Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh generation of Taoism
When the six flying flowers come into the house, sit and watch the green bamboos turn into green branches.
Now it's good to go up to a tall building and look out, covering all the evil roads in the world.
——"Confronting the Snow" by Gao Pian (Tang Dynasty)
(The first two chapters have been revised. All heroes are welcome to 're-read'!)
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Seeing that, Tang and the two listened with interest, Fang Shuliu said with a smile: "After my mentor passed away, I will follow his orders and continue to investigate the dark forces behind the Maitreya Cult.
The Sichuan Gang and the Tang Clan are the leaders of civil gangs and have strong local power, so they naturally become my primary targets.
To be honest, I once suspected that the Sichuan Gang and the Tang Clan were the underground organizations behind this. For this reason, I disguised myself many times and went deep into Bashu to investigate.
However, through many years of open and covert investigation, we discovered that although the Sichuan Clan and the Tang Clan did not share the same ideals with the imperial court, they acted openly, acted chivalrously, and benefited the people of the area, which is completely different from the Maitreya Cult who used sorcery to confuse people's hearts and incite believers to rebel."
Bai Fu and Tang Kui looked at each other and smiled, and being recognized by the catching god showed that the chivalrous actions of the Sichuan Gang and the Tang Clan were recognized by many knowledgeable people.
Fang Shuliu looked at Bai Fu, changed the subject, and asked: "Brother Bai, do you know why the Supreme Emperor has always been afraid of your master, the head of Qingxuan?"
Bai Fu said proudly: "Xuanzong and my master have a hatred for killing their wives. The hatred is as deep as the sea. Naturally, they are worried about my master's revenge. My master is a civilized and military man with extraordinary intelligence. Once he makes up his mind to take revenge, even the emperor can kill him."
You have to be afraid of three points."
Fang Shuliu smiled and said: "You are right, but you didn't answer to the point. The Supreme Emperor has been in power for many years, and your master is not the only enemy. Why are you so afraid of your master?"
Bai Fu was stunned and shook his head.
Fang Shuliu said: "Headmaster Qingxuan has assisted Princess Taiping for many years. He has wide connections among aristocratic families and important officials in the court, and is well versed in the rules of the court's power game.
Not only that, but also because your master is the first-generation sect master of Taoism, a direct disciple of the ‘Zhengyimengweidao’. He holds the seal of Daoling Patriarch, a talisman and a pair of male and female swords for subduing demons and demons, guarding the important place of Qingcheng.
If your master raises his arms and imitates Brother Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao, millions of followers in the world will rise up in an instant and march northward.
If we continue to form an alliance with the Sichuan Gang, Tangmen and other Jianghu gangs, not only to aspire to the Central Plains and seize the Litang Kingdom, we can at least compete with the imperial court in the Bashu and Lingnan areas and rule by dividing the river!
This is the real reason why the Supreme Emperor has always been afraid of your master."
Bai Fu was shocked. He had never thought that his master had such powerful energy.
Fang Shuliu saw a glimmer of doubt in Bai Fu's eyes and knew that Bai Fu didn't quite believe what he said.
Fang Shuliu said: "Next, you may have heard of some of the past events I am going to talk about.
In the sixth year of the Yonghe period of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling wrote 24 Taoist books in Heming Mountain, Bashu. He called himself "Tai Qing Xuanyuan", recruited disciples and taught, and established the prototype of Taoism. Those who followed his Taoism were required to pay five measures of rice, which was called the "Five Dou Rice Way" at that time.
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In the first year of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling formally founded the Taoist order "Zhengyi League Weidao" and established twenty-four branches in Bashu, namely the twenty-four governance, and then set up sacrificial wine and divided their households, like a governor.
Later generations also called it 'Tianshi Dao'.
Zhang Daoling is the first generation of Celestial Master of Celestial Master Taoism, and is revered as the Ancestral Celestial Master in Taoism. After the Ancestral Celestial Master passed away, his son Zhang Heng took over, and was known as the Successor Celestial Master in history. After Zhang Heng passed away, his son Zhang Lu took over.
It is for the Heavenly Master.
Zhang Lu established a separatist regime in Hanzhong, taught the people the Five Dou Rice Way, and established a revolutionary political power. The Five Dou Rice Way quickly expanded its influence with the power of the political power. Zhang Lu had been in Hanzhong for more than 20 years and had many followers, becoming a powerful force in the late Han Dynasty.
separatist forces.
