Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 5
Guan Ziyang looked for his reputation, and saw a small boat in the middle of the river floating along the river in the distance. There was a person standing on the bow of the boat. From a distance, the person was tall and slender, wearing a black shirt, standing with his hands behind his back.

As the boat approached slowly, Guan Ziyang took a closer look and found that the man was all white, with sword eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and he was very handsome. He gently stroked the beard on his chin with his hand, just like a water fairy, standing tall on the bow of the boat. Like a towering ancient tree, it is tall and straight.

Guan Ziyang's first reaction was - "Superb!"

Maybe you can give me the kind of martial arts cheats that are invincible in the world...

Guan Ziyang nodded slightly from afar, and clasped his fists to thank him for his approval just now.

The man in the boat turned his head to the boatman at the stern and said, "Please come to the shore, please, I want to talk to the little friend on the shore."

After a while, the people in the boat climbed onto the rocky cliff, looked at Guan Ziyang with a smile and said: "Little friend, this way of boxing is graceful and graceful, it seems to hide the mystery of heaven and earth, and there is a faint image of opening the dark, it is really indescribable, I don't know Can I have a chat with a certain Qing?"

The clear talk in history refers to a kind of debate that prevailed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, in which both sides put forward their own views and question each other.

According to the principle of "inversion of civil and martial arts", in the current Eastern Jin Dynasty, Qingtan refers to "fighting moves". Both sides can stand or sit, and use martial arts moves to dismantle each other.

It is not as brave and ruthless as a martial arts competition, jumping and moving, with the purpose of hurting the opponent.

What Qingtan emphasizes is the demeanor of the moves, the quick wit of dismantling the moves, and the strangeness of the moves. It does not compete with brute force, nor does it compete with the strength of internal strength.

It is the most popular and most respected way of discussing martial arts among the scholar-bureaucrats in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Many sons of the gentry who have not awakened their bloodlines often use plain talk to package themselves. Although their martial arts are not very good, they have become famous for their superb talk, and they have been promoted to rank.

Guan Ziyang has been studying Tai Chi since he met him in Taohuayuan.

Every time I practice, although I seem to realize something, but I just keep practicing hard. In this world where the talkative style is at its peak, I don't know what level my Tai Chi is.

Today, a passerby popped up out of nowhere to invite him to have a chat, and Guan Ziyang wished for an opponent to verify his Tai Chi.

Although the people in the boat had silver and white hair all over their heads, they were only about 30 years old. It is not uncommon for Guan Ziyang to have seen a young man with gray hair. According to legend, Lao Tzu Li Er was born with white hair. Guan Ziyang was not too surprised.

Guan Ziyang saw that he had a gentle appearance, and his conversation didn't look like someone who came to make trouble for him by talking about it, so he readily agreed.

He stepped and stood still, his body shook slightly, his hands were palmed, separated left and right, as if holding a ball in his chest, and said: "Senior, please".

The man in the boat stretched out his right hand, pointed his palm at Guan Ziyang, bent his legs slightly so that he was about the same height as Guan Ziyang, put his left hand behind his back, and replied, "Please".

The man in the boat is five feet four inches tall, which is equivalent to the modern height of 1.8 meters. Although Guan Ziyang is only 13 years old, he is also five feet tall, which is equivalent to about 1.6 meters five in modern times.

If the difference in height between the two of them is too large, it will be inconvenient, so the person in the boat took the initiative to stand with his legs bent, so that the two of them would be about the same height.

What Taiji emphasizes is to use intention without using force, to strike later, and to move a thousand catties in fours and twos. Therefore, after the person in the boat said "please", Guan Ziyang remained motionless with a calm expression, waiting for the other party to make the first move.

The man in the boat was older, so Guan Ziyang should have been the first to attack, but he saw that Guan Ziyang didn't intend to attack first, and he was not too polite, so he stretched out his right palm and struck first.

