"It turns out that what I know is just a drop in the ocean of real ancient history..."
Confucius couldn't help but smile bitterly, which made him a little ashamed, but more of a joy at truly gaining knowledge.
After digesting for a while.
Confucius asked again:
"Teacher is truly a great virtuous person. My disciple has another question: What is the status of the Chinese state where we are located and the vast universe beyond?"
After Zhou Tianzi and others were shocked, they couldn't help but stared at this question in shock.
If the Emperor Zhou was still worried about the intrusion and competition from the vassal states above China before, then after Chen Xixiang opened up the vast universe perspective just now, some invisible changes occurred in his state of mind.
He could not help but subconsciously ignore the pressure from his native China, and instead focused on this issue.
What is the existence of China in the universe?
When Chen Xixiang was asked about this, his eyes slowly fell on Kong Qiu, looking into the depths of his eyes, and smiled slightly:
"You only need to know that the place we stand on has a great origin. Even in the universe, its status is lofty and supreme..."
He didn't lie at all. The earth in the sky is different from the earth in other time and space. Strictly speaking, this is a corner of Kunlun after it was destroyed, while Kunlun is a corner of the Immortal Realm in the past. Luo, there is a special avenue on it, the fairy bell, and the green tripod all come from Kunlun.
Because of this, the Emperor built ninety-nine dragon mountains on the earth in the past, so that the earth could become a 'corpse-raising place' that could nourish the emperor's corpse.
It was precisely because of this that the Yuhua Divine Dynasty kidnapped all kinds of physical geniuses from all over the universe, hoping to water the Green Cauldron and open up the road to immortality on earth.
The brother of the ruthless emperor was brought to Earth and died in the Kunlun Mountains of Earth.
All of this is because of the specialness of the earth.
All this cannot be told to the people in front of me because they are not yet able to contain such a big secret.
If these are exposed.
The earth will immediately become a place of contention for all realms of the universe.
After hearing Chen Xixiang's ambiguous and mysterious answer about the earth, Kong Qiu also knew that the old gentleman was unwilling to reveal too much to them.
Confucius knew it was interesting and didn't ask. After thinking about it, he asked another question:
"Sir, I have solved many of my disciple's doubts. However, I still have one last question: What is Tao? How to attain Tao?"
When Chen Xixiang heard this, he immediately looked at Confucius with deep meaning in his eyes. The question he asked was not the same, or in other words, one question had two meanings.
One is the literal Word, the other...
He is asking... the method of becoming an emperor.
There is no limit in life, and there is no limit in learning. When Confucius himself entered the realm of the pinnacle of the great sage on earth, he must want to know the realm above the great sage.
He is not just a scholar in history, he is also a great monk in this time and space.
"The Tao can be Tao, but it is not the eternal Tao."
Chen Xixiang smiled slightly: "The Dao cannot be described. I can only answer you: What is the Dao of Heaven?"
"The Tao can be taught, but it is not the eternal Tao..."
Confucius was shaken, and his soul was immediately touched by these six simple words. He realized something a little bit. Then, after hearing the second half of Chen Xixiang's sentence, he immediately stood up and bowed deeply:
"The way of heaven? Please ask the teacher to teach me!"
Chen Xixiang said slowly: "Tao is not something inconceivable, so it cannot be expressed in words, and words must be wrong, but... God can describe it, it can even be observed, it can be proved, and it can be surpassed..."
After a breath or two, he said slowly:
"The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage; the way of man is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage."
"When the way of man can be like the way of heaven, then the way can be realized."
Hear this.
The pupils in Confucius' eyes shrank for a moment, and he was covered in cold sweat:
"The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage. The way of man is to make up for the deficiency when there is insufficient damage. If humans can be like heaven..."
this moment.
Even Emperor Zhou had hair on his back. He didn't practice enough and couldn't hear the true meaning of practice behind this sentence. He only understood it literally and felt that Chen Xixiang had told a terrifying truth.
The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage.
The law of heaven is noble and eternal, and all things are treated equally, so the balance of yin and yang is the most important thing.
Just like a bucket of water, if it overflows, the way of heaven will begin to balance and move its excess to another insufficient place in the universe.
This is called the way of heaven, to make up for the deficiency when there is excess.
But the way of man is not like that, if the loss is not enough, there will be more than enough.
It was because of these words that Emperor Zhou broke into a cold sweat.
This is the way of man.
To the detriment of oneself, to the complement of others.
Gather the wealth of the poor and humble to please the hearts of the noble.
The lower class people are living in poverty and suffering.
People in the upper class have endless wealth.
Because of this sentence, he saw the common people in today's world, and even the common people in the past dynasties. The people themselves are already extremely poor, but they still have to support the dignitaries and use their own meager strength to support them, the princes who are already rich. Noble man.
One sentence explains the difference between heaven and man, and also reveals the horror of human dynasties.
But many people in Li have not yet realized this.
If they are awakened to this point, or if they are led by others, they will immediately overthrow this extremely unequal world and realize that they are the masters of the world.
Just when the Emperor Zhou and the ministers were feeling cold behind each other and their whole bodies were hairy.
