The person who came here was in his thirties, and he was wearing a purple Taoist robe that was very elegant and had a bit of a mundane air.
This surprised Yang Fan, because there are strict regulations on the wearing of Taoist robes.
Among them, yellow Taoist robes are worn by Taoist kings and are the most superior among the robes. The Celestial Masters and Holy Lords always wear yellow robes.
Purple represents the master’s sermons and can also represent the heavenly master’s veteran ministers.
The red color is worn by high-level magicians and is used to pray for blessings. The green color is worn by middle-level magicians and is commonly used for worshiping and wishing birthdays.
The green color is for low-level mages, as well as the individual celestial beings, the black color is for Dobu, and the white color is for Hades.
At such a young age, this Taoist is already wearing purple Taoist robes, which shows his status in the Taoist sect.
As expected, I heard Yuan Tiangang say: "Brother Chunfeng, come on, come on, my uncle will introduce you, this is Yang Fan, the loyal uncle of Wannian County. He is a noble man, with a Taoist heart and great wisdom. He has just solved the problem."
I understand this problem that Pindao is having, and I want to come over with you to discuss it!"
Li Chunfeng was working part-time in the Taishi Bureau of the imperial court at this time. Of course he had heard of Yang Fan's name, and he couldn't help but look curious.
But Yang Fan was scolding his mother in his heart. He was also a little depressed and guilty. He thought to himself: "Damn it, two living gods from the Tang Dynasty are actually gathered here. I really didn't look at the almanac when I went out today."
I wonder if these two people can spot the fakes in themselves just by rubbing their backs.
Just when Yang Fan was a little worried, Li Chunfeng and Xiyi smiled and said: "I am lucky to meet Uncle Zhongyi in Xuantian Temple. I am very lucky to have Uncle Zhongyi's kindness and kindness benefit the people. I just didn't think that Uncle Zhongyi would have any influence on Taoism."
I have also studied the classics, and I will definitely have a good exchange with Uncle Zhongyi today."
Yang Fan felt secretly embarrassed in his heart, but he couldn't refuse, so he cursed secretly: "Communicate? It's just a trivial exchange, it's too late to run away."
Is this what others say about great joy followed by sorrow?
After the introduction, before Yang Fan could react, Yuan Tiangang expressed his doubts: "Uncle Zhongyi has a deep connection with Taoism and a very wise Taoist heart. What he said just now made me stunned. Have you heard that 'Tao can be Tao'?
"It's very Tao, the name can be named, but it's very famous." How do you think this should be explained?
Yang Fan couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that he was actually asking about the Tao Te Ching.
This is very interesting. Although I have not studied the Tao Te Ching carefully, I have also heard some analysis on the Internet, so I pretended to say: "Tao can be said, but it is not a permanent Tao, and its name can be named, but it is not a permanent name..."
When Yang Fan told the content of the original rubbings of the Tao Te Ching and explained it, Yuan Tiangang instantly felt much more enlightened. This was very different from the interpretations of the Tao Te Ching he had seen before.
Li Chunfeng next to him also thought for a while, and then the two of them looked at each other with sparkling eyes and kept raising questions in their minds and asking for advice humbly.
"Does the five colors make people blind or the five colors make people see?"
"Of course the five colors make people see clearly..."
"Those who know don't speak, those who speak don't know...what's the explanation?"
"It should be said that those who know cannot speak, and those who speak cannot understand..."
After hearing such a thought-provoking explanation, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng asked excitedly: "These comments? Are there any classics as supporting evidence?"
Yang Fan was speechless immediately. These were all jokes he saw online.
The original rubbings of the Tao Te Ching originated from archaeological discoveries, and many of them are the conclusions reached by Tao Te Ching enthusiasts. Now there are no classics that can be used as supporting evidence.
I had no choice but to make it up at random: "This is a Taoist scripture that I read when I was a child, but now I don't know where it ends."