Before the palm arrives, the wind of the palm has already hit the face.

Guan Ziyang bent his arms forward, glued his arms together, supported the opponent's palm, formed a line of defense, and took advantage of the situation to draw his palm to the left.

Guan Ziyang's defense and citation respectively used the push and pull strokes of the thirteen taiji moves handed down by his family, which perfectly neutralized the first palm of the man in the boat.

And instantly turn from defense to offense.

The people in the boat seemed to have not expected Guan Ziyang's strange move at all, but he also reacted quickly. After a moment of surprise, he decisively withdrew his palm and returned to defense. After all, his left hand was still behind his back.

The people in the boat supported him, seeing that Guan Ziyang was young, he talked with Guan Ziyang with one hand.

Unexpectedly, he lost the first-hand advantage in a face-to-face meeting, and he was inevitably a little embarrassed in his heart.

Guan Ziyang saw that the people in the boat would rather choose to return to defense than to use their left hand, which also aroused his competitive spirit.

I thought to myself: "I don't believe you can't force your left hand!"

Guan Ziyang's left hand shook, and stuck to it again, followed by his retreating right hand, sticking to the right shoulder of the man in the boat.

The man in the boat turned his body slightly, his right shoulder was thrown back, barely avoiding it.

Guan Ziyang gained momentum and attacked fiercely, and made three consecutive attacks, but the people in the boat avoided them all.

He was a little anxious in his heart, Tai Chi in his previous life had already entered the room, and his understanding of Tai Chi had already reached the peak.

But after rebirth, with the generation of innate energy in his body, he found that Tai Chi was far from being as simple as the Tai Chi in his previous life...

The key to Taiji lies in 'qi', but this 'qi' is something that did not exist in the previous life.

Therefore, every time Guan Ziyang practices, he can bring him a new understanding and comprehension.

Since he had no opponent to compare with, he couldn't estimate his own strength, but he didn't expect that it would be difficult for him to win with one-handed hand over to someone he met on the road, and he felt a little disappointed.

In fact, the people in the boat also turned up the stormy sea!
"This boy's kung fu is so handsome! How could there be such a talent in the small Fuling County, a remote county that doesn't even have a gentry!"

"I don't know which nobleman's son is playing here... His martial arts skills are probably far above my child's..."

At this moment, although the two have their own thoughts in their hearts, their kung fu is non-stop.

The man in the boat only showed his right hand, so Guan Ziyang was firmly on the offensive. At this moment, he felt that Guan Ziyang's hands were constantly changing and drawing circles...

And I can only fight against him in this circle forever...

Every time the opponent hits, the power seems to come from himself...

This is the secret of Tai Chi!

Leverage strength to fight strength, use slow speed to fight fast, between the radius and the radius, it is a self-contained Tai Chi!
The man in the boat secretly thought that if he didn't use his left hand again, he would definitely lose!
But he has always been unable to let go of the arrogance in his heart, which comes from his identity, his status, his fame and self-confidence.

He would rather lose than use his left hand.

Guan Ziyang thought that the man in the boat bent his legs in order to lower his height, and he gave up his left hand, so he has never used the "advance, retreat, look, hope, and fix" in the thirteen Taiji postures. The five postures are under the table.

It's just that the previous eight postures used moves, and the first eight postures also have a name called "Tai Chi Eight Methods".

Although this was Guan Ziyang's first time using Tai Chi to chat with others, he had decades of Tai Chi skills in his previous life. As more and more moves were made, Guan Ziyang's moves became more mellow.

And every time I practice Tai Chi, the inexplicable sense of enlightenment arises spontaneously again.

In his mind, there were bursts of whispers from his grandfather in his ear.

"Ziyang, the study of Tai Chi is extensive and profound. Tai Chi contains the Dao of Heaven and Earth, contains Yin and Yang, includes the four phenomena, merges the eight trigrams, and is born in the five elements..."

