American Celestial Master

Chapter 33, Mayan Writing and Chinese
The so-called relationship with the bloodline needs to be corrected, but it is actually for the foreshadowing buried later.

All but Grant of Fidel's quartet are Latino.Although Taoism learning has not officially started, Lin Qiusheng is already sure that Fidel, Anne and Victor's learning effect is definitely better than Grant's.This is not all due to differences in individual learning ability. In terms of learning ability, Fidel is obviously superior to others, but Anne and Victor's learning ability is not necessarily better than Grant.It's just that they are all Latino, and their matrilineal ancestry all have Indian ancestry, which makes them more favored by the fate of this world than Grant.In addition, if the teacher himself has this intention, the difference will be more obvious.

And once this difference appeared, Lin Qiusheng would attribute it to the difference brought about by blood, and then marveled that the effect of Latin blood seems to be very close to that of Chinese blood (in fact, it must be the case, Latins have luck. advantage, and the Chinese, if they are not the kind of thorough banana people, they are culturally easier to understand the content of Taoism, so in combination, their efficiency is really close.), and then they can make the best use of the situation to make Maya Civilization is actually the violent theory of the descendants of the immigrated Yin Shang civilization.

What, you said there is no archaeological evidence?What evidence do we need for free religion?Are not our scriptures the evidence?You said take out the scriptures and read them?I can make dozens of sets for you in one night.

What was first taught to Fidel and the others was the basic theory of Daoism and the method of cultivating Qi and calming the mind.

The study of Taoism must have a certain theoretical basis. Only on the premise of mastering a certain theoretical basis can one master Taoism more effectively.

But the basic theory of Taoism is not the first thing to master, the first thing to master is Chinese characters.Because whether it is the basic theory of Taoism, or various techniques and talismans, Chinese characters must be used.

"Chinese characters are the only characters based on pictographs that are still widely used in the world. Do you know what pictographs are?" Lin Qiusheng asked in the dream class.

Several people shook their heads blankly.

So Lin Qiusheng had no choice but to give them the basic knowledge of the origin of popular science characters.

"Before the next class, we should assign a preview task, let them go online to check some basic knowledge, so as not to waste time." Lin Qiusheng thought while explaining these basic knowledge.

"All kinds of civilizations in the world used hieroglyphs in the period of their origin, and the oldest spells and spells were also based on this kind of characters. You see, this is the oldest Egyptian hieroglyphs , this text is a curse engraved in the tomb of the Pharaoh, which means: 'Anyone who enters this tomb with an impure heart, I will strangle him like a bird by the neck.'”

While speaking, Lin Qiusheng embodied this passage.

Grant opened his mouth, but no sound came out.He closed his mouth and raised his hand.

"Grant, what do you want to ask?" Lin Qiusheng stopped and asked.

"I seem to have heard of this curse. I heard that the first people who entered the tomb died. Is this true?" Grant asked.

"These people entered the tomb in 1922, and of course they are all dead by now." Lin Qiusheng replied, "But it is true that these people generally did not live to the average life expectancy, and the longest lived was 78 years old." At the age of [-], he finally died by suicide. But he was no longer young when he entered the tomb. The fastest died of malaria transmitted by mosquito bites five months after entering the tomb. Others died Generally speaking, many people died unexpectedly due to various sudden diseases. But their death methods are quite reasonable, just like "Death Comes".

In addition, in that era, the intensity of mysterious phenomena was much weaker than it is now.The odds of the curse not working were also high in that era.If the curse of the pharaoh could have such an effect in that era, I can hardly imagine how terrible it would be now. "

"Fortunately, we don't have pyramids here," Grant said.

"Grant, there are also pyramids in America." Lin Qiusheng said, "We will talk about this in the future. Now we will continue to talk about the ancient mysterious characters, which are the earliest pictographs of the Sumerians. You see, They are somewhat similar to Egyptian hieroglyphs - after all, this kind of writing originated directly from painting. Then this is the ancient Chinese writing - oracle bone writing, which is also a typical hieroglyphic writing. Then you see, this is Mayan writing, It came out quite late, around BC. You can tell at a glance that they are also hieroglyphs..."

