After hearing Liu An's teasing, Gao Jingfei also smiled.
In fact, he doesn't think that the side sect is inferior to others at all. It's just that the Taoist sect has been established since the Han Dynasty and has been deeply influenced by the Confucian system, so it also attaches great importance to status. This is the difference between the authentic and side sects.
And Liu An can definitely be regarded as a Taoist pioneer second only to Laozi, Zhuangzi, Guiguzi and other schools of thought, and one of the great masters of Waidan Taoism. His historical status is also comparable to Ge Hong. The only difference is that Ge Hongchuan
He was a descendant of the Luofu Taoist lineage of the Shangqing Dynasty. He was a well-known Taoist founder and immortal, widely worshiped by believers. However, Liu An did not establish a sect. In addition, he was suppressed by the Han emperor after his death, and his Huainanzi was also lost among the people.
Therefore, although his reputation has been spread, he has not been honored as an ancestor in the Taoist sect and has not gained actual status.
Huainanzi, the overlord of Chu.
Speaking of which, although these two people had not seen each other for more than twenty years and were not from the same era, in this land of the underworld, they unexpectedly had similar interests and became close friends, and King Chu Ba was not at all interested in it.
I don't mind that Liu An is the descendant of his enemy.
To put it bluntly, rather than hating Liu Bang, he cared more about his own behavior of always acting out of impulse during his lifetime, which ultimately led to his defeat.
In addition, Liu An can be regarded as a vassal king who was persecuted by the emperor of the Han Dynasty. In terms of force, the two of them can be said to have reached an agreement.
As both monks, Liu An and Gao Jingfei were naturally closer to each other, and they soon started chatting.
"Haha, compared to my nephew, who died within a few hundred years after his death, I, the King of Huainan, have to be a ghost of the Qingming Dynasty, and because of the wishes of all living beings, I reopen the Huainan Kingdom in this underworld, and work with Gaozu, Emperor Wu, and Guangwu
, the king of Zhongshan and Zhaolie have been together happily ever since, it is really the destiny of the times!"
The information revealed in Liu An's words is that in the underworld of this world, among the emperors of the Han Dynasty, only Gaozu, Emperor Wu, Emperor Guangwu, and Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei survived, and the vassal king Liu Sheng, King of Zhongshan, survived, and the others basically followed.
Time passes.
But it is very reasonable to think about it. Among the three dynasties of the Han Dynasty, only the founding emperor Liu Bang, the Zhongxing emperor Han Wu, and the founder of the Shu Han Liu Bei are the most famous among the people. Perhaps there is also the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "Son of the Plane".
"Great Magician" Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, but this one seems to have more luck than strength, and his mention in history is far less than that of the first three.
And Gao Jingfei feels that Huainan King Liu An can still exist today even if he does not become a ghost and immortal, because of his writings and left a book in the world, which is the encyclopedia masterpiece "Huainanzi" praised by modern scholar Liang Qichao as "the best among Han writings"
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"Huainanzi" originally contains 21 "Inner Books", 33 "Outer Books" and 8 "Middle Books" volumes. The whole book takes Taoist thought as the main axis and covers politics, philosophy, ethics, history, literature, and economics.
It covers many fields such as science, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography, agriculture, water conservancy, medicine and health care. It is the most important representative work of Taoism in the Han Dynasty. It can be said to be the earliest encyclopedia in the history of Xia Kingdom.
The other half, Gao Jingfei thinks, is the reason why Liu An, as the inventor of "tofu", is widely praised by the Xia Kingdom and even around the world.
Don't underestimate the small tofu. As a big foodie empire, almost everyone in the Xia Kingdom knows about Liu An, the originator of tofu. After all, he is a figure who has been included in primary school textbooks.
There are also foreigners in foreign countries who are deeply fascinated by tofu, an oriental healthy food, and there are still a lot of them. It can be said that the king of Huainan is able to become king in the underworld after his death, and tofu deserves a lot of credit.
In contrast, those emperors of the past dynasties were able to establish dragon courts in the underworld after their death and call themselves kings and emperors just like they did in the upper world. In fact, they relied on the luck of their respective dynasties to survive in the underworld.
