Museum of Demons

The sun was shining brightly, the trees were shady, and beside the bluestone, the old man with an old face was holding a book and reading. The powerful flesh and blood body is the soul, and this soul has existed in the world for thousands of years.

It has begun to be a little transparent.

Like in the last season of spring, the thin ice floating on the revived river seemed to disappear in the next moment, but the master was still engrossed in reading, and did not finish reading the last paragraph until Wei Yuan approached. Getting up, he put the scroll in his hand on the table.

Wei Yuan saw that it was a volume of Tao Te Ching.

The Master stretched out his finger and pointed to the scrolls on the table, sighing as before: I never thought that even this volume of Tao Te Ching dictated by Lao Tzu has been tampered with by later generations. At that time, the reason mentioned was hold on to the way of the present and use it to control the existence of the present, but now it has become hold on to the way of the past and use it to control the present.

In addition to this, many ideas have changed.

It's just a few words, the writing is still elegant, but the bearing is too much worse.

For example, it should be [Great Qi Miancheng], which means [from its own root], which refers to the mixture of the world's Dao, which is innate, not acquired, and does not require external It was accomplished by the power of the master, but in the end it was changed to Late Blooming of a Great Talent, hey, if you don't become a great talent, you have to use this to anesthetize yourself, and continue to practice the so-called Dao.

Wei Yuan looked at the sentence [big talent is late blooming].

There are two versions of the Tao Te Ching.

In other words, what is known to everyone is actually modified.

However, the original Lao Tzu’s words about imparting and teaching were used to describe the Dao. It has turned into a taste that makes people go after success all the time.

Wei Yuan stood beside his master, bowed slightly, and listened to the teacher's chat.

Then he said: Which sentence is the most disappointing revision, Master?

The old man stroked his beard and sighed, In chapter ten.

It was supposed to be [Love the People and Govern the Country], but it was changed to [Patriotic Govern the People].

One word changes, but the artistic conception is completely different.

The legacy is endless.

The old man seemed to be feeling emotional, but he also seemed to have recovered from such disappointment very quickly, lifted his spirits, and did not stick to regrets like ordinary people, regretting all day long, unable to extricate himself, just stroked his beard and looked up and down The disciple who hadn't seen him for a long time had bright eyes, and the ancestor of this scholar laughed loudly like a bell:

However, it's been a long time since I took the exam for Ayuan.

How, have you read the awe-inspiring righteousness and the enlightened mind?!

Wei Yuan's face froze.

Then the master directly stretched out his hand, grasped Wei Yuan's wrist, and said with a big laugh, Come on, let the teacher see how you are studying, and give him an assessment.

Yuanshi Tianzun paused.

After defeating all the enemies and being able to relax, Yuanshi Tianzun of the Taoist sect has already realized the realm of the Supreme. At this moment, Confucianism and Taoism merged, and the top powerhouse with one innate energy fell back into the memory of being dominated by the Six Arts.

The first time the master and apprentice meet each other, come and come first, do a test paper and then talk.

After a while, the memories of those days when I had nothing to do, and then I had to ask each other for advice with a group of senior teachers who were famous in Qing history, directly hit my heart, and Wei Yuan was directly numb, and sat down honestly. There, the whole person was a little swollen.

The master laughed loudly: Swordsmanship, archery and royal skills are more powerful and exquisite than they were back then.

As for the rest.

They all have improved, especially [Yi], who has grown so much that it has been regarded as a reborn.

Among the disciples of Confucianism, you can already be called the strongest in terms of [Yi] attainment alone.

Haha, finally there is no need to be side by side with Zilu anymore.

The master nodded in satisfaction, with a very obvious smile and joy on his face. It is obvious that he is very satisfied with Wei Yuan's growth rate during this period, and he is even a little surprised, just like seeing someone who has failed to become a talent. Juniors and children finally have long-term rental progress.

Wei Yuan felt guilty.

After thinking about it, I explained honestly that the reason why my [Yi] was able to pass the Master's exam, and also performed so prominently, that even the Master's personality would be surprised, was not because of what the Master thought, For [Book of Changes] tireless research and learning.

The Master was surprised: Yuan, what you said was based on intuition?

