this chapter)