Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

There is a Taoist temple on Qinglong Mountain outside Jiankang City. The Taoist temple is named after the mountain, and it is called "Qinglong Taoist Temple".There lived a Taoist priest in the temple, who was over half a hundred years old, had good ears and eyes, and was quite good at Taoism. He was known as Taoist Master Qingyun.Suddenly one day when lightning flashed and thunder struck, the Taoist priest dissected his body and left behind a young apprentice named Qizhi.

The name "Qizhi" sounds a bit silly at first, but Qizhi is not stupid, on the contrary, he is a smart person.Laozi's "Tao Te Ching" said: "Abandoning the sage and abandoning wisdom will benefit the people a hundred times." Because of his too much cleverness, Daoist Qingyun worried that he would miss a major event one day, so he named it "abandoning wisdom".

Qizhi hides in the mountains all day long, and people on the mountain rarely see his true face.However, those who know the inside story will know at the first sight that this abandoned wisdom is none other than the well-known broom star Tao Sui within a hundred miles.

Tao Sui, whose name is Xi Nian, lived in the southern suburbs of Jiankang before going up the mountain to practice Taoism. In terms of family background, he barely squeezed into the ranks of princes and grandsons.His father, Tao Xian, was the prefect of Wu County. He was the descendant of Tao Kan, a famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His mother, the Xiao family, was a distant relative of the royal family.In this way, Tao Sui is related to the current royal family, so he can be called a relative of the royal family.

Tao Xian and Xiao's husband and wife were affectionate and harmonious. Unexpectedly, Xiao's conceived child gave birth to Tao Sui and died of blood collapse in October.Tao Xian lost his beloved wife, vowed never to marry another, and carefully raised his only son.Before Xiao's burial that day, a lame Taoist priest came to the house, saying that Tao Xian's newly born son is a broom star, and he hit a daughter, so he cannot marry a wife, and only going to the mountain to practice Taoism can change his life.Tao Xian was furious and ordered his servants to drive this person out of the house. He didn't believe what this Taoist said.

Tao Sui grew up to be three years old, his peach blossom eyes were very similar to Xiao's, his skin was fair, and there was a small dimple on the left cheek when he smiled slightly.Tao Xian was delighted when he saw it. He held his only son in his hands for fear of falling, and held it in his mouth for fear of melting. He gave everything he had, and only wanted his son to be happy.

At this time, the rumor that Tao Sui ordered Rick's daughter spread like wildfire in Tao's mansion as Tao Sui grew older.

Tao Xian only threw himself on his son and didn't notice it, but when Tao Sui grew up to three years old, four nurses changed, two got mad, one broke his leg, and one accidentally fell into the river Drowning, all the servants of the Tao family saw him.The maids in the mansion also had bumps and bumps from time to time, and when they reached the age of marriage, they quickly asked the master to leave the mansion to get married and stop working for the Tao family.

When Tao Xian realized this, he was furious.How could his only son be a broom star?The theory of Ke Nu is even more nonsense.It was just a coincidence that the woman in Tao's mansion had an accident.

In order to prove that Tao Sui is not a broom star, Tao Xian asked County Magistrate Wang to marry him.County Magistrate Wang's daughter has just turned five years old, she is smart and well-behaved, and Tao Xian likes it very much at first sight.County magistrate Wang received a generous wedding gift, and readily agreed. It would be great to be married to the county guard's family.After two years like this, each of them lives in peace.Tao Xian was overjoyed, thinking that the rumors had been broken.However, in the winter when Tao Sui was five years old, the seven-year-old daughter of County Magistrate Wang contracted a cold and high fever and died young.

The county magistrate of Wang found out about Tao Sui's wife's death, he was furious, and his family made a fuss in Tao's house, asking Tao Xian to give an explanation.Tao Xian felt ashamed and couldn't bear face, so he paid the Wang family a large sum of money to settle the matter, and since then the two families have feuded.

Tao Sui's first marriage ended like this.

Tao Xian thought for a while, raising a baby is not an easy task, and the average family has four or five children who only support two or three. Why should the county magistrate Wang's daughter die from a high fever be blamed on me?But from then on, Tao Xian was cautious in his words and deeds, for fear that someone would say that Tao Sui was wrong.Just in case, Tao's mansion no longer hired maids, all of them were men, and even the servants' wives were not allowed to live in the mansion.Tao Xian even gave up the idea of ​​finding a baby wife for Tao Sui, planning to save more money and marry him a good match when Tao Sui grows up.

