Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

Gao Jing smiled and said, "I'm visiting in a private capacity, so it doesn't have to be 650."

"Then you are from Xianyang?"

Xiao Ling tried his best to pretend to be chatty to hide his impatience: "Isn't Xianyang very lively? The capital of Qin should be very interesting, right?"

Gao Jing sized him up and said, "I'm from Sanchuan County...why, have you never been to Xianyang?"

"Uh, I haven't been down the mountain, I've stayed on the mountain since I can remember." Xiao Ling's words seemed to yearn for the mountain.

Xiao Baimao stared at Xiaoling and said, "Hey, are you really a disciple of Tianzong? It doesn't look like it."

Xiao Ling scratched his head and said with a naive smile: "Haha, I've always been naughty, and the elders in the sect also said that I don't look like a Tianzong disciple at all."

Xiao Baimao said bluntly: "Since you are curious, then go down the mountain and have a look!"

"Hey, I thought about it too, but the school rules don't allow it. We disciples can't go down the mountain at will before we leave the teacher."

Xiao Ling explained the situation, and then asked: "Can you tell me?"

Xiao Baimao said: "There is nothing to say, it is just that there are more people, bigger land, food, clothing, housing, use, and play...".

Chapter 190 Eighth

There are not many buildings in Tianzong, they are all simple grass and wood houses, almost no bricks and stones.

The only thing worthy of praise is that the natural environment is good, it is very quiet and secluded, and there are a lot of idle open spaces. It is a good place to hone your mind and meditate.

Along the way, the three of them didn't see many Taoist disciples, but met a few sporadically.

And these Taoist disciples didn't even stop to ask, let alone salute.

No matter how quiet and inactive Tianzong is, there are still sect affairs to deal with, otherwise there will be no division of identities such as head, elder, and disciple.

Xiao Ling introduced: "This is the meeting hall of my Tianzong."

At the entrance of the meeting hall, an old man was already waiting.

He looks ordinary, he is an old man who is at least 70 to [-] years old, his beard and hair are all white, and he wears a high crown, which neatly binds all the hair strands. The most distinctive feature is the two white eyebrows that hang down to the jaw. She was dressed in a blue and white Taoist robe that was not luxurious but also not simple.

Gao Jing saluted with a smile and said, "I've seen Brother Chisongzi."

Chisongzi had participated in Gao Jing's crowning ceremony back then, so they knew each other naturally.

Chi Songzi also smiled and said: "It's rare that junior brother has time to come to our Tianzong, please come in quickly."

Xiao Baimao secretly asked: "Why do you call me Senior Brother?"

Gao Jing explained in a low voice: "Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, studied with Taoist Laozi, and this relationship has continued."

There are no seats in the house, only sitting down.

Chisongzi sits on the top, sitting cross-legged, not kneeling, with a strangely shaped sword with a round handle and a round body resting on his legs curled up. Zhenzong's treasure - the famous sword Xueji.

Gao Jing sat upright on his knees.

Xiao Baimao's subconscious scholar Gao Jing sat on his knees, only to find that Chisongzi frowned slightly suddenly.

Gao Jing smiled and said: "The essence of "kneeling and sitting" is "propriety", which expresses respect and piety, and is one of the symbols of "propriety".

What Taoism advocates is "Tao follows nature" and advocates obeying the way of heaven and abandoning "man-made".

In the Taoist view, real life is natural, so there is no need to teach or prescribe anything, but to get rid of something, forget something, forget intentions, tact, and discrimination..."

Suddenly, Xiao Baimao pursed his lips secretly, and directly changed from kneeling to sitting cross-legged.

Only then did Chi Songzi relax, and asked with a smile: "Your brother is here, what's the matter?"

Gao Jing motioned to Xiao Baimao, and said, "She wants to learn from Tianzong, so I sent her here."

Chisongzi looked at Xiao Baimao and asked, "Why do you want to learn from Tianzong?"

Xiao Baimao said without hesitation: "Of course it is to gain stronger power!"

Chi Songzi smiled and said: "If that's all, wouldn't it be better to pay homage to the younger brother?"

"he?"

Xiao Baimao was full of disdain, and said: "He can't even fight, what can he teach me?"

Chisongzi was taken aback.

Gao Jing smiled wryly.

After staring at Xiao Baimao for a long time, Chisongzi said, "The aptitude is really good, come with me."

With that said, he got up and took Xiao Baimao out.

After a while, Xiao Ling reappeared, brought Gao Jing to Tianzong's Library Pavilion, and said: "The head said, sir, you can read the bamboo slips here as you like."

Gao Jing smiled with satisfaction: "Take me to thank Brother Chisongzi, I will not be polite."

