Bachelor

Chapter 194 Wang Zhenren

First of all, there are so many Taoist classics that it is too much to read.

Speaking of Taoism, there are currently seven versions: "Kaiyuan Taoism" in the Tang Dynasty, "Baowen Tonglu" in the late Tang Dynasty, "Da Song Tiangong Treasure" in the Northern Song Dynasty, and "Zhenghe Wanshou Taoism" in the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty. , "Great Jin Xuandu Treasures" in the Jin Dynasty, "Xuandu Treasures" in the early Yuan Dynasty, and "Orthodox Taoist Collection" which was compiled during the Chengzu period of the Ming Dynasty and printed during the Yingzong period.

The Daoist collection in Baiyunguan Library is naturally the "Orthodox Daoist Collection", and there are also some fragments of the "Dajin Xuandu Treasures" in the Jin Dynasty.

But no matter what kind of Daoist book it is, there are so many of them, so vast that it makes people feel desperate.

Daozang is generally divided into three parts: three holes, four auxiliary and twelve categories.

Not to mention anything else, in the classification of the Three Caves, the "Catalog of the Three Caves" compiled by Lu Xiujing during the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties has a total of 220 volumes. How much time it will take.

As far as the library building where Sun Dan is now is a two-story independent building, there are 470 or 480 kinds of orthodox Taoist scriptures in it, 510 five volumes, divided into 12 two boxes, Each letter is numbered sequentially according to the "Thousand Characters", and the scripture board is 580 nine pieces.

I roughly estimated that there are at least tens of millions of characters.

Perhaps, in the eyes of later generations, more than 1000 million words is really nothing, just like three or four online novels.If you meet someone who reads fast, you can get it in two months.

But don't forget that these books are all ancient Chinese, concise and to the point, and some of the words need to be pondered for a long time to understand.Moreover, for Sun Dan, the massive number of Taoist terms in the classics is also a headache.For example: Lead and Mercury, Dan Ding, Surprised Girl Baby, Huang Ya, but looking at the literal meaning, you have no idea what he is talking about.Even the term "Zhan Chilong", Sun Dan had to check the information for a long time before he found out that it was a woman's menstruation.

Speaking of reading Taoism books, Sun Dan is still at the level of only being able to understand "Tao Te Ching", recite "Autumn Water" and "Xiaoyaoyou". The reason why he has the reputation of a great talent is only because of the huge database.When something happens, you can quickly find out the information you need, but you don’t know why, so you can be a person like Baidu, Google and Sogou.

Looking at a building full of books, Sun Dan couldn't help but smile.He felt that he was a bit like Mei Chaofeng in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He got the secret script but couldn't understand it. Could it be that he really wanted to arrest a Taoist priest and force him to ask the magic formula?

At this time, he realized that there was something wrong with his way of thinking about learning Taoism.

But since I entered the library, I still can't come here for nothing.

So, he could only grit his teeth and read it hard. After reading for ten days, he still got nothing.

The mural on Chen Rong's side has always been painted, and with Sun Dan's wages, Chen Xiucai can study at ease, and his complexion improves day by day.He also came to Sun Dan to ask for advice from time to time. After all, he was an ancient man who had studied books all his life. His basic skills were much more solid than Sun Dan's second-tune. Many times, Sun Dan turned to ask him for advice.

Chen Rong didn't know that Sun Dan's knowledge was really not that good. Seeing Sun Dan's questioning, he thought that he was testing himself, so he naturally cheered up and answered seriously.

However, Sun Dan is a modern person after all, with a broad vision, and his point of view is very different from the ancients. He often hits the point with a single sentence, and it makes people wake up. Yang Xueshi's friend, not to mention profound knowledge, just this point of view is higher than that of the contemporary scholars.

Knowing how powerful Sun Dan is, after discussing the knowledge for a few days, the two naturally turned the topic to stereotyped essays, which is Sun Dan's strength. The thorough analysis of the article directly made Chen Rong feel enlightened: So the article can still be written like this!
Communicating with colleagues is a very pleasant thing, at least it is much more interesting than reading Daozang.However, Sun Dan sometimes felt embarrassed, especially when Chen Rong mysteriously took out a book and said that this book was a stereotyped essay written by a famous talent in the world. very sure.This book has been sold for two yuan a piece in the market. Now, almost every scholar in the capital has a copy.In this way, I will lend you this book to read for a few days. If you think it is good, you can copy it down. Anyway, there are not many words.

Sun Dan took a look and found that it was the "Small Collection of Chuanqing" written by himself. In addition to a few poems written by himself, there were more than a dozen stereotyped essays plagiarized before.

He had no choice but to thank him with a wry smile. What is more boring in the world than reading articles written by himself?

Chen Rong came to ask Sun Dan for advice every day, and his life was not lonely, but he made no progress in learning Taoism.

It seems that I really have to find a big expert to ask for advice on how to get started.

Everything in the world has certain laws. As long as you get started, as long as you are willing to work hard and master certain learning methods, it should not be difficult to gain something.

On this day, Sun Dan was reading the scriptures in the library, and Chen Rong was also holding a model essay written by Sun Dan and reading happily, when he heard the voices of two people talking in the courtyard downstairs.

One of the voices was the Iron Supervisor, and his tone was full of complaints: "Abbot, I don't know who this person is, judging by his behavior and conversation, he should have some status. I was also shocked by Xiao Yang's name. That's why he was allowed to enter the library to read books. But who ever thought that this person's behavior is abominable. He is very rich, but since he came to our Taoist temple, he has to eat and drink all day long, and he refuses to pay a penny. It's not easy to turn against him, and because of the relationship with Xueshi Yang, I can only wait for you to come back before making a decision."

He deliberately lowered his voice when he spoke, but because the courtyard where the library is located was too quiet, and Sun Dan had sharp ears, he heard every word.

He is also funny in his heart, this railway man is too philistine, ever since he saw himself taking out a large stack of bank notes that day, he has come to harass him from time to time, and he often sits with him for most of the day, saying that the world is difficult, life is hard If it's like that, the eyeballs can't stop rolling.

Sun Dan naturally knew what the railway man was thinking, and he wanted him to spend some money to rejoice.

Sun Dan looked down on this kind of philistine, so naturally he ignored it, but it was still annoying to be harassed by him every day.

Hearing the conversation between the two of them at this moment, Sun Dan's heart was shocked: Could it be that Taoist Wang Li is back?This is the real head teacher. In future generations, at least he will be the president of the Taoist Association and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Naturally, it would be best to use him to fool the future Jiajing. Moreover, there is an important matter that needs the help of Wang Zhenren, which is also the main purpose of Sun Dan's coming to Baiyun Temple.As for getting acquainted with Chen Rong, a distant relative of Empress Chen, it was just a windfall.

He hurriedly stood up, walked to the corridor with Chen Rong, and looked down.

(End of this chapter)