Bailu Academy, hence the name Bailudong Academy, is located at the southern foot of Wulaofeng in Lushan Mountain in Jiangyou.
"It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and continued in the Ming and Qing Dynasties!"
During the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi rebuilt the academy and determined the rules and purposes of the academy.
Since then, this place has been one of the core traditional sites of Neo-Confucianism. Now even here is controlled by the lineage of Xinxue. It can be seen that Neo-Confucianism is indeed weak at least during this period!
Bailu Academy faces south and is a large courtyard building with a very elegant layout. The roofs are all gabled with hard tops. The Lisheng Temple and Zhuzi Temple are located in the pavilion courtyard.
Although the person in charge of the academy now is a member of the Xinxue sect, Zhu Xi is indeed a sage of the Confucian sect, and one of the very few senior masters in the history of the Confucian sect who has reached the fourth level of semi-sage cultivation.
After Lu Wenyu became the mountain chief, although he severely purged a group of Neo-Confucian disciples, he did not touch the Zhuzi Temple at all.
The science of Neo-Confucianism, at least initially when Zhu Xi was here, was indeed very promising. Otherwise, even Zhu Xi, who was a great Confucian at that time, would never have been able to attract so many followers and supporters based on his personal charm alone.
It can only be said that the latecomers made deviations when elaborating and guiding the behavioral concepts of Neo-Confucianism, which led to social phenomena such as extreme solidification of social classes, extremely cruel etiquette, and even the unreasonable practice of forcing female babies to have their feet bound for hundreds of years.
social behavior!
The extremely complicated and ultra-high standards of moral requirements put forward by Neo-Confucianism are impossible for most people to meet, but no one is willing to expose their shortcomings. This leads to the inevitable birth of a large number of sanctimonious hypocrites in the Neo-Confucian faction!
Jia Lian always believed that this was one of the main reasons for the collapse of the previous Ming Dynasty!
…
In the tea room in the long house on the mountain of Bailu Academy, Lu Wenyu, who is over seventy years old, has a very happy chat with Jia Lian, who is fifteen years old.
Especially after listening to Jia Lian's criticism of Neo-Confucianism, Lu Shanchang was thinking: He is indeed Lao Zhang's grandson, and he is also a staunch supporter of my Xinxue! But why did Lao Zhangtou not let his grandson study to nourish his energy?
Did he learn the Taoist sect’s god-refining method?
Especially when he knew that Jia Lian had now perfected his spirit and energy, Lu Shanchang was even more heartbroken. It was such a shame that such a piece of unparalleled quality jade was given to the Taoist sect in vain!
"The study of mind is different. We never ask others for moral standards that ordinary people cannot achieve. I admire Mr. Yang Ming's words the most, 'Although the world is big, if you have a good intention and a conscience, even though you are an ordinary person,
, everyone can be a sage!"
"Oh! How do you explain this sentence, little friend?"
"Why do you need annotations? If you want to excerpt the annotations word for word like annotating the Analects of Confucius, wouldn't it show that Mr. Yangming is too incompetent? We only need to have good thoughts and conscience, and there are not so many things that need annotations.
"
"Hahahaha~ OK! Good boy..."
"..."
"..."
…
Lu Shan has been engaged in learning for most of his life, and indeed he has profound knowledge and profound wisdom. If Jia Lian had not thrown out a few novel ideas from later generations from time to time, he and Mr. Lu would have stopped talking to each other.
At this moment, taking advantage of Mr. Lu's talk that made him thirsty and taking a sip of tea, Jia Lian quickly changed the topic and said that he had now advanced to the realm of spiritual refining and health preservation, and initially had the ability to protect himself. What Grandpa Zhang Ju wanted to do in his early years was to let
He studied and cultivated his energy by himself, and now he has fallen into a long period of slow growth in the way of refining the gods. So I imagine that Mr. Lu asked for advice on the way of Confucian cultivation. Firstly, it is to connect with others, and secondly, if he succeeds in studying, he can give it to his grandfather in the future.
a surprise.
