However, he did not agree immediately, but fell silent.
He knows the concept of Tai Chi, which emphasizes the meaning rather than the form, is subtle and restrained, continuous, uses softness to overcome hardness, alternates quickness and slowness, flowing clouds and flowing water, etc. Moreover, it is not enough to focus on the meaning alone. He is just a craftsman.
Tai Chi also attaches great importance to a person's philosophical cultivation. It integrates Tai Chi and the dialectical concept of yin and yang in Confucian and Taoist philosophy, and ultimately achieves the unity of nature and man.
Li Jiang believed that he could not meet that requirement. His evaluation of his martial arts was: fast, fierce, and agile.
It may be that he has been trained in science since he was a child. He is very adaptable to logical martial arts, such as step-by-step and hierarchical martial arts, but his progress in ethereal conceptual martial arts is slow. This has happened since he practiced "Xuan Guan Yi".
This can be seen on the "aperture".
Now he is asked to learn a martial arts that focuses on thinking, which he really can't accept. But seeing that the founder of Tai Chi wants to teach him magical skills in person, wouldn't it be a pity to miss it? It's like entering a treasure mountain and returning empty-handed, which is melancholy.
ah!
So Li Jiang sat back on the futon and asked, "Master Zhang, this is your Wudang secret, is it appropriate to pass it on to me?"
Zhang Sanfeng laughed "haha" and said: "Little friends, don't worry. The purpose of the old Taoist creation of this technique is to strengthen the body and understand the way of nature. Everyone can practice it. And I also hope that I am not alone in this technique.
It can help the little friend finally embark on the ethereal fairy road."
Li Jiang was instantly moved as he listened to Zhang Sanfeng's earnest laughter. This was the ambition of a great master. Instead of sacrificing his own self-respect, he supported the underachievers. This was not to leave others with no way to go, but because he was afraid that there would be too few people on the same path.
With his heart racing, Li Jiang said loudly: "Okay, as long as Mr. Zhang dares to teach, I dare to learn!"
"Haha" Zhang Sanfeng was about to stand up with a beard, Li Jiang put his hand down and said: "Wait a minute, has Master Zhang taught Wuji this martial arts?"
Zhang Sanfeng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Wei Zeng, Wuji'er just talked to me for a while and then went out."
"That's great! We can learn together." Li Jiang said with a smile, stroking his hands, then he stood up, and while walking, he turned back to Zhang Sanfeng and said, "Zhang Zhenren, wait a minute, I'll call Wuji."
Before he finished speaking, others had already left the room, and the last few words drifted in.
Li Jiang had his own reasons for asking Zhang Wuji to learn together. Anyway, Zhang Sanfeng would teach Zhang Wuji sooner or later, so he might as well invite them together now to show his deep brotherhood; and Zhang Wuji was Zhang Sanfeng's disciple and grandson, so he would learn from him, too.
You don't need to accept a big favor, you have to know whether it's easy to receive a favor or not to return it.
Li Jiang soon found Zhang Wuji in Yin Liting's room.
At this time, Zhang Wuji was combing Yin Liting's meridians with his Yang finger. There was also a girl in the room, it was Yang Buhui. She was standing by the bed holding a bowl of dark soup with a worried look on her face.
What a bad fate! Li Jiang sighed secretly and stood aside to watch quietly, so as not to disturb Zhang Wuji's study.
After watching it for a while, Li Jiang felt that Zhang Wuji's Yang Finger was very different from what he had practiced. Zhang Wuji's Yang Finger was calm and soothing, while his own Yang Finger was fierce and fast, taking a completely different path.
But this is normal. Li Jiang understood very well that there is a difference between one who focuses on saving people and the other who focuses on killing.
Ten minutes later, Yin Liting woke up with a groan. Before Zhang Wuji could ask questions, Yang Buhui asked with concern: "Uncle Six, are you feeling better?"
Yin Liting gave her a complicated look and said, "This time it doesn't seem to be as painful as last time."
"Ah..." Yang Buhui cheered quietly.
After Zhang Wuji comforted Yin Liting for a few more words, he and Li Jiang withdrew.
