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Chapter 156 Discussion in Dabaoen Temple

More than 42 years ago, the calligrapher and his relatives and friends and other [-] celebrities at the time sat on the ground on both sides of Lanting Qingxi River after repairing the temple at Lanting Pavilion. Streams, whoever spins or stops in front of the cup will have to compose poems and drink wine impromptu, which is called "the cup of flowing water".

In the Qushui Liucup, 11 persons each inscribed two poems, 15 persons each inscribed one poem, and 16 persons could not inscribe a poem, and each was made to drink three cups of wine as forfeit.The sage of calligraphy gathered the completed poems, wrote a preface, and wrote them on the spur of the moment, writing the world-famous first running script in the world.

As a result, the smooth flow of Qushui has become a good story through the ages, and has been regarded as Confucianism and elegance by celebrities of all dynasties.

Since the 37th year of the Zhengming Dynasty in the previous dynasty, chaos began to appear in the world, and until the fifth year of Jianwen's reign in the Zheng Dynasty, a war that spread to the entire world lasted for a total of ten years.During this ten years, in order to avoid the war, countless scholars learned Buddhism and escaped from Zen. The Dabaoen Temple in the south of the Yangtze River became the first choice for the famous scholars in the south of the Yangtze River to escape from Zen. A Jiangnan eminent monk in cassock.

It has been 50 years since the establishment of the new dynasty, and the prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River have become prosperous again in the past ten years. Two grand events that affected the entire Jiangnan Shilin were also held in Dabaoen Temple.One is the Qushui Liushang on the third day of March, and the other is the Sitting and Talking on the fifth day of May.

The previous Qushui Liushang was mostly played by young scholars, who valued poetry and avenues, and it was a stage for young people. The elders just watched and commented, and did not end in person.Every year, there will be a few talents who make a blockbuster with their poems on this song of water, and thus become widely sought after and famous all over the south of the Yangtze River, which is even more beautiful than winning the Zhonghuiyuan in the imperial examination.From this point of view, the Qushui Liucup in Dabaoen Temple can be described as a shortcut for young scholars.

As for the latter session of sitting and discussing the Tao, it focuses on righteousness and principles, and the young and juniors can only watch, because the famous Confucians who have been famous for a long time will all appear on the stage, and the debate between righteousness and benefit, kings and bullies, and Confucianism and Law will be unfolded here. , The debate on name and reality, this sit-down debate will last for about three days, but since ancient times, there is no first place in literature, so generally there will be no winners or losers.

It sounds very elegant, but because of the prevalence of Wushi powder in recent years, many celebrities will take Wushi powder when discussing Taoism, so they have the demeanor of stripping naked, scratching lice, and even drinking and talking wildly.

When Xu Beiyou and Zhang Wubing came to Dabaoen Temple, two days had passed since they sat and discussed Taoism. The most eye-catching debate between Wang Ba, righteousness and benefit of the two schools of Chen and Zhu came to an end. Debate, after all, ever since Emperor Wu deposed all schools of thought and respected Confucianism only, the two schools of Confucianism and Legalism have established the status of master and slave, and now it is just a trivial matter to argue.

However, Xu Beiyou and Zhang Wubing, the "rough warriors" in the eyes of the two famous scholars, are naturally not interested in these so-called arguments, and they don't have arty ideas, so they don't feel disappointed even if they don't catch up.

The two stood in front of the gate of Dabaoen Temple and looked up, only to see that the gate of the temple was closed tightly, and a few monks who looked very vulgar and knowledgeable were lined up on the left and right. Of course, not just anyone can participate. In the past few days when the grand event is held, the Dabaoen Temple usually refuses pilgrims to enter the temple to worship the Buddha. You can only enter with an invitation card issued by the temple.And now that the admission time has passed, according to the rules, even if you have an invitation card, you can't enter, unless you are a person with a particularly valuable status, you can make an exception.

The monks in front of them who knew guests had practiced a pair of piercing eyes when they greeted and sent them off, and they were the best at reading people. At this time, it was time to discern whether the identity of the visitor was valuable enough.

If Zhang Wubing is willing to reveal his identity, no matter he is the Dragon King of Buddhism or the sick tiger of the court, he can be regarded as valuable enough. The demons and ghosts were provoked, so the two of them could only use some dishonorable means if they wanted to enter the temple.

