Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 567 New Religion

He Ying knew that engraved books in the Ming Dynasty were quite expensive, and the elders had to spend silver for private use, so Delong's exchange procedures were very troublesome.Ordinary veterans simply don't bother to do this.Zhang Yingchen was really willing to spend money on it.Hanging on the snow-white wall is a picture of Lao Tzu Hua Hu, which is the work of a local painter of Ming Dynasty in this time and space, probably bought from the spoils of the Gou family.

Zhang Yingchen was wearing a strange dress: a navy blue cross-neck robe with a cloth sash at the waist, which was tailored by Lingao's clothing factory according to his design, and he had a short ponytail hair at the end, which looked like a modern art artist. of.

The man was humming a song while writing something quickly on the paper.After He Ying listened carefully, he realized that he was writing lyrics for the scriptures.

"It's a pity to do this with such a good publicity talent." He Ying looked at the few new Taoist songs written by Zhang Yingchen, and said a little regretfully.

"It's not a waste to be able to give full play to the most suitable position and contribute to the Time Travel Group." Only then did Zhang Yingchen notice that he had come in.Quickly took off the earphones.Smiling and brewing new tea for him.

"As a person who is about to grow hair, it is necessary to live frugally and be cautious in words and deeds. So I quit smoking and alcohol. There are no good things to entertain you."

"It's okay," He Ying thought, this person is really dedicated.Holding a teacup, he said straight to the point, "I just want to hear about your new Taoist system."

"Look at this first." Zhang Yingchen said as he opened a box next to him. Inside was a new book that smelled like ink.This kind of binding can be seen at a glance as the books printed by the printing house itself.

He Ying took it over and took a look. On the cover was written "Taishang Dongyuan's Jade Sutra of Saving the World". He knew nothing about Taoist classics.After flipping through a few pages, I felt a little dazed.

"Look at these few sentences." Zhang Yingchen pointed.

He Ying looked intently, and saw that it was written: "In the age of the Ming Dynasty, when the world is about to end, the people have no integrity, and Miao Yin arises. But there is the sound of crying corpses, but there is no sound of fairy songs. The people are filthy. The three caves are congested, disasters of a hundred and six kinds, swordsmen and epidemics, demon kings indulge in poison, kill the good, the door is fierce, the mourning seeks each other, all living beings kill each other, cause their own distress, lead each other to death, suffer from foolishness, and do not know how to get out."

"Da Ming?" He asked hesitantly, "Is it the Daming we are in now?"

"That's right, it's this Daming." Zhang Yingchen nodded, and picked up a copy again, "You can read here again."

"When the catastrophe comes, there will be Immortal Wensi, Immortal Wu Mei, and Immortal Mashu in China, who will lead five hundred Immortal Saints to board an iron boat to pick up Taoist priests and those who have scriptures. I will wait for them."

He Ying immediately understood that it meant the Time Traveling Group!He asked in surprise, "You wrote this?"

"Yes, and no." Zhang Yingchen was a little proud, he took out another book from the shelf and turned to a certain page for him to read.

The title of the book is "Taishang Dongyuan Divine Mantra Sutra". He Ying carefully read the section he pointed out: "When the flood came, China had the immortal Tang Ping, the immortal Yuguang, and the immortal Maqi, who led [-] celestial beings. The immortals Take the iron boat and come to pick up Taoist priests and people with scriptures, and I will wait for them."

"The original text of the 'Da Ming' you just watched is actually 'Da Jin'."

"You are tampering with Taoist classics!" He Ying suddenly realized that this Ying Chen is powerful enough!Can think of this hand unexpectedly.Those who have in-depth research can't do it unless they are extremely familiar with Taoist classics.He couldn't help but look at the doctor with admiration.

"That's it. I want to promote the new Taoism, not to follow the old system." Zhang Yingchen nodded, "I plan to write "The True Book of Interpretation of Taoism" based on "Lao Zi", "Xiang Er Zhu Ben" and "Tai Ping Jing" "It is the only designated classic for the teaching staff of Lingao Taoism."

"Isn't it possible to delete and reform so much?" He Ying expressed doubts. "Although Taoism here in Lingao is very weak, it is still very strong in the whole country. This scripture will not be an isolated copy. If you directly tamper with it, people will expose it." of."

"You don't have to worry about this. Doctrinal disputes exist everywhere. It just depends on who has the upper hand." Zhang Yingchen didn't care about this, as if he had a well-thought-out plan.