Time flies, Baiyun Canggou, ten years go by in a blink of an eye.The north and south fought continuously, and the south also changed from Xiao Qi to Xiao Liang.

This year, Tao was fifteen years old, and he was very handsome, slender and unrestrained, with a resemblance of Ji and Ruan, walking in the streets and alleys, even the vegetable vendors would sneak a look at him.

Tao Sui was brought up by Tao Xian, and he learned the habits of the princes and grandchildren of Jinling. He didn't work hard in his four limbs, he didn't know the five grains, and he didn't study the books of sages. very disturbed.Fortunately, Tao Sui only gambled occasionally, and returned home after gambling all the pocket money for the day, and never went to the brothel song shop, which made Tao Xian feel a little relieved.

In the past ten years, he seems to have believed in the lame Taoist priest. Since Tao Sui was born, the Tao family has been declining day by day.From Xiao Qi to Xiao Liang, Wang County magistrate Gao was promoted to county magistrate, while Tao Xian was promoted from county magistrate to county magistrate, and the number of servants in the family dropped from forty or fifty to less than twenty.Tao Sui is heartless, he never cares about family affairs, today's pocket money can't be saved tomorrow, if he has wine today, he will be drunk today.Although his family was in decline and his salary was reduced by nearly half, Tao Xian was still reluctant to suffer for his good son. The money he should give was as usual, and if he didn't have enough money, he tried to earn it. After so many years, he saved Tao Sui a lot of property. For his wife and official career.

In this year, Tao Xian sent 20 taels of gold to Sun County Magistrate's house as a dowry gift, hoping to marry Tao Sui a wife.The wife of the Sun family had long heard that Tao Sui was handsome and handsome, and she fell in love with her. County magistrate Sun felt that she would not humiliate her daughter after receiving so many betrothal gifts, so she readily agreed.For this reason, Tao Sui had a big fight with Tao Xian, saying that he had never met Mrs. Sun and he did not want to marry her.Tao Xian didn't care, the dowry was already done, how could there be any reason to go back on his word?Tao Sui had no choice but to agree sullenly.Unexpectedly, after seeing Tao Sui in secret, the wife of the Sun family choked her throat because she was too happy to eat, and died half a month before the wedding.

Rumors flooded out immediately, and the Sun family also heard about Tao Sui's wife's feud, and made a big fuss in the Tao residence just like the Wang family.Tao Xian seemed to have aged ten years overnight. He sold some fertile land and paid the Sun family thirty gold, which was considered a settlement.Tao Sui was dumbfounded, can he be blamed for the Sun family's wife choking to death after eating?He didn't care about the rumors that he had killed his wife, and he continued to mess around with a group of princes and grandchildren heartlessly all day long.

Three years later, Tao is almost eighteen years old, how can he not marry a wife?However, no matter how much dowry he gave, no one who matched him would accept it.Tao Xian had no choice but to look around to see if there was a suitable candidate for a daughter-in-law among the powerless ordinary people.Soon, he fell in love with Mrs. Zhao, the daughter of a bookseller.Mrs. Zhao was handsome and knowledgeable, and because the manager Zhao’s bookstore was not well managed and was about to close down, Tao Xian was moved and sent ten gold to him, and promised that if the two got married, he would give another ten gold to help storekeeper Zhao run the bookstore.The Zhao family was short of money. Although they heard that Tao Sui Ke's wife, they readily agreed for the sake of money.Besides, the eldest son of the Zhao family is not yet married, so the money can be used to marry a wife for the Zhao family.

Tao Xian was a little relieved, persuaded Tao Sui, and waited for him to marry his wife.In order to make his son look good, Tao Xian invited a lot of people on the wedding day, playing and playing, it was very lively.However, Mrs. Zhao has a chaste personality. She knew that Tao Suike had killed two women, and her parents accepted the dowry regardless of her objection, in order to marry the hopeless elder brother.She was depressed and quarreled with her family for several days. On the day of her marriage, she cut her own throat with scissors in the boudoir, and the blood spattered three feet.

