Chapter 424: Here and now, it is said that happiness and anger are illusory
After the dream, the tower was locked up high, and the curtains were drooped when I was sober. Last spring, when the regret came, the fallen flowers were duli, and the swift swallows flew together.
I remember the first time I met Xiao Ping, the double heart word was Luo Yi. The pipa string said lovesickness. The bright moon was there at that time, and the colorful clouds returned home.
This little poem called "Linjiang Fairy" by Yan Jidao, a talented scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, is written in a romantic and graceful way, with a deep look and affection. There is no need to sing, sing or dance, just looking at this word, it seems like it is in a trance.
There is a picture spinning gently in front of my eyes.
Especially the concluding sentence at the end, "The bright moon was there at that time, and it illuminated the colorful clouds when it returned." If those little girls who are fond of poetry, flowers and plants see it for the first time, their eyes will burst into tears.
However, if we want to make a theoretical judgment in a disgraceful way, this sentence with quite beautiful imagery is obviously not in line with the "objective facts".
The bright moon was there at that time, and it illuminated the colorful clouds.
——Can the clouds on a moonlit night be colorful clouds? This is obviously nonsense.
On the other hand, Su Dongpo, a great scholar who was a contemporary of Xiaoyan, once sighed bitterly, "A cheap drinker often worries about the lack of guests, and the moonlight is obscured by clouds." This sentence is very reasonable. - The moonlight is obscured by clouds.
No matter what, it's not that the bright moon was there at that time and it illuminated the colorful clouds.
So when will clouds become colorful clouds?
The answer is, morning or evening.
In the morning the sun rises, the red clouds are bright, and the scene is brilliant; in the evening the sun sets, the setting sun melts gold, and the dusk clouds merge together, looking like a brocade of clouds.
Except for these two times, under other circumstances, clouds can only be described as white clouds, dark clouds or even black clouds, and they cannot be described as colorful clouds.
But no matter whether the clouds in the sky are as white as snow or as black as black, once the sun stands behind it, it will immediately become dazzling and brilliant.
The same was true for civilizations in previous lives.
During the Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties, China's power was at its peak, like a huge sun, hanging on the mainland. So at that time, everything about the Chinese civilization, even if it was bound to the feet, was in the eyes of travelers from all over the world.
Beautiful. As for everything else, it is even more beautiful and dazzling. Needless to say, it goes without saying.
By the time Fang Tianlai came, China's power had declined and sank into the valley, or to put it politely, it was in the ascendant. Therefore, everything about Chinese civilization, let alone in the eyes of people from other countries, was also in the eyes of many people in China.
It has become useless and full of decay. Some people even believe that the prosperity in the past was just a fluke, and the current decline is inevitable. - Chinese civilization is rotten from its roots.
This phenomenon, Fang Tian in this life, calls it the "Xiayi effect".
"Everyone, please raise your head and look at the clouds and sun over there." Fang Tian, who had observed and thought about this phenomenon, said this to Andy, Falstein and others.
At this time, it was shortly after breakfast.
Since the season has entered autumn, the sun rises late, and up to now, the red color of the sky has not faded, and it is full of brilliance.
After Fang Tian said these words, not only Andy and the other eight people. Not only Orson and the other three people, but also quite a lot of other remote listeners, all raised their heads and looked at the sun in the eastern sky. Of course, there were
Those clouds.
"Everyone, please take a look. What are the colors of the clouds under the morning sun?" Fang Tian also looked with everyone, and after a moment, he said with a smile.
"It seems like a mixture of four colors?" Eric, who Fang Tian thought was the alien version of Xu Xiake, said first with a smile.
This old man must be color blind, Fang Tian pities him.
"No, it should be the five colors!" a ninth-level magician named Ivan corrected.
Even if I correct you, you are still color blind. Fang Tian has another one on his poor list.
"Well, it should indeed be five colors!" Andy nodded, and several other magicians present also nodded one after another, seeming to have reached a consensus.
Is it wrong that there are so many of you and not one of you has a sharp eye?
Fang Tian slandered in his heart and took a closer look. At this glance, Fang Tian felt that the cup was too big. He could only see three colors.
Could it be that I am the real color blind person?
Damn, this is simply unreasonable!
Well, I won’t tell you how many colors it has. Even if it has two colors, it is still one color! Fang Tiantong Shoes, who is suspected of being truly color-blind, decided to avoid this question.
So the next moment, Fang Tian calmly, calmly and generously said with a smile: "Excuse me, if you get to the middle of the day, what will the clouds in the sky be like?"
"Either it's white, or it's black." Ramsay, one of the eight, said.
As soon as he finished speaking, he was already deep in thought.
The other magicians present basically had pensive expressions on their faces.
Originally, Fang Tian had just said something about his "original intention" to them, but now that he said it, they were not fools, so how could they have thought of what he meant by mentioning the color of the clouds?
"Your Highness, do you mean that the true color of this cloud is just like the 'original heart' of a person?" Andy asked respectfully this time.
