The Taoist temple's mountain gate assessment is about one group of people per stick of incense.
More than two hours passed, and five more groups of people were assessed.
During this period, two more performed amazingly and won the approval of the examiner, won the lottery, and had an additional opportunity to enter the Ascension Secret Cave for cultivation.
As expected, the two of them were still from the great Immortal Sect.
"Hey, it's hard for a small sect to get ahead."
Mo Yun Sanren looked sad and sighed with emotion. He was considered the best among his masters, but after entering the Immortal Court, he fell behind when compared with his colleagues who came from the Immortal Sect of the great sect.
Inferior to others everywhere!
There are many opportunities in the Immortal Court, but it is difficult to compete with people from the great Immortal Sect.
Chu Chen was also quite emotional.
Regardless of the world, origin is important. Without certain talents and opportunities, it is difficult for ordinary people to have the opportunity to cross the class gap.
While everyone was talking, it soon became the turn of Chu Chen, Shen Jian, and Mo Yun.
Chu Chen took the wooden number plate and entered one of the temporary examination sheds under the guidance of the Tao soldiers.
The examination room was simple, with only a futon and nothing else.
Chu Chen sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and held his breath in concentration.
There was a sudden spin.
Chu Chen was in a sea of clouds.
Five Taoists wearing apricot-yellow Taoist robes appeared in front of them, some with white hair and childish faces, some with old faces, and some with ordinary middle-aged looks.
However, each one's aura is quite powerful, and one can tell at a glance that all of them have good Taoist practices and have true cultivation.
"Qingzhou Yunlin County is in charge of Chu Chen."
"Junior is here."
The Taoist leader, who had white hair and a childish face, had kind eyes and a smile, nodded and asked:
"What scriptures do you usually study? Choose three books and we will give you a test."
Chu Chen has been reading the Taoist scriptures these days, and has dabbled in the "Saving People's Sutra" and "Vipassana Sutra". However, if he is most familiar with it, it is the scripture that Taoist Master Xu Ping taught at the beginning.
"The younger generation usually recites and studies the "Three Officials Sutra", "Qingjing Sutra" and "Tao De Zhen Jing".
All the examiners nodded expressionlessly.
"Heaven and earth are unkind, and regard all things as stupid dogs; saints are unkind, and regard the common people as stupid dogs. What's the explanation?"
The crane-haired Taoist with a boyish face smiled and asked.
This passage comes from the "Tao Te Ching" and is known to everyone in the world. However, many people misinterpret its meaning and do not know the true meaning of Laojun's words.
Chu Chen thought about it for a moment and then said:
"All things are born from heaven and earth, and heaven and earth are not derived from all things. The people rely on the saints to govern, and the saints are true to the people. Just like a cud dog because of the gods, the gods have no use for a cud dog."
"Uselessness means selflessness, selflessness means no kindness. This is why heaven and earth are without kindness but great kindness is born, and saints are not benevolent but are greatly benevolent."
"Therefore, the people do not refuse virtues from the saints, and all things are born in heaven and earth without giving thanks."
The five examiners on the cloud platform nodded with satisfaction.
This question is not difficult, but it can clearly explain "heaven, earth and all things" and "sages and people", and it reveals some of Laojun's thoughts on Tao and nature, and assisting the country and governing the world.
"good!"
The white-haired Taoist with a boyish face was just trying his best to test Chu Chen's skills with an easy question. He would not stop asking questions until the point was made.
It's a guaranteed bonus.
Next, the four examiners will not be so polite.
The first examiner on the left hand of the Taoist priest with a white hair and a boyish face had a serious face, his eyes were scrutinizing, and he asked:
"If the capital of Chu is in charge, people can always be at peace, and everything in heaven and earth will return. What's the explanation?"
Chu Chen was not frightened by the examiner's scrutiny, but felt happy.
The "Qing Jing Sutra" in which he was most confident was finally here.
"If a person can always be pure, all heaven and earth will return" is a very important verse in "Tai Shang Laojun Speaks of Constant Purity Sutra", which explains the importance of "always being pure" in cultivating immortality and immortality.