"Leaving aside the teachings, now that the Catholic Church has already occupied a place, how will a new church get along with it? Isn't it going to cause great confusion in terms of belief?"

"The way to reconcile is that the two new religions run side by side, recognize each other as brotherly religions, and at the same time restrain each other. Because my Taoist template adopts the Taoist Taiping Dao theory of the savior and the kingdom of God on earth, and the Christian idea of ​​the Millennium Kingdom of Christ. It's almost the same thing." Zhang Yingchen said, "There is a lot to do in it, and there is room for how to develop in the future. If President Wu's approach is followed, the theocratic power of a single religion will be extremely expanded, and the future influence on the crossing country will only exceed Senate. This sequelae must be prevented.”

He Ying nodded, this is what he has been worried about recently.Now the opponent's thinking is very clear, this plan has a lot of fun.

"Tell me about your specific thinking."

"First of all, the ultimate belief in Taoist teachings is the Tao. The so-called "things are mixed, born congenitally", in philosophy and theology, this is many times superior to the Christian teachings of the Trinity."

He Ying thinks this is not unexpected at the beginning, and generally one has to belittle competitors first.

"Secondly, the worldview of Taoism comes from the theory of Dao-Qi. From ghosts, gods and stars to mortals and ants, it is the evolution of Yuan-Qi."

"Qigong Qi?"

"No, it's Qi," Zhang Yingchen wrote this word on the table with his hands dipped in tea. "'Qi' is the innate qi, and 'qi' is the acquired qi. The two are completely different."

He continued to explain: The so-called Qi is a metaphysical mysterious energy, which is different from Qi.

"In our TCM theory, it refers to the most basic energy that constitutes the human body and maintains life activities, and also has the meaning of physiological functions. In TCM terms, Qi is used together with different words to express various meanings, such as the five internal organs The energy of the six internal organs, the energy of the meridians, etc. An important concept of Taoism is 'one energy transforms three cleanses'.

"I see." He Ying suddenly thought of "spiritual energy" for some reason.Is the concept of subspace energy just copying Chinese Taoism?Reminiscent of the "Tao" and "Harmony Theory" of TAU people, He Ying became more and more determined in this feeling.

Zhang Yingchen didn't know Director He had such an association.Going on to explain the most important concept in his religious system:
"Attention, it's 'one qi', not 'one qi'." Zhang Yingchen said emphatically, "Based on these two points, we can carry out the transformation."

His idea is to start from the root, based on the traditional "Tao Qi Theory", and take the deism as a reference point, completely abandon the Taoist ghost system represented by "Three Purities and Four Imperials", and interpret all ghosts and gods as "Taoism". Qi" manifests at a certain level.

Second, Lao Tzu is regarded as the patriarch, not the supreme god.This leaves room for expansion in the final form of the Supreme God.

Third, for all ghosts and gods, including Taoist theogony and gods of other religions such as Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Shintoism, we must adopt the attitude of the Vatican Department of Faith under the guidance of Taoism.These gods are just manifestations of Dao Qi at a certain level.

"In the Japanese Shinto system, there is a concept of 'Gengen', which plays a role in reconciling the contradictions between Buddhism and Shintoism, forming a 'dual-track system' of Japanese religious beliefs.

"Our goal is to thoroughly integrate these beliefs into the Lingao new religious system and become the existence of saints to Christianity.

"Of course, in such a fusion, the old local priests must be cracked down. The beliefs of the priests must be eliminated, and then the local positive god beliefs will be transformed and transformed.

"For example, the far-reaching local gods in Fujian, such as Mazu and Baosheng, must be absorbed by New Taoism as a key object of absorption, making them the object of conversion of New Taoism. At the same time, it is also necessary to reform the problem of the fact that the belief in local gods in the past was actually divorced from Taoist organizations.

Zhang Yingchen was in high spirits, and the more he talked, the more interested he became.

"Leaving aside this aspect. How is your new Taoism going to be promoted? To what extent will this kind of propaganda be able to promote the rule of the crossing group?" He Ying interrupted his eloquent talk on the doctrine.

"As expected of Director He, he immediately talked about the core issues." Zhang Yingchen patted his ass calmly. He said: When promoting to ordinary believers, the focus is on "doing good", "obeying the law", "Supporting the Lingao regime", said four days with the people of the race, the promotion of the crossing group is to make them believe that they are the people of the race chosen by the real king.At the same time, it is necessary to publicize the legitimacy of the Lingao regime according to the prophecy of "the real king will descend to the world" in Taoist scriptures such as "Taiping Jing" and "Dongyuan Shenmantra".

