The area around the stele hut was very quiet, only Chen Changsheng was alone. Yesterday the situation was completely different. At that time, dozens of candidates gathered in front of the monument. The venue was very quiet, but with too many people, it would inevitably appear a bit crowded. The sound of clothes rubbing and walking was never stopped. Even at night, people did not leave, but lit the lanterns in front of the hut. But after all, the Tianshu Mausoleum has existed on this continent for countless years. People from many sectarian schools have visited the Tianshu Mausoleum to see the stele. They have already summed up a lot of experience and explained it before the big imperial examination. After waking up, I realized that viewing the stele is not a one-time event, and I must take good care of my body, so I went to the mausoleum to find a resting place according to the instructions of the teacher, and they should still be asleep at this time.
Chen Changsheng didn't know about these processes, so he looked at the stele seriously.
The surface of the stele is black, and there are countless thick or thin, deep or shallow lines on it. Those lines are carved with some sharp objects, and the turning points are quite random, covering the entire stele. On the surface, there are countless intersections, which seem complicated and inexplicable. If you look at it with an emotional eye, or add those historical meanings to it, or you can see the ancient meaning from these lines, but if you calm down, Get rid of those emotions and the awe of the heavenly scriptures, these lines actually have no rules, let alone meaning, just like something a child scribbled. Many scholars even think that these lines may really be formed naturally, which is a genre of monument interpretation that was popular many years ago.
Chen Changsheng saw the legendary Tianshu tablet for the first time today, so he was naturally incapable of making any judgments. The reason why his heartbeat started to speed up when his eyes fell on the tablet was not because he understood something at a glance, nor was it because he found himself looking at it. Shocked by some lines, it is just the emotional fluctuations naturally brought about by the legend appearing in front of my eyes.
Yes, he has seen these traces, or inscriptions, on this heavenly book tablet.
There is no coincidence, nor is it a miracle. Many people have seen these incomprehensible inscriptions on the Tianshu Mausoleum—all the small stalls on both sides of the right road outside the Tianshu Mausoleum sell rubbings of the inscriptions. Almost every tourist has a copy, you know, these rubbings have always been the best souvenirs sold in Tianshu Mausoleum.
Countless years ago, there were rubbings of the stele of the Heavenly Book handed down in the world. When the human dynasties became more and more strict, some emperors tried to ban the rubbings of the stele of the Tianshu Mausoleum, but there were already many rubbings left, and this temptation was too Big, there is no way to prohibit it, so we can only let it go.
In particular, the rubbings of the seventeen stone steles in the Qianling of the Tianshu Mausoleum even went on public sale three times during the former dynasty, and more than a dozen official versions were printed, with at least millions of copies printed. While returning a large amount of wealth, it also provided a lot of soft and suitable paper for the card tables of many folk families.
The rubbings of the Tianshu stele can be widely circulated, except that it cannot be banned, the most fundamental reason lies in two points. First of all, looking at the rubbings of the Tianshu stele and viewing the stele directly are two different concepts. For countless years, countless ascetics have proved that only by looking at the stele in the Mausoleum of Tianshu can one understand the true meaning of the way of heaven hidden in the stele. Secondly, the number of rubbings of the inscriptions in the Book of Heaven that can be handed down to the people is limited after all, and most of them are inscriptions on the inscriptions on the inscriptions of the former mausoleum. One must know that those who can get in touch with more inscriptions must be strong people who have achieved Taoism. How can they be greedy for these? Fame and fortune, for example, a powerful man with astonishing talent like Tianliang Wang Po only saw thirty-one steles in the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books back then, so even if he was dizzy, he couldn't make rubbings of the inscriptions in the following Heavenly Books. Then take it out of the Tianshu Mausoleum.
After Chen Changsheng arrived in the capital, he lived in the Liziyuan Inn outside the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books for a period of time. Every day, he would see the rubbings of the stele of the Tianshu on the stalls, so he naturally bought some. When the rubbings were just in his hands, He was still very excited, until he found that it didn't make any sense, so he threw it aside.
But standing on the Tianshu Stele and seeing the lines on the stele with your own eyes is a completely different thing.
For tens of thousands of years, this stele has been silent and mysterious under the hut.
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The lines on the black stone tablet floated in Chen Changsheng's eyes. The notch on the lower right side of the tablet, which was originally deep in the stone, suddenly turned into a bulge, and dozens of thin lines attached to its edge The thread also left the stone surface, giving people a floating feeling.
Chen Changsheng knew that this was an illusion, it was a kind of interference with the real vision after the connection between the divine consciousness and the Mausoleum of Books. When he was a child studying Taoist scriptures in the old temple in Xining Town, he had read many records of monument viewing by state religious predecessors, so he was not surprised by this sudden change, but remained absolutely calm.
The so-called change is actually no change at all, it is just a change of light and shadow, and the objective reality is still there.
Whether it is cloudy or rainy, no matter whether there is this hut above the stele, no matter whether the surface of the stele is wet or dry, whether it looks dark or dazzling, the stele is always the stele, and the lines on the stele are always the same. However, compared with those rubbings circulated among the people, isn't the biggest difference in this change
Position is relative, and appearance is also relative.