After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, a large number of believers moved northward. After moving to Chang'an, Luoyang, and Yecheng, believers in the Five Dou Rice Way took advantage of the Cao Wei regime's lenient treatment of the Zhang Lu family and openly or covertly promoted the Five Dou Rice Way.
By the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the power of Wu Dou Mi Dao was extremely strong and had spread to the north and the Central Plains.
Many followers of Wu Dou Mi Taoism use the word "Zhi" as their name, which represents their belief in Taoism and Dharma, just like Buddhist disciples often use "Tan" and "Dharma" as their names.
Many of the most powerful and world-famous figures at that time were Five Dou Mi Taoists, such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Wang Tanzhi, Liu Laozhi, Sima Fuzhi, Wang Huaizhi, Sima Tanzhi, Kou Qianzhi, Fei Songzhi, Gu Kaizhi and so on.
enumerate.
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After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao and moved to Yecheng, Zhang Lu's fourth son Zhang Sheng returned and moved to Longhu Mountain in Yingtan to preach Taoism. There were many Taoists from all over the world. Zhang's descendants passed down his legacy from generation to generation and were collectively called Zhang Tianshi.
The lineage of Longhu Mountain attaches great importance to rituals such as fasting with talismans, praying for blessings and warding off disasters, dispelling evil spirits and exorcising ghosts, and saving the dead. The bestowal of talismans is regarded as an important way of inheritance of the Zhengyi sect. Only after receiving the talismans and holding the urn dishes can one become famous as a celestial being.
','cultivation to become an immortal'.
Since then, many branches of Tianshi Tao have been born in the world, such as the Northern Tianshi Tao founded by Kou Qianzhi in Songshan Mountain and the Southern Tianshi Tao founded by Lu Xiujing in Lushan Mountain.
After that, various sects were divided into five major sects, namely Jishan Sect, Classic Sect, Fulu Sect, Danding Sect and Zhanxuan Sect based on Taoism and Taoism.
Over hundreds of years, Taomen has built three mountains and five mountains, and there are many of them.
The "Zhengyi League Weidao" who stayed in Qingcheng Mountain continued to follow the practice of the Twenty-Four Rules of the Daoling Patriarch, establishing twenty-four sub-rudders in Bashu, setting up wine sacrifices, and managing the sub-rudders.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao modeled the Five Pecks of Rice Road and founded the Taiping Road. There were hundreds of thousands of Taoist followers in eight states: Qing, Xu, You, Jing, Yang, Yan, Hebei, and Henan. Zhang Jiao used his followers to launch the Yellow Turban Army uprising.
The world was in chaos. The aftermath of the Yellow Turbans rebellion lasted for more than twenty years, eventually leading to the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty and plunging the world into hundreds of years of darkness and chaos.
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The use of religion to incite believers to rebel has not only aroused the vigilance of the court, but also made people of insight and religious leaders reflect deeply.
There are over a million Taoist believers. If a certain leader has ulterior motives and uses Taoism to cause chaos, the consequences will be no less than the Yellow Turbans uprising.
After Taoist Priest Qingxuan became the head of Qingcheng, he reorganized the scattered Taoist sects in the world, traced their origins, divided them into groups, demarcated their respective territories for promoting the Dharma, and prevented Taoist sects from escaping into the devil's way.
The merits of this move are immeasurable. Due to his high moral character and high prestige, Taoist Master Qingxuan was elected by all Taoist sects as the nominal Taoist sect in the world.
The head of Qingxuan took this opportunity to first reconcile with Confucianism and Buddhism, breaking the century-long dispute between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.
From then on, Confucianism entered the world and made progress, harmonized the family and governed the country; Taoism cultivated one's character and nature, and was free and at ease; Buddhism was liberated from the world and understood life and death, and Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism became the free choice for people in the world.
Next, the head of Qingxuan reached a consensus with the leaders of Buddhism, Zen, Nestorianism, Manichaeism, Yijiao and other major sects: to use religion only as a place of faith to practice righteousness and mindfulness, to save everyone, and to emphasize religious compassion as a
Huai has the educational function of guiding people to do good, helping the world and saving people, and guides believers to refrain from doing evil and practice good deeds.
From then on, the major sects and the imperial court reached a reconciliation, each performed its duties, each received its destiny, did not interfere with each other, and lived in peace, which was the so-called separation of church and state.
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A few years ago, strange phenomena appeared in Shu Mountain, and the Qintian Prison also discovered the celestial phenomenon of "breaking the army and killing", and the world began to permeate the world with an atmosphere of panic that "the end is approaching and the cycle of great catastrophe has arrived."