Wei Yuan smiled wryly: It's intuition.

The old master didn't think that Wei Yuan was just ignorant, or that he had a disappointed look on his face, but he was more carefree, and laughed, and said, Ah Yuan, do you think that the teacher will do it because you are not Do you feel that you are not the right way to improve Yi Xue by studying the Book of Changes? Haha, if you learn and use it, will I be so rigid in the so-called [reason] that is correct in form?

The old man said loudly:

Those who are born to know, go to the top, those who learn to know, the second; those who are difficult to learn, and the next.

In the past, you and Zilu were worse than those who started learning when they encountered difficulties. You two have a personality that is too lazy to learn when encountering difficulties. Among learners, there is no worse situation than this. It's too bad... If you don't study when you're sleepy, what a shame!

Qilin, who was wearing a blue shirt and Confucian clothes, looked like a handsome scholar, couldn't help but snickered.

The master glared at him and said, You are just one step ahead of these two sleepy and ignorant fellows, what are you laughing at?

Do you also want to do a six-art assessment?

Qilin is like the kind of student whose friends make a fuss when the teacher asks questions.

Then I was implicated by the teacher again, and stood up to answer the question at the roll call.

With just a swipe of his expression, he went from snickering to stiffening.

The master withdrew his gaze, stretched out his palm and patted Wei Yuan's shoulder, and said with a gentle smile, You have now reached the level where you can be called instinctive and innately aware of the cause and effect of heaven, which is naturally the most excellent state. How could the teacher think that you are not righteous?

Ahem, I didn't expect you, A Yuan, to have come this far, haha.

It's something to be gratified about.

The expression on the Master's face was slightly complicated, and the smiles of Wei Yuan and Qilin also subsided. They have followed the Master for too long, so they naturally knew that the teacher thought of the one who followed the Master for the longest time and had the most straightforward personality. , almost a disciple Zilu with a heroic style.

Zilu is one of the Confucian disciples who are not good at learning the Book of Changes.

His death originated from the fact that he was going to serve as an official in the Wei country, and the master had already reminded him, Don't enter a dangerous country, don't live in a chaotic country, if there is a way in the world, you will enter, and if there is no way, you will hide. ’ He also told him, ‘Prevent disasters first and not hurt later, and a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall’, but Zilu is after all similar to Wei Yuan in character, a hero who walks in troubled times relying on his own spirit.

In the end, he died in the civil strife in Weiguo.

No matter how good a warrior he was, Zilu was already in his sixties at that time. After killing two rebel generals, he died in the siege of the rebellious army. This is why when the master knew, Wei Yuan's Yi The reason why he was so happy when he had completed his practice was because he knew that he would not put himself in danger like his other disciple.

The master read the article written by Wei Yuan contentedly, his eyes brightened.

He put down the scroll in his hand, and asked with a smile, Duan came here, do you have any doubts?

Wei Yuan nodded silently, and then, as he did when he was still studying under the master, he raised his doubts, and then the master explained the answers. Of course, Wei Yuan still had some doubts, maybe it was just a voicing fellow. The awe-inspiring righteousness of the source body, and the poetry, calligraphy and music that he has not been very good at until now.

The book is basically the end.

And poetry is limited to familiarity with the ancient scrolls of the Book of Songs, and it is absolutely impossible for him to compose poems by himself.

As for music.

Those ordinary skills are of course nothing, Wei Yuan can master them in an instant just by taking a look at them, but according to the master's requirements for his disciple Le, the only one who can express his emotions and thoughts is the only one who can express himself. That's all for Changge.

Questions have been asked.

Even if the master knows that the strength of the disciple in front of him has far surpassed himself, he still speaks in a gentle tone as before when he narrates. Finally, he commented on Wei Yuan's articles. Wei Yuan looked at the old man's gradually transparent body with a complicated expression However, the master seemed to have guessed Wei Yuan's mood, stroked his beard and said with a smile: Yuan wants to ask, when will I leave?

I'm afraid I chose to leave that era quite openly.

Yuan, I'll give you another question.

Could it be fate, and accept its righteousness, that's why those who know their fate don't stand under a rock wall. Those who die after doing their best are righteous lives; those who shackle the dead are not righteous lives. How can we give the answer?