Position varies with the position of the reference object, and appearance varies with the environment.
To determine the position, it is necessary to determine the position of all reference objects.
If we want to observe the unchanging objective reality, do we first need to understand the changes of the environment to the objective reality
Is the information that viewers need to understand and the truth that needs to be understood hidden in this change
Standing in front of the hut, Chen Changsheng looked at the inscription, maintaining the same posture, and did not move for a long time.
The morning sun has already leaped out of the horizon, Zhaoxia looked at the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven from a distance, sending a warm feeling, the chill in the morning forest was gradually dissipated, and the side of the Tablet of the Book of Heaven was dyed red, very beautiful.
Looking at the redness on the edge of the stone tablet, Chen Changsheng closed his eyes, remained silent for a while, and then turned around.
He no longer looked at the stele, but looked around the stele hut.
The forest tops have been completely dyed red, as if they are about to burn, and it is even more difficult to confirm the location of the looming monuments in the distance. He walked from the bottom of the mausoleum, and when he reached the first Tianshu stele, the road came to an end, and there was no other road leading to the other Tianshu steles. However, it was said that there was only one road in the Tianshu mausoleum, so what does this mean
The rising sun burned the forest tops, and the red light illuminated the previously gloomy cliff beside the hut. Only then did he see a few lines of writing carved on the cliff.
Unlike the incomprehensible Heavenly Book Stele, the writing on the cliff is easy to understand, because it uses words that everyone can understand.
"A river of smoky water illuminates the clear haze, houses on both sides of the bank are connected with painted eaves, the light lotus bushes have a period of autumn light, and the fragrant wind blows ten miles of bead curtains."
This poem was written by the master of Taoism two thousand years ago when he first entered the Mausoleum of Heavenly Books to view the stele.
The first monument of Tianshu Mausoleum has since then had its own name: Zhaoqing Monument.
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From coming to the stele hut to leaving, he only watched for less than a quarter of an hour before turning around and leaving without hesitation.
Leaving the Zhaoqing Monument, he walked down the mountain road. When he turned around a mountain depression, he saw Zhexiu. Looking at the time, Zhexiu should have been standing here for a while.
Zhe Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously not expecting him to leave so soon.
"I don't like excitement, and I don't want to be crowded with people to look at monuments." Chen Changsheng gave an unconvincing explanation, looked at the faint smoke rising from the forest far below the mountain, and reminded: "Everyone is already awake. , if no one disturbs you when you want to watch the monument, you'd better hurry up."
Zhexiu nodded and walked up the mountain road.
Chen Changsheng looked at his figure, hesitated for a while, and said, "I don't think you need to look at it for too long. It's useless, and it might be harmful."
Zhexiu ignored him.
Chen Changsheng continued to walk down the mountain, and met a middle-aged man in white clothes on the mountain road.
He recognized the middle-aged man as one of the stele attendants who explained the rules of the Tianshu Mausoleum to everyone yesterday.
Thinking of these stele servants dedicating their youth and life to the Tianshu Mausoleum, everyone respected them, and he was no exception, saluting respectfully.
The middle-aged man didn't return the salute, he didn't even nod his head, but he didn't leave, but looked at him indifferently.
Chen Changsheng felt a little uneasy, and asked, "What are your orders, senior?"
"Are you Chen Changsheng?" The middle-aged man looked at him and asked, his tone very cold.
Chen Changsheng was startled, he didn't expect that the other party who never left Tianshu Mausoleum would know his name, so he replied cautiously: "Exactly."
"Are you the top one in this year's imperial examination?" The middle-aged man continued to ask, this time his tone was not only indifferent, but also a bit stern.
Chen Changsheng became more and more uneasy and puzzled, and replied, "That's right."
The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "It took only a moment from when you climbed the mausoleum to when you left. Could it be that you understood the Zhaoqing Monument in such a short period of time?"
Chen Changsheng explained: "No, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged man scolded coldly: "Of course I know that it is impossible for you to understand Zhaoqing Monument in such a short period of time. Don't you think you really have such extraordinary understanding? What I said is Your attitude! You are so dishonest, how stupid! Outside the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven, the first place in the Great Court Examination may have some weight, but you have to be clear, this is the Mausoleum of the Book of Heaven! This is the place where countless sages humbly enlightened! I don’t know if I’ve seen it before. Don't think that you can be presumptuous just because of this name!"
Hearing these scathing lectures, Chen Changsheng was stunned. It would be fine if it was really the senior giving advice to the younger, but it was obvious that the other party just wanted to humiliate him. The strange thing is that since the other party couldn't leave the Mausoleum of Books Stele attendant, why do you have so much hostility towards yourself
The middle-aged man looked at him, without concealing his contempt and disgust, and said: "I warn you, the Tianshu Mausoleum is a holy place, no matter how powerful your background is, you must be in awe, let alone try to keep the people outside the mausoleum Those dirty things in the troubled times are brought in, you can tell the person who came to the mausoleum to look for you!"
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