Sword of Coming

He drew a large circle across the ferry.

Then he bent down in the circle and slowly drew a straight line, which was equivalent to dividing the circle into two.

Chen Ping'an squatted next to the line, and then he didn't write for a long time, his brows furrowed.

The accountant, who looked depressed, had no choice but to take off the sword gourd from his waist and take a sip of Wuti wine to refresh himself.

Only then did a good and an evil character be written above and below that straight line.

Chen Ping'an wants to take a step tonight towards the word "one" that he once stopped in his heart, unwilling to think deeply, and unable to delve into.

Just like the straw-shoe boy in Mubo Alley, he walked on the covered bridge.

Chen Pingan squatted on the ground, and on that straight line, between the words good and evil, he gently wrote the four words "people-oriented" and murmured: "I can only think of so much for the time being."

Chen Pingan closed his eyes and took another sip of wine. After opening his eyes, he stood up and strode to the edge of the "good" semicircle. In one go, he drew a diagonal line to the other part of the evil semicircle. Move forward and draw another diagonal line from bottom to top.

In the end, a circle was cut into six pieces by Chen Pingan, with only the center of the circle intersecting.

After this, Chen Ping'an seemed to suddenly become enlightened. He walked quickly to the semicircle with the word "good" on the straight line. In the middle of the three areas, he held the charcoal pen in his hand, writing as fast as he could, and talked to himself. Said: "If it is said that this is a sincere heart for good, and it is the most steadfast, and the mind is not easy to move, then the people in this place, the Three Teachings, hundreds of schools of thought, even those who have not read the book Words, teach "The book has its own house of gold, the book has its own thousand bells of millet", "Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country and bring peace to the world", that is the best knowledge, because if you can listen to it, you don't even need any sage to explain the truth. , because this kind of people are willing to listen, and are willing to sit and hear the Tao, and get up and practice it. No matter how difficult the world is, they will stick to their true intentions!"

Chen Ping'an quickly stood up and retreated to the center of the semicircle of evil, which was "tit for tat" with the semicircle filled with the word "charcoal".

Crouching down, he was writing with the same charcoal pen, and murmured: "Human nature is evil. This evil is not just a derogatory meaning, but it illustrates another nature in the human heart, which is to innately perceive the oneness in the world and fight for it." To rob, to maximize one's own interests, unlike the former, regarding life and death, one can rely on the three immortals of Confucianism and the inheritance of descendants of incense. Here, 'I' is the whole world. When I die, the world will die, and when I live, the world will be Life, the individual me, this little 'one', is no bigger than the whole world, and its weight is not the slightest bit lighter. This is exactly why Zhu Lian originally explained why he was unwilling to kill one person instead of saving the world! It is also not a derogatory meaning, it is just It’s just pure human nature. Although I haven’t seen it with my own eyes, I believe that it has pushed the world forward.”

"Only those whose minds are here to 'flower and bear fruit' can, at certain critical moments, say things like 'I will not care about the flood after I die', 'I would rather teach me to bear the consequences of the world', 'The sun is setting and the journey is far away, and the opposite is true' '. But this kind of nature that almost all living things in the world have is very likely to be the foundation of our "human beings", at least one of them. This explains why I couldn't understand before, there are so many "unwholesome" People who practice Taoism and become immortals will have no problem at all, and they can even live better than so-called good people. Because heaven and earth produce and sustain all things, there is no partiality, and life and death are not necessarily determined by the good and evil of 'people'."

After taking a swig of wine.

Chen Ping'an stood up and walked to the rightmost side of the upper semicircle. "The people here are not as strong-minded as the people on the right side nearby. They are more hesitant, but they are still inclined to good. But it will change depending on the person, the place and the time. There will be various To change, we need saints from the three religions and hundreds of schools of thought to teach earnestly and sincerely: "If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool, and if people do not learn, they will not know." They warn: "God is watching what you do." The theory of suffering in this life and blessing in the next.”

When Chen Ping'an wrote this, he had another thought. He came to the word "good and evil" near the center of the circle, and slowly added two sentences with charcoal. On top of it, he wrote "I want to believe that life is not everything." 'Barter'", and below it is written, "If there is no substantial return for any payment, it will compromise the interests of the oneness of 'I'."

