Dugu Wentian is not as vulgar as he seems on the surface. To be honest, the descendant of Dugu Qiuzhen is not comparable to ordinary people. He has demonic blood flowing in his body, and he is also a scholarly and celestial being.
Therefore, after getting the consent of Zu Wu, he did not tell the situation directly. Instead, after pondering for a while, he opened his mouth and said to Zhang Chi:
"My lord, I have seen such a story in an ancient ancient book. Could you please allow me to tell you about it?"
After listening to Dugu Wentian's words, Zhang Chi felt a chill in his heart for a moment, but he still nodded slightly: "Okay, Brother Wentian, please sit down and talk..."
"yes……"
This time Dugu Wentian did not refuse, and took Wu Zhuangyuan and Xiao Li Tanhua to sit down opposite Zhang Chi and others, and then he told a story from ancient times...
It is said that in ancient times there was a dynasty called Zhou. During the weekend, there was a powerful man named Zhuang, whose name was Zhou and whose given name was Zixiu. He was from Mengyi, Song State, a vassal state of Zhou at that time.
Zhuang Zhou once served as an official in Qiyuan in Zhou Dynasty. His master was a great sage and the founder of a major sect at that time. His surname was Li Ming'er and his courtesy name was Boyang.
Boyang was as white as snow when he was born, so people at that time called him Lao Tzu.
Zhuang Sheng loved to sleep during the day. When he fell asleep, he dreamed that he turned into a butterfly and flew freely among the flowers and plants in the garden.
That feeling made him intoxicated, as if his soul was trembling. When he woke up, he felt his arms flying like wings, which was very strange in his heart.
I will have this dream from time to time.
Zhuang Sheng told his teacher Lao Tzu this dream one day when he was taking a break from Lao Tzu's lecture on the sacred book "Yi".
I am no ordinary person, but a great sage in the ancient world, who knows the origins of people's three lives...
After listening to Zhuang Sheng's words, I figured it out with my fingers, and a look of understanding appeared on my face. Then I didn't hide anything, and pointed out the reason for my death to Zhuang Sheng.
It turns out that Zhuang Sheng was originally a white butterfly at the beginning of chaos. The sky produced water and two trees. The trees flourished and the flowers flourished. The white butterfly gathered the essence of hundreds of flowers, captured the beauty of the sun and moon, obtained the climate, became immortal, and had wings like
wheel.
Then he wandered around the Yao Pond, secretly picked the stamens of peach blossoms, and was pecked to death by the green luan guarding the flowers. His spirit remained, and he was reborn in the world as Zhuang Zhou. Because of his extraordinary talent, he studied under Laozi and learned the teaching of purity and inaction.
Today I was exposed to the past life by Lao Tzu, and it was like waking up from a dream. I felt that the wind in my armpits was like a lifelike butterfly. Then I saw the prosperity and decline of the world as flowing clouds and flowing water, naked.
Lao Tzu knew that he had a great enlightenment, so he gave him the five thousand-word secret of "Tao De". Zhuang Sheng recited it and practiced it, and he was able to become invisible and undergo trance transformation.
From then on, Zhuang Zhou gave up his career as an official in the lacquer garden, said goodbye to Lao Tzu, and traveled around the world.
Although he followed the pure religion, he did not abandon the relationship between husband and wife. He married three wives in a row. The first wife fell ill and died young; the second wife committed a serious offense and was divorced.
Now we are talking about the third wife, whose surname is Tian, and she is a daughter of the Tian Qi clan. Zhuang Sheng traveled to Qi State, and Tian Zong respected his character and married his daughter to him.
That Tian was more beautiful than the previous two wives. Her skin was like ice and snow, and she was graceful like the son of God. Zhuang Sheng was not a lustful person, but he was very respectful to her. They were like fish in water.
At that time, the state of Chu was very powerful among the princes. King Wei of Chu heard that Zhuang Sheng was a virtuous person and sent an envoy with hundreds of gold coins, thousands of brocades, carriages and horses, and appointed him as the prime minister.
Zhuang Sheng sighed: "The cattle used for sacrifices are tattooed with patterns all over their bodies. They are carefully fed by a dedicated person, just like pets. When he sees the hard work of the cattle, he will show off to other cattle."
