After easily winning against Zeng Shen, Wang Liangyu's depression completely dissipated and she felt a little proud.
After all, Zeng Shen was the future Confucian sage!
Such a record is enough for Wang Liangyu to brag about for a lifetime!
Driven by this feeling of pride, Wang Liangyu seemed to have some enlightenment, and had a sense of how to cultivate his martial arts spirit.
On the other hand, Zeng Shen's mood was not so beautiful, especially after seeing Wang Liangyu's slightly satisfied smile, his face completely collapsed.
"Liangyu, you are looking for confidence from me!" Zeng Shen glared at Wang Liangyu and complained angrily.
Wang Liangyu sneered, looked around and asked, "Zeng Shen, why is your Confucianism different from Yan Hui's?"
Zeng Shen shrugged and explained: "Confucianism and Taoism are subtle words, but Confucianism is ever-changing. There are words that can be transformed into swords, and there are words that can decide life and death with the Constitution of Heaven." After a pause, he continued, "The effects of Confucianism are different, depending on the practitioner.
There is no distinction between high and low will."
Hearing this, Wang Liangyu looked at Zeng Shen with a strange expression. Thinking of his sword that was almost instantly defeated by his words, he subconsciously thought that Zeng Shen was trying to make amends for himself.
Zeng Shen saw Wang Liangyu's thoughts, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "There is no distinction between high and low in Confucianism. The strength only depends on the cultivation of Confucianism and Taoism. For those with high cultivation, words can be turned into swords thousands of feet long, and mountains and rivers can be cut into powder with one sword."
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After hearing this, Wang Liangyu thought for a long time and agreed with Zeng Shen's statement.
Confucianism and Taoism are actually similar to martial arts. The foundation is the inner strength of the true energy, which represents the level of cultivation. Other fists, palms, and swords are all techniques and moves. The strength of the power depends more on the level of internal strength. Those with higher internal strength are the most common ones.
The long punches can deal astonishing damage.
"How do you judge the level of Confucianism and Taoism?" Wang Liangyu thought for a while and asked again.
Whether it is Confucius, Yan Hui, or Zeng Shen, they all look like ordinary people in appearance. Even Wang Liangyu can only vaguely notice that their aura is slightly different, but there is no way to know the specific level.
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After Zeng Shen heard Wang Liangyu's question, he thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "We don't care about these things." After saying that, he scratched his head and said with a smile, "Master never lets us compare our Confucianism and Taoism. The true meaning of Confucianism is ours.
Pursue."
After that, Zeng Shen told Wang Liangyu the secret of Confucian practice in detail.
After listening to Zeng Shen's words, Wang Liangyu was speechless as he thought about his experiences in the past few months.
As Zeng Shen said, Confucians from Confucius to young disciples like Zeng Shen never deliberately pursue Confucianism, let alone practice hard. They spend more time studying Confucian classics.
However, this is also inseparable from the Confucian way of practice.
The foundation of Confucian practice is to nourish Qi, and nourishing Qi means nourishing the spirit. The main way to nourish Qi is to study Confucian classics and cultivate the essence, Qi and spirit through comprehending the true meaning of Confucianism. When Qi is strong and the spirit is strong, cultivation will naturally improve. It is quite a kind of "doing nothing but doing something"
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If you take the initiative to cultivate deliberately, you will fall behind and lose the true meaning of Confucianism. Not only will your cultivation not progress, but it may actually regress.
For this reason, under the influence of Confucius, all Confucians are devout ascetics who pursue the Confucian path and do not pay too much attention to cultivation and Confucianism.
Of course, if you underestimate the fighting power of Confucianism because of this, you should be prepared to be beaten violently.
Wang Liangyu, who was filled with emotion and was silent for a long time, thought of his good brother Zigong and asked curiously: "Zeng Shen, what kind of Confucianism is Zigong good at? What is his cultivation level?"
"Zigong is good at speaking, and is proficient in Confucian arts such as fighting and speaking." Zeng Shen hesitated for a moment and replied, "As for his cultivation, I don't know, but I think he will not be weaker than Yan Hui."
When Wang Liangyu heard this, he couldn't help but secretly gasped, and a trace of expectation arose in his heart, hoping to see Zigong's verbal confrontation.
After chatting for a while, the sky gradually became dark.
Wang Liangyu and Zeng Shen returned to Diqiu and the Confucius Hall.
In the courtyard, the white snow had long been cleared away, leaving only seven or eight snowmen standing intact in it.