Chen Pingan put away the charcoal and murmured: "Once a person senses damage, he will have great doubts and anxiety deep in his heart, and he will start to look around, thinking that he must get it back from somewhere else. And asking for more, this explains why Shujian Lake is so chaotic, everyone is struggling hard, and what I thought before, why there are so many people, must be punched somewhere in the world, it must be in There are more places in the world where people punch and kick without caring about the life and death of others, not just for the sake of living. Just like Gu Can, even though he has already lived a good life, he will still follow this line and become a person who can say "I" People who like to kill people are not only created by the environment of Shujian Lake, but also the fields in Gu Can's heart are divided by this. Whenever he has the opportunity to come into contact with the larger world, such as when I gave the little loach to After he comes to Shujian Lake, Gu Can will naturally grab more money and lives that belong to others, no matter what."

Chen Ping'an came to the leftmost side of the upper semicircle, "People's hearts here are the most disordered. They want to do good but don't know how to do it. They have the intention to do evil but may not dare to do it. Therefore, it is easiest to feel that 'reading is useless' and 'the truth has misled me.'" , even though we are in the semicircle here, it is still easy to fall into evil, so there are so many "sanctimonious hypocrites" in the world. Even the Buddha in the Buddhist scriptures will worry about the coming of the end of the Dharma. People here, Living with the crowd is very hard, even the hardest. As I said to Gu Can before, the good principles in the world and the true freedom of the strong lie in being able to protect this group of people so that they don’t have to worry about the middle of the lower semicircle. A group of people in the middle, due to the latter's unscrupulous behavior,

And suffering from many unprovoked disasters, there is no need to be afraid that all the wealth accumulated through hard work will be destroyed overnight, so that these people, even if they do not need to be reasonable, do not even need to know much truth at all, and even if they occasionally Even if the unreasonableness slightly shakes the regular and stable wooden chair built by Confucianism, it can still live well. "

Chen Ping'an stood up and moved to the rightmost side of the corresponding lower semicircle, and slowly wrote: "The people of this place, tell them to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately. Knowing your mistakes can make a big difference, and the people in the middle are the same." People are destined to be just empty talk. ’

Although there is a semicircle below and a large blank space on the far left, Chen Pingan's face was pale and he showed signs of exhaustion. After taking a big sip of wine, he stood up unsteadily, and the charcoal in his hand had been ground. It was only the size of a fingernail. Chen Pingan calmed down, his fingers trembled and couldn't write anymore. Chen Pingan took a strong breath, raised his arm, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and wanted to squat down and continue writing, even if it was one more word. , but as soon as he bent down, he sat down on the ground.

Chen Ping'an placed the sword-raising gourd on the ground casually with one hand, and loosened his fingers with the other hand. Only the charcoal left rolled to the ground, and he lay on his back on the ferry.

"Confucianism proposes compassion, and Buddhism advocates compassion. However, in this world, it is still difficult for us to achieve it, let alone achieve these two statements all the time. On the contrary, it was Yasheng who first said the 'innocent heart' 'It seems to be more..."

Chen Pingan stood up with all his strength, exited the circle that had not completed the word "charcoal", and stared at the big circle. Finally, his eyes focused on the two words "good and evil" that he first wrote in the center of the circle.

Chen Pingan staggered and stretched out a hand as if to grab the entire circle.

He almost didn't even know what he was talking about.

At this time, this scene has completely forgotten its shape and body.

"Can we not even talk about good and evil? Just talk about the difference between gods and humans? Nature? Otherwise, it will be difficult for this circle to truly stand."

"Does this need... to be raised up? Rather than just sticking to the principles in the book or Confucianism, and simply expanding the circle? But to raise it higher?"

"If that's the case, then I understand. It's not what I thought before. It's not that the principles in the world have thresholds and are divided into high and low. It's about walking around this circle and constantly looking at it. It's because there is a difference between left and right in mind. It's also not the case. It is said that people's hearts are different in different places, and there is a difference between superior and inferior, and the difference between cloud and mud. Therefore, what the saints of the three religions each do, the so-called persuasion, is to "move mountains and seas" to the hearts of people in different territories. ' and lead them to the areas they want."

"If so, don't look at heights first, don't walk in circles on the ground, just use the order, take a step back and look at it, don't mention all kinds of original intentions, just talk about the true nature of the world, Confucian knowledge, is By expanding and stabilizing the 'physical' territory, Taoism is lifting up the world, allowing us humans to rise above all other living things."

