"At this moment, Monk Song heard a series of shouts. Why did I hear so many people shouting loudly? Could it be that the spiritual practitioner killed someone? This can't do. I have to go over and check. Before I left, I told the spiritual practitioner not to lower himself to the level of those mortals and not to kill anyone. Now, perhaps all the bandits have been killed by him. Master, stay here. I'll go and check if my brother is killing people so that I can come back and report to Master. After walking for a while, I saw many people lying on the ground. He came to the side of the spiritual practitioner and said, Brother, Master said that you didn't need to kill people. Why did you suddenly kill so many people? The spiritual practitioner said," Why do you care about those people? They kidnapped the Taoist master and wanted to kill him for money. Killing such scum is also enforcing justice on behalf of the heavens. Besides, I didn't kill everyone. I also let a few lives leave them a way out.”
" Gang Cai said," Brother, you really killed someone. You killed less than a few of the dozens of people. Now, you're going to be nagged by Master. I'll go and tell Master first. Gang Cai hurried over to report to Master. It's not good, Master. Senior Brother Spiritualist killed people. He killed dozens of bandits and only left twenty people. Master, I had to kill those bandits to ensure your safety. If I didn't kill them, the bandits would think that we were easy to bully. Monk Song said, Let's not bother about the bandits. Although it's wrong for spiritual practitioners to kill people, those bandits are not good people either. Killing them is to enforce justice on behalf of the heavens. Let's find a place to stay first. Disciples, we would like to spend the night here before going up the mountain the next day.”
The master and disciple came to the door of the courtyard and said, We are Daoists who promote Taoism and want to stay here for the night. A farmer who heard the voice said, May I ask who you are? It sounds like you want to stay overnight. Monk Song said," The old man is right. We are Taoists who promote Taoism and want to stay here for a night. I don't know if the old man is willing. If you are not willing, we won't disturb you. We can just find a cave nearby. There are wolves and leopards in the mountains. It's very dangerous. You can come to my house to rest for a night. Anyway, my house can accommodate ten people. Monk Song said," Then I'll thank you." Monk Song entered the house and said," Spiritualists and talented people, today I will tell you about the history of a few famous people. I will first tell you the story of our Taoist ancestor Laozi.
His original name was Lao Tzu, surnamed Li Er, also known as Dan, also known as Boyang, or posthumous title Boyang. He was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period. The year of his birth and death are unknown. He was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period of 571 B.C. Later, he realized that Tao Te Ching was a great sage. Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching left a deep impression on the world. It could also let the world know the model of Tao and the laws of Tao.
The main category of Laozi's thoughts was "Dao", and the word "Dao" appeared 73 times in the book. Dao was an initial state of chaos that had yet to be separated. It was the beginning of heaven and earth, the mother of all things, and the source of all things. Tao is always nameless, doing nothing but doing nothing. It is like water, good for all things but not fighting with all things. It is the highest good to defeat strength with weakness. Tao was unspeakable, and human senses could not directly perceive it. It could not be seen, heard, or held. Dao was the noumenon of the universe, the rule of all things, and the rule of life. Confucianists regarded heaven, earth and man as the "Three Oi", while Lao Tzu regarded Tao, heaven, earth and man as the "Four Great". The Four Major Concepts added Dao to the Three Ovens, which opened up a very far-reaching and imaginative thinking space for the structure of Central Plains culture and thought. Dao originated from the metaphysics and ran through the physical. Furthermore, in the process of piercing through, it didn't leave any room for masters of creation like Heaven and Emperor who had their own will and goals to interfere. Natural inaction was the main theme of Lao Tzu. 2,500 years ago, Laozi's Dao was a great invention that fundamentally transformed the original Dao theory.
