Confucianism died of being stubborn and self-proclaimed. Taoism learned from Confucianism’s mistakes and made many changes, including but not limited to replacing the rule of law with equality, emphasizing the importance of increasing revenue before reducing expenditure, etc.
Open source is actually about development.
Development is divided into two aspects, one is the material level, and the other is the ideological level.
In order for material development to develop, it cannot be done behind closed doors. It cannot be a pool of stagnant water. It must flow and become living water. People from the outside come in and people from the inside go out. It is not only the flow of people and money, but also the flow of ideas and concepts.
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Since the time of Xuansheng, Taoism has advocated the need to untie the layers of restraints that Confucianism has on thoughts. However, it is inevitable to face a problem. How can a person whose hands and feet are bound untie the rope that binds himself? In most cases, thoughts cannot
Develop by yourself.
Then communication is needed. If someone brings new ideas from the outside, communicates with existing ideas, and then collides and generates sparks, that is progress.
The exchange of ideas does not matter who is higher or lower, but it is about choosing the good ones and following them, and changing the bad ones. During the period of the Four Generations of Great Masters, this was completely made clear: this kind of collision of ideas, even if it is a little more intense, even
Even if it is a bit out of line, it is within the scope of discussion, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Even if you and I have different views, we can communicate and discuss them peacefully.
Although this situation had regressed during the period of the Five Dynasties Grand Masters, it had returned to its original line during the Sixth Generations of Grand Masters.
From this, Taoism has the concept of "Western Learning", that is, not to be arrogant, to learn from the advantages and strengths of the West, to learn from its shortcomings, and to take its essence and discard its dross.
The sage of Confucianism said that among three people, there must be someone who is my teacher, and we should not be ashamed to ask. We cannot turn a blind eye to the advantages of the West just because of its shortcomings. We cannot also think that the West is the kingdom of heaven on earth just because of its many advantages. We must look at it dialectically.
The west.
Be good at learning, especially from your enemies.
The prevalence of Western learning has brought about many changes in the Central Plains, ranging from large and small hours to the improvement of armored ships. It has undoubtedly promoted the development of the Central Plains and the exchanges between the East and the West, but it has also allowed the Holy Court to have a glimpse of a corner of the Eastern world.
Feeling the power of the Taoist sect, the Holy Court did not shout and kill like in the past, but came to the East as a "friend". This does not mean that the Holy Court has no ideas. In fact, the Holy Court has been making small moves over the years.
However, Dao Sect is not a soft persimmon that can be manipulated by others. It adopts reciprocal counterattacks and causes a lot of trouble for the Holy Court in the New World. For example, the turbulent Independence Uprising in the New World has
Daomen was supporting behind the scenes, and Xidaomen made great contributions.
This becomes a situation where I am in you and you are in me.
The Holy Court can reach out to the East, and the Taoist Sect can also reach out to the West.
Under this circumstance, the teachings of the Holy See have also spread to a small extent in the East. It cannot be said to be a "foundation", but it can be regarded as an anchor point or coordinate.
This laid the foundation for the rendezvous with the Kingdom of God. After all, it is not easy for a ship to find another ship in the vast sea. It would be much easier if there were anchor points or coordinates.
In the real world, both sides can still demarcate territories, set rules, and do not allow what to do. In the realm that belongs exclusively to the gods, it is difficult to distinguish. This is just like when the Age of Discovery just started, in the boundless sea.
On the sea, there are basically no rules, only the law of the jungle and the strong.
When the Kingdom of God from the Holy Court approached and "sailed close to", a huge figure appeared above the temple enshrining the statue of the goddess.
This figure is difficult to describe in words.
It's like two huge rings intertwined together to form a "Y" shape. Each ring is full of eyes, each eye is bigger than an adult man. The two huge rings are constantly rotating, and one
Extremely fast, one slowly, and the eye above kept blinking, flickering on and off. In the middle of the intersection of the two huge rings, there was an even bigger eye, almost as big as Izanozun's head.
His eyes moved slowly, seeming to look at everything around him.
This is the apostle of the Holy Court, the messenger of the supreme will.
However, when communicating between the East and the West, in order to make it easier for Eastern people to understand the meaning of apostle, Western missionaries translated it into the equivalent of angel in the Eastern context. "Angel" originally meant the emperor's messenger, even if Taoism deposed the emperor.
, that also means the messenger of the Emperor of Heaven. However, nowadays it often refers to the apostles of the Holy Court. At the same time, Western missionaries also translated the Supreme Will as Emperor of Heaven or God Haotian, which also caused great misunderstandings.
With the deepening of exchanges between the East and the West, Taoist sects strictly prohibited such inaccurate translations. The Emperor of Heaven is the Emperor of Heaven, not the Supreme Will. Angels are the messengers of the Emperor of Heaven, nor the apostles of the Holy Court. There cannot be any confusion.
In addition, Taoism emphasizes that the human world is dominated by people, people-oriented, and prohibits
Absolutely avoid any holy court customs such as honoring him as "him".
