Walking with Cats [Quick Transmigration]

In the tenth year since leaving Beijing, Zhang Yuliang lived in a Taoist temple in Shu for a long time, sorted out the essays he had written in his life, and compiled them into a "Liuyunshu", which was published and distributed on his behalf.

When it comes to Lantern Festival, the city celebrates lively. Looking down from the top of the mountain, the dots of lights are connected to form a river, just like the reflection of the sea of ​​stars falling on the world.

Zhang Yuliang, who had been busy for several days, sat in the pavilion, lit a lamp, made a pot of tea, and quietly looked at the hustle and bustle down the mountain that had nothing to do with him.Xu Shi was so engrossed in watching that he didn't even notice someone approaching him, until the person opened his mouth and woke him up.

"Mr. Zhang, it's cool at night, so it's not suitable to sit in the wind. If you yearn for the prosperity of the world, why not experience it yourself?"

The person who spoke was the master of the Taoist temple, an old man with white hair and a childlike face.Wearing a Taoist robe and a dust whisk, he has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a temperament that is out of the world, and his gestures and gestures are all detached and refined from the outside world, which is completely different from the hustle and bustle in the distance.

Zhang Yuliang looked away, bowed to the temple master, then sat back in the distance and poured him a cup of hot tea.

"It's cold in winter, why don't the old man add more clothes when he comes out?" Zhang Yuliang asked softly, the dim light reflected his warm and peaceful eyes.

"It's okay, it's okay." The temple master laughed and said unhurriedly: "Although the body of the old Taoist is cold, his heart is warm. Unlike Mr., who wears a fur coat and cotton robe, but his heart seems to be desolate."

Zhang Yuliang smiled and shook his head: "The old man is wrong. Yuliang's heart is not desolate, because there is one person in his heart, as long as that person is still there, Yuliang's heart will always be warm, so that he will not be frozen .”

"Really? That's the old Taoist's misjudgment." The priest's expression remained unchanged, he touched the whisk and stopped talking, and just sat quietly with Zhang Yuliang.

Zhang Yuliang was awakened from his thoughts, and really felt the biting cold wind at night.He closed his clothes, picked up the tea and drank it, the warm tea overflowed from his chest, and the thin warmth soaked into his limbs and bones.

"Old man, have you considered what Yuliang said the day before yesterday?" He greedily rubbed the remaining warmth on the cup, and asked in a calm tone.

There are many Taoist temples in Shu, and the reason why Zhang Yuliang chose this unnamed Taoist temple to study books is because of the tranquility and seclusion here.Being born into the world has always been his lifelong pursuit, and practicing Taoism is undoubtedly a shortcut.

When the first draft of "Liuyun Shu" was due two days ago, he proposed to the temple master that he would live here for a long time to practice.The temple master promised to let him live for a long time, but he was noncommittal about the "practice".

"Mr. Zhang's karma is not over yet, and the life in the mountains is bitter and lonely, so it's not suitable for him to practice here." The temple master stroked the dust whisk lightly, his tone indifferent.

"Yuliang's fate is over, but it's hard to get over it." Zhang Yuliang shook his head and said.

"Since it's hard to calm down, why bother to calm down?" The watchman looked into his eyes with deep eyes, as if he had understood his inner thoughts, "There are thousands of ways, and there are thousands of ways to practice. Traveling around the world of mortals is the way , Deep mountain hard work is the way, the way is in the heart, not in the outside. Mr. Zhang wants to be born, but do you really know where your "world" is? You can't break this point. Even if the old way allows you to practice here, you are still doing useless work. "

Where is the "world"?

Zhang Yuliang was startled, but before he could react, a figure appeared in front of his eyes.

round and round……

He suddenly realized.

That's right, his "world" is Cheng Dan, he dare not let his heart become cold and hard, and he wants to put it in his heart to warm him.

How could he be born?How can you bear to be born?

"After listening to the old man's words today, Yuliang realized that she was wrong." Zhang Yuliang got up and saluted solemnly, the lingering aura of alienation suddenly dissipated, and the demeanor of that genius in the past once again appeared between his brows, "Yuliang Liang will go down the mountain tomorrow."