"Of course, how to do propaganda needs to be communicated with the comrades at the propaganda outlet. Only in this way can we play a complementary role." He said, "I still only have some superficial ideas and I am not very mature, so I will not make a fool of myself for the time being. My The first step is to establish the image of New Taoism. Religious personnel must have eye-catching signs, so as to clarify their identity and show the presence of religion.”

He Ying nodded, and looked at the slender doctor again.

"How long have you been studying these materials?"

"Not long ago, I sat in on a course on Taoism studies when I was studying. It's a personal hobby. I'm interested in not only Taoism, but also all forms of religion. I was planning to use it to kill time when I was bored, but I didn't expect it to be really useful."

Zhang Yingchen shrugged indifferently, picked up the teapot at hand, and refilled He Ying's teacup.

"In short, the new Taoist uniform is the first propaganda weapon. We must give the public an intuitive understanding and separate the new Taoism from the old Taoism. Therefore, I chose this Tang-style Hu suit with narrow sleeves and lapel lapel. As a blueprint, I asked colleagues from the clothing factory to design this set of uniforms for general teaching staff."

As Zhang Yingchen said, he pulled a rattan box from the side, took out two sets of gray-blue lapel Hu suits with military uniform style, and hung them on the hangers.

"In order to distinguish between male and female faculty members, the comrades in the garment factory sewed a red armband on the right arm of the uniform according to the army uniform system. The armband of the Qian hexagram represents the male teaching staff, and the armband of the Kun hexagram represents the female teaching staff. It is simple and clear."

A hypocrite, and a hypocrite of great ability and religious quality.Looking at the military uniform in front of him with a flip-up collar, He Ying defined the man in front of him in this way.In essence, like Wu Shimang, he is a god stick who respects his post and loves his career.The difference is that he smears his ambition with a rich layer of doctrinal teachings.And Dean Wu simply went into battle shirtless.

He talked a lot, including theological arguments, the compilation of classics, the revision of doctrine, organizational management models, personnel training and so on.He Ying was secretly surprised.This person obviously planned for a long time.This set of things cannot be worked out without months of repeated consideration and revision, and the so-called "nothing to kill time" is obviously a deliberate understatement.

"Of course, the establishment of the Taoist council still needs the guidance of leaders and comrades. I can't do it behind closed doors-it is inevitable that there are elements of taking it for granted. These teachings, precepts, rituals, uniforms, and management are only my own. Every superficial thought needs everyone’s supervision and control.” He ended his elaboration with a clichéd speech.

When he said this, Zhang Yingchen was still smiling gently, but He Ying felt that it was necessary to reevaluate this doctor.

"Your approach is somewhat like the relationship between Protestantism and old Catholicism."

"There is indeed such a meaning." Zhang Yingchen nodded. "Old bottles must be filled with new wine. The final product is a brand new religious system. Pay attention to the system, not the monopoly. A church that can influence the whole society is dangerous to the secular regime." He said, " I think every elder who engages in religious activities should be reminded that no matter what the religion is, religion is just a propaganda tool for the Lingao regime. It is nothing but that.”

"This is an inevitable contradiction between the secular government and religious groups." He Ying pondered for a moment and suddenly proposed a new concept:

"Since the state religion will inevitably have the desire to dictate to the secular society, and the contradictions between the two are irreconcilable, then how about a thorough dictatorship? For example, England. The king is the leader of the church." He continued, "You made five hundred cents Holy, doesn't it mean that each elder is a 'god' in this system?"

"**** I have a question: Britain has a king who is the natural leader of the church. Who do we have? 500 people are all archangels. Does Mr. Wen be the archangel? Do you agree or not?" Zhang Yingchen asked himself and answered, "Obviously You will not agree, no matter who is the Archangel, everyone will not agree. The danger in this is that everyone can see it."

"You sort out the plan, and I will report it to the Executive Committee." He Ying said, "This matter will probably have to be heard at the Standing Committee of the Senate. There is nothing trivial in the field of ideology."

"It doesn't matter the hearing. I believe the elders can fully understand my intention." Zhang Yingchen is very sure about this. After all, Taoism is also native to China, and its status in the elders' minds is quite different.

PS:

The theories, concepts, clothing, and details of New Taoism are all provided by Dao Quanzi (that is, Zhang Yingchen in this book) on the LK forum, and I would like to express my thanks!
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