This old Taoist priest spared no effort to interpret the temperament of a charlatan to the end.
Zhu Pingan looked at the Taoist's back as he left and thought that if the Taoist shouted at him, "Thief Baldy, let that nun go, come and fight me!"
The scene is so beautiful that you can't help but look at it. ※％※％
When the old Taoist disappeared outside the woods, Zhu Ping'an withdrew his gaze and turned his gaze to the book that the old Taoist had forced into his hands. The top book had yellowed paper and the words on it were written in cinnabar, which was very eye-catching.
"Qingci Jing"
Zhu Pingan's first feeling when he saw the title of this book was nonsense. This is a Taoist scripture, right? This book is worthy of me? What the hell, you might as well just say, "Sao Nian, I think you and I are destined to be together!" This old charlatan!
There is a line of small words below the title:
Appendix to the Sutra: Lingxiao Shangqing Tonglei Yuanyang Miaoyi Feiyuan Zhenjun Qingteng Green Seal
Seeing this Zhu Pingan, I couldn't help but complain again. This Taoist name is really damn long. It's almost catching up with the Taoist name of a Taoist emperor in the Ming Dynasty recorded in history books.
Then, Zhu Pingan suddenly felt as if he had received an electric shock. He carefully read the small words at the bottom of the book again. Yes, he read it again. Lingxiao Shangqing Tonglei Yuanyang Miaoyi Feiyuan Zhenjun, isn’t this the Taoist name of the current Emperor Jiajing, the famous Taoist emperor in history books? !
Emperor Jiajing gave himself three Taoist titles. Lingxiao Shangqing Tonglei Yuanyang Miaoyi Feiyuan Zhenjun was the first Taoist title he gave himself. Later, he gave himself two more Taoist titles. The second title was "Jiutian Hongjiao Puji Shenglingzhu Yinyang Merits and Demerits Dadao Siren Ziji Xianweng Yiyang Zhenren Yuanxu Xuanying Kaihua Fumo Zhongxiao Emperor" and the third title was "Taishang Daluo Tianxian Ziji Changsheng Shengzhi Zhaolingtong Sanyuan Zhengying Yuxu Zongguan Wulei Dazhenren Xuandujing Wanshou Emperor".
Then Zhu Ping'an looked at the title of the book again, "The Qingci Sutra of Fasting and Offering". Then the ancient Chinese knowledge he learned in his previous life came to his mind. Fasting and offering, also known as fasting and offering rituals. Taoist rituals. Qingci, also known as "Qingci", has the same meaning as the green chapter in the small characters below the title. They are all memorials and prayers presented to the heavens during Taoist fasting and offering. They are the talismans that Taoists use to present to the heavens or to summon gods. They are written with a red brush on green vine paper, so they are also called green.
Think about the history recorded in history books. Emperor Jiajing respected Taoism and ghosts and gods, and he never tired of it throughout his life. Because Emperor Jiajing loved Qingci, those who were good at writing Qingci were given important positions. Ming Dynasty poets competed to please the emperor who worshipped Taoism with Qingci. The powerful minister Yan Song was a prime minister who gained favor with Qingci and was known as the "Qingci Prime Minister". Statistics from the "Ming History. Prime Minister Chronicle" show that 17 years after Jiajing, 9 of the 14 cabinet ministers started their careers by writing Qingci (the famous ones include Yan Song and his son, Xu Jie, etc.).
There is an old saying in the Ming Dynasty: Eight-legged essays can get you into the court, and Qingci can get you into the government. This means that the Four Books and Five Classics and eight-legged essays can get you into the officialdom, but if you want to be a noble or a prime minister, you still have to rely on Qingci.
Then, Zhu Ping'an felt unwell and couldn't help but look in the direction the old Taoist left.
Could it be a coincidence
Zhu Ping'an looked a little strange. After all, he had traveled through time and space, something that could not be explained by science had happened.
After carefully placing the first book into his bag, Zhu Pingan transferred his thoughts to the second book. This book was written in normal handwriting, and the name shocked Zhu Pingan even more than the first book:
"Chuan Xi Lu"
Zhu Pingan held the book in his hand. He looked as if struck by lightning. He could not help but look in the direction where the old Taoist left. He murmured with a strange expression: Could that old charlatan just now be Lan Daoxing
As for why Zhu Ping'an thought that the old Taoist just now was Lan Daoxing, it all started with this book.