Then Lin Qiusheng talked about the follow-up development of these kinds of characters,
"Egyptian script and Sumerian script eventually developed into letters, and then produced phonetic text based on letters. For example, English, in terms of blood, can be regarded as their descendants. The ancient Chinese text and Mayan text have embarked on another similar path, and even their development methods are very similar.

You see, this is a further development of ancient Chinese characters. This character is composed of two hieroglyphs. The left side is a person, the right side is a tree, and a person leans on the tree, which means rest.Another example is this character, with a hand above and a tree below.Reaching out to the tree to grab something, that's what gathering means.And in the deciphered Mayan script, there is a similar phenomenon... This kind of practice, in ancient China, was called understanding.In addition, look at this character, on the left side of it is... This phenomenon also exists in Mayan characters, and they are called phonograms.To be honest, the similarities between the two scripts are so much that it is a bit abnormal.

Words are closely related to mystical phenomena.And the mysterious phenomena in various places are inseparable from the local primitive culture. For example, in our place, some mysterious phenomena we encountered seem to originate from European mysterious phenomena. core of primitive culture.Like this one you've all seen..."

As Lin Qiusheng said, he manifested the pipe ax from the Headless Horseman.

As soon as the ax appeared, almost everyone couldn't help leaning back.Although the ax that manifested was not real, nor did it carry that terrifying power, but everyone was full of fear about it.

"The pipe ax is the most typical Indian weapon, but it is actually a combination of the culture of the European colonists and the Indian culture. Because before the colonists landed on the North American continent, there were no steel products here." Lin Qiusheng said, "You Note, on this ax, there are some strange runes. I don't know this kind of writing, but in terms of the structure of the writing, I think you can see the similarity between them and the Mayan writing.

According to European legends, the appearance of the headless horseman stems from the resentment of the knight who lost his head and the pollution of hell.But when we dealt with the headless horseman, we found that the headless horseman's source of power comes from this axe.This is completely different from the situation in Europe.My personal thoughts on this ax are:
It may have been the tomahawk of some Indian tribe wiped out in the colonial wave.The wisest witch doctor in the tribe engraved it with mysterious inscriptions to gain magical powers.But at that time, the mysterious power was far less prominent than it is now, and the effect that the mysterious power could play was very limited.And the bravest warrior of the tribe, perhaps in the final battle of the whole tribe, held this ax, shouted 'for the tribe', rushed to the white man's musket, and was hit and fell by the bullet.So the unwillingness and resentment of the whole tribe were concentrated on this ax that originally pinned their last hope.

Such despair, resentment, and anger are not something ordinary people can resist, and those who hold it will easily be assimilated by this power, thus turning into a terrifying demon.

Among all the ancient pictographs, the most orderly inheritance, the most recognizable, and the easiest to use are the ancient Chinese characters.The various formations and talismans of our Taoism are also based on the ancient Chinese characters.So to learn Taoism, you must learn ancient Chinese characters. "

At this moment Fidel raised his hand.

"Fidel, do you have any questions?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"Lin, I heard people say that Chinese is a difficult language to learn, is that true?" Fidel raised his hand and asked.

"Chinese is indeed a bit difficult to get started. But it is not as difficult as you imagine. In terms of grammar, Chinese is even one of the easiest languages ​​in the world. For us, being able to remember [-] words is basically That's enough. In addition, considering that we are in America, although we don't know the specific meaning of some Mayan characters, we should also be familiar with them, at least where we will see them in the future. Various conjectures related to these texts."

"Lin, I think you teach us all as mages?" Fidel said again, "But some of us may be suitable to take this route, such as Anna, but others, such as me and Grant , I think we seem to be more suitable to take the path of warriors, do we also need to learn so many things?"

"In our Taoism, we take the path of a magic guardian. But even if we take the path of a warrior, some basic knowledge is necessary." Lin Qiusheng replied, "Fidel, I know that some knowledge is difficult for you. But now The situation is quite dangerous. This not only refers to the mysterious power that is getting stronger, but also the official attitude.”

(End of this chapter)