……

Tianzong's library has a rich collection of books, not only Taoist classics, but also military strategists and famous scholars...

Gao Jing only briefly scanned those martial arts mental methods, just to enter them into the wordless book.

On the contrary, it was the ideological classics of various schools that fascinated Gao Jing.

In particular, Hui Shi's "Theory of Everywhere" has long been lost in later generations, but there is still a collection here...

But thinking about it, I can understand that Huishi and Zhuangzi are very close friends. Zhuangzi once said that "Huishi is multi-faceted, and his books are five cars", that is, the allusion of "learning to be rich and five cars".

There was a man named Huang Liao who asked why the heavens and the earth would not fall or sink, and why the wind, rain and thunder were thundering. Hui Shi "responsive without saying goodbye, right without hesitation, pervasively speaking for all things."

Hui Shi answered without thinking, and recorded this answer afterwards, which is "Ubiquitous for All Things".

Afterwards, Hui Shi sent someone to send this treatise to his close friend Zhuangzi, under the euphemistic name of asking for a rectification, but in fact it was nothing more than showing off to Zhuangzi.

Who made Huishi, a debater who is "invincible in debates all over the world", always be deflated in front of Zhuangzi, almost never winning?

After Zhuangzi received Hui Shi's "Ubiquity for All Things", he removed the dross and kept Huizi's ten propositions, that is, "Ten Things in Liwu", recorded in "Tianxia Pian" written by Zhuangzi.

"Ten Events" includes:

One: the greatest without exterior is called the great one, and the smallest without interior is called the small one.

Things that are extremely large have no periphery to speak of, and are called ". "Big One"; things that are extremely small have nothing to contain, and are called "small ones."

Second: There is no thickness that cannot be accumulated, and it is thousands of miles away.

Without thickness, there is no volume, but the plane formed can be infinite,

The third: the sky and the earth are humble, the mountains and the mountains are flat.

Looking down from a very high place, the sky and the earth are close, and the mountains and lakes are flat, which means that the observer's position is different, and the height he sees is different.

Fourth: The side of Japan and the side of China look at each other, and things live and die.

As soon as the sun is in the middle, it starts to deflect at the same time. As soon as various species are born, it means that they are dying at the same time.

Fifth: Great similarities with small similarities and differences, this is called small similarities and differences; all things are completely the same but completely different, this is called great similarities and differences.

Sixth: There is no poverty in the south (Wang Li's) but there is poverty.

Seventh: Today is more suitable than the past.

Going to the country of Yue today can be said to be coming to the country of Yue yesterday.

Eighth: The chain can be solved.

The chain is incomprehensible, but it can be said to be resolved all the time.

Nine: I know the center of the world, the north of Yan, and the south of Yue.

I know that the center of the world can be said to be in the north of Yan or in the south of Yue.

Tenth: Universal love for all things, heaven and earth are one.

Love all kinds of things extensively, because there is no difference between heaven and earth.

If today's famous scholars can read this article, they won't have to hold on to "a white horse is not a horse" to argue with others all day long.

In the final analysis, as a famous master, Huishi's achievements in his life were transferred to Zhuangzi, and now they are collected in Taoism.

On the contrary, the famous masters themselves have not received real inheritance.

Chapter 190 IX Bei Mingzi

Gao Jing stayed in the library for three days, and if Chisongzi hadn't come in person, he would still be reluctant to leave.

"What's wrong? I haven't finished watching it yet!"

Gao Jing said dissatisfied.

Chisongzi smiled wryly and said, "Uncle Master wants to see you."

Gao Jing was stunned for a moment: "Uncle Master? Bei Mingzi?"

"Exactly."

Chi Songzi sighed, and said: "The little girl you brought with me has extraordinary swordsmanship. Leaving aside internal strength and cultivation, none of us are as good as her in swordsmanship... You taught her swordsmanship?"

"No, how can I know swordsmanship..."

Gao Jing said casually: "It should be taught by Lord Longyang."

"Longyang Lord? The number one swordsman in the Wei Kingdom? No wonder!"

Chi Songzi exhaled, and said, "Master Uncle accepts his disciples himself, and named her Xiaomeng."

"Then congratulations to Tianzong for being a good student."

……

Chi Songzi took Gao Jing to a place similar to the entrance of a valley, and said, "Uncle Master is going to clean up in the valley, Junior Brother can go in by himself."

Gao Jing looked at the entrance road and said, "Okay."

Chi Songzi nodded and left along the way he came.

Gao Jing didn't delay either, and stepped closer to this quiet and lonely valley.

It is said to be a valley, but in fact the terrain is not very deep, but the mountains on both sides are slightly protruding, forming a faint 650 to form a closing trend, which looks like a valley.