He once thought that these mysterious and mysterious things were nothing but the erosion of modern martial arts by Chinese theological culture, which was simply nonsense.

But at this moment, with the people in the boat making more and more moves, more and more urgent, under the traction of the innate energy in the body.

He seemed to see a black and white yin and yang fish Tai Chi picture in the circle drawn by his hands, looming in his hands!

Are you dazzled again...

Guan Ziyang slanted his body and lowered his shoulders, shaking his right shoulder and right arm at the same time. At this time, the right hand of the man in the boat was restrained in the distance and he couldn't make it back. This time, his entire right arm was pressed against his chest, and the man in the boat stepped back. It took half a step to stand still.

Guan Ziyang stood still, bowed and clasped his fists in salute: "Senior, accept!"

Although the people in the boat were defeated, they laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, it seems that this talk helped the little friend break through the seclusion, I am very honored!

"Xiaoyou's martial arts are not only fresh and refined, extremely elegant, but also imply the Dao of heaven and earth. In a few years, Xiaoyou will definitely be famous all over the world! Hahaha, have fun!"

Guan Ziyang seemed to understand but didn't understand, and it was inconvenient to ask questions, as if he was ignorant...

People from Jin Dynasty are still open-minded, but the man in the boat said 'happy', which is enough to show how much this person likes to talk!

The people in the boat praised Guan Ziyang as 'fresh and refined, extremely elegant', which is also a very high evaluation in this world!

Guan Ziyang didn't think it was a great thing for this passer-by to give him this eight-character evaluation. Until a long time later, these eight characters will become a legend in the Eastern Jin Dynasty talk circle!
Guan Ziyang said indifferently: "Senior gave in with his hands and knees, the boy is very grateful!"

The people in the boat put their hands on their beards and laughed three times, but they didn't answer, turned around and left.

I saw that person standing on the edge of the rocky cliff, jumping...

Guan Ziyang was startled, this person wouldn't just jump into the river and commit suicide after losing Qing Tan!

He hurriedly stepped forward to check, only to see that the person in the boat did not fall into the river as he expected, but stopped on the water surface, and then tapped his feet, unexpectedly using the superb lightness kung fu of floating on the water!

Walking on the river like walking on flat ground, he returned to the boat after a few ups and downs, and then he turned his head and shouted to Guan Ziyang: "If you come to Jiankang in the future, please go to Zhongshan in the east of the city." Zijin Bieyuan, let’s talk about today’s friendship again.”

After finishing speaking, he waved his big sleeve and signaled the boatman to start the boat. The boat was only resting on the shore temporarily, and was not tied to the rope.

It's coming in a hurry and going in a hurry.

Guan Ziyang sat down on the ground, his mind was full of the figure of the people in the boat flying away on the water!
"His grandma's! It's really floating on the water... I must learn from it in the future!"

He thought again: "Judging from the other party's superb water floating and light kungfu, he must be a master of martial arts with profound internal skills. When we just chatted, he must have not used his real skills!"

Guan Ziyang was deeply impressed by the magnanimity and freedom of the people in the boat. He has heard of Wei Jin's character for a long time...

From the time they met, chatted, and said goodbye, they were all in a few words, and they didn't even exchange names, but they both regarded each other as friends.

Guan Ziyang couldn't help but think of later generations' evaluation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty scholar-bureaucrat class.

Dedicated to the pursuit of mysterious heart, insight, wonderful appreciation, and affection throughout his life.

External behavior advocates enlightenment, broad-mindedness, and sincerity.

And the image of this strange man in a boat is exactly the image of a famous person in the Eastern Jin Dynasty that he conceived in his mind after reading those books related to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in later generations.

Guan Ziyang froze in place, unable to calm down for a long time...

"This Gaowu Eastern Jin Dynasty turned out to be the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history!"

"Except for the reversal of civil and military, there is no difference in its essence!"

(End of this chapter)