The happy event turned into a funeral, and the city was full of uproar.

Tao Xian paid the Zhao family [-] gold, and he himself was seriously ill.Tao Sui seemed to have finally known his fate, like an eggplant beaten by frost, wilting.

In order to relieve Tao Sui's boredom, friends and friends decided to invite him to the karaoke club. If he can't marry a wife, can't he have fun?

Tao Sui half-pushed and went to the karaoke workshop. Unexpectedly, the singer Ah Xiang who received that day was suffering from a hidden disease. In addition, she was overworked last night. Seeing Tao Sui's eyes lit up, she suddenly had a shofar wind and fell to the ground with her eyes rolled over. Foaming at the mouth, his limbs twitched, and he looked like he was about to ascend to heaven. Tao Sui was so frightened that he immediately called for someone, dropped a few taels of silver and ran away.

This time, even the brothel song workshop will not accept him.

His good friend Yu Yuan came up with a crooked idea.Since you can't be with a woman, you can try it with a man. If you don't get it right, you'll like it. It's better to be with someone than to be alone.

So Tao Sui was dragged by Yu Yuandao to the south building with a listless head. When he saw the effeminate little boy painted thicker than the wall, his stomach rolled.He felt that being with them was not much different from self-destruction, and he might live a few years, so he should just get by alone.

Tao Xian's illness came on in a hurry, he took medicine for several months, and it cost a lot of money, but he still couldn't get better.Tao Sui was so sad that he couldn't take off his clothes, and he took care of his father with red eyes all day long.

Tao Xian remembered what the Taoist said, and called Tao Sui, telling him not to seek fame after his death, and the most important thing is to go up the mountain to practice Taoism to ensure safety.I also feel sorry for him for the past few days, his clothes are not undressed, his eyes are swollen from crying, let him not have to mourn for three years, just go when he should, don't be too nostalgic in the world of mortals.

After explaining the funeral, Tao Xian closed his eyes.

Tao Sui wept for a few days, and managed the funeral with the help of his servants.A few months later, in order to save the family wealth, he dismissed his servants, leaving only a helpless old servant Axi.After more than a year, he cried out his tears and couldn't cry anymore. He heard that a Taoist priest came from the nearby Qinglong Mountain. The Taoist priest built a Qinglong Taoist temple on Qinglong Mountain, and asked the old Taoist to accept him as a disciple.The remaining property is not much, and it is hidden in the dark compartment of his father's bedroom in case of emergency.In addition, he would go down the mountain regularly to give the old servant a sum of money for his living.

Famous teachers have produced outstanding disciples since ancient times, but Daoist Qingyun was not very good at Taoism, and Tao Sui's Taoism was not very good either.Although he is talented and intelligent, he has only learned some Taoism of three-legged cats, and he has to touch some heresy.Daoist Qingyun saw that he was meticulous and careful in doing things, and he expected that nothing major would happen. In addition, his own ability was limited, so he only told him to be careful.

A few years later, Taoist Master Qingyun dissected his body and left only a green bamboo staff and a few magic weapons for Tao Sui. Since then, Tao Sui has become the master of this Qinglong Taoist temple.Tao Sui could have learned more advanced Taoism, but he was lazy by nature and didn't work hard, so he didn't want to go far at all, so he lived in this Taoist temple like an old man.Counting, since Tao Sui came to this Qinglong Mountain when he was weak, the peach blossoms on the mountain have bloomed six times, and the world is changing, and everything seems to have nothing to do with him.

However, there are two things that he insists on doing all the time. One is to calculate the marriage for himself every other year. Thin.Probably still unwilling to die alone.

The second is to do good.Ge Xiangong said: "If a person wants to be an immortal on earth, he should set up three hundred good deeds." He didn't want to be a dead immortal, but it is too difficult to cultivate a heavenly immortal, so it is most suitable to cultivate an earth immortal. Stay young and enjoy the glory of the world.

The author has something to say: Ge Xiangong is Ge Hong, a famous Taoist scholar in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, named Baopuzi, and author of "Baopuzi" and other books.

"If a person wants to be immortal, he should set up three hundred good deeds" comes from "Baopuzi Nei Pian·Dui Su".

PS: Do you know what is on Qinglong Mountain in Nanjing now? (*^__^*) Hee hee...