Chapter Forty-seven, Master and Disciple Discussing Taoism
In a blink of an eye, the vacation was almost over. On the third day before school started, Qingshi was practicing boxing when he suddenly received a message from his master Ou Changzhi, saying that he was back and asked him to come over. Qingshi quickly took a boat and rushed to Ou Changzhi's residence, No. 1 Xiaoluhu Mansion.
After entering the door, Qingshi found that besides Ou Changzhi, Mo Sihai and Gui Huadong were also there. Qingshi stepped forward and said hello one by one. Ou Changzhi seemed to be in a good mood, chatting and laughing with his three disciples.
Qingshi took out the mountain peach wine and a ray of fire and gave it to his master and two senior brothers. After tasting it, the three of them were extremely surprised. After praising them, the four of them started chatting while drinking the mountain peach wine.
Ou Changzhi first asked Qingshi about his vacation, and Qingshi told him one by one that several people were very curious about his relationship with Zhong Buli and Zhong Buqi, especially Gui Huadong. As for his relationship with Chen Tianye, Ou Changzhi and Mo Sihai also agreed.
Ou Changzhi smiled and said to Qingshi: "In the future, you don't have to hide the fact that you are my disciple, but there is no need to publicize it."
Qingshi Lianzhi remembered it.
Seeing that Qingshi was hesitant to speak, Mo Sihai knew that he wanted to know why, and immediately smiled and said: "The reason why I didn't let you reveal your identity before was because the enemy who was plotting against Master has not been found yet, and he was afraid that he would attack you. Now that the enemy has been eliminated, naturally there will be no It needs to be kept secret."
Gui Huadong said loudly: "This old witch Yan Lihuang dared to send people to sneak into the school to attack the master. She is really asking for death. This time, my senior brother and I worked together to cut her into pieces, which finally relieved the hatred in my heart."
Qingshi couldn't help but ask carefully. Gui Huadong came one by one. It turned out that it was one of Ou Changzhi's former enemies - Yan Lihuang, the master of the Haiyan Sect. In order to avenge her husband, he actually arranged for an undercover agent to lurk in the academy for more than 20 years and infiltrated into the academy. The college management finally found an opportunity to take action against Ou Changzhi.
Such an undercover agent cannot usually be detected, but once he does something like this, he will not be able to withstand the investigation by Mo Sihai and other college senior officials. Therefore, the undercover agent is exposed and the real culprit behind the scenes is found.
During the holidays, Ou Changzhi personally led Mo Sihai, Gui Huadong and a total of 160 people including academy elders, guardians and Yuehua Sect masters to destroy the entire Haiyan Sect in one fell swoop.
The Haiyan Sect was a large religious cult that protected the country in the Xihai Kingdom, with a membership of 13,000. Ou Changzhi led his men not only to eradicate it and plunder all the resources and wealth it had accumulated, but also to coerce the Xihai Kingdom to pay huge compensation.
Only then did Qingshi understand more deeply the power of the academy and the sect, and destroying the country with his hands was no empty talk.
In this world, martial prowess and bloody vendettas are unavoidable even by people with good intentions like Ou Changzhi and Mo Sihai. If the two of them had not agreed, Gui Huadong would have wiped out the entire Xihai Kingdom.
Mo Sihai saw that Qingshi's expression seemed a little sad, and thought for a moment: "Junior brother, what you feel in the academy is peace. When you step out of the school and step into the rivers and lakes one day, you will know the blood and cruelty of the whole world. Master back then A single benevolence spared Yan Lihuang and his descendants, but such good deeds resulted in deliberate planning, lurking, and vicious revenge that would not give up for decades. Don't you think we should eradicate them completely this time? "
"Senior brother is right!" Qingshi said sincerely, "It should be eradicated completely." Qingshi understands the truth, this is how the world is.
In fact, the earth is not necessarily more civilized than the Tianlong world. Even under the cloak of civilization in modern society, bloody killings are not uncommon on the earth, but there are more hypocrisy, cunning and other dirtier things.
But no matter which world he is in, Qingshi always hopes for more peace and less killing in his heart.
Ou Changzhi said slowly: "Qingshi, it's a good thing that you have kind thoughts. I don't want you to do things that go against your true intentions."
Gui Huadong said: "Master, you are too kind and merciful, that's why this happened. Back then, you pitied their orphans and widowed mothers, but this time, you had to merge them with the next generation and even the entire clan. The door was also destroyed. Let me tell you, your kindness back then was a mistake, and now you have to kill more people to make up for it."
"Fourth Junior Brother!" Mo Sihai shouted to stop.
"Am I wrong?" Gui Huadong said, "If what I said is wrong, please give me instructions, Master."
Ou Changzhi was speechless for a moment.
Qingshi secretly thought that Gui Huadong usually seemed cynical, but in fact he had a very clear understanding of the cause and effect of worldly affairs. His words were instantly impossible to refute.
After a long time, Ou Changzhi said slowly: "Hua Dong is right, I did make a mistake in this matter. But Hua Dong, you only saw Yan Lihuang's revenge, but you don't know how many times you have encountered this as a teacher in your life." In this situation, no matter how many wives and children of the enemy have been spared, only one of them will take revenge as viciously as Yan Lihuang. So, I was wrong about Yan Lihuang, but it does not mean that everything I did was wrong. Facts On the other hand, I don’t feel that I am noble when I do the right thing, and I don’t feel too upset when I do the wrong thing. So I just thought about it, if time could go back to the past, I would still let go of Yan Lihuang. Over theirs.”
Having said this, Ou Changzhi turned to Qingshi and said, "Do you understand what I mean?"