Chu Chen gained insights from the Qingjing Sutra written by experts from various Taoist schools.
At this moment, he took his time, thought for a while, and replied:
"Heaven and earth are the descendants of the Great Dao; characters are the descendants of the Great Dao. Taishang said that people can endow the ancestral spirit of the Great Dao, so that their body and mind can be emptied of spirit, and their spirit and energy can be peaceful. In this way, they can embody the Dao and be in harmony with heaven and earth. Virtue. Therefore, heaven and earth are naturally obedient, and everyone takes refuge. Therefore, if people can always be peaceful, heaven and earth will all return."
The examiners tasted it carefully, some nodded, and some asked:
"What is Chang Qingjing?"
Chu Chen was stunned.
It seems that the difficulty of the test has increased. It does not mean that you can pass the test smoothly just by following the instructions of the master, but it requires a lot of effort.
Fortunately, his attainments in Taoist scriptures were average, but he had worked hard on the "Qing Jing Sutra" and achieved profound attainments.
Facing the examiner’s questioning, he didn’t panic at all:
"The normal means normal. The clear means that all the fate has ceased. The quiet means not a single thought arises."
This answer is quite satisfactory.
However, Chu Chen was confident and kept talking:
"Those who can be quiet have the same virtues as Tai Chi, are neighbors with heaven and earth, and walk in parallel with the divine way. Those who cultivate the truth are quiet and inactive, and can realize the true and eternal teachings of the great way, deprive the nature of all things, be quiet for a long time, God and Dao are in harmony with heaven and earth. one."
The five examiners, including the kind-hearted Taoist, also nodded repeatedly, quite satisfied.
The examiner who originally asked the question became even more interested, and became more and more thoughtful. He refused to give up and asked again:
"I would like to ask you, how can we, Taoists, always be quiet?"
There was still no panic on Chu Chen’s face:
"A person can walk, stand, sit and lie down every day, keep his peace of mind, keep his conscience, do not go out from the inside, and do not enter from the outside. His mind is empty, and only the Tao is his body. Naturally, desires and anger will not arise, his spirit will be pure and his energy will be calm. If nature abides by itself and destiny ceases, then the way of heaven and earth will eventually return to my body."
"The Confucian sage also said: The Tao cannot be separated for a moment, but it is not the Tao."
"Therefore, people are born with a peaceful mind, which is all caused by the desires of the world."
...
"Contemplating emptiness is emptiness, emptiness is nothing, what's the explanation?"
"Empty means vacuum. There are two types of emptiness: there is big emptiness and there is small emptiness. The big emptiness is the principle of inaction and non-action. The small emptiness is the destruction of existence and the return to nothingness, taking inaction as nothingness. This is called small emptiness. Emptiness. The two emptinesses are all gone, that is, nature is not contaminated by righteousness, and it is the true way. Emptiness has no size, and has nothing to go to..."
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"What is the meaning of bringing down the origin and the end of the flow, and giving birth to all things..."
"The original is Yuan; Yuan is Dao. Dao is originally wrapped up in Yuan Qi, Yuan Qi is divided into two rites, the two rites are divided into three talents, the three talents are divided into five elements, and the five elements are transformed into all things. All things are the end. Human beings Being able to embrace the original and keep oneness, return to the ultimate way, return to the root, and not return to the end. The end is transformed; the original is born. People who can return to the root are the ones who can restore life and life."
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After Chu Chen entered Taoism, he did not look like a candidate facing an examiner, but like a Taoist master who sat cross-legged in the clouds and lectured on Taoism, answering questions and solving doubts, and preaching to the world.
The examiner who asked Chu Chen's "Qing Jing Sutra" one after another couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Wonderful, wonderful! At such a young age, you have been able to understand the way of everlasting tranquility. I hope that in the future, as your path becomes deeper and deeper, you can truly enter the realm of everlasting tranquility, achieve great enlightenment, and step into an unimaginable realm!"
When Chu Chen heard that the serious-looking examiner gave such a high evaluation, he immediately woke up from his discussion.
Taking a closer look, he saw the five examiners looking at him eagerly, as if they were seeing a piece of jade, full of approval.
"Senior is so complimentary!"