Confucius kept mumbling what Chen Xixiang just said:
"The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is excess damage. The way of man is to make up for the deficiency when there is insufficient loss. If man can be like heaven, he can realize the Tao..."
What he saw was not the earthly side that Emperor Zhou only saw, but the true meaning of practice behind this passage.
It means that people cannot contribute themselves, but ask for the way of heaven, and use the way of heaven to supplement themselves, making themselves indistinguishable from heaven, so that they can integrate the mark of the heart of heaven, subdue all the ways with one force, and become emperor.
This is the way to achieve enlightenment. Use your own body to seize the creation of heaven and earth, seize without limit, harm the remaining things of heaven and earth, and make up for your own shortcomings.
The law of heaven is like Tao, and it can realize Tao by itself.
He remembered the scene he saw before coming to the Zhou royal family, which was the scene where Chen Xixiang's old and withered hand was snatching life from the universe avenue.
But, this way...
Seize the essence of all things and become yourself.
As if seeing Confucius's hesitation, Chen Xixiang said calmly:
"The saints do not care about the heart when talking about deeds, and there is no perfect person above the heart. However, the way of heaven does not care about the deeds when talking about the heart. Heaven and earth are not benevolent, but in fact they are great benevolence. They pay the most attention to balance and will not plunder everything excessively. After becoming an emperor, it is to better protect all living beings. , but it is true that there are also a group of people who will fall because of this, and only look at what everyone wants."
This is the difference between the great emperors and darkness in the time and space that covers the sky.
Covering the world of heaven, using one's body as seed, seizing the mysteries of the universe, nourishing one's own Tao seed, and finally achieving Taoism.
When the ancient emperors became enlightened, it was because they overturned the fortunes of heaven and earth.
But in the end there were two results.
One type is people like the Great Emperor of the Void, the Great Emperor of Hengyu, and the Great Emperor Wushi. After becoming emperors, they choose to protect all living beings.
The other type is those supreme beings in the restricted area of life who have no regard for living things and regard all things that contain essence as sources of energy that can replenish themselves.
As long as he can live, he will not hesitate to plunder the universe and devour everything.
Because the choice of heart is different.
As a result, there was darkness and turmoil, but in fact, they were all cultivating the same path.
After Confucius heard these words, he felt as if he was washed by the evening drums and morning bells, and he bowed deeply:
"Disciple is enlightened!"
Next, he asked many questions, and Chen Xixiang answered them one by one.
Time flew by in the process of asking and answering questions.
In the blink of an eye, seven days passed.
In the main hall, Confucius had completely adopted the attitude of a student and convinced Chen Xixiang from inside to outside.
"After listening to Master's sermon for seven days, Confucius suddenly opened his eyes. Zhongni once heard that a teacher preaches, teaches, and solves doubts."
Confucius prostrated himself deeply in front of Chen Xixiang and kowtowed three times:
"Zhongni meets the teacher!"
Chen Xixiang smiled and reached out to help him up:
"I am very lucky to have you as my disciple."
He has traveled across all realms and has taken on quite a few disciples, but none of them have as high a status as the one he took on this time.
Although this person is just an ordinary great saint among Zhetian.
However, his true identity among the eternal heavens is that he is the founder of Confucianism and Taoism, and the first person to open up the dark night.
If heaven does not give birth to a master, eternity will be like a long night.
This was the evaluation of him by the fourth sage of Confucianism.
Now that he has accepted this sage master in Zhetian Time and Space, it can be said that he has received the greatest help in his preaching.
Practice and preach.
He spans all realms, practicing is one thing, and preaching is also a must.
After paying homage to Chen Xixiang, Confucius stood up slowly and finally asked the question he had wanted to ask from the beginning:
"With the teacher's cultivation, I don't know why I live in the secret room..."
From the other party's preaching in the past few days, Confucius felt that his teacher had a mind as deep as the universe, and his identity must be an amazing person among the universe. Otherwise, it would be impossible to understand the eternal things of the universe. So understanding.
But he actually chose to stay in the library of a country above China.
"The right way is to hide in the court in a big way, in the middle in the city, in the wild in a small way..."
Chen Xixiang stood up slowly:
"But you said so. I really shouldn't live here in seclusion anymore. I will get up and leave here tomorrow."
now.
Emperor Zhou’s face changed drastically:
"What? The old gentleman is leaving?"
He also hopes that the other party can help him subdue those dynastic overlords.
"It's all you, Confucius!"
Emperor Zhou even looked at Confucius angrily. If you hadn't asked so much about the big hermit and the small hermit, how could the old gentleman abandon my royal family?
However, he immediately heard something from Chen Xixiang's mouth that made him look shaken.
"There is a place that is related to the lifeblood of China. I need to go and see it. I won't bother you anymore."
The lifeline of China?
Emperor Zhou was shocked. What big thing was going to happen?
Chen Xixiang did not elaborate, but turned to look at Confucius and smiled slightly:
"Would you like to come with me?"
"It's true, but I don't know where the teacher wants to go?"
Confucius quickly bowed.
"West of China."
Chen Xixiang's voice was calm and indifferent:
"Hangu Pass."
