"What the hell is handsome Cheng!" Cheng Ran frowned, and the two of them walked up hand in hand.
"Marco praised you just now... You seemed very calm at that time... What is this called, accepting it humbly?" Jiang Hongshao tilted her head.
Wow, you have a good memory.
"Well, what she said makes a lot of sense and I can't refute it."
"You are still shameless, thicker than a city wall. Why don't you let me help you push it?" Jiang Hongshao's eyes were innocent, healthy and harmless. "Marco has a good personality and is a kind person. Don't think that she only knows you superficially now. After she really gets to know you, I believe you will be fine."
"Really? What a pity... The country's four modernizations have not yet been realized, the world situation is changing rapidly, and the challenges in the future are diverse and complex. At present, we must focus on practicing the core values of socialism and have no time to care about other things..."
Jiang Hongshao asked mischievously, "So you have great ambitions?"
Cheng Ran sighed, "The road ahead is difficult and arduous, and the task is long and arduous!"
Jiang Hongshao smiled, "Why are your hands so sweaty?"
Cheng Ran: "You must have a strong desire to survive."
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After climbing over the steep slope, the outline of the stone entrance temple and the stone gate pillars came into view in the distance. As they were about to reach the crowd, Jiang Hongshao struggled gently and broke free from Cheng Ran's palm.
Perhaps because she was too concerned, or perhaps she didn't want to shock the world, Jiang Hongshao didn't end up walking into public hand in hand with Cheng Ran.
Turning around the temple platform, the people in front of the Main Hall had been waiting for a long time. When they saw the two people waving at them, they asked about Yu Xiao's condition. Jiang Hongshao said that he was fine and had taken the cable car down first. They thought he would have rested well by the time we returned.
Luo Wei observed the two carefully, walked quickly to Jiang Hongshao, and spoke first, "Stone carvings are indeed more popular. There are not so many profound metaphysical doctrines that people cannot understand. They express everything in a pragmatic way, just like the picture of cattle herding at the main gate of the cliff. It comes from the Zen 'Cattle Herding Dojo', but the way it is expressed is vivid and lifelike. The vividness of the depiction is completely different from those stone carvings copied by later generations. There is no harm without comparison. No wonder Hongshao recommended this place to us. You said that you often sketched here in the stone carvings before. It makes me feel comfortable just thinking about it. I have always admired your vision and aesthetics. This trip is worthwhile."
When Luo Wei said this, people couldn't help but be stunned, as if his calm words not only praised Jiang Hongshao, but also put himself in a close position to understand her thoughts, achieving a double effect.
Jiang Hongshao asked, "Oh? What did you guys figure out?"
Shu Jiexi raised his glasses and pointed at the camera hanging on his chest, saying, "Buddhism has always used cows to illustrate the nature of the mind. People often call Taoists "Niubi". The Taoist Laozi rode a green cow. Zen Buddhism and Taoism seem to love to write about cows. Stone carvings run through the three schools of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and the cowherding picture is placed at the top. In fact, cows can best reflect people's nature. Every picture is very meaningful when you think about it carefully. This is actually in line with the philosophy of self-cultivation. I have taken pictures and will organize the annotations when I go back to use them as a stepping stone for my thesis application to foreign universities in the future. The title is simply "An Initial Exploration of Religious Philosophy"."
Liu Ying and Yao Beibei were secretly surprised, thinking that the students of the Tenth Middle School were really different. They went out to play with an attitude of learning, but now they started to consider their future destination abroad. If they were like the children in their compound, they would have come to the Lishan Stone Carvings countless times, and every time they came they did so for fun. They didn't care about the drawings on the stone carvings or the philosophical meanings behind them.
Su Hongdou and Ma Ke both said "Tsk!", and Ma Ke laughed and said, "Shu Jiexi, you are so scheming, trying to show off in front of Hong Shao."
Luo Wei and Shu Jiexi were still upset about Jiang Hongshao and Cheng Ran coming over alone just now. Although they didn't think anything would happen when the two were alone, it was a feeling. They always felt that their sense of existence was missing during that period of time, and now they had to regain it.
In the past, at school, most of them just watched Jiang Hongshao and those influential characters silently from behind, and it was rare for them to have such an opportunity as the one they had now.
They are friends now, so it might be possible for them to take this opportunity to improve their relationship.
Jiang Hongshao said casually, "Ten Cowherds and Ten Shepherds, there are ten kinds of niches, from never herded, to the initial adjustment, to being controlled, to looking back. Then to tamed, unhindered, free, and finally forgotten, alone, and forgotten. Although herding cows originated from the Buddhist Sutra, it was actually carried forward in my country. This cowherding temple has become a complete system. So Zhang Taiyan originally believed that Chinese philosophy and Kant stopped in front of the thing-in-itself and fell into logical contradictions. Chinese philosophy is more transcendent, and often has a profound vision that penetrates the essence and human spirit and realizes the ontology. When the time comes, you can reflect it and see if it helps your paper?"