After hearing Yang Fan's words, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng sighed secretly, looking extremely disappointed.
Seeing their appearance, Yang Fan couldn't bear it. He hesitated and reminded: "In fact, most of the contents of the Tao Te Ching have been tampered with by predecessors."
"Oh? Who is he? What's the benefit of this?" Li Chunfeng asked the doubts in his heart.
"The emperors and ministers of the past dynasties mainly used it to avoid taboos or taboos on the emperor's name. For example, 'Those who know do not speak, those who speak do not know' were changed to avoid the taboo on the name of Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty. The original sentence I saw in that Taoist canon
It is 'Those who know cannot speak, and those who speak cannot understand'.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were greatly disturbed after listening to it. Yes, only with this explanation can the entire Tao Te Ching be reasonable.
The Tao Te Ching is a treasure of Taoism, but unfortunately it has been changed beyond recognition. Now we have to place our hopes on Yang Fan.
So he couldn't hold it any longer, grabbed Yang Fan's arm and asked urgently: "Is there anything else that is different? Uncle Zhongyi, please let me know. The Taoist sect will definitely keep your kindness in mind."
The two looked like crazy people, looking at Yang Fan expectantly, but Yang Fan did not refuse.
"Existence and non-existence arise from each other, difficulty and ease complement each other, long and short compare to each other, high and low compare to each other, sounds harmonize each other, front and back follow each other, and it is eternal." This sentence should also have been changed...
Someone remembers that the original text should be: "There is a mutual generation between existence and non-being, a mutual complementation between difficulty and ease, a punishment between long and short, a complementation between high and low, a harmony between thoughts and sounds, a succession and an eternity."
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Yang Fan was like an enlightened man, slowly explaining the meaning of the scriptures he had seen on the forum, while Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were like devout believers, listening to them intoxicated.
Xiao Douding is still young and doesn't understand anything, but Wu Meiniang is not low in knowledge. She has dabbled in some commentaries on Taoist classics. She has never heard that the "Tao Te Ching" can be interpreted in this way.
Nowadays, two famous Taoist masters in the Tang Dynasty actually asked their husband for advice like students. Wu Meiniang's eyes radiated bursts of light, and her admiration was self-evident.
The reason why Yang Fan dared to talk in front of Kai Kai, two famous Taoist masters in the Tang Dynasty.
On the one hand, it was because they saw their love and devotion to Taoism, and on the other hand, they did not want such precious Taoist scholarship to be lost.
After all, the moral principles he mentioned were derived by later generations of "Tao Te Ching" enthusiasts based on the original Tao Te Ching unearthed from the Mawangdui archaeological site. They should be the closest to the original meaning of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching.
Because of his time travel, who knows whether they can be unearthed again in the future. If these scriptures are lost due to his arrival, Yang Fan naturally does not want to see it.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, while listening, kept trying to figure out what Yang Fan said, and many of the questions that troubled them were instantly solved.
Finally seeing Xiao Douding drowsy, Li Chunfeng hurriedly guided Yang Fan and the others to the inner room of Xuantian Temple.
The layout here is very simple. It should be a place of pure cultivation. There are no unnecessary decorations, only a few simple puddings, so it is obviously an elegant place for talking about scriptures and Taoism.
Somewhat uncomfortable, Yang Fan sat down with his legs crossed, looking around a little absent-mindedly.
It was Li Chunfeng who spoke first and asked, "Why did these nobles come to Xuantian Monastery this time?"
Wu Meiniang replied sweetly: "I came to offer incense this time not only to offer sacrifices and pray for blessings, but also to approve my orders. I just didn't expect to meet two Taoist masters."
Hearing Wu Meiniang's praise, Li Chunfeng laughed and said: "When it comes to assigning orders to others, this is my uncle's specialty. There is no one like him in the Tang Dynasty. Today, I am destined to meet a few noble people, so I might as well ask my uncle to help me figure it out."