But by the time he was driven to the Ancestral Temple, with a knife and a knife in front of him, and made three animal sacrifices, he no longer had the qualifications to become a farm cow even if he wanted to."
Zhuang Zhou said that he did not accept the post of prime minister. He took his wife and fled back to the Song Dynasty, hiding in Huashan Mountain south of Caozhou.
One day, Zhuang Sheng went down the mountain to travel and saw the piles of barren tombs. He sighed in his heart: "You can't tell the difference between old and young, but the wise and the foolish end up together." When people return to the tombs, how can they become human again in the tombs?" He sighed with great emotion.
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After walking a few more steps, I suddenly saw a new tomb, with the soil still wet. A young woman, covered in plain clothes, sat next to the tomb, holding a Qiwan plain fan, desperately fanning the wet soil on the new tomb.
Zhuang Sheng felt very strange, so he stepped forward and asked, "Madam, who is buried in the tomb? Why are you fanning the earth with your fan?" The woman did not get up, but continued to fan the earth hard. She said a few words in the language of orioles and swallows.
If it doesn’t make sense:
"In the tomb is my concubine's humble husband. Unfortunately, he died and is buried here. When he was alive, he and I loved each other very much. My last words taught me that if I want to remarry someone else, I must wait until the funeral is completed and the soil in the tomb is dry before I can remarry someone else.
I think about it, how long will it take for the newly built soil to be dry? So I took a fan and fanned it to make it dry quickly."
Zhuang Sheng was amused and thought: "This woman is so impatient! Fortunately, she said she loved each other during her lifetime. If she didn't love each other, what else would she do?"
Thinking of this, Zhuang Zhou asked: "Madam, it is easy to dry this new soil. Your wrists are delicate and weak, and you are unable to lift the fan. I am willing to do the work for you."
The woman then stood up and said a deep blessing: "Thank you, sir!" She handed the plain white fan to Zhuang Sheng with both hands. Zhuang Sheng performed the technique, raised his hand to shine on the top of the tomb and fanned it several times, and the water vapor instantly
When it was all gone, the soil stood upright. The woman smiled happily and thanked her, "Thank you for your help, officials."
He pulled out a silver hairpin with his delicate hand and gave it to Zhuang Sheng along with the fan as a gift of thanks. Zhuangsheng only accepted the fan. The woman left happily. Zhuangzi felt uneasy. When he returned home, he sat in the thatched cottage and watched.
He picked up his fan and sighed four sentences:
“It’s not that enemies don’t get together, but when will enemies stop getting together?
If I had known that there would be no love after death, I would have ignored the love in life."
Tian was standing behind Zhuang Zhou. Hearing Zhuang Sheng's sighing words, he stepped forward to ask. Zhuang Sheng was a righteous man, and he and his wife also addressed each other as husband.
Tian said: "What are you lamenting about, sir? Where did you get this fan?"
Zhuang Sheng told the story of how the woman was slapped to the grave and asked Tugan to remarry.
"This fan is a fan that flaps the earth. Because of my help, she gave me this fan." After hearing this, Mrs. Tian suddenly became angry and scolded the woman in the air, saying, "You are not virtuous, you are not virtuous."
Had a meal.
Then, he said to Zhuang Sheng: "Such a heartless woman is rare in the world!"
After Zhuang Sheng heard this, he said again:
"Everyone said they were deeply grateful when they were alive, but after they died, everyone wanted to slap their graves.
It is difficult to draw a dragon or a tiger, and it is difficult to draw a skeleton when you know a person, his face, but not his heart."
Tian was furious after hearing this.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "resentment abolishes relatives and anger abolishes etiquette." The Tian family was furious, and regardless of his dignity, he spat in Zhuang Sheng's face and said: "Although human beings are the same, wise and foolish people are not equal. Why do you say this lightly and ruin the world?"
Women and other people are lumped into the same category? Good people are harmed!"
Zhuang Sheng said: "Don't talk! If unfortunately I, Zhuang Zhou, die, will you be able to survive three to five years at such a blooming age?"