As a sacred place of Buddhism, Dabaoen Temple is naturally protected by a mysterious formation. Fortunately, Zhang Wubing, the Dragon King of Buddhism, has a lot of research on Buddhist formations, and the formations in the temple have not been fully opened. Xu Beiyou followed him to come here. In a blind spot, Zhang Wubing stretched out his hand to wipe the wall, and a portal appeared out of thin air. Zhang Wubing took a step forward, and his figure disappeared into the portal in an instant. Xu Beiyou also followed suit. There was a bright light in front of his eyes, and when the light dissipated, he had already arrived in the Dabaoen Temple.

The methods of the Earth Immortal are indeed mysterious.

Xu Beiyou couldn't help joking: "The formation of the Dabaoen Temple is clearly to keep the enemy out, even my master may not be able to sneak in quietly with a person, but you, the Dragon King of Buddhism, do it easily. It is said that it is difficult to defend against house thieves by day and night.”

Zhang Wubing shook his head and smiled wryly, "The reason why I was able to leave the Buddhist sect easily this time is because of the great efforts of the imperial court. Now the Buddhist sect relies on the imperial court everywhere, so I dare not block it. If there is no imperial court, I, who have mastered so many secrets of the Buddhist sect How can the dragon king get away easily? If I insist on leaving, I am afraid that the ones standing in front of me will be the Great Brahma and Indra of the Eight Tribes. But anyway, after all, I feel a little sorry for the one who led me into Buddhism back then. Senior who is avoiding misfortune, I will look for that senior later, so you can go and listen to the famous scholars sitting down and talking about it."

Xu Beiyou was stunned and said, "Sit down and discuss the Tao?"

Zhang Wubing said with a smile: "Even if you don't understand, you should see the world. I came here with Wen Gong once. At that time, the world was initially settled, and it was not as corrupt as it is today, but it has already begun to compete with others. I remember Xie Gongyi. When they appeared on the stage, they brought more than a hundred musicians, singers, dancers, maids and servants, all kinds of food, wine and food boxes, stove bottles, all kinds of musical instruments, and even a whole set of chime bells. The scene was comparable to that of the emperor. At that time, Duke Wen was alone, and he had already lost too many battles before he even started the debate."

Xu Beiyou was surprised and said, "Xie Gongyi? Is that the Jiangzuo No. [-] Xie Gongyi who said that only one stone can be shared in the world, and I get a fight?! I have read his Fu on Mountain Dwelling, and he is indeed brilliant."

Zhang Wubing said with emotion: "Xie Gongyi likes this kind of celebrity gathering the most. During the reign of Zheng Zheng, sitting and discussing the Tao was not held at the Dabaoen Temple, but at the Yuanjue Temple in Linlang Mansion, Jiangzhou. , the late emperor got acquainted with Xie Gongyi, and it was under the instigation and support of Xie Gongyi and Du Mingshi that the late emperor decided to send his troops into Shu."

Zhang Wubing shook his head, "Don't talk about these old sesame seeds and rotten millet, I'll go to Housi Pagoda Forest first."

Before the words finished, Zhang Wubing had already disappeared.

The Dabaoen Temple occupies a vast area. There is a square in front of the glazed pagoda, which can accommodate nearly a thousand people. It is here that the Taoism is held. There are only a few people who are qualified to discuss the Tao, but there are as many as 800 onlookers. Most people gather in the square, and only a few well-known Confucian scholars can climb the glazed pagoda.

Xu Beiyou came here following the voice of the people, and instead of going to crowded places to join in the fun, he stood on the sidelines from a distance.

At this time, an old man with a square and majestic bearing opened his mouth to discuss the Tao, his beard and hair flaunted, his sentences were sonorous and forceful, and his words hit the floor. After he spoke, none of the eight hundred onlookers made a sound, and all of them listened intently. This old man must be a person of great status.

Although Xu Beiyou has the ambition to be a master, he has not reached the realm of governing the country and the world. He is not interested in Confucianism and Legalism. He is still willing to listen to it, but if it is such a pure verbal dispute, he is not patient at all.

Just when he was about to turn around and leave, he heard a loud voice not far from him, "The dispute between Confucianism and Legalism started in the era of various schools of thought. The root of the dispute lies in the attitude towards the criminal law. Confucianism advocates the rule of benevolence, love and ritual, and emphasizes that people should start from the heart and do things that do not matter. Therefore, Confucianism believes that only through education, external behaviors can be transformed into internal habits, and criminal law can be replaced by morality, even if there is no criminal law, this is the so-called Datong. , the implementation of the rule of law, in the final analysis, is still a matter of human nature being good and human nature being evil.”

Xu Beiyou's hard work after this period of time can be regarded as a little understanding of the classics, and he can roughly hear this argument is not bad, and he turned his head and saw a green shirt.

(End of this chapter)