The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 77

It is a peaceful day, with willows and willows. On both sides of the lakeside road, there are grasses leaning against each other. The tall ones are waist-high, and the low ones are knee-less. They are lush and green, growing with water, birds singing on the branches, and double fish swimming in the water. It is peaceful scene.

Suddenly, a grumpy little old man with white beard and hair broke in, with an angry expression on his face, wearing a large white Confucian robe and leaning on a bamboo stick. Breaking branches and flowers, going up the mountain in anger.

Seeing that a big bustle is about to happen, it can be said that it is a rare blessing for those who eat melons, Fat Laoba led a group of brothers who did not think it was a big deal, swarmed out, looked at Xiao Qinzhi with a calm face, pointed his thumb forward, Hastily asked: "Fourth brother, don't you want to take a look?"

The black-bellied Xiao Qin squeezed a chess piece and dropped it lightly, thinking: "I'm afraid I won't think about it, so I will join in the fun." Then he calmly said: "The mountain road is rough and the road is not easy to walk. Mr. Cui is old. It's too big, don't fall down, you go with it, and take care of it along the way."

The fat old man was in high spirits, grinning, and yelled at a group of seven or eight clan brothers, followed old man Cui, and went to the mountain to watch the fun.

The school was suddenly empty, Xiao Yao was the only one left, pacing out with a thoughtful face, Xiao Qinzhi glanced sideways when he heard the sound, and said with a smile: "Fifth Brother, why don't you go and have a look?"

Xiao Yao sat down, scratched his head, and said naively: "I haven't figured out the problem yet?"

"what is the problem?"

"Fourth brother, you said just now: Mr. Cui became very angry when the people of Jing had left their bows. Why?"

"It turned out to be this, uh--"Lu Shi Chunqiu" has a saying: People in Jing have left bows, but they don't want to ask for them, saying: "People in Jing left it, and people in Jing got it, so why ask for it?" "Confucius heard of it, and said: "It's fine to get rid of the 'Jing'. "Old Dan heard it and said: "It's okay to get rid of the 'people'. "

"So you understand?"

Xiao Yao frowned and shook his head.

Xiao Qinzhi explained: "If no one loses the bow, no one will gain the bow. For the 'Tao', there is nothing to gain and nothing to lose. All things, including people, are products of the Tao, so Lao Tzu has reached the state of impartiality. Confucius Words: People leave bows, people get bows, and people are the most valuable. Therefore, comparing the two, the Taoist idea of ​​equality between people and all things is more fair, thorough, and higher-minded than Confucianism. Mr. Cui is Confucian scholars, how can they be oppressed by Taoism, so, do you understand?"

Xiao Yao said with a silly smile: "I understand, fourth brother, you deliberately told Mr. Cui to listen."

Xiao Qinzhi smiled and said angrily: "I have explained so much to you, but you only understand this? What about the others?"

Xiao Yao stopped laughing instantly, and shook his head blankly.

"Ai——" Xiao Qinzhi sighed and shook his head, so he could only speak concisely and clearly: "Confucianism is in people, Taoism is in heaven, sky and people, which one is bigger and which one is smaller?"

Xiao Yao asked suspiciously: "According to what the fourth brother said, the sky is big, but people often say: Man will conquer the sky, isn't it contradictory?"

Xiao Qinzhi choked speechlessly, holding his breath in his chest, but he was stumped by the question. If he used sophistry, he could answer it, but for the profound philosophical question of "man and heaven", it is really like a fly shaking a tree. , self-deception.

I had no choice but to say frankly according to my vulgar understanding: "Everyone has their own 'sky', which is the goal that can be achieved by individual ability. Because of different individual abilities, the goals are also different. Being restrained and unable to surpass oneself is said to be invincible. Some people burst out of determination in adversity and complete self-transcendence, which is said to be conquered by nature."

Xiao Yao nodded and said: "I understand. It's like fourth brother, you will become a high-ranking official in the future, and you will become a high-ranking official, and your ancestors will be honored, while I can only marry a wife and have children at home, and live a leisurely life."

Xiao Qinzhi was at a loss for words again, thinking: "In the future, my life will be worse than that of a fool. A smart person deserves to worry about it. What the hell is this?"

Xiao Yao smiled foolishly, and after understanding the problem, he galloped like the wind, slipped into the green in white clothes, and ran up the mountain.

