Two hundred and fifteen chapters life is like sending
There are no people in the empty mountain, but you can hear people's voices.
Returning to the deep forest, the light shines on the moss again.
——Wang Wei in "Deer Chai"
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Li Xuexuan said: "Master, the female battalion of the Huben Army also taught us the knowledge of garden appreciation. I always thought it was a trick to please the powerful, and I never listened to it seriously. After listening to your words today, I can see the sun. I didn't expect this.
There is so much knowledge in it.”
Taifu Xu smiled and said: "To please the powerful is indeed their purpose in imparting the knowledge mentioned above to you. But looking at it from another perspective, if you want to get along in the capital, you have to integrate into the upper class circles, and you have to have the same hobbies or interests with them.
Talk about it. Otherwise, you will be alone and enjoy yourself, and you will be excluded from this circle by everyone, and nothing will be accomplished."
Bai Fu disagreed and said: "Master, isn't it wrong to come out of the mud and not be stained? Why do you have to follow the trend?"
The Taifu said with a smile: "I have scolded you so many times, but you still have such stubbornness despite your lack of memory. Let me ask you, how does Master Qingxuan interpret the word 'chivalry'?"
Bai Fu was stunned for a moment, and then he replied impassionedly: "A great chivalrous person serves the country and the people!"
The Taifu said with a smile: "If you want to serve the country and the people, can you do it by yourself? As Houlang, you can't just shout slogans, the key is to get things done.
And if you want to achieve something, you must maximize your resources, unite all the forces that can be united, and make more of your own people. Birds of a feather flock together, and people belong to groups. If you want to unite everyone, the first step is to "be in harmony with others."
"Chen'" makes people think that you are the same kind of person as them, so they will not reject you, hold you back, or hinder you.
The second step is to understand the interests and demands of different people and satisfy each other's selfish interests, so that you can unite people's hearts and unite all forces. Only when everyone adds fuel to the flames can you realize your ideals and ambitions. As the saying goes, using everyone's selfish interests
It has become the work of one person.”
Bai Furuo had some enlightenment, but Li Xuexuan had no idea about it. Seeing this, Taifu Xu changed his perspective.
Taifu Xu said: "You martial arts practitioners often think, I specialize in martial arts, but I don't have enough time and energy. How can I take care of these?"
When Li Xuexuan was told what she was thinking, she smiled shyly.
Taifu Xu said: "In martial arts, the higher you go, the less limited you are to fighting with moves. People who have insufficient self-cultivation will not be able to sublimate any artistic conception in the face of the world and nature, and will not be able to break through the innate limitations and constraints. Naturally,
It is impossible to leave the physical body and enter the realm of transformation.
If martial arts is simply understood as the practice of one move after another, then even if you practice hard for decades, you will still be a martial artist. It is impossible to create an extraordinary pattern and realm by simply practicing martial arts.
.So the Shaolin monks represented by Master Bodhidharma believe that martial arts is just a small skill. They devote all their energy to the understanding of Buddhism. Once they have reached the level of cultivation, their martial arts will naturally improve.
Things like vision, structure, realm, and creativity cannot arise out of thin air. They must be accumulated bit by bit in life, and you must learn to borrow and absorb from other knowledge.
Central Plains martial arts originated from the Chinese civilization. This civilization was born. Hundreds of schools of thought, astronomy and geography, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, martial arts and medicine... are all related to this and come from the same origin. The construction of courtyard gardens is also part of this culture.
A kind of manifestation. In the garden, the mountains have the meaning of mountains, the water has the water environment, and every plant and tree has its meaning. The sun, moon, mountains and rivers, the clouds and smoke are bright and dark, which are enough to stir up the vast and endless ethereal charm in the sea of wisdom.
Learn to draw nutrients from this splendid culture, learn from others, learn from others' strengths, gain sudden enlightenment and advance diligently, and enter the realm of "Tao", only then can you "clean up the basics" and become a great master.
Therefore, learning to appreciate the beauty of courtyard gardens can not only increase the interest of life and aesthetic taste, but also be a way to broaden horizons, cultivate patterns, improve realm, and stimulate creativity.
