Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 40 The controversy between Confucianism and Taoism runs through the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years!

Shu County, Heming Mountain.

The valley is dense, the springs and waterfalls are flowing, and the clouds and mists are diffuse, looming, and you can see the young celestial master Zhang Luzheng and the young "Zhitou Dajiu" Liu Yu sitting with their eyes closed, as if practicing Qigong.

At the foot of the mountain, a group of ghost soldiers in Taoist robes sat on the futons, chanting scriptures and repenting amidst the incense and the sound of bells and chimes.

In front of the mountain gate, the Dharma altar is built high, which is a scene of "immortal wind and bone, drinking xia meal dew, promoting qi and bigu" in Taoist practice.

Finally, after finishing the morning class.

Zhang Lu on the top of the mountain just opened his eyes, and he looked at Liu Yu.

"Junior brother, you must have many questions now! You might as well ask them all!"

"Brother..." Liu Yu narrowed her eyes slightly. "Why? Master gave me the position of 'Zhitou Grand Sacrifice Wine'? Why did the master let me sit on an equal footing with my brother, and...Sister Yulan..."

Liu Yu asked a series of questions on her mind like a cannonball.

call…

Zhang Lu exhaled softly.

"Father, his old man's thoughts are so big and his structure is so broad that no senior brother can compare. However... my junior brother has set up branch forums in the Central Plains to spread teachings over the years. He should be able to understand our Heavenly Master's way, Zhengyimeng, and even our Taoist sect. Is it not easy for the orthodox to survive in the cracks of this world?"

Do you want to survive?
Liu Yu could deeply understand Zhang Lu's words.

And this involves the origin and development of the Taoist lineage...

In the process of the formation of Taoism, Huang Lao Tao played a great role.

The Huang-Lao theory originally originated from the "Jixia" school in the Warring States period. It is characterized by advocating quietness and inaction, and respecting the legendary Yellow Emperor and Laozi as the founders of Taoism.

During the Wen and Jing Dynasties in the early Han Dynasty, the rulers of the empire...absorbed the experience of the Qin Dynasty’s death due to violent reforms, coupled with the decline of people’s livelihood in the early Han Dynasty, and adopted the Taoist-derived thought of "Huang Lao is pure and inaction" as the policy of governing the country. world.

For a time, Huang Lao's thoughts prevailed, and scholars flocked.

The turning point happened after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che succeeded to the throne. He was determined to forge ahead and turned to Confucianism to embellish the rule of law.
It is actually not accurate to say that it is Confucianism. At that time, Dong Zhongshu used the "Heaven-Man Response" to tune the version, and the version where Confucius's coffin board was almost overwhelmed!
Of course, this version is more acceptable to the rulers.

And the theory is summed up as follows:

On the one hand, heaven is the supreme ruler with personality, and the monarch is ordered by heaven to rule the people. If the people disobey the monarch, it is disobeying the will of heaven and can be wiped out! "

On the other hand, the will of heaven can be manifested through natural phenomena in the world. If the monarch acts recklessly, it is also against the will of heaven, and heaven will send disasters to remind the monarch to reflect.

So... the key question is here?
Who will explain the catastrophe?And who will remind the emperor?

——Of course they are Confucian scholars!
To put it bluntly, it means the supreme "heaven", and the final interpretation right belongs to Confucianism!
That is to say, since then, with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "dismissing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", Taoism gradually fell outside the official school.

Fans of Taoism naturally refused to give up and wanted to regain power.

Since the Son of Heaven likes the connection between heaven and man, Taoism followed suit and began to combine alchemy and immortality, in order to truly teach the emperor to "response to God".

This is to use "magic" to defeat "magic"!
For example, a fan of Taoism in Qidi wrote the "Tianguan Li Baoyuan Taiping Jing", a total of twelve volumes.

In this book, it is claimed that the "Emperor of Heaven" sent the real person Chi Jingzi to "teach me this way", and the Han family enshrined the end of heaven and earth, and was even more ordered by heaven!And dedicated the book to the emperor.