A trace of helplessness flashed in Lu Shanchang's eyes, and he began to explain to Jia Lian.
It turns out that the so-called "reading" to cultivate Qi also focuses on the word "reading". Perhaps it is true as the rumors said. Kong Laoer may have been Laozi's disciple. The initial cultivation methods of Confucianism and Taoism were very similar. At first, they both relied on
Read/recite aloud to practice extraordinary power!
The only difference is that compared to Taoism, Confucianism’s entry requirements for cultivating qi are simpler. For thousands of years, countless great Confucians have worked tirelessly to annotate various previous classics, not just for fame!
These sutra annotations written by great Confucians and approved for dissemination are all classics that can really help scholars enter the realm of nourishing Qi!
It's just like the "Huangdi Tianji Jing", the scriptures and the meaning of the scriptures are only secondary. What kind of accent should be used to read these classics, at what time and in what posture to read aloud with shaking one's head and head is the key!
Of course, these demanding secret classics all belong to the extremely profound inheritance of Confucianism. If you want to get in touch with such inherited secret classics, you must first learn from the widely circulated entry-level classics such as Three Character Classic, Thousand Character Classic, and Qionglin.
Only when you understand it from basic books and develop a trace of awe-inspiring righteousness can you enter the most basic door!
Like the second-in-command of the Rongguo Mansion, he was unable to cultivate his righteousness from the books of Mongolian studies. After that, he plunged his head into the various meanings and dogmas of the Four Books and Five Classics, and in the end he could only become a poor person.
They're just rotten people!
If you want to have a normal contact with Confucian practice, the most basic thing is to cultivate a trace of awe-inspiring righteousness. This is the meaning of the saying "read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will appear by itself"!
The difference between the Taoist sect and the Confucian sect is that the Taoist sect is more like a group of alchemists, relying on spiritual materials and external objects to carry their own [divine] power. It is said that the fourth-level god alchemist can integrate Taoist artifacts into his body and achieve immortality.
, but it has always been an unknown question whether anyone has achieved this realm!
For Confucianism, one needs to use a special method of reading aloud to shock and train one's internal organs from an early age. At the same time, one needs to find one's own words of enlightenment in many Confucian classics and cultivate a trace of awe-inspiring righteousness. This is the introduction to the first level of nourishing qi!
After that, the increasingly profound Haoran righteousness is combined with the more advanced internal organs training skills to condense a "literary courage", which is the realm of bachelor.
This state can already activate the awe-inspiring righteousness condensed and organized in the literature, and use the classic poems that have been passed down through the ages as spells to cast magic spells and use the spiritual weapons of Confucianism!
Jia Lian wondered why the expression of this power looked so like a [Mage]...
Of course, the spiritual weapon is also the result of the Confucian sages imitating the Taoist god-refining weapon, but it is more difficult to forge and consumes a lot of money to activate, so it is not widely circulated.
In terms of combat power, the bachelor's level is comparable to those in the weapon-raising level and the god-refining level who have average Taoist skills, and is slightly higher than the acquired martial arts level.
However, in order to refine the "literary courage" and break through the Qi-nourishing realm to advance to the bachelor's level, it requires extremely high strength of the internal organs of Confucian practitioners. This is also an important reason why Confucian scholars generally pay attention to late bloomers.
Lin Ruhai, like Lin Ruhai, realized a trace of righteousness at the age of ten, but now that he is nearly thirty years old, he still has no confidence in the existence of condensed literary courage. This is the case all over the history of Confucianism.
At that time, the old man Jia Daishan did not want Jia Lian to enter Confucianism and practice, and grandpa Zhang Ju did not force him. That was why.
The reason why Lu Shanchang is helpless is because the source of Haoran's Qi is the combination of the power of "Qi" in the human body and a small amount of "god" power. Jia Lian has already succeeded in refining gods, how much more power of "god" can he have?
Is it used to nourish Wu Haoran’s righteousness?
But Jia Lian was overjoyed and wanted to consume [Qi] and [God] power? What's the point? Labor and management are cheating!!!
