AWB Chapter 670: Even as Light as Dust, Can Dance
Chapter 670: Even as Light as Dust, Can Dance
With skills in your hands, ability in your body and thoughts in your brain, live your life with ease.
Watching Feng Jingyan talking eloquently, and thinking about the refreshing and wonderful performances of Mu Yu, Hui Zhijia, Wu Yefeng and Gui Jiangye, Su Xiaoya couldn't help but sigh that the masters' insights into life were much more profound than those of mediocre people like herself.
This sentence comes from Nan Huaijin's "The Highest Realm of Life". The original text is:
Buddhism is the heart, Taoism is the bones, Confucianism is the appearance, and look at the world with magnanimity.
With skills in your hands, ability in your body and thoughts in your brain, live your life with ease.
After three thousand miles of reading history, one will find nothing but fame, wealth and power; after ninety thousand miles of enlightenment, one will eventually return to poetry, wine and countryside.
After thinking about this, Su Xiaoya felt as if she had been enlightened, and she fell into a state of enlightenment.
This sentence is like a bright light, which not only illuminates the direction of the road ahead, but also profoundly explains the highest realm that should be pursued in life.
We use the Buddhist compassionate heart of sympathy as our inner cultivation, and let kindness and compassion fill our hearts; we rely on the Taoist upright and extraordinary character to build an indomitable spiritual backbone, and support our courage and determination to face the storms of the world; outwardly, we display the Confucian gentle, humble and polite demeanor, and interact with others in a courteous manner.
In this way, we can look at this vast and colorful world with an open-minded, generous and kind attitude.
After all, Taoist wisdom is the most astute, Confucian wisdom is the most impartial, and Buddhist wisdom is the most transcendent.
If you integrate Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, you will naturally be able to accept yourself, treat imperfections with kindness, and even if they are as light as dust, you will be able to dance with them.
Thinking of this, Su Xiaoya couldn't help but think of the most legendary beggar emperor in history - Zhu Yuanzhang.
In this world, who is more miserable than a beggar who has fallen into the mud?
In this world, who is more noble and more arrogant than the emperor standing at the top of the pyramid?
Only Zhu Yuanzhang completed the strongest and most gorgeous counterattack in history.
Zhu Yuanzhang, whose original name was Zhu Chongba, was born in 1328 into a poor peasant family in Zhongli, Haozhou.
Since childhood, he was born in a poor family, lived in financial difficulty, and often went hungry. In order to make a living, the young Zhu Yuanzhang had to shoulder the burden of life early and herd cattle for the landlords in exchange for a meager income to maintain this shaky family.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye Zhu Yuanzhang is already 15 years old.
This year, fate seemed to play a cruel joke on him. A drought came like a demon, followed by a locust plague that swept across the sky and earth. Even more terrifying was the plague that followed.
In this catastrophe of natural disasters and man-made calamities, Zhu Yuanzhang's parents and elder brother left him one after another, leaving him and his second brother alone in the family.
Faced with the great grief of the death of their loved ones, the two brothers could not even find a place to bury them.
With no other options left, Zhu Yuanzhang had to put aside his dignity, kneel down and beg the landlord Liu De for a small piece of land to bury his relatives.
However, Liu De was hard-hearted. Not only did he coldly reject his request, he also insulted and ridiculed him mercilessly.
Just when they were in despair, their kind-hearted neighbor Liu Jizu stepped forward, generously donated money, and gave them a piece of land for burying the deceased.
The family's fortunes fell into decline from then on, and Zhu Yuanzhang lost his last support.
In order to survive, he had no choice but to join Huangjue Temple, take Monk Gao Bin as his teacher, and become a monk.
I thought I could find peace and food in the temple, but the good times didn't last long. Due to a severe famine in the area, the food stores in the temple were quickly exhausted.
In desperation, the abbot had to dismiss the monks and let them go out to wander and beg for alms in order to hope for a glimmer of hope.
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was only 17 years old, was forced to embark on the road of wandering and begging, and officially became a beggar.
In the following days, Zhu Yuanzhang dragged his tired body and wandered around the land.
Along the way, he witnessed countless people living miserable lives like ants under the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and personally felt the world's human nature as cold as an ice cellar and the world's conditions as hot as a scorching summer.
The most miserable time was when Zhu Yuanzhang was unable to get even a bite of food to fill his stomach for three consecutive days.