According to Liu An, long-term dynasties such as the Han Dynasty and the Wei, Jin, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, which were tyrannical or long-lasting, can continue to this day after the fall of the dynasty, while the short-lived or peaceful small countries like the Longting of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms,
At this time, most of them have disappeared or only some ruins remain. Some of them are dependent on powerful dragons or ghosts and gods to survive.
Only a small number of people like him and Liu Sheng, King of Zhongshan, who had great cultivation and outstanding talents during their lifetimes, can become ghost immortals, and worldly heroes like Xiang Yu can become powerful ghost kings once they fall into the underworld after death.
However, although the ghost immortals are the lowest among the five immortals, they are not that easy to cultivate. And throughout the thousands of years in Middle-earth, there are only a few people like the Overlord.
It was rare to meet a senior immortal like Liu An who could be called the founder of Taoism, so Gao Jingfei naturally wanted to ask for advice.
Liu An has not been complacent in the past two thousand years. He has mastered the inheritance of ancient alchemists, warlocks and some Qi alchemists. During his lifetime, he collected the opinions of hundreds of schools of thought and compiled the book "Huainanzi", and became a ghost and fairy queen.
Every hundred years or so, some cultivation methods or classics are collected from the human world.
It can be said that he is a master of ancient immortality, medieval immortality, and modern spiritual practice. Many books on lost dharma in the world can be found in the book collection of Liu An, a thousand-year-old ghost immortal.
The first thing Gao Jingfei asked for advice was the secret blessing method of the Nine Sections of Heavenly God which he exchanged from the witch Jinse.
"This method is the secret method in the Taiping Sutra passed down by Zhang Jiao, the great sage and mentor, and the founder of Taiping Dao. It originates from the ancient way of sacrifice!"
Speaking of which, if Gao Jingfei hadn't learned the ancient secret art of shamanism from the Immortal in the Forest, he wouldn't have been able to understand even a single point of the Heavenly God's Nine-Section Secret Blessing, and he would have been completely confused.
After all, he is not a direct descendant of the Taoist Talisman Sect. This method mainly focuses on the methods of swallowing talismans and divine blessings. It is difficult to study and understand without a certain foundation in Taoism. Moreover, the Taiping Tao method was lost after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
, here is also the reason why successive dynasties suppressed Taiping Dao, which caused the remnants of Taiping Dao to defect to various Taoist sects. Without a complete inheritance, naturally it is not easy for future generations to understand.
But Liu An is different. As a Taoist immortal who existed earlier than the Zhang Jiao brothers, if Liu An had not died early, he would probably have become a corpse-removing immortal at last. It is even possible that Yang Shen has existed for more than two thousand people.
As a young man, he has an understanding of all aspects of Taoism, and he knew the basics of this secret method at a glance.
"This is another important spell taught by Zhang Jiao, which is the use of talisman water spells to treat diseases. It is very clear in the Taiping Jing."
As he spoke, a silk book appeared in Liu An's hand, emitting a golden light in Gao Jingfei's spiritual vision. Apparently, the King of Huainan had in his hand the complete Taiping Jing that was lost to later generations.
Considering that Liu An seems to have existed earlier than Zhang Daoling, the founder of Taoism, it is not surprising that he was able to collect the complete Taiping Jing that was later lost due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
After all, not to mention Liu An's ability to enter the underworld, even if Liu An becomes a ghost fairy and has difficulty entering the human world, there will always be people in the Yellow Turban Army who fall into the underworld after death.
"What is the main meaning of the word repetition? It guides the righteousness, guides the righteousness and enlightens the mind. It is the thinking... The refined ones swallow it and call it the spirit."
"...with Dan as the word, the first one above, and the next time when you go down, you will tell people, and you will be bathed and seduced. Tell them from the north, west, south, and east, and tell them to be strict with good wine, like clear water. Drink it, and think about the words. I will always think that
Matter body."
"...You may see the word and think about it according to where the disease is. It's called restoring essence and nourishing body."
Liu An explained to Gao Jingfei word for word a certain passage in the Taiping Sutra and the content of Tiangong's nine-section secret blessing. The two mutually authenticated each other. Gao Jingfei's understanding of Tiangong's nine-section secret blessing method reached 100% in just a few sentences.
over thirty.
Gao Jingfei raised another question:
"Then what does Fuwen mean? What are the meanings of '***' and 'Shenzhu'?"