You may not have heard of this book "Chuan Xi Lu" yet, but if you can find this book now and understand it a little bit, then congratulations. If you are a civil servant, you can at least thrive if you can't rise to the top; if you are in business, then congratulations, you can at least make a fortune if you can't make a fortune. In short, if you can understand a little bit of this book, no matter what industry or position you are in, you can get a promotion and a raise, marry a beautiful and rich woman, and reach the peak of your life.
No reason, just because the author of this book is an extremely awesome person, who has made great achievements, established virtues, and made great words. Even those who have realized a little of his skills are extremely awesome, both in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Several decades after him, a man named Xu learned some of the author's ideas from an anonymous disciple and became the prime minister; in addition, there is an island country on the other side of the ocean that produces romantic action movies. In modern times, a guy named Togo Heihachiro read this book, and then he overturned the two fleets of the polar bear as if he had taken drugs.
That’s right, the author of this “Instructions for Practical Living” is Wang Shouren (also known as Bo’an), also known as Mr. Yangming. This book records his quotations and letters on academic topics.
Zhu Ping'an read "Things about the Ming Dynasty" when he was in school in his previous life and admired Wang Yangming very much. He looked up relevant information and saw the name of "Instructions for Practical Living". He also thought about borrowing it from the library, but he was busy with exams at that time and forgot about the book. He didn't expect that the book he wanted to read in his previous life would now be in his hands.
It's really fate.
Wang Yangming was a tough guy, better than Confucius and Mencius in literature and better than Sun Yue in martial arts. Needless to say, this guy created the School of Mind and emphasized practice. If you learn the School of Mind in officialdom, you can walk sideways, as confirmed by countless people in the Ming Dynasty. In terms of martial arts, this guy was even more outrageous. When he was in his teens, he cried out to the emperor and asked the emperor to give him tens of thousands of people to clear the desert. As a result, he was scolded by his father and beat up the rebellious son. However, it was later proved that the father was wrong. This guy was really a tough guy. Prince Ning led more than 100,000 troops to rebel, but was captured alive by this guy in 35 days.
This book "Instructions for Practical Living" can be regarded as the crystallization of Wang Yangming's lifelong understanding. Zhu Ping'an, holding the book in his hand, could hardly believe that he could actually see this book in the Ming Dynasty, even though it was a handwritten copy.
As for why Zhu Ping'an guessed that the old charlatan was Lan Daoxing, it was because among the charlatans who believed in psychology in the Ming Dynasty, this guy seemed to be the most famous.
But who knows, maybe it was his master, senior brothers, or junior brothers, or something like that. Who knows, maybe it was some other charlatan.
But this is not the point. The point is that if I succeed in the imperial examination, the two books in my hands, "Zhaijiao Qingci Jing" and "Chuanxilu", will be of great help to me when I play educational games such as hide-and-seek and arm wrestling with a group of old foxes in the court.
"The Qingci Classic" can help you understand Qingci, and also help you understand the Emperor Jiajing of the time. After all, in order to show off his intelligence, Emperor Jiajing often used Qingci to communicate with court officials. By understanding this book, you can understand the thoughts of Emperor Jiajing in translation. As the saying goes, "Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. If you can understand the tiger's joys, anger, sorrows and happiness, it will be much safer to accompany it."
As for "Instructions for Practical Living", if you can really understand and comprehend it, it will be of great benefit to your future life.
In any case, after Zhu Ping'an put the two books into his schoolbag, he bowed deeply in the direction where the old Taoist left.
Be it a charlatan or a master; be it fate or coincidence; anyway, thank you. (To be continued…)
ps: I have reviewed 18 contracts this year, and the amount in question is enough to keep me working from the Yanhuang period to now. The payment nodes, breach of contract clauses and the like are making me so excited that I dare not slack off, so I have only uploaded this chapter of the novel now. Tomorrow should be a little free, so I will write more. Everyone should go to bed early tonight.