Over the past five hundred years, great changes have taken place in clothing, behavior, etiquette, and even ethics.
Not to mention the architectural style.
Qi Xuansu said: "After the Jinzhang took over the Central Plains, the capital was Yanjing Mansion, which was not called the Imperial Capital at that time. In other words, the predecessor of the Imperial City was the capital city built by the Jinzhang people. So here is the ruins of an underground palace left by the Jinzhang people.
, not surprising.”
Zhang Yuelu walked into the hall and said: "At first, I thought that this underground palace was related to the traditional state religion Shamanism of the Golden Tent. However, I soon discovered that something was wrong. Not only was there no trace of Shamanism here, but it had a very profound Quanzhen religion.
Traces of the Tao.”
As he spoke, Zhang Yuelu pointed at several places. There were both patterns and words. Indeed, they had nothing to do with the shamanism that believed in the Immortal Heaven. On the contrary, they were very familiar to people in the Taoist sect.
As for why we talk about traditional state religion, it’s because the Golden Tent people always have two state religions, one is unshakable shamanism, and the other is constantly changing depending on the situation.
Qi Xuansu observed it carefully for a moment and said: "These traces are a bit strange. They don't seem to be exactly the same as the current Quanzhen Tao."
"It's not surprising." Zhang Yuelu said, "Today's Quanzhen Tao is the Quanzhen Tao after Xuansheng removed its dross. In other words, many inappropriate contents have been deleted by Xuansheng, and this belongs to
The Quanzhen Tao of five hundred years ago."
Qi Xuansu was born in the Wanxiang Taoist Palace and knew the history of the Taoist sect very well. He immediately said: "The Quanzhen Taoism five hundred years ago is a relic left by the Changchun lineage?"
The Taoist sect prospered twice. Once, the Ancestral Dragon lost his deer, the White Emperor conquered the world and believed in Huang Lao. "Huang" is the emperor of heaven and "Lao" is the ancestor of Taoism. The Taoist sect prospered from this and took charge of the government. Later, Emperor Wu came to the throne and reused it.
Confucianism and Taoism competed with each other, and the Taoist sect was completely defeated, thus beginning the dominance of Confucianism that lasted for nearly a thousand years.
Until the Li family established Daqi, because the Taishang Taoist ancestor was also named Li, the Li family respected the Taishang Taoist ancestor as their ancestor and called him the "Great Saint Ancestor" and "Emperor Taishang Xuanyuan", and Taoism became the state religion.
The last years of the Jin Dynasty were one of the most decadent and degenerate periods for Taoism. At this time, Taoism was influenced by Buddhism. They talked about magical powers and boasted all kinds of nonsense, and created many gods out of thin air. However, they couldn't boast about Buddhism, and they couldn't draw cakes to satisfy their hunger.
In Buddhism, True King Sun died during this period and was completely crushed by the Tathagata Great Sun.
At this time, the Taoist sect has abandoned the Taishang Taozu's view of the universe. The ideas are confused and the principles are nonsense. In terms of managing the world and benefiting the people, and governing the country, it is completely defeated by the Confucian sect. There is no trace of the style of Huang Lao when he was in power, and it has essentially become a Taoist sect.
The three religions are at the bottom.
During this period, many Taoist people pleased the powerful and attached themselves to
The imperial court took the upper-level route. Among them, the leader was Lin Lingsu, the founder of Quanzhen Taoism Shenxiao Tongzhen Daling. He once fought with Buddhist monks and said to the emperor of Jin Dynasty: "Buddhism harms Taoism. Although it cannot be destroyed now,
After combining and correcting it, the Buddhist temple was changed into a temple, Sakyamuni was changed into a deity, Bodhisattva was changed into a great scholar, Arhat was changed into a venerable person, and monks were changed into virtuous people. They all left their hair on their crowns and held briefs.
The emperor followed the memorial and issued an edict to change Buddhism to Taoism, change clothes, and give surnames. The left and right street records were changed to Daodeyuan, and the Senglu Department was changed to Deshi Department, which was affiliated with Deshiyuan. Soon the nuns were changed to female virtues.