This may mean that people should live according to their destiny.

But Wei Yuan replied instead:

If you can try your best to find your own way, and walk on the way in your own heart, even if you die on the way to practice the way, it can be called [Right Livelihood]; Temptation, sleepiness, love and hatred, and extravagance of money are trapped, and the last life is just to die in the shackles of these things, then it cannot be called Right Livelihood.

Wei Yuan paused for a moment, as if thinking of something, his eyes lit up slightly.

The old man stroked his beard and nodded with a smile: Confucian disciples shouldn't believe in fate.

Lao Tzu, and that Zhang Jiao, their way should have been practiced and completed, and their meritorious deeds have been completed.

Staying in this rolling world will be nothing more than a shackle to them.

It's like superfluous. If they choose to stay in this era, they will be shackled to death, and their realm will just fall again and again.

But the old man's path still has to be walked in this world.

I was never different from them.

In the turbulent times of that Spring and Autumn Period, the old man who had been walking around the world almost all his life said in a gentle voice: I once told Zilu that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. Thinking about it later, maybe he didn't know this. I just saw the suffering of the people in Weiguo, so I chose to go there even under the dangerous wall.”

Actually, Zilu has already answered me in the end.

I asked him, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

He answered me, do my part, and don't give in to the teacher.

The old man put down the scroll and stretched out his hand to help the disciple who was no longer a child tidy up his clothes. He could still see the appearance of the three thousand disciples in a daze before his eyes, but the names of the three thousand disciples were only left with the names of history. , he finally said softly: Pursue benevolence and get benevolence. Since we have seen the changes of the entire era, we can naturally retain our own realm if we don't seek long-term survival, but I may be different from Lao Tzu after all. I am not such a chic person.

The reason why a gentleman stays away from the chef is that he can't bear to see him, even the appearance of the chef. I can't bear to see such a world and calamity, and leave for my own realm. Perhaps, you can too. As an old man like me who is too old, I still want to live for a few more years.

The old man finally asked with a smile: Is there any beautiful jade here, and you can hide it in a tree? Ask a good merchant and sell it?

This is what Zigong once asked. With such beautiful jade, it means that you have talent. You should hide it and go to seclusion to preserve the whole picture.

Or should I sell it?

Wei Yuan replied subconsciously according to what the teacher said back then: It's for sale, it's for sale, I treat Jia as well.

Since he has talent here, of course he has to sell it. With talent, the one who is waiting for him is the common people in the world.

Wei Yuan was overjoyed: Master, do you want to stay?!

The old man joked with a smile: Why, do you want me to die?

No, no, of course not! Master, you can stay as long as you want!

I'm looking for a friend right now. A friend named Zhang Ruosu can help you with your ID card, teacher.

Ah, no, he doesn't seem to be very convenient now, but it will be convenient in the end!

Hahahaha, I'll go find him then!

Take it as a surprise to welcome him back!

The Taoist couldn't help the joy in his heart and laughed, but the old man just stroked his beard and glanced at the scroll next to him. He said that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall, and the one who doesn't like eloquence the most, has a bold personality and likes to use actions to tell stories. Zilu, a disciple of truth, was reprimanded by the old man countless times, but finally he answered the teacher with his own death, and he did his part to the teacher.

Confucianism in later generations is no longer Confucianism.

The old man recalled the history he saw and sighed.

The Master and Lao Tzu once met, but they did not come together in the end. The paths of the two great virtues have never been different. Confucius said that seeing Lao Tzu was like seeing a dragon, and Daomen and Yinxiu also sang like this, Feng Xi Feng Xi With the decline of He De, Taoism is naturally free, free, and perfect, but Confucianism is different.

Do not seek longevity, do not seek happiness.

There is another saying that Confucian disciples seek benevolence and obtain benevolence.

The old master caressed the disciple's paper with his palm, his eyes were gentle and calm.

Self-cultivation, family management and country rule sweep the world.

Confucian disciples should seek benevolence to obtain benevolence, and die well.

How can we only protect ourselves?

If it's for the common people, the old man is willing to live another life.

No problem.

PS: Today's second update... 4,200 words.

There may be something during the day tomorrow, so the update may be later~