While appreciating the courtyard gardens, you can feel the application of the idea of the unity of man and nature in the management of mountains and waters, so that you can understand the attachment of scholar-bureaucrats to mountains and rivers.
"Zi Zi" said: "Life is between heaven and earth, and it is a gift." Life is like a gift. Mountains are sent to heaven and earth, and people are sent to mountains and rivers. The body and body are sent to mountains and rivers, and the mind is at ease and carefree in the universe. This is how scholar-bureaucrats think about life.
The exploration of heaven and earth. 'Only if the world is sincere, it can fulfill its nature; if it can fulfill its nature, it can fulfill the nature of human beings; if it can fulfill the nature of human beings, it can fulfill the nature of things; if it can fulfill the nature of things, it can be praised.
The transformation and upbringing of heaven and earth; if you can praise the transformation and upbringing of heaven and earth, you can participate in it.'"
Li Xuexuan realized this and no longer dared to treat gardens and courtyards as playthings and things to lose one's ambition.
After Li Xuexuan thought about it for a moment, he continued to ask: "Master, I heard that a good gardener also needs to know Feng Shui. What is Feng Shui?"
Taifu Xu smiled and said: "This is a good question. If you don't ask it, I will ask it."
Taifu Xu eloquently said: "The first person to propose the term 'Feng Shui' was Mr. Qingwu in the Western Han Dynasty. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Guo Pu wrote in the "Book of Burials": 'The buried person rides on the vitality', and 'the Qi rides on the wind'
If it disperses, boundary water will stop. The ancients gathered it to prevent it from spreading, and moved it to stop it, so it is called Feng Shui.'
Later generations also called "Feng Shui" "Kanyu". It is believed that the wind direction and water flow around a house or cemetery can bring misfortunes and blessings to the owner of the house or the family of the person buried. Therefore, it also refers to the method of matching the house and the tomb.
The study of Feng Shui is profound and has a long history. According to my personal research experience, Feng Shui means that people follow nature and use mountains, rivers and other landforms, based on Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, with the Eight Diagrams and Nine Stars as elements, with the purpose of finding dragons and acupoints, and choosing places with strong vitality.
Feng shui is a treasure land, which is the knowledge of making heaven, earth and human beings into one, hoping to achieve good luck and avoid bad luck.
The study of Feng Shui is generally divided into two major schools: one is the "Li Qi School", which uses yin and yang, five elements, eight trigrams, etc. as theories, uses the compass as a tool, and relies on directions to determine good, bad, and bad luck.
The other school is the Xingfa School, which pays attention to the configuration of landscapes. It uses the five elements of "dragon, cave, sand, water, and direction" as the basis for site selection, forming the Five Secrets of Kanyu - "Look for the dragon, observe the sand, observe the water, point the hole, and choose the direction."
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"Qingnang Haijiao Sutra" says: "Landscapes are the qi of yin and yang...the way of movement and stillness is just mountains and rivers. Taken together, the general name is qi, and dividedly, it is called dragon, it is called a cave, and it is called sand."
It's called water. If there is dragon but no water, the yin will be strong and the yang will be withered and the qi will be unavailable; if there is water but no dragon, the yang will be strong and the yin will be weak and the qi will be unable to be generated.'
The mountains and rivers are the yin and yang of Feng Shui. Yin and Yang are the core of Feng Shui. 'Hide the wind and gather the qi', 'Back the mountain and face the water', 'Surround the mountain with the water' are the basic principles of Feng Shui.
"Guan Shi Ge Zhi Meng" also says: "If we use the theory of tranquility to explain it, then the water will be Yang and the tranquility of the mountains will be Yin."
‘Yin and yang meet each other’ is the fundamental principle of Feng Shui. ‘Yin and yang meet, and blessings and wealth will last forever; yin and yang multiply, and disaster will come’. ‘Yin alone will not give birth, and yang alone will not grow.’
Mountains and water are a pair of 'yin and yang' - mountains are yin and water are yang. 'Mountain and water configuration' is the criterion for 'yin and yang meeting'.