Fangzheng felt a little numb just thinking about it, so he called out to Lone Wolf and instead of going down in a hurry, he walked up the mountain along the bamboo road. After walking about two hundred meters, the bamboo road came to an end.
Fang Zheng looked at the last piece of bamboo. The carving and polishing marks on it were still relatively new. It looked like it had been put up recently.
When Fangzheng taught the lame horse and the squirrel how to carve, Lone Wolf would often listen on the side. Although he is not an expert, he can still see some tricks under the influence of his ears and eyes. He shook his big head and muttered: "How boring do you have to be to do this kind of thing? Get a few rocks, isn't it simpler than this?" The worst is to use wood. Master, don’t you think so?"
Fang Zheng shook his head, said nothing, and walked down the mountain with Lone Wolf.
Seeing this, the lone wolf thought Fang Zheng acquiesced, swung his big tail and followed.
Walking down the steps made of bamboo step by step, Fangzheng watched as he walked. As the saying goes, a layman watches the excitement, and an expert watches the doorway. Fangzheng became more frightened and shocked the further he walked! The eyes keep changing!
In the eyes of others, this is just a boring person, or a persistent pervert who is bored or pursues the ultimate. But Fangzheng can see more from these carvings!
I looked up from halfway and didn't see anything. But this time, he walked from the end to the beginning. Looking along the way, Fang Zheng saw many different things.
Fang Zheng stopped at the intersection, patted the lone wolf on the head and said, "Jingfa, what did you see?"
Lone Wolf was stunned, what did he see? He looked up at the sky, looked around and said, "The mountains are nice."
Fang Zheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Look at the bamboo under your feet. What do you see?"
Lone Wolf rolled his eyes. He wanted to say he saw a mental illness. But he also saw that Fang Zheng didn't ask him to say this, but the problem was that he only looked at flowers, birds, and bamboo forests all the way down the mountain, and didn't even look at the bamboos on the ground! However, Lone Wolf is also a little clever. He rolled his big eyes and said immediately: "The carving skills of this bamboo are getting more and more immature from top to bottom. Is the other party practicing carving? Well, he has made great progress."
Fang Zheng gave him a slap on the head and scolded him with a smile: "If you don't see it, just say you don't see it. Why are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf?"
When Lone Wolf heard this, he immediately became unhappy. He raised his head, raised his tail, and said with a serious face: "Master, there is something I must declare to you and correct!"
"Say." Fang Zheng was also curious about what Lone Wolf was going to say.
The lone wolf said very seriously: "I am really a big-tailed wolf. Look at how big my tail is! There is no need to pretend!"
When Fang Zheng heard this, he was immediately furious with this damn dog. He slapped him, looked down at the bamboo on the ground and said, "If you want to make progress in your practice, you can't always think about playing, you have to learn to observe. Look at this The bamboo on the ground, from bottom to top, is not only getting more and more exquisite in carving and polishing skills. In fact, anyone can do this kind of thing as long as they are willing to work hard. But the real essence is not this skill , but a person who carves bamboo! He is not honing his skills, but honing himself! This is a kind of practice! A different kind of practice! By figuring out the texture of bamboo, you can understand the natural heart of heaven and earth!"
Speaking of this, Fang Zheng looked at the lone wolf. This guy was staring directly behind Fang Zheng and winking at him. Fangzheng was stunned, what is this guy doing
Fang Zheng looked back subconsciously and saw an extra person not far behind him! This person wears a Xiaoyao scarf, three crowns, a sea-blue Taoist robe, and a pair of opposite-facing shoes.
Looking at that face again, Fang Zheng was stunned. It turned out to be a woman with a somewhat fairy face! This is actually a Jurchen!
Fang Zheng knew that Taoist priests dressed similarly to monks, and they were very particular. No matter the color or type, they were not dressed randomly. If they were dressed randomly, they would probably be fake Taoist priests.
In the early days, Taoism's regulations on crowns and robes were extremely simple. However, starting from Lu Xiujing in the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, the system of Taoist priests' crowns and robes became stricter, and the distinction between crowns and robes became more and more obvious. According to Volume 5 of "Dongxuan Lingbao Three Caves of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, "Dongxuan Lingbao Three Caves Fengdao Keke and Enforcement for Private Purposes" clearly stipulates the uniforms of various Taoist priests. The book states: "Be obedient to the virtuous and ceremonial form of the image, the Taoist priest's female crown, and the majesty of the ritual should be followed by the scriptures and methods. Each of them must be in accordance with this method and must not make mistakes. If it is violated, it will be counted as three thousand six hundred."
It was also from that time on that you could guess one, two or three by looking at Taoist priests and their clothes.
This Jurchen wears a nine-beam scarf. The top of the nine-beam scarf is flat and slanted like the tail, with nine folds and nine seams arranged in rows. Taoism regards nine as the number of the polar yang and the ultimate goal of all spiritual practice. Therefore, the nine-beam scarf also symbolizes the Taoist disciples' yearning for the great road.
It can be seen that this Jurchen is a person who yearns for Taoism, and is not an ordinary naughty little Taoist priest.
At the same time, the Jurchen wearing three crowns shows that she is not an ordinary Taoist, but a Taoist who has received the Zhongji ordination. Not to be underestimated.
She was wearing a sea-blue Taoist robe, which was used by Taoist priests when doing chores. In other words, she was quite free now.
Finally, she wore matching shoes and white stockings, and the stockings wrapped her pant legs inside to prevent body dirt from falling into the hall when she entered the hall.
Of course, he didn't know these things himself, but after chatting with Mr. Lotte, he became interested in Taoist matters and looked it up when he had nothing to do.
These things all flashed through Fang Zheng's mind. Fang Zheng knew that although the Jurchen in front of him looked weak and delicate, she was actually a true cultivator and should be treated with respect.
So Fang Zheng put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk points to the square of the temple and has seen the real person."
Seeing this, the female Taoist priest smiled slightly, bowed with both hands and said in return: "It turns out to be Master Fangzheng, a poor Taoist pure and simple person. I just heard what the Master said. Could it be that the Master also has some understanding of carvings?"
A true Taoist priest is really curious. Although Taoist priests and monks are similar, they often need to be self-sufficient. But after all, Taoist priests are more worldly than monks, living far away in the mountains and away from the crowd. Therefore, almost all Taoist priests have good medical skills, self-defense skills, and the ability to repair houses and survive in the wild.
But monks are different. Monks are between being born and entering the world. In a temple, there are eminent monks who have been born and live in ancient temples without caring about worldly affairs, or ascetic monks who practice asceticism in the world. There are also monks who have joined the world. These monks have not completely cut off their worldly worries. Except that they cannot drink alcohol or eat meat in the temple, they are no different from ordinary people outside the temple. For example, lay disciples etc...
The existence of these people not only provides food and clothing for the temple, but also allows the monks to understand the world better and realize great wisdom in the world of mortals.
If someone supports you, some skills will naturally fall behind. At this time, there are very few other monks left to learn from. So Qingjing Sanren was also a little curious about Fang Zheng.
(End of chapter)