Luo Wei watched Jiang Hongshao speak from the side with a fiery look in his eyes.
Shu Jiexi made a timely gesture, "Then I will work hard in this direction... maybe we can discuss it together then. If you can successfully pass that day, I owe you a big meal."
Jiang Hongshao smiled and said, "Okay."
Su Hongdou smiled and said, "I am most annoyed by philosophical questions, which seem to be true, or as for the stone carvings themselves, which niche do you like? I like the tamed group, the cow's expression is very cute, and the carving level is amazing."
Everyone expressed their opinions. When Su Hongdou looked at Cheng Ran, he said, "Let's take the painting of 'Forgetting Each Other'. A shepherd is playing his flute solo in the sunset, and the cranes flying by are also afraid to play. The young shepherd next to him is so intoxicated that he tilts his head and sings to the old shepherd while clapping for him. This painting is very vivid."
When he said this, Jiang Hongshao was also looking at him. She seemed to realize something and smiled.
Perhaps no one else understood the meaning behind Cheng Ran's serious words.
But when everyone's expectant eyes were on Jiang Hongshao, she pointed to the last Buddhist shrine and said, "I like 'Double Forgetfulness'. The shepherd is contented and the cow is lying docilely. The two sides seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact they are bound by their own ties. However, no worldly rules can interfere with them. It means that I have forgotten myself and the world, and the bright moonlight contains all things in the void."
Then people expressed their opinions or changed their words, and they also thought that forgetting everything was a good idea.
But at this time Jiang Hongshao and Cheng Ran looked at each other, and Jiang Hongshao made a mouth shape.
That’s “You’re a cow.”
The so-called "forgetting each other" is the so-called "forgetting both".
In fact, it means "looking at each other".
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The group chatted and laughed while observing the stone carvings. During this process, Jiang Hongshao had no free time, and she and Cheng Ran had no chance to be alone. But the situation was very different now. The two of them occasionally looked back in the crowd, stood side by side in front of the Buddha statue, and bowed with their hands clasped together. There was no longer the tension and alienation as before, but instead a tacit understanding between the two as they looked into each other's eyes.
However, Luo Wei and Shu Jiexi did not forget to talk and express themselves next to Jiang Hongshao throughout the whole process. Jiang Hongshao responded from time to time, but Liu Ying and Yao Beibei both admired them very much.
There was something strange between Cheng Ran and Jiang Hongshao just now. Luo Wei and Shu Jiexi couldn't put their finger on the exact feeling, but they felt that there was something slightly different when she was with Cheng Ran. Almost subconsciously, they stayed by Jiang Hongshao's side the whole time, as if they wanted to stick by her side all the time.
After feasting their eyes, everyone felt a little tired and went down the mountain. They took the cable car to a teahouse at the foot of the mountain. Yu Xiao had booked a seat and had been waiting for a long time.
Let's order some tea and drinks here for a while and take a break before proceeding to the next step.
Su Hongdou only wore a single sweater today, and she was already freezing on the mountain. Jiang Hongshao took off her coat and put it on her. After coming down the mountain, everyone was warm and took off their coats, but Su Hongdou still felt cold. Ma Ke smiled and rebuked her, "Hongdou, you are weak to begin with, and you like to be so extravagant all day long. You should have brought some clothes with you. Hurry up and put them on when you go back."
The teahouse is located at the foot of the mountain facing the lake. Tea and drinks ordered by everyone are placed on wrought iron stands and glass tables. Everyone takes a break and chats about all sorts of things.
Luo Wei, Shu Jiexi, Ma Kesu Hongdou and other people were still the mainstream. They talked about the topic of No. 10 Middle School, the food in Chengdu, and even talked about the stage play they watched at Chengdu Grand Theater last time. Yang Xia went to Chengdu with her parents. Liu Ying and Yao Beibei had no plan to go to Chengdu at present, and they were very envious.
Cheng Ran wore a blue plaid shirt inside and a sweater jacket outside today. It was a bit cold in the mountains and seas in the morning and evening. By noon, it actually started to get hot, so the jacket was basically unnecessary at this time. He carried his bag with his arms all the way down the mountain, and now he just put it on the back of his chair and went to the toilet.
Jiang Hongshao was sitting there, feeling that the breeze near the lake was a bit strong, making her body feel a bit cold. Her clothes were at Su Hongdou's place, so she naturally moved to another place and sat on Cheng Ran's seat. Then she unfolded the coat that was still carrying Cheng Ran's scent and put it on herself.
The atmosphere among a group of friends who were chatting suddenly became tense.
The look in his eyes seemed as if he was possessed by some strange power.
Luo Wei and Shu Jiexi, who were still arguing about the opera "Othello", stopped talking at the same time. They looked at Jiang Hongshao, who was wearing Cheng Ran's coat naturally and nonchalantly. In comparison, their taken-off coats were placed on the backs of their chairs... like eggplants drooping after being hit by frost.
The two of them were regretting so much. If they had known earlier, they would have found an excuse to leave before Cheng Ran and given the coat away!
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