As the origin and noumenon of the existence of all things in the world, Dao created and accomplished all things in the world. However, the Dao was not an intentional act, but a completely unintentional act. Lao Tzu said," Man imitates the earth, the earth imitates the heavens, the heavens imitates the Dao, and the Dao imitates nature." "Tao is natural." Natural means to be natural. Nature was a description of the state and actions of Dao, and not nature that had a physical entity outside of Dao. Even though Dao created all things, it did not mean to create all things. The Dao did not create all things for any purpose. It was completely natural and completely natural. " Being born without being, doing without being special." Everything was natural and everything went with the flow. This was the nature of Dao. The nature of Tao is natural inaction, but it is this inaction that makes action possible. It was because of inaction that everything was achieved. This phenomenon was summed up by Lao Tzu in a philosophical way, which was "doing nothing without doing anything". "Doing nothing without doing anything" was not only the great virtue and great use of Tao, but also the most fundamental law that dominated all things in the world. It was the fundamental law for one to settle down and live. It was the so-called "truth". "It doesn't grow on its own, so it can live forever.""It doesn't grow on its own in the end, so it can become great." This was the principle of all things in heaven and earth." As long as one doesn't compete, no one in the world can compete with him."" He takes the lead after others, and exists outside others."" He can achieve his selfishness by selflessness." These were the fundamental laws of a person's life. "Doing nothing without doing anything" was not only the application and reason of Tao, but also the "Tao technique". It was the fundamental means and method for marquises to govern the country. The marquises 'rule and rule the world should also be based on Tao."It is not enough to take the world when there is nothing." Therefore,"I do nothing and the people will naturally change; I like tranquility and the people will naturally correct themselves; I do nothing and the people will naturally become rich; I have no desires and the people will naturally become simple."”
Laozi believed that everything in the world existed in comparison. Beauty and ugliness, good and evil, existence and non-existence, difficulty and ease, length and weakness were all dependent on each other. Only with this can there be that, only with right can there be wrong, and only with good can there be evil. On the surface, the two opposite aspects were opposite to each other, but in fact, they contained and infiltrated each other. "Misfortune is where happiness lies; happiness is where misfortune lurks.”Everything was a mixture of me and you. Nothing was immutable. In the 40th chapter of the Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu proposed that "the movement of the Tao is the opposite". This meant that when things developed to a certain extent, they would inevitably change in the opposite direction. As the saying went," when things are strong, they will grow old." When the army is strong, they will perish. At the same time, the development of things and the transformation of things to the opposite side were not realized in one go. They needed to go through a process of continuous accumulation in quantity. "The root of the hug is born from the tiniest bit of dust, and the nine-layered platform is born from the accumulated earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Lao Tzu believed that the nature of Tao was natural inaction, which was the fundamental law governing all things in the universe and the basic code of conduct that human beings should abide by. Starting from the principle of inaction, Lao Tzu objected to people's actions, because actions destroyed people's original natural simplicity, causing the split of personality, bringing hypocrisy, cunning, greed, evil and other social evils. "When the Great Dao is abandoned, there will be benevolence and righteousness. If the six relatives are not harmonious, there will be filial piety and kindness. If the country is in chaos, there will be loyal officials.”The world had a way, and everything was natural. Do not flaunt benevolence and righteousness, but have benevolence and righteousness. When it was flaunted with benevolence and righteousness, it meant that benevolence and righteousness no longer existed. Therefore, Lao Tzu put forward the idea of "abandoning wisdom and deception" and "abandoning skill and profit". He advocated that "a small country with few people should make the people have the tools of Shibo but not use them" and "even if they have boats, they have no place to ride them". Even if there are armor and weapons, there is nothing to display. Let people tie ropes and use them again." This was a kind of retro thinking. In line with this social ideal, Laozi also advocated the importance of softness and weakness. He believed that the strong should be at the bottom, and the weak should be at the top. He believed that there was no one weaker than water in the world, and no one could be the first to attack the strong. He then advocated that the best personality should have the same mentality and behavior as water. He believed that the most perfect personality should be like water. He should live in the place that everyone hates, go to places that others don't want to go, do things that others don't want to do, be patient and bear the burden, and be tolerant.
Monk Song said," Spiritual Practitioner, it's good that you understand. Let's not talk about it anymore. We'll rest for a night and continue our mission the next day. The next day, Monk Song thanked the old man for his kindness of staying overnight and continued to carry out the mission of spreading the Tao with the Spiritual Practitioner and the others. After many years, the master and disciples came to a place with cold weather and heavy snow. The coldness of the mountain surprised the master and the disciples. It's summer now, so why is it so cold and snowy? How can I carry forward my mission? Even I can't stand it here. Master, I didn't expect you to be able to withstand it. It's no wonder. Master is the reincarnation of the spiritual child of the Dao Ancestor and has the protection of an immortal. However, if we don't get rid of this cold ice and snow, we can't continue to carry forward our mission. I don't know if brother has any strange ideas to tell us. The spiritual cultivator said, I don't have any ideas, but we can endure it and go over, but Master is a mortal and can't go over at all. Moreover, Dao Ancestor said that we can't use spells, or else the calamity we experienced won't count. This is really troublesome for us.”
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