The crown prince went to the palace to fight, causing Hu monks, Li Zang and other twelve people to fight against Lin Lingsu and two monks from Wutai. Dao Jian and others fought with Lin Lingsu. As a result, the monks were defeated and preferred to wear the crown and hold the slip.
Today’s “Buddhist Great Virtue” comes from this.
However, the end of the founder of Quanzhen Taoism was not good. During the flood in Beijing, during the second battle between Buddhism and Taoism, a dragon appeared. Lin Lingsu used the wrong method to kill the dragon, but the flood did not recede. People thought it was a dragon.
It was a sign of national subjugation. Due to the appearance of the great monk, the flood receded. Therefore, Lin Lingsu left the capital and returned to his hometown. Soon after, he died mysteriously.
In the evaluation of later generations, both Taoism and Confucianism and Buddhism have a negative attitude towards this patriarch.
Later, when the Jin Dynasty moved southward and the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, another founder of Quanzhen Taoism began to emerge.
Among the five founders of Quanzhen Taoism, Patriarch Chongyang was the last one. He had seven disciples who successively took up the post of master of Quanzhen Tao. Master Danyang was succeeded by Master Changsheng, and Master Changsheng was succeeded by Master Changchun. This
In his twilight years, Changchun Master once went to the outside of the Great Wall, went out of Iron Gate Pass, arrived at the Snow Mountain Palace, met with the Golden Horde Khan, and advised the Golden Horde Khan to "respect God and love the people, reduce massacres, and be pure in heart and desires". He was praised by the Golden Horde Khan.
Wang Zun was regarded as a "god".
After the Changchun master returned to the imperial capital, which was still called Yanjing at that time, the Golden Horde Khan gave him a tiger talisman and a seal, ordering him to take charge of the Taoist sects in the world, and issued an edict to exempt Taoist monasteries and Taoist priests from all taxes and duties, so Quanzhen Taoism flourished again.
A large number of palaces and temples were built in the imperial capital, and altars were set up for ritual ceremonies. At that time, religious gates were opened in all directions, and Taoist monks gathered in large numbers.
Today's Jade Palace was expanded on the ruins of a Taoist palace left by a real person in Changchun.
Then it makes perfect sense that there is such a Quanzhen Taoist ruins beneath the Jade Palace.
Zhang Yuelu expressed his approval: "This place should have a great relationship with Changchun real people, but I spent a lot of time checking these details at the time. I was afraid that people outside could not find me, so
I stopped here and returned outside."
"Let's continue." Qi Xuansu silently activated the Golden Body Realm and "Qing Ming Jia" and stepped forward.
Zhang Yuelu took out the "photoless paper", turned it into a paper umbrella, and walked side by side with Qi Xuansu.
The Quanzhen Taoism of five hundred years ago was the most decadent and degenerate period of the Taoist sect. Today, many people in the Taoist sect regard it as a barbaric and ignorant dark age, or even a black history.
Zhang Yuelu said slowly: "In the past two hundred years, some members of the Taoist sect have been deeply influenced by Western learning after traveling to the West. They followed the Western methods and divided the history of the Taoist sect into six eras. The earliest was Taishang Taoist ancestor who stayed in the human world and
The era of sages when the White Emperor reused Huang Lao, then the barbaric era when Zhengyiyi and Taiping Taoism rose barbarically, then the golden age when Taoism became the state religion in the prosperous age of Daqi, and then the rise of Quanzhen Taoism but was deeply influenced by Buddhism and became the most decadent and decadent
The dark age, the era of change during the Wei Dynasty when the Taoist sects merged with hundreds of schools but split and fought, and finally the current civilized era when the Taoist sects are unified and become the lord of the world."
Qi Xuansu said: "I have also heard about Western learning. I heard that Westerners divided us into three generations. They said that Zulong and Baidi created the first empire, Dachen and Daqi were the second empire, and Dawei and Daqi were the second empire.