The world mistakenly thinks that the apostles are humanoid and have wings, but this is not the case.
This image was processed by the Holy Court for the convenience of preaching, or it was the appearance of the apostles after they turned into human form, just like the great demons turned into human form. Tamamo-mae's human form is that of a charming and charming beauty, but her
The real body is a white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox, which is huge, like a small mountain.
The original appearance of the apostle is very terrifying, even beyond the scope of what mortals can understand. He is an indescribable god. After all, the white-faced golden-haired nine-tailed fox is still in the category of fox, and the various wild beasts in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" also have basic abilities.
The characteristics of beasts, at most, have the characteristics of both humans and beasts, while the image of the apostle has nothing to do with humans or beasts.
Just this image will cause great fear in those who see it, and even one more look will make them completely crazy.
Therefore, there is another saying in the Holy Court: Do not look directly at God.
Because of this, it is recorded in the holy scriptures that the first words the apostles said when they met people were: "Child, don't be afraid, I am the messenger of the Supreme Will." .??.??
Naturally, Master Qingwei would not be afraid or lose control and go crazy, nor could he look directly at him. He immediately recognized the origin of this indescribable god, who was none other than Toronus, one of the three apostles of the Holy Court.
The apostles are divided into three levels: Holy, Holy Son, and Holy Spirit. The three major apostles are the Holy level, which corresponds to the immortals of the Taoist sect, or even the best among the immortals. The second is the Holy Son level, which corresponds to the pseudo-immortal level of the Taoist sect. The last
It is the level of the Holy Spirit, corresponding to the created heavenly beings of Taoism.
Tronus had so many eyes and one such huge eye, so he naturally noticed the existence of Qingwei Zhenren.
Therefore, Tronus did not invade the divine kingdom of Izanozun rashly, nor did he come to the world, but just watched from afar across the boundary between the two divine kingdoms.
If Toronus comes directly, the consequences are unpredictable. This will undoubtedly cross the red line of the Taoist sect, and may even trigger a second war between the Taoist sect and the Holy Court, or it may cause the Taoist sect to increase its support for the New World. This will
It will undoubtedly make the situation of the Holy Court in the New World even worse.
The key is to implement the facts. Maybe the Holy Court does not care about this, but the Taoist sect cares about the reputation of the teacher. If the Holy Court takes the initiative to provoke the war, then the Taoist sect can quickly reach a unified opinion. In other words, what can the Taoist sect do to fight back?
There is a huge gap between the power mobilized and the power that Dao Sect can mobilize in an active attack. If the Holy Court takes the initiative to send
Come on, then the situation in West Posas Island is very dangerous.
More importantly, its arrival is also an invasion, which will trigger a counterattack from Izanagi's kingdom. This is not controlled by Izanagi, but a spontaneous reaction from the kingdom of God itself. Unless Izanagi can
Reshape the golden body and take control of the Kingdom of God again, otherwise it cannot be stopped.
If the delay is too long, greater variables will arise.
The reason why Master Qingwei didn't panic at all was because he had anticipated this situation in advance, so he moved all the family members of Fenglinzhou here, including five Immortal Immortals, namely Toronus and Izanozun.
, and cannot reverse the situation of the war.
Tronus understands this very well, and it cannot even stay here for too long, otherwise it will be in danger.
So it just sent an object to Izanagi's divine kingdom, and then quickly faded away.
It was as if people from the Taoist sect had boarded the deck of the ship where Izanozun was, and were engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Izanozun. At this moment, the Holy Court's ship came quickly and began to get close to Izanozun's ship.
Navigation. If the Holy Court's ship rashly approaches the ship's side, Izanozun may not be able to be saved. Instead, it will give people in the Taoist sect the opportunity to board the Holy Court's ship and get burned.
Therefore, the Holy Court's big ship did not pick up the ship, but just threw a package on Izanozun's ship, and then quickly moved away from Izanozun's ship, and just went away, without giving the Taoist sect a chance to attack.
This so-called "package" is a book with a dark cover. Different from the thread-bound books in the Central Plains, this book is in a typical Western style. The cover is painted with a grinning skeleton and a dark sun, and the background represents torture and chaos.
Twisted pattern. Attached with gold hinges and buckles, and equipped with a lock made of solid metal.
When Tronus sent the book away, he also unlocked the golden locks on the hinges and clasps.
No doubt the hinges, clasps, and locks sealed the book, and Tronus unsealed it with malicious intent.
The pages of the book opened on their own with a clattering sound.
The pages of the book are made from skinned skin - the work of a former failed scribe. The pages are decorated with patterns made of gold leaf and painted in the shape of strange beasts, and the text on the pages is written by It was written in bright red ink, as if it were written in blood, and continued to emit a strange green light, flashing strongly along the spine of the book.
At this moment, Master Qingwei was no longer just a whim, but agitated, feeling a huge threat.