A knife in love

Chapter 2274
When everyone heard what Li Qiufeng said, they were a little bit surprised.Wang Xiaoyu interjected: "We all know the three don't ask questions, what are the rules of the three don't talk and the three don't ask?"

Li Qiufeng glanced at Wang Xiaoyu, and said in his mouth: "The so-called three don't say anything, refers to not talking about sleep and sleep in the morning, not talking about killing in the afternoon, and not talking about ghosts and gods in the evening. All Taoist disciples must abide by the rules of the three don't say anything." , otherwise it is a taboo. Don’t talk about dreams early, it means that after the disciples of Taoism get up early, they are not allowed to talk about the things in their dreams. There is a great figure in Taoism named Zhuangzi, who is regarded as the real person of Nanhua by Taoist disciples. It is called Lao Zhuang. Zhuangzi once told a story that he turned into a butterfly in his dream and flew around, completely forgetting that he was originally a human being. After waking up, he realized that he was still Zhuangzi.”

When Li Qiufeng said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "If it were an ordinary person, after waking up from the dream, he would think of the scene in the dream, and naturally he would not take it to heart. But Zhuangzi was in a daze, not knowing that he was dreaming. He turned into a butterfly, or did the butterfly dream that he became himself? He was puzzled, but he couldn't come up with the result in the end. From this, he speculated that the life of a person may be a big dream, and he can only see his own after waking up from the dream. The real body. That is to say, only by practicing assiduously, breaking through illusions, and becoming a Daoist real person, can one gain insight into the secrets of the changes in the world and become a free and easy immortal. This is the story of "Zhuang Shengxiao Dreaming of the Butterfly" that Taoist disciples are very familiar with. In addition Lu Dongbin, the founder of the Quanzhen School, also had a story of "a dream of yellow beams". Zhong Liquan enlightened Lu Dongbin in his dream to become a fairy. Because of these stories, Taoism believes that dreams are one of the obstacles on the road of practice for those who practice the Tao. , and the time of waking up in the morning is the time when the memory of dreams is the deepest. Taoist disciples must "don't talk about dreams early", let go of illusory phantoms and explore the demons in their hearts, so as to achieve what Zhuangzi said, "the ultimate man has no dreams". Realm, practice hard, and become a fairy who has jumped out of the cycle of life and death.

"As for not talking about killing at noon, it is because noon is the pole of yang, and talking about killing is against the virtue of good life and compassion. Taoist disciples pay attention to cherishing life and do not kill all creatures in the world. As the saying goes, sweeping the ground does not hurt the lives of ants, This is the principle of cherishing the moth gauze lamp."

When Li Qiufeng told about these Taoist rules, everyone was dumbfounded.Although Feng Wei has intensively studied the Qimen and Five Elements techniques, he has dabbled in many Taoist classics.However, what he has learned is some spells to exorcise ghosts, and he doesn't know much about the etiquette norms of the most superficial Taoist disciples.Therefore, it was probably the first time he heard Li Qiufeng's words, and he was quite curious.Murong Danyan and Wang Xiaoyu are both women, and they seldom go to Taoist temples on weekdays. They don't know the rules of Taoism at all. I don't know.

Qi Jiu is also completely ignorant of Taoist rules, but when Li Qiufeng said this, he was taken aback, and couldn't help asking: "Brother Li, I have something unclear, please enlighten me. Brother Li said that noon is the pole of yang." , so saying that killing is against the virtue of good life and the heart of compassion. But I have been in the Dengzhou Guard for many years, and I have seen the government kill prisoners many times, and most of them choose to execute the execution at noon. This is contrary to the rules of Taoism. I don’t know if it is what reason."

Li Qiufeng smiled slightly after hearing what Qi Jiu had said, and said in his mouth: "Brother Qi is right. The government beheads criminals and executes them at three o'clock in the noon. This is because in a day, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the yang energy is at its strongest. When it is prosperous, the execution of prisoners at this time can not only deter ghosts, but even make the prisoners disappear immediately after being beheaded. Even ghosts can't do it. It is of great benefit for the government to punish criminals and deter the people. But Taoist disciples have a heart of compassion for all things in the world. Even in the face of ghosts, they must be enlightened and saved, and they will never kill lightly. Therefore, talking about killing at noon is contrary to Taoism With a heart of compassion, there is a taboo of not saying anything about killing."

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Qi Jiu suddenly realized, nodded and said, "So that's the case. Thank you, Brother Li, for your enlightenment."

Wang Xiaoyu was excited when she heard Qi Jiu's words, and she asked, "I don't talk about ghosts and gods at night. I think Taoists are afraid of talking about ghosts and gods before going to bed, so they inevitably have nightmares. After waking up in the morning, maybe they will talk about ghosts and gods." Speech indiscriminately violates the rule of never talking about dreams.”

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "The Taoists say that they don't talk about ghosts and gods at night. They don't worry that they will dream about ghosts and gods, which will hinder their practice. There is a sentence in the Book of Changes, which is called one yin and one yang. The Daoist real person said that partial yin and yang are called diseases. These two sentences mean to tell the world that yin and yang must be balanced. Once they are out of control, disasters will happen. There are extremely yang noon in a day, and there are also extremely yin Zishi corresponds to it. After sunset, the yin energy becomes more and more serious. If you talk about ghosts and gods at night, it will easily lead to disaster. Therefore, Taoist disciples must concentrate and be cautious, and do not speak falsely about ghosts and gods after nightfall.”

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Feng Wei couldn't help clapping his hands, and said, "I never imagined that Mr. Li is not only strong in martial arts, but also so familiar with the messy rules of Taoist priests, which is really admirable."

Li Qiufeng shook his head, and said: "I'm ashamed. Li didn't know much about Taoist rules. However, his family teacher has some connections with Taoism. Although he is not a Huangguan Taoist, he has read many Taoist classics. For Yi He is very familiar with the classics and the Tao Te Ching, and it can be said that he has memorized them backwards. When he has nothing to do, the old man told me some legends and rules of the Taoist school, but Li is stupid and doesn't know much, which made everyone laugh."

Hearing what Li Qiufeng said, Wang Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Hero Li is too modest. If you don't know much, don't we know nothing? I heard that most of the masters of the Wudang School are monks. Most of the high-strength people have to learn Taoism."

The martial arts learned by Li Qiufeng is closely related to Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang School.Zhang Sanfeng is not only a master of martial arts, but also a strange person born in Taoism. He is proficient in martial arts and Taoism without a teacher.Li Qiufeng's best Xuanxu sword technique coincides with the principles in the Book of Changes and the Tao Te Ching, and Taijiquan is even more inspired by the Book of Changes and the Tao Te Ching.Therefore, he practiced martial arts with his master since he was a child, and he has memorized these two Taoist classics by heart.As for some rules of Taoism, his master talked about it in his spare time.However, although the master and apprentice's martial arts are closely related to Taoism, they scoffed at the theory of cultivating immortality and attaining the Tao, and didn't take it seriously at all.Li Qiufeng's master once said that whether it is a monk or a Taoist priest, his practice has now gone astray, and he has completely forgotten the original heart of a practitioner of Taoism.If you continue to practice like this, you can only become a stupid person and become the laughing stock of the world.So Wang Xiaoyu praised Taoism so much, Li Qiufeng didn't take it seriously, and said in his mouth: "That's not necessarily true. Dao can be said, very Tao, name can be named, very well-known. In fact, most people who practice Taoism in the world are not Knowing where the Tao is is just following what others say, closing the door and reading dead books, it is difficult to become a great tool."

(End of this chapter)