"Mr. Zhang found the way he was looking for?" the temple master asked with a smile.

"Ten years of busy work, tonight I finally understand." Zhang Yuliang sat back to the original place, poured a cup of tea, the mouth was no longer warm, after drinking, the lungs were cold, but the heart was hot as if magma was surging, "Fortunately, it is not too late .”

The temple master nodded and said no more.

On the theory, that's it.

The two sat quietly drinking tea, the cold wind was howling, but their hearts were extremely peaceful.

However, after thousands of years, their conversation has become a legend and an allusion, which is active in many poems and stories, and finally evolved into common sense that everyone knows.

Thousands of years later, in a residential building in the imperial capital, a middle school teacher who had just finished work was sitting on the sofa, sipping jasmine tea while turning on his mobile phone, reading a newly released tweet on the official account he followed.

"Neither Wind nor Sunshine—Looking at the Second Half of Zhang Yuliang's Life No. 1 in Qing History" The previous article on the official account was about Zhang Yuliang's first half of his life, mainly about his officialdom experience and literature before the age of 25 Achievements, etc., and this writing is naturally his experience after the age of 25.

Since the articles published by this official account are based on historical records and are highly readable, the number of readings and reposts is extremely high.

The middle school teacher took a sip of tea and concentrated on watching.

Zhang Yuliang is 23 years old and Ren Zheng is a first-rank Taifu, holding the power of prime minister, and Jane is in the heart of the emperor.However, at the peak of his official career, he retired bravely, resigned and traveled far away, never returning to the imperial capital for life.The reason for this is known to anyone who knows Zhang Yuliang a little bit, because when he was 25 years old, his beloved died of illness. From then on, he seemed to have untied the last shackles and chose to practice in the world.

Zhang Yuliang died at the age of 68. If the age of 25 is used as the dividing line between the first half of his life and the second half of his life, then he will have 43 years in the second half of his life, and his achievements in various fields far exceed the first half of his life.

He entered Taoism from Confucianism, and the Taoism written in half his life added up to more than one million words, and more than half of them have been passed down to this day, which can be called classics.In addition, he also compiled and published a collection of essays, which is the "Liuyun Shu" that has made countless high school and college entrance examination candidates memorize it.

As the highest achievement collection of his articles in the first half of his life, "Book of Flowing Clouds" not only describes his talent and ambition, but also expresses his fiery and eternal love for the one he loves.

I believe that everyone who has read "Liuyunshu" has felt sour for his love for that person, and they have also imagined how happy it would be to be loved by such a person.Of course, "Liuyunshu" is not Zhang Yuliang and his lover's work of dog abuse, but "Tuantuan Family Letter" is.This is a collection of essays compiled by Zhang Yuliang when he sorted out the essays left by his lover in his later years. Not a single word has been changed or added. It is definitely the original pure dog food.

Although "Tuan Tuan Family Letter" is written about the small details of life, there is no vigorous and engulfing love legend, but some are just sweet and sweet. Every word in it tells us how much they love each other, but because of this, seeing the last Only one page, the author and my girlfriends will cry like dogs.

As long as we think of such a pair of lovers being mercilessly torn apart by fate, we, the bystanders, will feel empathy.And if we are still like this, how heartbreaking should Zhang Yuliang be?

In addition to the anthology, in terms of calligraphy and painting, Zhang Yuliang is also the person with the most paintings from the Yong Dynasty.He is good at painting Danqing, flowers, birds, fish and insects, mountains and rivers, vegetation, sun, moon and stars, all of which are painted.After the painting is finished, he will either sell or give it away, and he will not keep a single one. The only thing that accompanied him to the last moment of his life was the painting "Painting with the Raccoon Slave" when he was young.

Zhang Yuliang's legend ends here, and it's just the beginning.The author now wants to give readers a little common sense of popular science.

Zhang Yuliang opened a school to teach at the foot of Shushan Mountain in his later years, and only accepted five disciples, but these five disciples were all well-known figures in the Yong Dynasty.