The school is quiet and quiet, only the chirping of birds is heard, and the cross wind blowing from the lake attracts people to explore the deep green in the north. Xiao Qinzhi wandered north along the smooth road at the school gate , the goosegrass, motherwort, plantain, bermudagrass and many unnamed plant wildflowers along the way grow lonely and no one cares about them.

After dozens of steps, I came to a newborn lotus pond. This lake is relatively shallow. A few years ago, the patriarch ordered people to plant Qinghe, and now a large piece of green has been bred. In June, this place will become A piece of "Lotus Sea".

Today, there are only newborn green circles and pointed little lotus that just broke through the water. The sparse green has begun to take shape, three or two dragonflies, a few swimming fish, and occasionally a fluffy little lotus emerges from under the little lotus. The little head is a wild duck.

Dozens of steps forward, there is a field of reeds, and it is more lively here. The old reeds of last year are still straight, and there are a lot of flamboyant ones. Among the withered yellow, there are tender and green ones. Slim and graceful, beautiful shadows whirling, with pointed and long leaves.

Looking around, there are green mountains, green waters, lakes and mountains, gorgeous colors patchwork, a layer of blue, above the blue is cloud white, a layer of withered yellow, a layer of grass green, yellow and green, a layer of indigo, under the indigo is the deep lake water .

Willows blowing in the wind, swaying yellow and green, there are several new reeds under the feet, Xiao Qinzhi leaned over and picked one of them, stripped off his coat, and put the tender green in his mouth, there is a hint of sweetness, it is the only reed Some fragrance.

Xiao Qinzhi held a reed in his mouth and was in a good mood. Looking up across the lake, he vaguely saw a Taoist temple with red walls and green roofs, and thought: "The Taoist temple should be very lively at this time. My life is happy, so I will let old man Cui trouble you, hehe, I ate the manjing tonight, it really broke the old man's scheme."

Thinking of this, Xiao Qinzhi was like a reed in spring, out of control, only looking forward to getting dark soon.

After Xiao Qin's sister and brother went down the mountain, the head of the patriarch chatted with the old Taoist for a while. When he went down the mountain, he just missed the old man Cui who went up the mountain. He stopped the construction personnel on the ancestral temple, and led the sixth uncle and the brothers to Fengqi Lake. Come from the east.

It is said that the old Taoist was pestered by the patriarch endlessly, so he had to make a calculation, saying that the geomantic omen of Jinniu Mountain had been changed. The original ancestral temple was built between the west building and the east building, with its back against Jinniu Mountain, forming a "Crouching Tiger" facing south. However, now that the mountain is shaded, the fortune is soaring, and Xiao’s Zhongxing is in the north. It is suggested that the ancestral hall should be built on the east bank of Fengqi Lake. , Luoyang direction.

If Xiao Qinzhi heard this, he would definitely scoff, thinking that this old man is fooling around again. He has heard that people built ancestral halls against mountains, or built a high platform in front of the water, or built a high platform, but never heard of the water. Water is the best, but the ancestors of the Xiao family lived by the water all the year round, and sooner or later they would get rheumatism.

But the head of the patriarch believed it, and there was no doubt about it. He took his sixth uncle to look for the venue immediately, passed by the school, saw no one, and was very curious. He walked north again, and suddenly saw Xiao Qin's black clothes in green beside the reeds. In the garden, leaning on willows, holding a reed in his mouth, with spring waves on his face, he seems to be dreaming, dazed, and seems to want to do something wrong.

The patriarch shouted, and Xiao Qinzhi, who was frightened out of his wits, almost slipped into the water by accident.

"What kind of idea are you thinking? Let me ask you, why is there no one in the school?"

Xiao Qinzhi pointed to the mountain, flustered, and said: "Old man Cui said he wanted to discuss the Tao with Taoist Qian, and they all went to watch the excitement."

When the patriarch heard this, he felt something was wrong, and asked again, "Why don't you go?"

Xiao Qinzhi said: "I find it noisy and want to be clean and quiet."

"You think it's noisy?" The patriarch didn't believe it. After thinking about it, he seemed to understand something. His face was a little strange, and he said, "Follow me back to school and wait for Mr. Cui to come back." He pointed to the reed and said, "Sixth Brother , let’s just build it in this area, and you can order people to start construction.”

As soon as Xiao Qinzhi came out to relax, he was captured by the patriarch and returned to the school, and was forced to play chess, so he slaughtered the patriarch three games in a row, without mercy, the angry patriarch blew his beard and stared, just for fun.

(End of this chapter)