Chen Ping'an closed his eyes and took out a bamboo slip. On it was engraved the words of a great scholar, which were full of desolation but still beautiful and moving. At that time, he just thought the idea was strange but transparent. Now it seems that as long as he digs deeper, he actually contains something. The true meaning of Taoism is, "A basin of water covers the ground, and mustard floats on the water. The ants cling to the mustard seeds and think they are in a desperate situation. After a while, the water dries up, and then they find that the road is open and there is nowhere to go."

"What Taoism wants is that we in the world should not be those beings with a mind as low as an ant. We must look at the world from a higher place, and we must be different from the birds, animals, flowers, plants and trees in the world."

"What about Buddhism..."

Chen Pingan stretched out his hands and drew a circle, "With the breadth of Confucianism and the height of Taoism, the ten directions of the world are integrated into one, without any omissions."

Chen Pingan finally murmured: "That one, do I know a little bit about it?"

With a bang, the accountant, who had exhausted all his strength and energy, fell back, closed his eyes, and his face was filled with tears. He stretched out his hand to wipe his face, stretched out a palm, and raised it slightly. His tearful eyes were blurry and transparent. As I passed between my fingers, I felt confused, almost asleep, and already extremely haggard. But in the deepest part of my heart, I was filled with joy, and I muttered to myself: "Who embellishes the sky when the clouds disperse, and the color of the sea becomes clear."

Chen Pingan closed his eyes and fell asleep slowly. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he murmured in a low voice: "It turns out that instead of distinguishing between good and evil in people's hearts, you can also smile when you think about this."

When Chen Ping'an was at Shujian Lake for the first time, he lay on the ferry with no time to erase a charcoal character in a big circle, and slept soundly and soundly on Qingxia Island.

I don’t know when.

There was a man in a blue shirt who was still unruly and an increasingly attractive girl in a blue shirt with a ponytail. They arrived at the ferry almost at the same time.

There were no words between the two, not even eye contact.

The scholar who did not write a reply to the letter at Taipingshan Patriarch Hall, but came to a foreign land in person, picked up Chen Ping'an's charcoal, squatted on the leftmost place under the circle, and wanted to write, but hesitated. He was undecided, but instead of feeling annoyed, his eyes were full of smiles, "There are mountains ahead, do you think I, a former academy gentleman, have to take a detour?"

And the girl in Tsing Yi stood outside the circle at the end of the straight line, eating new pastries from Lutong City on the shores of Shujian Lake, and said vaguely: "There is still a little difference between gods and humans, I haven't explained it thoroughly."

The scholar held the charcoal in his hand, raised his head, looked around, and said: "It's good that you have to be bold when facing all kinds of difficulties. It's good that you have to be bold when you are drunk."

The girl in green also said, "If you don't know a single inch of your mind, everything will be clear to you."

He then turned to look at the girl in Tsing Yi with a single ponytail who was nibbling on pastries, "Don't take advantage of Chen Ping'an while he is sleeping. But if the girl insists on doing it, I, Zhong Kui, can turn my back." , this is what makes a gentleman have the beauty of an adult!"

Then she looked at him and asked doubtfully: "Your name is Zhong Kui? You are... a ghost. You are quite strange. I can't understand you."

Zhong Kui reached over his shoulder and pointed at the snoring accountant, "This guy understands me, so I'm here."

Zhong Kui looked at the Shujian Lake, which he saw as completely different from the rest of the world, and muttered: "How can I, Zhong Kui, be the only gentleman in this world? How big of a cesspool must that world be?"

Ruan Xiu's face was indifferent, "I know you want to help him, but I advise you not to stay to help him, it will be a disservice."

Zhong Kui asked: "Seriously?"

Ruan Xiu asked: "Do you believe me?"

Zhong Kui nodded.

Ruan Xiu finished eating the pastries, clapped her hands, and left.

Zhong Kui thought for a while, then gently put the charcoal back to its place. After getting up, he wrote in the air, writing only eight words on Shujian Lake, and then followed him, returning to Tongyezhou.

Zhong Kui, a scholar who is no longer a gentleman in the academy, comes here and returns in a fit of excitement.

The eight words he left behind were "Everything is appropriate and nothing is taboo."