Under the mediation and promotion of your master, several major popes in the world today, including Master Liao Kong of White Horse Temple, Master Kong Jian of Shaolin Temple and others, have reached a consensus:
'Restrain the disciples and believers to prevent heretics from promoting heresies, using extreme sorcery to confuse people's hearts, launching so-called 'holy wars', and inciting people to kill officials and rebel when a catastrophe is approaching, and poison all living beings!'
Without their joint efforts, the Anlushan Rebellion would have affected not only Hebei but also several prefectures in Hedong. The world would have been a sea of fire, recreating the cruel situation of cannibalism during the Five Husties in China."
When Bai Fu heard this, he was filled with sadness and sighed, saying: "Now, Master Kongjian of Shaolin has passed away, Master Kongjian of White Horse Temple has gone south, and my master has passed away... In the days to come, I don't know who else can lead the believers and protect this pure land."
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Fang Shuliu smiled slightly and said: "These eminent monks and great virtues all have the magical power to understand time and space. They must have been prepared to select successors before passing away and pass on the mantle."
Bai Fu thought of the time when he was in Shaolin Temple and accidentally spied on Master Kong Jian teaching the Dharma to Hu Changgang in the middle of the night. He couldn't help feeling that things in the world are impermanent.
Seeing the strange look in Bai Fu's eyes, Fang Shuliu sighed: "Only the leader of Qingxuan died hastily and had no mantle to pass on.
Shushan is an important place to guard the world's demons. The task is arduous and the responsibility is heavy. It is estimated that the pope in the Shushan area will come from Emei. Yuankong Shi is profound in Taoism and has high prestige, so it is most suitable for her to serve.
However, Master Yuankong is too uninterested, so I wonder if he would recommend his disciples to lead the army?"
Bai Fu was shocked, and with a thought in his mind, he thought: "Is it possible that the chosen pope in Bashu is actually Junior Sister Li?"
On the day of farewell, Li Xuexuan hesitated several times and seemed to have something to hide, which coincided with this incident.
Bai Fu reviewed the past few years and became more and more convinced of this possibility: "Junior sister Li once practiced Buddhism with Master Kong at Baima Temple in Luoyang. Was it at that time that she was selected by the major popes?"
Thinking of parting ways with Li Xuexuan, Bai Fu felt great sadness in his heart.
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Before we knew it, the rooster crowed and it was already broad daylight.
After sending Bai and Tang to the door and about to say goodbye, Fang Shuliu showed reverence on his face and said to Bai again: "Brother Bai, your master is great.
A commoner became a Taoist sect, and his ability to turn things around is unprecedented.
Not for self-interest, but with the common people in the world in mind, suppressing one's hatred, controlling one's desires, and holding on to this power to change the world and subvert the world without using it, you must be a saint!
I am worried that after the death of the leader Qingxuan, no one will be able to have such broad-mindedness and wisdom to lead the Taoist sect to reach consensus with Buddhism, Nestorianism, Manichaeism, Yuanjiao and other major sects.
At that time, some fanatical pope or leader may escape into the devil's path and put the self-interest of one religion above other sects, causing the world to reignite war and destroy all lives..."
On the way back to the Bashu Guild Hall, Bai Fu was silent.
Tang Kui knew that Bai Fu had a knot in his mind and waited for an opportunity to enlighten him.
Bai Fu sighed: "Fifth brother, you don't know something. After the vision of 'breaking the army and killing' in Shu Mountain, the master led all the masters and uncles down the mountain and traveled all over the world.
Uncle Qingshi, who stayed behind, took the opportunity to exclude dissidents and made Qingcheng a mess. I was also expelled from Qingcheng for a year for committing crimes.
To be honest, I was resentful towards Master at that time: I complained about why Master didn't protect me and allowed me to be bullied by others; I complained about why Master ignored Qingcheng and allowed Master Qingshi to harm his disciples...
Many things that seemed overwhelming at the time are so insignificant now that I think about them.
I finally understand Master's responsibility to take the world as his own responsibility, understand Master's great cause of saving people's lives, and even more understand Master's painstaking care of me...
It's a pity that I never have the chance to admit my mistake to Master in person."
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Bai Fu really wanted to do what he did when he was a boy, galloping wildly on his horse, crying loudly, and expressing his feelings heartily.
When I arrived at a deserted place, I reined in my horse and looked around. The sky and the earth were vast and the north wind was bleak, but I found that true sadness cannot be cried out.