There were dedicated people in the Confucian Mansion leading them to a resting place. Perhaps because of the previous unpleasantness, in order to prevent the people from the Wen Mansion from making any noise, the person who received them this time also had an unusual identity.
Ever since he came to Xihe, Lu Daoxuan, who had always been gentle and elegant, had always been arrogant, as if everyone owed him money, but after meeting this person, Lu Daoxuan finally smiled.
This person is also dressed in green, but he wears a purple ribbon. He has almost the same status as Yan Jianyuan, the second person among the doctors of the Five Classics, Li Wenling.
"Lu Daoxuan!"
Li Wenling was overjoyed when he saw Lu Daoxuan, and he trotted all the way across Shang Yuan. He was completely different from those doctors who were bitter and resentful, and even Lu Daoxuan couldn't help but speed up his pace.
"Li Wenling"
People from the Wenfu and Confucian mansions would start fighting each other when they met, but there was also a weirdo in the Confucian mansion, Li Wenling, who became best friends with Lu Daoxuan, a painter.
"Come here and pay homage to your Uncle Wenling."
Everyone was a little surprised, saluting a person from the Confucian government? After confirming again and again, they finally cupped their fists and handed over their hands.
"There are so many etiquettes, just be casual here."
As he spoke, Li Wenling took out a few peaches from his arms like a magic trick, wiped them on his clothes, and then divided one among each of them, acting cute like the old man next door.
"These are peaches I grew with my own hands. Others can't eat them."
"Thank you, uncle"
"Let's go, I'll take you to a place to rest."
Along the way, Li Wenling stayed close to Lu Daoxuan, pulling his sleeves and asking questions constantly.
"Tell me, what interesting places have you been to? I'm so bored in Xihe."
"Then you should go out for a walk. The world is vast. There is no place you can't go with your cultivation," Lu Daoxuan said.
"No, Senior Brother Ji Li and Senior Brother Yan won't let me leave. I can only get some interesting things from the paintings and letters you gave me."
Li Wenling's face looked a little aggrieved. He didn't look like an accomplished spiritual master, but more like a child who had been wronged.
"The Cold Plains are snow-capped mountains that have not melted for thousands of years, but there is a small pool in the far north. No matter how cold the world is, it will not freeze all year round. What's even more amazing is that there are fish in the cold pool, which are as tiny as a finger. If you cook them, they will be the best in the world.
Absolutely.
There is a Pirate Spring in the South China Sea, which flows through thousands of mountains and flows out from a small hole one foot square. There are 363 out of 365 days a year, and there is only a small flow of water on two days. The water quality of this spring is unique.
, if you drink it, you will be a thief.
…..”
While Lu Daoxuan was talking about the interesting things he had experienced, seen, and even heard, Li Wenling sometimes clapped his hands and applauded, sometimes fascinated, and did not give up until he led the group of them to a resting place.
"Or Fu Liyuan?"
Lu Daoxuan has walked this road many times, so he already knew where the courtyard was before he saw it.
The eight mansions will all be arranged to rest in their own courtyards. Only Wenfu, who comes here every time, is the worst Fu Liyuan, and it is intended to teach Wen Fu, a group of unruly people, to restrain themselves and restore propriety!
Therefore, when this place was mentioned, Lu Daoxuan felt very unhappy. In previous years, he would just endure the humiliation, but this time Wenfu no longer tolerated it.
However, Li Wenling tried his best to appease Lu Daoxuan.
"Senior Brother Lu, your resting place is the same as in previous years. But don't be angry. I know they were a little negligent, and I have always felt sorry for myself.
So I didn’t do anything in the past hundred years, so I just planted 100,000 peach trees outside Fuliyuan.”
Finally, at the end of the road, an endless peach forest appeared before everyone's eyes.
At this moment, the peach forest is already covered with peaches of all sizes, and you can smell the fragrance even from a distance.