"I think I understand what you mean!" Qingshi said, "We should follow our own conscience when doing things. We should not care too much about the so-called right and wrong, nor should we consider the pros and cons too much. Only in this way can we not violate our true conscience. Only by not violating your original intention can you reach the highest level of cultivation. Is that right?"
"Very good!" Ou Changzhi nodded, "Huadong, if you think I'm kind, it's because my heart is kind, not because I want others to think I'm kind, so I do merciful actions. If I don't want others to think I'm kind, If I am in danger of being retaliated and kill innocent people indiscriminately, that is against my original intention, and my ultimate pursuit of Tao will be affected. This is what I mean by letting Qingshi maintain his kind nature, not that I am calling him You have to have a kind heart to do good deeds.”
"So, Master, do you think we should do good deeds?" Gui Huadong still doesn't understand, "Or does it mean that it doesn't matter whether we do good deeds or not?"
“Of course I think we should do good things,” Ou Changzhi said. “I think we should do good things because I am a kind-hearted person. That’s why I think so. It’s not because the moral values of this world say we need to do good things. I just think we should do good deeds. I also think it’s important to do good deeds because I am a kind-hearted person, so I hope that other people will have the same kind heart and do good things as me.”
"Master, do you want me to do good deeds?" Gui Huadong can see the world, but it is difficult to examine his own heart.
"I hope you will do things according to your heart, just like I taught Qingshi." Ou Changzhi said.
"What if I am a person with no good intentions?" Gui Huadong continued to ask, "Then if you ask me to do good deeds, wouldn't it go against my true intentions?"
This time Ou Changzhi and Mo Sihai both laughed together.
Mo Sihai smiled and said: "Fourth Junior Brother, if you are an evil person without a kind heart, will Master, a kind-hearted person, still accept you as a disciple?"
"Am I considered to have a kind heart?" Gui Huadong seemed a little unsure about himself, "If you hadn't stopped me, I would have planned to destroy Xihai Kingdom. Is this called having a kind heart?"
"You think you want to destroy the Xihai Kingdom and we stop it because we are kinder than you?" Mo Sihai said, "Then in the eyes of some people, it is simply a big deal that we destroyed the Haiyan Sect and killed thousands of people. Such evil deeds, how can there be any good intentions?"
"You still don't understand!" Ou Changzhi patiently said to Gui Huadong, "If you have a kind heart, do you have to do everything according to the world's standards of good deeds? In that case, wouldn't it be against your original intention. A kind heart is not What's important is our original intention. The reason why we value the so-called kind intention is just because our original intention is kind, so our nature is like this. We are cultivators, how can we let the moral principles of the secular world constrain our original intention? and nature.”
"I seem to understand," Gui Huadong said slowly after a long silence, "We are cultivators, so we cannot let the moral principles of the world constrain our nature and affect our practice. We do good not because the world needs us to do good, but because We are all kind-hearted people, and our kindness drives us to do good deeds naturally. Therefore, doing good for us means following our original nature and practicing cultivation. It doesn't matter whether we are kind or not in the eyes of others. If we care about what others think of us as good or bad, then our original intention is affected; if we change our original intention of doing things because of other people's opinions, then it is against our original intention. Right?"
Qingshi really admires this fourth senior brother. Once he is enlightened, what he summarizes is very clear and understandable. Qingshi had already understood what his master meant, but he couldn't express it as clearly as Gui Huadong.
"That's right!" Ou Changzhi smiled with satisfaction, stroking his long beard, and then added, "We have good thoughts and do good deeds, which are all in line with our kind nature. But in addition to our kind nature, we also have There are seven emotions and six desires, including love and hatred, as well as disgust and like. If you have to tolerate the evil deeds you hate with a kind heart, it will go against your original intention. When I let Yan Lihuang and her son go, some people think that I was doing good. , but for me, it is just following my nature. Now I have destroyed her whole family. Some people think it is evil, but for me, it is just following my nature. As for whether it is good or evil, there is no People are qualified to judge, and I don’t care, it just doesn’t go against my heart, do you understand?”
All three of them answered together and understood.
In recent decades, Ou Changzhi has not preached to his disciples like this at all. This time he seemed to be enlightening Gui Huadong, but in fact he was explaining Qingshi's teachings.
He was naturally very satisfied with Qingshi. Seeing that Qingshi's understanding was extremely high, Ou Changzhi's intention was still unfinished, so he asked Qingshi: "Qingshi, you understand what is not against one's true nature, but do you know why a monk should do things that are not against his will?" Where is your true intention?"
"Disciple has some understanding," Qingshi said, "Human power cannot defeat Heaven. Human beings are born, old, sick and die, which are the laws of heaven and earth. The ultimate goal of our cultivation is to get rid of birth, old age, sickness and death, and to achieve human power to defeat Heaven. This is going against Heaven. , is to break the laws of heaven and earth. If we always consider the gains and losses when we act, or cater to the preferences of others, or are restricted by secular moral principles and violate our true intentions, then we will not even dare to violate various secular rules. , how can it be possible to break the laws of heaven and earth?"
"Very good!" Ou Changzhi said, "But you must also understand that if we want to practice to the extreme, it is necessary to have the heart to dare to go against nature, but having the heart alone is not enough. After all, we still have to survive and survive in the world. To compete, act according to nature and not willfully. Otherwise, not to mention going against the laws of heaven and earth, even if you go against the wishes of those in power, you may be eradicated and die. How to behave, how to behave, how to be in the world Seize the opportunity on the road of spiritual practice without violating your original intention. The wisdom contained in this needs to be understood by everyone. I hope you can realize the truth as soon as possible and finally achieve the right fruit."
"Disciple understands!" Qingshi replied loudly.