He asked Li Jiang if there was something about the Ming Cult that he needed to deal with. Li Jiang shook his head and just said that Master Zhang had something to do with him.
Zhang Wuji was confused. He didn't understand what would happen if he just came out from Grand Master's place. But Li Jiang walked so fast that he didn't have time to ask questions, so he had to gather his strength and follow him.
Fortunately, he quickly entered Zhang Sanfeng's retreat, and his doubts were solved. It turned out that Li Jiang had dragged him to learn martial arts from his great master.
Zhang Wuji couldn't help crying or laughing, and said to himself, Brother Li, it's true that if Grand Master wants to teach you martial arts, just learn it, and you have to get involved. Don't you know that I have to go and treat Third Master Uncle?
Zhang Wuji's head began to feel a dull pain when he thought of Yu Daiyan, his third uncle. Yu Daiyan had a long-standing disease, and the meridians on his limbs had long been atrophied and blocked. Now it was too late to unblock them. In some places, it was no less than reshaping the meridians.
After Zhang Sanfeng heard Li Jiang explain to Zhang Wuji, he stood up slowly and said, "Please wait and watch carefully!"
After saying this, he drooped his hands, with the backs of his hands facing outward, his fingers slightly stretched, and his feet separated and parallel. Then he slowly raised his arms to his chest, with his left arm half-circled, his palms facing his face to form a yin palm, and his right palm turned over to form a yang palm.
Said: "This is the starting position of Tai Chi."
He followed him through the moves one by one, calling out the names of the moves: holding the bird's tail, single whip, seven gestures with the handle, white crane spreading its wings, hugging the knees and taking steps, waving the pipa, moving forward to move the hammer like a seal.
Close, cross your hands, hug the tiger and return to the mountain...
Li Jiang did not carefully look at the position of Zhang Sanfeng's fists and feet, but instead felt the rhythm of his movements with his eyes closed.
This was the first time Zhang Wuji saw him and he had never heard of the concept of Tai Chi. He watched intently.
At first, he thought that Grand Master deliberately performed the posture very slowly so that the two of him could see clearly. However, when he saw the seventh move of "waving the pipa", he could only see that his left palm was yang and his right palm was yin.
He stared at his left arm, and slowly closed his palms. It was as dignified as a mountain, yet as light as feathers.
At this moment, he suddenly realized: This is the superior martial arts of using slowness to fight fast and using stillness to stop. He never expected that there could be such superb kung fu in the world.
He has high martial arts skills and extraordinary knowledge. He has been indoctrinated in martial arts from various sects by his adoptive father since he was a child. More importantly, the "Nine Suns Manual" and "The Great Shift of the Universe" both have high-level martial arts concepts, which are basically beyond this world.
At the level of martial arts, any martial arts move seems to have traces to follow under this concept.
Although Tai Chi has never been developed before and is not included in these boxing principles, looking from one peak to another is within sight.
Zhang Wuji made an analogy, and once he understood it, he became more and more fascinated as he watched. He felt that Zhang Sanfeng's hands were moving in a circle, and every move contained the yin and yang changes of Tai Chi. It was so subtle and mysterious that it really opened up a new world that had never been seen before in martial arts.
Half an hour later, Zhang Sanfeng stepped up to explore the horse, stepped up to hold the sparrow's tail, and used Tai Chi with a single whip. He stood there calmly and calmly. After practicing a set of boxing techniques, his face was red and his energy was even stronger.
I saw him holding his hands in a Tai Chi circle again, and said: "The secret of this boxing technique is 'the spirit is strong, the chest is straight, the back is straight, the waist is loose and the hips are low, the shoulders are low and the elbows are low.'
The most important thing to avoid when using mind and body is to use force. The unity of form and spirit is the essence of this boxing method."
Next, he explained the principle of sixteen characters to the two of them in detail.
Li Jiang listened without saying a word. He had heard many of these principles in later generations, but now he felt even more novel when listening to the founder's words.
Zhang Wuji, on the other hand, was very excited. He was frantically absorbing knowledge in the new world of martial arts. Every formula and move from Zhang Sanfeng made him feel like he had heard the Tao for the first time, and he was overjoyed.