Read You Thousand Times and Never Get Tired of One Hundred and Eleven
111.Tianqian
Lan Xin: What are you thinking about, Brother Hai, standing there?
Hai Zhijiao:Have you heard of Tianqian?
Lan Xin: I’ve only heard of physical examinations and car inspections. What is a physical examination?
Cape of the Sea: It rained heavily overnight and the streets turned into rivers. Many vehicles were flooded and some stalled.
Lan Xin: The rain is coming quickly and violently, and there is nothing human power can do.
Hai Zhijiao: So I say, God tests people’s wisdom, and they won’t even say hello.
Lan Xin: People are doing it, God is watching. Really not, just kidding.
Hai Zhijiao: So no matter what you do, you can't be careless at all. There are gods between heaven and earth. It's really not okay if you don't believe it.
Lan Xin: Fortunately, it didn’t happen again. The sky has finally cleared up. Otherwise, I would have been really unbearable. The past has passed. What else do you want to say next?
Cape of the Sea: The past has no past, and the future will still come.
Lan Xin: What do you mean?
Hai Zhijiao: Look at this cigarette box. Do you recognize these words?
Lan Xin: I don’t “recognize” it. You read it and I listen.
Hai Zhijiao: "Smoking is harmful to health," is it just a theory on paper?
Lan Xin: There seems to be a little bit of it that many people follow without fail.
Hai Zhijiao: Let me tell you another "Heavenly Examination", which was about two hundred years ago. Emperor Qianlong is familiar with it, right?
Lan Xin: I have some impression. Born in 1711 and died in 1799, he was the longest-lived emperor in history. What does this have to do with the "Tianjian"?
Cape of the Sea: Maybe it’s a bit far-fetched, but it’s definitely not groundless.
Lan Xin: I would like to hear the details.
Cape of the Sea: Huang Taiji once issued a ban on smoking, and the emperors of the Qing Dynasty strictly prohibited smoking. Shunzhi and Kangxi were more obedient, and the two of them tried not to smoke. During the Yongzheng period, the royal ban on smoking began to gradually relax. Historical records record that Qianlong was addicted to smoking in the early days.
My life, I feel so happy swallowing clouds and puffing out mist.
Lan Xin: My dad also had this hobby. He often did two packs a day, which made the whole family miserable. It caused serious diseases, so now I say goodbye.
Cape of the Sea: There are striking similarities in history. Suddenly one day, after getting up in the morning, I coughed and felt pain in my heart, which frightened the queen. The queen was worried that something might happen, so she urgently called for a consultation with an imperial doctor. After the consultation, prescription treatments were still not effective.
The imperial doctors were like ants on a hot pot, and they were all anxious. One of the imperial doctors gained wisdom in his haste and took the risk to give advice to the emperor.
Lan Xin: "Diseases come in from the mouth, and disasters come out from the mouth." If you don't say it well, you will lose your head.
Hai Zhijiao: So it’s an adventure.
Lan Xin: What did the imperial doctor say?
Hai Zhijiao: "The emperor keeps coughing. I think the root cause of the problem is excessive smoking. If you don't quit, it may be very harmful to the dragon's body. Please think again, the emperor."
Lan Xin: Dare to ask the emperor to quit smoking, it is really "daring". If people haven't gone that far, they probably won't listen to the advice.
Hai Zhijiao: Fortunately, Qianlong was quite open-minded and dared not disobey for the sake of Dragon Body. After quitting for a period of time, Dragon Body gradually improved.
Lan Xin: Conditioning is to treat the symptoms, while smoking cessation is to treat the root cause. Treating both the symptoms and the root cause is even more powerful. Did Emperor Qianlong ever "heal the scars and forget the pain"?
Hai Zhijiao: Of course not. Qianlong still had the willpower. After quitting, he never smoked again, so his body got better day by day. He gave up smoking completely and lived to be eighty-nine years old.
Lan Xin: So far in history, Qianlong has won the title of having the longest life span of an emperor.
Hai Zhijiao: This is the pitiful view of heaven, which is called "Heaven's Examination". It is beneficial to listen to good words.