The frustration in my heart overflowed like a flood, and all my hopelessness drifted away like fallen leaves in late autumn. My body was extremely sleepy and tired, as if all the strength had been drained away.
Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer hold on and fell to the ground, unconscious - it turned out that he had fainted from hunger.
After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Yuanzhang woke up and found himself in a house.
An old lady with a kind face, like an immortal, walked towards him carefully carrying a bowl of steaming soup and gently placed the soup in front of him.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was already starving, and his rumbling stomach seemed to be telling of his eager desire for food like a hungry tiger.
With trembling hands, he took the bowl of soup handed to him by the old woman as if he were holding a rare treasure, and drank it in big gulps without caring about the burn.
The warm soup flowed down his throat like a sweet rain, instantly moistening his long-dried stomach. Every mouthful he swallowed made him feel an unprecedented satisfaction and comfort, as if every cell in his body was cheering.
In a short while, he drank the whole bowl of soup without leaving a drop, as if it was the most delicious nectar in the world.
After drinking the soup, Zhu Yuanzhang felt full of strength all over his body, and his originally sluggish mental state suddenly perked up.
He looked at the old woman in front of him with tears of gratitude, and couldn't help asking: "Auntie, your soup is so delicious, does it have a name?"
When the old lady heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, she seemed a little embarrassed.
She thought to herself, "This bowl of soup is just something I cooked casually. If I didn't feel sorry for you, it would be fed to pigs in a while! I just added a few more vegetables in it. After all, it's a time of war and chaos, so where can we find good ingredients for cooking?"
However, when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes sparkling with expectation, the old lady couldn't bear to disappoint the poor young man.
After all, you have to have some hope to survive.
Suddenly, the old lady said humorously, "This is Pearl Jade White Jade Soup."
Pearl Jade White Jade Soup? !
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, the light in his eyes became brighter, but there were ripples in his eyes.
These experiences were like a chisel, deeply engraved in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and gradually shaped his resolute, courageous and indomitable character.
During his travels, Zhu Yuanzhang received a letter from his childhood friend Tang He, inviting him to join Guo Zixing's rebel army.
Zhu Yuanzhang resolutely joined, and because of his outstanding command ability, he soon became Guo Zixing's personal soldier, and was given the name Yuanzhang, with the courtesy name Guorui.
He also married Guo Zixing's adopted daughter, Ma, who was the famous big-footed virtuous queen Ma in history.
Zhu Yuanzhang gradually emerged among the rebels. Seeing the generals in Haozhou City fighting for power and profit, he decided to rely on his own strength to create a new situation.
He recruited a group of his own team and gradually expanded his strength.
After Guo Zixing's death, Zhu Yuanzhang led his troops across the river to capture Nanjing and became the controller of the wealthy area in the southeast.
After years of war, he finally drove out the Yuan Dynasty rulers, established the Ming Dynasty in 1368, ascended the throne as emperor, and named the reign Hongwu.
Zhu Yuanzhang's rise was certainly due to the fact that heroes are made by the times, but Zhu Yuanzhang's own ability is also beyond doubt.
Baojianfeng comes from the sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.
Zhu Yuanzhang, a hero who rose from the mire, always had an unyielding flame burning deep in his heart. Even in desperate situations, he never succumbed to fate.
Even though he was starving and cold, naked, wandering from place to place, and even though he experienced endless hardships, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was as solid as a rock. He never gave up on himself or went with the flow.
His perseverance was like steel. No matter how many setbacks he encountered, Zhu Yuanzhang always relied on his tenacious will, remained calm, made decisive decisions, and resolutely faced challenges.
His courage is like the plum blossom that blooms proudly in the snow and frost, blooming with its splendor in the severe cold.
This kind of tenacious will not only helped Zhu Yuanzhang rise from adversity, but also made him a great monarch, exuding his own unique charm.
Every time Su Xiaoya reads Records of the Grand Historian and the Biography of Zhu Yuanzhang, she can't help but feel her blood boiling and she marvels at Zhu Yuanzhang's tenacity and strength.
It does not matter where a hero comes from; it is the reasons behind his success or failure that count.
Shun was born in the fields, Fu Shuo was raised among the builders, Jiao Ge was raised among the fishermen, Guan Yiwu was raised among the scholars, Sun Shuao was raised in the sea, and Baili Xi was raised in the market. Therefore, when Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a man, it must first make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and empty, and his actions frustrated, so as to stimulate his heart and endure his nature, and increase his ability to do what he could not do before.