After all, the noble man's wish has been fulfilled."
Hearing this, Yang Fan's attention was attracted. He also wanted to see whether the two of them were real masters or just swindlers.
When Wu Meiniang heard that the old gods of the Tang Dynasty were actually willing to give orders for them personally, she was naturally very excited.
Perhaps in order to repay Yang Fan, Yuan Tiangang did not make any gestures, but stood up and bowed slightly to the statue of Taishang Laojun to show respect.
Then he dipped his hand in a small wooden basin nearby to express purification, and then looked at Wu Meiniang and Helan Minyue with a smile.
Yang Fan nodded towards Wu Meiniang and Helan Minyue and said: "Minyue, you come first..."
Of course, Xiao Douding obeyed Yang Fan's words and stretched out his hand without saying a word.
Although he didn't know Xiao Douding's birth date, Yuan Tiangang was proficient in the art of observing physiognomy and touching bones, so he naturally wouldn't feel guilty.
He touched Helan Minyue's little head, then looked at her appearance carefully, and soon said: "If you have long fortune and short life, your life will be difficult."
"What's the meaning?"
Yang Fan said he didn't understand. Could it be that ancient instructions were so specious and misleading.
Perhaps seeing Yang Fan's doubts, Li Chunfeng on the side explained: "Uncle Master means that this girl will have a noble destiny when she grows up, but she will have more disasters in her life and her life will be shorter."
This time Yang Fan was shocked. Is he really capable or is he just making random guesses?
It's so accurate.
If we follow the trajectory of history, Helan Minyue will marry Li Zhi and be named the Lady of the State of Wei. Her status is of course noble.
But her life was quite ill-fated. When she was young, she was not valued by her family. Even if she entered the palace, she died in a palace fight. She was only in her thirties when she died. It is reasonable to say that she did not live long.
As Wu Meiniang told her birth date, Yuan Tiangang took a closer look at Wu Meiniang's face.
Of course, he couldn't touch the bones of a woman who was already in her late stages of life. After looking at her for a while, he did not come to a conclusion. Instead, he muttered to himself in disbelief: "That's strange, that's strange."
Seeing Yuan Tiangang who seemed to be suffering from delirium, Yang Fan was confused for a while, so he asked: "Taoist Priest, is there anything wrong?"
Yuan Tiangang glanced at everyone with complex eyes and said: "Actually, I have shown the little lady her face..."
Before anyone could ask, he continued: "Half a year ago, there was a draft in the palace, and the portrait of the young lady was also included. At that time, Pindao once said, 'The heroine of King Wu is extremely noble.' However, now the fate of the young lady is different. Earth-shaking changes have taken place, should we ask an expert to change the fate of this young lady?"
Secretly wiping away his sweat, Yang Fan was really shocked.
Guessing it right once can be said to be a fool, but you can't tell if you guessed it right in a row. It's really amazing. You can actually tell that Wu Meiniang has the qualifications to be an emperor just from the portrait.
But then I was very happy. Now that Wu Meiniang's fate had changed, at least she no longer had to worry.
So he asked for advice: "I dare to ask the master, do you know whether it is a disaster or a blessing?"
Yuan Tiangang smiled slightly and said: "Although the little lady's destiny was extremely noble in the past, she was too violent, and she was restless for half her life, and her later life was miserable. Now her destiny has changed, she is full of nobility, and has purple energy, and she has long blessings and a shadow. and descendants."
After hearing this, Wu Meiniang breathed a long sigh of relief and stood up immediately to thank her again and again.
When Yuan Tiangang said "the heroine is King Wu" just now, Wu Meiniang did not feel excited. Instead, her heart was in her throat, full of fear and timidity.
'The heroine Wu Wang' sounds nice, but it violates the taboo of the royal family and may result in beheading.
But how did she know that if Li Junxian, the enemy of the original history, came to accuse her again, she would also...