It's just... the emperor simply ignored such crazy hints.

It can be said that since then, Taoism has been firmly suppressed by Confucianism!Difficult to turn over!

You can't go up, you can only go down.

Zhang Ling, who studied Taoism, found that what he learned was completely unpopular in the Central Plains!
Therefore, he resolutely gave up his official position and ran to the land of Bashu, where there were many barbarians, worshiped witches and ghosts but lacked wealthy families, the penetration of Confucianism was extremely poor, and the public security was not good.

He changed his name to Zhang Daoling and founded Zhengyi League and Tianshidao, so all participants need to pay five buckets of rice first, and then they can enjoy the services of "teaching with talismans", "curing diseases with talisman water", and "expelling evil spirits with talismans"!

Needless to say, it was under this kind of "enlightenment" that the wild land of Bashu was governed to a certain extent.

This is properly taking the grassroots route... intending to encircle the city from the countryside!
On the other hand, life for Confucianism is not easy.

Over the past 86 years, there have been 84 solar eclipses, 69 floods, 59 droughts and [-] earthquakes in Dahan, and more than [-] counties have been affected by earthquakes and floods.

According to the Confucian theory of "interaction between heaven and man", if the heaven "suggests like crazy", then the emperor really deserves to die.

For a time, the theory of "interaction between heaven and man" among the people has been greatly lost.

However, that "Tianguan Calendar Baoyuan Taiping Jing" has been spread among the people for many years, spreading its branches and leaves.

And when it was handed down to the "Emperor Ling", this book had been completely blackened, and it was named "Taiping Qingling Book"!
Unlike the old version, which still had illusions about the emperor, this version promotes the apocalyptic rhetoric of "the flood will come", and also prophesies that the "yellow sky" will save the world!

to be honest…

That is, the "Eastern Emperor Taiyi" believed by your Han family is about to go into a stranger's way, and the "Zhonghuang Taiyi" believed by my Taipingdao will save the world from fire and water.

To put it more vividly, Zhang Jiao, a great virtuous teacher of the Taiping Dao, shouted "Learning Confucianism can't save a big man", and then completely blackened, wanting to destroy the big man!
Indeed, Taipingdao painted a completely different picture for the people in despair from the rule of the Han Dynasty.

——The newborn Huang Tian saved all the people from the sea of ​​suffering!

——The newly-born Taiping Road will manage public property with "doing nothing but doing everything".

——The people of the new era will be self-reliant, self-cultivating, and finally exorcise evil spirits and diseases, and become immortals!

With these three tricks, Taiping Road has attracted a large number of people!
On the contrary, the Taoism of the Heavenly Master, known as the orthodox talisman school of Taoism, is still being suppressed to death, struggling to survive...

In the past, the opponent of Tianshidao was Confucianism!

But now, Tianshidao has another opponent-Taipingdao!

Liu Yu and Zhang Lu chatted carefully about Zong Zong here...

And finally, when talking about the difficult situation of today's teacher.

Zhang Lu's expression became serious, and he looked at Liu Yu solemnly.

——"Junior Brother Yu, father firmly believes that only you can save Zhengyimeng!"

——"Only you can make the Tao of Heavenly Master rise again and reshape the glory of Taoism in the early Han Dynasty!"

——"For this reason, you deserve to be the 'Zhitou Dajijiu' in the Tao of the Heavenly Master, and you must marry the 'Saint' of the Tao of the Heavenly Master! This is your father's trust and expectation for you, especially when you are dying last words!"

Speaking of here…

Zhang Lu stood up solemnly, and under the eyes of countless cross-legged meditation disciples at the foot of the mountain, he solemnly bowed to Liu Yu.

——"Junior Brother Yu, please!"

at the same time…

All the ghost soldiers under the mountain stood up together and bowed their hands to Liu Yu. "Great sacrificial wine, please!"

boom…

For a moment, Liu Yu suddenly felt that a huge burden had been weighed down!

He has been deeply tied to the Tao of Heavenly Master!
Both glory and loss!
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(End of this chapter)