Xuan is the Third Empire. So divided, the Age of Sages is at the beginning of the First Empire, the Savage Age is at the end of the First Empire, the Golden Age is at the beginning of the Second Empire, the Dark Age is at the end of the Second Empire, and the Age of Change is at the third
In the early days of the empire, we are now..."
Zhang Yuelu said: "There is no doubt that the civilization we live in is at the end of the Third Reich. Beilong is about to die. Whether it is an empire as Westerners call it or a dynasty as Easterners call it, how can the world be ruled by one family and one surname?"
How long? A hundred years? Or two hundred years?"
While talking, the two walked through the hall and entered a long corridor, but compared to the corridor they came from, this corridor was wider and was very bright with the blessing of the formation.
The power of the formation comes from the earth's energy. As long as the earth's energy is constant, the formation can exist for a long time.
Probably because of the influence of Buddhism, there are many murals here. On the contrary, after many reforms in Taoism today, there are almost no such things as murals, and they prefer to use meticulous words to record various important events or secrets.
The two looked at the murals. The first mural recorded a battle, with monks, Taoist priests, rolling waves, and a dragon looming in the waves.
After carefully identifying it, Qi Xuansu said: "This seems to be Lin Lingsu's battle with Buddhism."
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Yue Lu nodded and looked at the second mural.
This mural records a group of nineteen people walking among the Gobi grasslands, with snow-capped mountains and a palace built on the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
"This is Changchun Master and his eighteen disciples going to the grassland to meet the Golden Horde Khan at the Daxue Mountain Palace." Qi Xuansu once visited the Daxue Mountain Palace with Zhang Yuelu, and they have a deep memory.
Zhang Yuelu said with emotion: "This Patriarch would never have thought that three hundred years later, the Daxue Mountain Palace would actually become the location of our Taoist sect's Western Region Taoist Palace."
The two of them continued to look down.
The third change is a bit strange. The background is obviously not in the Central Plains, but rather in the royal court of the Golden Tent. It is full of exotic style. In a luxurious hall, hundreds of Taoist priests and monks are arguing fiercely.
Zhang Yuelu pondered for a moment: "This should be the debate in Kaiping City. With the support of the first Khan of the Golden Horde, the Quanzhen Taoism of Changchun Master almost unified the north. However, by the time of the Third Khan of the Golden Horde, Buddhism began to
The third generation Khan sued Quanzhen Taoism, which opened a thirty-year dispute between Buddhism and Taoism. Moreover, Quanzhen Taoism was too powerful at this time, which aroused concern among the nobles of the Golden Horde, so in the Golden Horde
With the help of the nobles and the efforts of Buddhists in the Western Regions, Buddhism successfully defeated Taoism in the key debate at Kaiping City. Since then, Quanzhen Taoism began to decline, and Buddhism replaced Taoism as the state religion of the Golden Tent, keeping pace with Shamanism. Since then, Buddhism
His level of domineering is even worse than that of Quanzhen Taoism, making the Taoist and Confucian sects very angry."
After being reminded by Zhang Yuelu, Qi Xuansu also remembered: "Jin Zhang would not have thought that this would bring about huge changes within the Taoist sect, completely abandoning the upper-level route of flattering the powerful, and returning to the bottom where Huang Tiandang is dead.
line, began to accumulate strength, and prepared to launch a rebellion, so the Taiping Dao rose for the second time, gradually replacing the status of Quanzhen Dao, and indirectly led to the failure of the Golden Horde, and also laid a solid foundation for the Taoist sect to later defeat the Confucian sect."
The two came to the fourth mural. The content of this mural was endless battles on the battlefield. The difference between the two could be clearly distinguished from their clothes. There was a big river in the distance, which should be a long river.
Qi Xuansu's words were concise and concise: "Instigate the Yangtze River and the world to rebel."
Zhang Yuelu said: "At this time, the Taoist sect is still in a subordinate position, and the main force is the Confucian sect."
Four murals summarize Taomen's transition from the Dark Ages to the Age of Change.
At the same time, this passage also came to an end, where there was only a stone door opening in opposite directions.
Qi Xuansu signaled Zhang Yuelu to get out of the way, and he pushed open the stone door.