Mrs. Tian said with an angry look on her face: "'A loyal minister does not care for the second king, and a righteous woman does not change her husband.' If I see a good woman eating tea from two families and sleeping in two beds, if unfortunately it is my turn, I will not do such a shameless thing."
You can say that in three to five years, even in this lifetime, you will never let me rebel. In my dream, I still have one third of my ambition."
Zhuang Sheng shook his head and said with a smile: "It's hard to say, it's hard to say!"
Tian's mouth said: "A woman with ambition is better than a man. You are so heartless and unrighteous. One dies, another begs for another, one is born, and another is accepted. You only think that others are not as good as you."
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We women Taoists have a saddle and a horse, so we can stand upright. How can we say things to others and make future generations laugh? If you are not dead now, how come you have wronged someone!"
After Tian said this, he took the fan from Zhuang Sheng's hand and tore it into pieces.
Zhuang Sheng did not get angry, and said calmly: "You don't have to be angry, I hope you can live up to your expectations!".
A few days later, Zhuang Sheng suddenly fell ill. He became more and more serious day by day. Tian was on the bedside, crying. Zhuang Sheng said: "My illness is known to my family, and I only see you in the morning and evening. It's a pity that the fan was torn to pieces the day before yesterday, so I left it here. It's good."
Leave it to your grave!"
Mrs. Tian cried: "Sir, don't worry too much! I have read and learned etiquette, and I will stick to it till the end, and I will never have two ambitions. If you don't believe me, I am willing to die in front of you, so that I can understand my true feelings."
Zhuang Sheng said: "Why do you need to be like this? It shows that you have high ambitions. I, Zhuang, will die with a peace of mind." After saying that, he died. Tian family caressed the corpse and cried loudly. She went to the east and west houses to prepare clothes, blankets, coffins and coffins for the funeral.
Mr. Tian was dressed in plain silk. He was melancholy every day and cried every night. Every time he thought about Zhuang Sheng's love during his lifetime, he became so intoxicated that he lost sleep and food.
Some villagers in front of and behind the mountain also knew that Zhuang Sheng was a hermit who had escaped from his reputation, and many people came to pay their respects.
On the seventh day, suddenly there was a young scholar with a face as pink as a powder, lips painted with red, unparalleled handsomeness, and the most elegant. He was dressed in purple clothes and a crown with red embroidery belt. He was accompanied by an old man, who claimed to be the grandson of the King of Chu.
Xiang Nian had an appointment with Mr. Zhuang Zixiu and wanted to be his disciple. Today I came here to visit him.
Seeing that Zhuang Sheng was dead, he said: "What a pity!" He hurriedly took off his colored clothes, asked Cangtou to take out the plain clothes from his luggage and put them on, and bowed four times before the soul and said:
"Mr. Zhuang, my disciple has no chance to meet and serve me. I would like to mourn for you for a hundred days to show my love as a master and disciple." After saying that, he bowed four more times and shed tears. Then he asked Mr. Tian to meet him.
At the beginning, he declined.
Wang Sundao: "In ancient etiquette, friends of the whole family, wives and concubines do not avoid each other, not to mention that the boy and Mr. Zhuang have a master-disciple agreement."
Tian had no choice but to step out of the filial piety hall, meet the king and grandson of Chu, and talk about the cold weather. As soon as Tian saw the king and grandson of Chu, he was moved by his love and affection.
Sun Dao, King of Chu, said: "Although my master is dead, my disciples will never forget to miss him. I would like to stay here temporarily for a hundred days. I came here to watch over the funeral of my ancestors. I would like to ask you to take a look at what writings the two masters left behind, so that I can learn from my legacy."
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Tian said: "The friendship between the whole family is so long that it doesn't hurt." At that time, he prepared a meal. After dinner, Tian gave the five thousand words of Zhuangzi's "Nanhua Zhenjing" and "Laozi's Tao" in full, and presented them to Wangsun. Wangsun was attentive.
grateful!
The coffin was occupied in the middle of the thatched cottage, and the king and grandson of Chu settled in the left wing. Every day, Tian used the pretext of crying for the soul and went to the left wing to talk to the king and grandson. As the days went by, everyone gradually fell in love, and their eyebrows came and went, unable to control themselves.