People always make mistakes before they can correct them. They are trapped in their hearts, weighed in their thoughts, and then they act. They are reflected in their faces and expressed in their voices, and then they are understood. If you cannot manage your family and offend your people at home, and you cannot have enemies and cause external troubles outside, your country will always perish. Then you will know that life is born in sorrow and death is in comfort.
Su Xiaoya fell into a wonderful state, as if she had parted the clouds and mist and pointed her sword at her heart.
Everything is empty, everything is created by the mind.
In the Buddha's land, five-colored stems grow; one flower is a world, and one leaf is a Tathagata.
Buddha said: One flower is a world, one tree is a floating life, one grass is a paradise, one leaf is a Tathagata, one sand is a bliss, one place is a pure land, one smile is a worldly connection, one thought is a purity.
Therefore, a grain of sand is a complete world, and from this insignificant grain of sand, one can glimpse the vast universe composed of countless worlds;
A leaf is as sacred as the Buddha. Through this small leaf, people can see many pure and peaceful Buddha lands, colorful worlds, and complicated earthly relationships.
Ultimately, true wisdom actually comes from our ordinary and real daily lives. As Mr. Tao Xingzhi once said, creativity is everywhere, every day is a great time to create, and everyone is a creative individual.
Looking back to the long and vast ancient times, the human race was like a piece of pure white paper. They were almost completely ignorant of all the knowledge in the world.
However, in such a seemingly ignorant and unenlightened era, the great wise man Fuxi emerged.
With his extraordinary keen insight, he perceives the laws governing the operation of all things in the universe, and through in-depth thinking and exploration, he gradually fills in those originally vacant areas of knowledge, thus leading human civilization towards a bright future.
Fuxi looked up at the sky and looked down at the geography, and gained insight into the various wonderful laws of change in nature.
Fuxi invented the divination method of Bagua in a pioneering way. This magical Bagua diagram is like a key, opening the door for human beings to explore the unknown world and predict the future direction.
Not only that, Fuxi also deeply realized that relying solely on knotted cords to record events could no longer meet the growing demand for information transmission.
After a long period of careful consideration and continuous experimentation, Fuxi even succeeded in creating characters.
From then on, human beings bid farewell to the primitive mode of recording events by knotting ropes and entered a new era of recording and inheriting civilization.
In addition to these groundbreaking achievements, Fuxi also demonstrated extraordinary practical wisdom. He skillfully wove ropes into nets, a simple and efficient tool that became a powerful assistant for people to catch birds and hunt wild animals.
At the same time, Fuxi generously passed on his accumulated fishing and hunting experience to everyone, enabling the human race to better obtain food resources and thus ensure survival and development.
In addition, Fuxi was also a pioneer in the field of music. He invented the musical instrument Se with his own creativity and composed moving music himself. The beautiful melody was like the sound of nature, lingering on the ancient earth, bringing endless joy and comfort to people.
It can be said that the series of inventions and creations of Emperor Fuxi are of milestone significance to the human race. He not only lit the lamp of knowledge for the human race and led them on the journey of civilization and progress, but also won the admiration and respect of generations of human race with his outstanding talents and selfless dedication.
It is obvious that the development process of all things in the world follows such a law: starting from nothing, gradually emerging and forming; and then going through a stage of continuous improvement and perfection.
This process is not only derived from the wonders of nature, but also conforms to the laws of nature.
Because of this, Buddhism advocates the concept of "emptiness", believing that all phenomena in the world are false and unreal appearances, and only by understanding "emptiness" can one transcend worldly troubles and constraints.
Taoism, on the other hand, emphasizes the importance of "nothingness" and advocates following the way of nature and governing by inaction to achieve harmonious coexistence.
Whether it is the "emptiness" mentioned by Buddhism or the "nothingness" mentioned by Taoism, they actually contain profound insights into the nature of the universe and the true meaning of life.
They remind people to let go of their obsessions, go beyond appearances and explore the true meaning behind things.
Only when we can feel the world with an empty heart and not be confused by the external complexity, can we realize the mysteries and wisdom hidden in it.
Therefore, one should clarify one's virtue and return to one's position, and know the time and wait for opportunity.