This made it impossible for the anger in Lu Daoxuan's heart to continue to flare up. After all, Li Wenling was his only friend in Xihe, and he had to take this friendship into consideration.
"That's all, if the Liyuan is restored, then the Liyuan will be restored."
"Then tonight's banquet..."
"Wen Ling, I'm giving you face by living here. Your banquet in Xihe is really not suitable for people from Wen Mansion."
As soon as Lu Daoxuan refused, Li Wenling's face became ugly.
"If you don't go, Senior Brother Yan will punish me with confinement. If he punishes me with confinement, I won't talk to you for a hundred years, and then I will spend a hundred years cutting down all the peach trees here!"
"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you."
"That's pretty much it. Here are these things for you. I'm leaving. If you can't fight at the banquet, don't fight."
Li Wenling threw down a book and turned around to leave. Lu Daoxuan had a headache.
"You and this Li Wenling..."
Jiang Yan felt a little unhappy. After all, Lei Hongyi was very kind to him. Of course he couldn't get used to Lu Daoxuan being so close to others, especially since the old guy had a criminal record and had an affair with Lu Lian when he was young.
Many people feel strange about the relationship between the two, especially Li Wenling, whose character is like a child or a scholar, but not like a doctor of Confucian classics.
"What kind of look are you looking at? Do I look like that kind of person?" Lu Daoxuan puffed his beard and glared.
"Then please explain."
"Is there anything to explain? It's not the kind of relationship you imagined. Li Wenling is the only good person in the Confucian mansion."
"Doctors from Confucianism grow peaches, it seems like they are not doing their job properly," Zhao Suixian said with a smile.
"Although Li Wenling has a high status in Confucianism, he does not teach."
"Why is this"
Even Lu Daoxuan would go to the Danqing Garden every now and then to explain the Danqing method. Every word of such a strong man might be able to inspire others. But Li Wenling, with his level of cultivation, did not teach? This is simply a waste.
"The most well-known Confucian classics are the Five Classics. The Ziyu, which is compiled based on the words and deeds of the first generation of Confucian sages and successive Confucian doctors, is the first of the Five Classics, followed by the "Li", "Yi" and "Lin".
"Book" Four Classical Books.
Confucian scholars understood the way of heaven and earth from the Five Classics, and then became enlightened, and used the words and deeds of the great Confucians of the past recorded in the Five Classics as examples of behavior.
With the continuous expansion of the Five Classics, the moralization at the beginning gradually extended to all aspects such as words and deeds, so the Confucian scholars of later generations became more and more rigid.
Although Li Wenling was born in the Five Classics, what he learned from the Five Classics was the most unique, making him an outlier in the Confucian tradition.
The Confucian government adheres to Confucian laws and principles, which are the best in ancient and modern times and are the most important ones for all generations, but Li Wenling does not agree with them.
He advocated that heaven and earth are physical objects in Miaomingzhen's heart. The heart is heaven and earth, and heaven and earth are my heart. The essence of Confucianism is not only in the Five Classics, but all in one's own heart. If one acts according to one's own heart, everyone can become a saint.
Not knowing what to do for oneself, only doing things for others, not believing in learning, not believing in Tao, not believing in immortal interpretations, being a scholar is only for oneself, and doing things according to one's own needs."
The more Jiang Yan listened, the more frightened he became. He had also heard of this theory in later generations.
The only Confucian sage since Confucius, Wang Yangming!
There are surprising similarities between Li Wenling's views and Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind.
"Li Wenling's understanding of the Five Classics shook the foundation of the Five Classics of Confucianism to a certain extent, and also pulled down the first generation of Confucian sages who had been held on to the altar by Confucianism for thousands of years.
To put it more seriously, Li Wenling's existence was a disaster for the Confucian government, so even though he was extremely talented, he was subject to the strongest constraints."
"However, Li Wenling is not popular in the Confucian government, but it coincides with the human nature advocated by the Confucian government, so the two of us can become friends. When you see him in the future, don't bother and follow the disciple's etiquette."