At this point, there is no need to fuss over the color of the clouds.
"What is the true color of the cloud?" Fang Tian said with a smile.
After what he said, Andy and several others were stunned again.
Everyone thought they already knew the answer, but the problem seemed to have just begun.
"It's not red, it's not yellow, it's not white, it's not black." Falstein muttered and said slowly, "The clouds in the sky are actually water on the ground, and the pure water is actually colorless. Your Highness, I don't know the clouds.
Is the true nature of 'colorless'?"
"If I say yes, then is a person's original intention to be 'unintentional'?" Fang Tian said lightly.
At this time, Fang Tian even thought of the character named Bigan in "The Romance of the Gods", Wu Xinren.
Human's original intention, no intention?
In Fang Tian's previous life, this issue had been discussed over and over again by many schools and sects. But in this world...
Judging from the fact that several people in the field were stunned by his question, Fang Tian suspected that the magicians in this world may not be much different from those warriors in terms of practice. Although they practice through meditation, they have a deep understanding of the human heart.
The various manifestations of consciousness are rarely thought about and rarely understood.
You are just working in this industry, and you don’t understand these most basic things. You are really derelict in your duty, Fang Tian sighed in his heart.
Of course, if the person is not derelict in his duties, but is competent and very competent, then Fang Tian may not be "sighing slightly" at this time, but "sighing" or "lamenting". - If the person is competent, with his ability
How can I show my ability as a three-legged cat?
Andy was silent.
Eric was silent.
Falstein was silent.
The eight magicians present were all silent.
Not only those present, but also those not present were almost all silent.
In fact, the meeting between Fang Tian and the eight magicians at this time involved a lot of attention from the outside world. Don't forget why Andy and others came this time.
Therefore, there were hundreds or even thousands of people gathered here for this meeting. At this time, there were basically hundreds or even thousands of people who fell into silent contemplation because of Fang Tian's words.
Morrissey and Sharjah, one is a sixth-level apprentice and the other is a mid-level mage. There is a huge gap in their ranks, but they both have similar thoughts at this time.
That's because both of them thought of what Fang Tian had said before:
"There are forty-two days in a month. Morris, you can take forty days. In the first ten days, you let your heart only be filled with joy. You only think about all the joyful things in your past life.
Anything! Any little thing! Any little thing that made you feel happy at the time."
At that time, in the well, Fang Tian said to Morrissey and Pat that after happiness comes anger, and after anger comes sadness...
Sharjah was the only observer at that time.
"The joys, anger, sorrows and joys of the human heart are just like the red, yellow, green and purple colors of the clouds? At that time, Your Highness warned me with this, hoping that I could use this to understand my true heart and understand the path that Your Highness has taken?" Thinking of this, Morrissey
My heart was shocked, I felt ashamed and moved at the same time.
"What was the intention of what the little friend said at that time?" Sharjah also felt a little ashamed.
Because he also had a lot of thoughts about this passage, and had a lot of inferences and conjectures in his mind. But until now, looking at the scene just now, thinking about the scene before, and comparing the two, he suddenly felt
Cheerful.
A mind with no sorrow, no joy, no anger, no worries, and no emotion is the "original mind"? Is meditation under the "original mind" true meditation?
Sharjah thought to himself.
Master Seiler was also thinking.
However, this Excellency was reminded of the "nature of water" that Fang Tian said not long ago from Falstein's sentence "The clouds in the sky are actually the water on the ground" - "Water is a thing, when it disperses, it becomes Qi, and when it condenses, it becomes Qi."
When it is ice, it is water if it neither disperses nor condenses. When it is air, it is ethereal and cannot be grasped; when it is ice, it is awe-inspiring and indestructible; when it is water, it reaches the world in a subtle way. Those who know water have the shortest path."
When water disperses into air, isn't it the cloud in the sky?
At this time, when talking about the clouds in the sky, are the children also thinking about the nature of water and the nature of the earth? Thinking about verticality, horizontality, and immortality?
Thinking of the intertwined relationship in this, Sailer felt deeply awe-inspiring.
He who knows water knows the shortcut.
At this time, Sailer deeply felt that Fang Tian's random words and words were all "shortcuts" and mysterious.
And this time, what will the kid say next?
Seiler looked awe-inspiring and looking forward to it.
"Your Highness, it seems that the true colors of people and the true colors of clouds cannot be compared." Ivan frowned tightly, apparently confused about something, "The color of clouds is actually illusory, and the color of human hearts is unreal."
Color is not the case. Just like joy, if one day I am promoted to be a Dharma master, I will definitely feel great joy in my heart, and I will never be able to remain calm. Is this joy illusory and unreal?"
"Your joy cannot be maintained forever, just like the color of the clouds in the sky cannot be maintained forever. As time goes by, your joy will gradually fade away. Similarly, when the sun rises, the color of the clouds in the sky will fade away.
It will also fade away slowly. In other words, I don't think there is any difference between the two." This was Andy's answer.
Fang Tian just smiled lightly and said nothing. (To be continued)