Chen Li, a famous Prime Minister of the Yong Dynasty.

Shen Ziyu, a famous general of the Yong Dynasty.

Liang Shaoyou, the number one swordsman of the Yong Dynasty.

Zhou Shu, politician, calligrapher and sculptor of Yong Dynasty.

Qin Kaiyi, son-in-law of the Yong Dynasty, female son-in-law, a legendary figure who went to the position of Minister of Rites as a female son-in-law, and finally became the first in a thousand years and the only female Confucianist.

They are all students taught by Zhang Yuliang.

Just ask if you accept it or not!

Anyway, my knees are about to break.

Regarding Qin Kaiyi's life story, the author has written a long article before. If you are interested, you can read the column by yourself.Like her teacher, Qin Kaiyi is a lover. The love story between her and Princess Pingwen is extremely touching, so don't miss it.

Let's go back to Zhang Yuliang.As No.1 in Qing History, Zhang Yuliang's literary and artistic achievements are really countless, especially in the second half of his life.Professor Qi of Peking University has published a book dedicated to introducing Zhang Yuliang's various achievements. You can read it when you have time, so I won't repeat it here.What the author wants to talk about in this article is his pursuit of "Tao" in the second half of his life.

Zhang Yuliang recognized that the reason for entering the Tao was because of the death of a loved one, so he was born out of grief.This assertion was quite popular as early as the 80s, and there are still many supporters. However, the author only agrees with half, that is, the "cause" half.

Zhang Yuliang's entry into Taoism actually belongs to multiple causes and one effect. The death of a loved one is at best a trigger. There are also some deep-seated reasons.

First of all, we all know that Zhang Yuliang’s mother was a believer, and he was influenced by it, and he started to believe in it very early, which can be seen from his early articles. "Shi Ce Shang Shu" put forward the "theory of the same origin of Confucianism and Taoism", and "Bai Yi Tan" lamented "My fate is in Taoism and Confucianism". Through these, we can clearly know that he is a person who follows Taoism .

Secondly, Zhang Yuliang entered Taoism in order to seek spiritual detachment, not to seek immortality and immortality as ordinary people think.He himself said in the preface of "Liuyun Shu" that he had the desire to be born out of the world, but due to various reasons, he never had the opportunity to practice it, not at the beginning, and never in the end.

In the end, it was about his lover.Zhang Yuliang has a deep affection for his lover, because he has a lover, he is reluctant to be born, and he is reluctant to give up the happiness of being with the one he loves, so he has to suffer in the world of mortals.Of course, if his lover can live for a long time and accompany him, the author believes that he is willing to endure like this forever, but fate tricks people, he still lost his favorite person at the age of 25.

After talking about the reasons why the author agrees, let's talk about the results that the author does not agree with.People in the world say that Zhang Yuliang seeks to be born after entering the Tao, but the author thinks that Zhang Yuliang is not "born", but enters the world after being born without fruit. He has been traveling around the world for the rest of his life.

Why was it born?It is natural to abandon all mortal relationships and concentrate on the Tao.But in the introduction of "Tuan Tuan Family Letter", Zhang Yuliang clearly stated that he could not be "born" because his lover is his "world", and he couldn't let go of that person until he died, so where did the "birth" come from? "A word?If being born meant forgetting and giving up on his lover, he would rather die than do it.

Therefore, the author believes that Zhang Yuliang was never born. On the contrary, he has been wandering in the world with the longing for his lover and the entrustment of his lover before his death.His "Tao" is not the kind of escapism that many people yearn for, but it should be like what Mr. Shen Tan, a historian of the Northern Dynasties, said: "Travel all over the world, go through the north and south, joy and sorrow, and you will get something."

Zhang Yuliang's way is in the world, in the mortal world, not in the world, not in the sky.

His life experience is rich and colorful, but for him, perhaps only the ten years from the age of 15 to 25 are worth remembering and recalling. After the age of 25, he lost his love and traveled around the world. His life seemed to be more and more exciting, but it could no longer arouse the slightest wave in his heart.

As Professor Qi said in his book: His life has been neither wind nor rain since then.