"Liangyu, how are you?" Yan Hui, who had been waiting for the whole day, immediately stepped forward when he saw Wang Liangyu coming back, his face full of concern.
As he spoke, Yan Hui glanced at Zeng Shen secretly, with a questioning look in his eyes.
Zeng Shen nodded imperceptibly, grinning with a smile on his face.
Yan Hui saw this and understood. He was relieved when he knew that Wang Liangyu had recovered.
Wang Liangyu noticed the eye contact between Yan Hui and Zeng Shen, and probably guessed what the two were talking about. He laughed sarcastically, waved his hands and said, "I'm fine, I made you worry!"
Seeing that Wang Liangyu was indeed in good spirits, Yan Hui was completely relieved. He then thought of what Confucius said and looked curiously at Wang Liangyu up and down, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
Noticing Yan Hui's eyes, Wang Liangyu was a little confused and asked: "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like this?"
Yan Huisheng immediately paraphrased what Confucius said and said: "Master said that this is a test for you. If you can survive it, your martial arts spirit will be complete!" After saying that, he looked at Wang Liangyu again.
He asked slightly expectantly, "I'm very curious about the difference between the spirit of martial arts and the spirit of Confucianism!"
Wang Liangyu laughed immediately after hearing this, stopped after a while, nodded and shook his head: "I did get some clues, but I'm afraid I won't be able to cultivate my martial arts spirit in a short period of time."
As Confucius said, he was first defeated by Yan Hui, and then defeated Zeng Shen. He suffered a blow first, and then regained his confidence. Between this defeat and victory, Wang Liangyu did have some different insights. After several months of accumulation,
Once he was released, he could vaguely touch the surface of the spirit of martial arts.
Confucianism cultivates the spirit of "benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust".
So, what kind of energy and spirit should be cultivated in martial arts? And how to cultivate it?
In the past few months, Wang Liangyu had been thinking and exploring.
Deepen Confucianism in cultivating qi and nourish the spirit, refer to military strategists to gather qi and cultivate the spirit, study Taoism to refine qi and transform into the spirit, analyze novelists and storytellers, and draw nourishment from the secret practices of various schools. After today's defeat and victory, Wang Liangyu finally found self-cultivation.
A little clue about the spirit of martial arts.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In ancient times, the human race was weak and was invaded day and night by demons and beasts. During the long-term struggle, the sages of the human race imitated the hunting movements of the demons and beasts, and thus the earliest martial arts were born.
The Picture of One Hundred Beasts and the birth of martial arts.
Martial arts focuses on physical strength and fighting, and the most important thing is protecting the human race.
The core of Confucianism and Taoism is "benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust", so the core of martial arts should be "to stop fighting with force".
More commonly known as, fight and protect.
Wang Liangyu believes that the cultivation of martial arts spirit should fall on the four words "use force to stop fighting".
Fight to nourish the spirit of martial arts, and protect the god of martial arts!
Of course, the above are just a few clues from Wang Liangyu, and further research is needed on how to practice specifically.
Just at this moment, Confucius walked out of the room, looked at Wang Liangyu with eyes full of praise, and said solemnly: "If this method is accomplished, Liang Yu, all warriors in the world will regard you as the ancestor of martial arts!
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"Master, you are ridiculous. I am a martial artist, so I cannot be called the ancestor of martial arts!" Wang Liangyu looked at Confucius after hearing this, waving his hands repeatedly, with a look of fear on his face. He could not bear the title of the ancestor of martial arts.
Yan Hui and Zeng Shen were also surprised when they heard this. They didn't think Wang Liangyu's contribution to martial arts was not great, they just thought that the title of "the ancestor of martial arts" was too big.
Confucius looked solemn, shook his head and said: "The first thing is to establish virtue, the second is to perform meritorious service, and the third is to establish words. Even if it lasts for a long time, this is called immortality." After saying that, he looked at Wang Liangyu again and said slowly, "Martial arts
It has been around for a long time. Although there are martial arts that have been handed down from generation to generation, martial arts are silent. Everyone in the world knows martial arts, but they don’t know what martial arts is, so it is difficult to become a big trend."
"This time, you have established a voice for martial arts and used force to stop fighting. The spirit of martial arts has been established. Martial arts will flourish and martial arts will become immortal. If you are not the ancestor of martial arts, who will?"
Listening to what Confucius said, Wang Liangyu was a little stunned. Has he become the ancestor of martial arts?