Song Gexing

Chapter 97 Communication
"Master, aren't you the descendant of Li Chungang?"

Finally, when Zen Master Zhiqing finished speaking, Zhao Fang asked cautiously.

The old monk suddenly became unhappy: "Good! Good! Why did King Wei say such a thing? The old monk is a Buddhist monk, and Master Li is a master of Taoism, and horses and cattle are irrelevant!"

"That's it! But why does Xiao Wang think that the master's way of speaking is so resembling a cow nose?"

"Hey! King Wei is in trouble. Buddhism and Taoism have the same origin!"

"Looks like it's still my fault!"

Zhao Fang rubbed his nose and laughed at himself speechlessly, then turned his head and glanced at Liu Jisun and said, "You must have leaked my whereabouts, my son. I said, how come you are so coincidental, sticking to me like brown sugar when you come back."

Liu Jisun immediately called out to Chong Tian Qu and said: "Your Majesty, please don't make false accusations. I don't know the Shaolin Temple monks. Where can I tell the news? The master may have profound Buddhist teachings and some secrets that we don't know about."

"This……"

Zhao Fang hesitated now. Indeed, Liu Jisun had no relationship with the Shaolin Temple, not even his father.

Although the Liu family is from Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Liu Ping has always been in the Western Army, and he was not in Henan when he was a civil servant, let alone Dengfeng County.

"It's not you?"

"Certainly not!"

Looking at the decisive Liu Jisun, Zhao Fang believed it. When he scratched his head and looked at Zen Master Zhiqing, the suspicion in his eyes was much less, and there was a little more curiosity and confusion.

Zen Master Zhiqing secretly wiped away his sweat and said to himself that he had forgotten this. Zhao Fang's visit was top secret, and he actually called him King Wei to his face, making such a big mistake.

Thinking of this, he quickly changed the topic and strongly recommended the library of Shaolin Temple.

Zhao Fang originally felt that his whereabouts had been exposed and he should leave quickly, but he was really reluctant to leave and was attracted by the Sutra Pavilion.

The main reason is that his literary palace needs to be enriched with books. Buddhist scriptures are also full of philosophy, not to mention various martial arts from Shaolin Temple, and there are many in the Sutra Pavilion.

Of course, the so-called 72 Shaolin Arts do not exist. This is entirely a folk saying. Later Shaolin Temple also borrowed this folk saying and forcibly created the 72 Arts to make up for it.

The so-called 36, 72, and one hundred and eight are just numbers that Chinese people like, and they often add these numbers inexplicably to show that their things are good things.

This stay lasted three days. Zhao Fang, who had a photographic memory, actually read several Buddhist classics and also exchanged martial arts with Shaolin monks.

This makes the Shaolin Temple very excited. You must know that the real originator of Shaolin Boxing is Taizu Changquan. As for the folk legend that Bodhidharma created Shaolin Boxing, it is completely far-fetched.

The Shaolin Temple's compilation of "Shaolin Boxing Manual" originated in the early Song Dynasty. The Shaolin abbot at that time, the great monk Fuju, invited the world's boxing masters to practice martial arts in the Shaolin Temple.

The most famous boxing skills of the eighteen schools were selected and combined with the original boxing skills of the Shaolin Temple to compile the "Shaolin Boxing Manual". The most famous among these eighteen schools is Taizu Changquan.

Taizu Changquan actually has two sources. One is from Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, who taught the army the boxing skills and equipment used in battlefield fighting.

The other type was passed down by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and is also called Hong Fist, which is derived from the reign name of Taizu Ming Dynasty, Hongwu.

Of course, later generations have another saying, saying that Hong Fist is named Hong Fist because its power is like a torrent of water, and it is continuous.But this is not important, what is important is that it is another kind of Taizu boxing and has nothing to do with the old Zhao family.

The great ancestor Changquan of the old Zhao family is called the mother of all fists by the martial arts circle. Its status is much higher than that of Hongquan, but it is basically passed down to later generations.

The so-called Taizu Sect in later generations actually retained only a small part of Taizu Changquan, and most of the rest were lost, including Shaolin Temple.

But the true origin of Shaolin Boxing should be standardized after the "Shaolin Boxing Book" was determined. What the monks learned before was actually a hodgepodge.

This is not to say that Shaolin Kung Fu was not powerful before this, but that from then on, Shaolin Kung Fu formed its own unique style, and it was said that Shaolin Kung Fu was the best in the world.

Because at this time, the Shaolin Temple incorporated almost all the most influential boxing techniques at that time, and traces of almost all martial arts from all schools could be found in the Shaolin Temple.

At this time, it was the era of Song Taizu. Monk Fuju was from the Jianlong period, which was the reign name of Song Taizu.

The prosperous era of traditional martial arts began in the Song Dynasty and took shape in the Ming Dynasty, thanks to the loose policies of the Song Dynasty.

Although the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and restrained martial arts, it was only in the officialdom, and it was very open to folk martial arts. Unlike other dynasties, they kept a close eye on martial arts practitioners because they were afraid of rebellion by the people.

It was not illegal to take weapons on the streets in the Song Dynasty. The official regulations only stipulated that crossbows and armors could not be hidden privately, and there were basically no restrictions on other weapons.

Moreover, hunting bows and crossbows is not prohibited, as long as it is not a strong bow or a hard crossbow. Of course, Zhao Song had many shortcomings, but there was one thing that other dynasties could not match, and that was the freedom of the people.

The old Zhao family could not restrain the people's thoughts and even their freedom of speech. This was the arrival of the peak period of Chinese culture.

Manichaeism, a religion that specifically instigated people to rebel, still existed openly in the Song Dynasty and was officially allowed.

Manichaeism, which was introduced to China, incorporated Taoist and Buddhist ideas and was renamed Mingjiao. It respected Zhang Jiao as its leader, worshiped the Great God of Light, and advocated the binary idea of ​​​​the world being either black or white.

It can be seen from this that this is a restless religion. It dares to respect the rebel Zhang Jiao as its leader, which shows how rebellious it is.

In the Five Dynasties, people began to be incited to rebel. In the sixth year of Zhenming in the Later Liang Dynasty, Guan Yi and Dong Yi raised the flag to rebel in Chenzhou under the banner of Mo Ni, which opened the first rebellion of Manichaeism.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Fangla rebelled, and at the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhong Xiang and Yang Yao rebelled. They were all initiated by people who believed in Manichaeism.

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to ban Manichaeism after he gained control of the world. This thing specializes in inciting people to rebel. Who can resist it?

"King Wei is so good at martial arts! He has such profound skills at such a young age. I'm afraid it wasn't right in the days of Grandfather Taizu. It should be comparable to Grandfather Taizu in his days."

Monk Zhishan, the chief monk of Luohan Hall, smiled awkwardly and almost said the wrong thing. No matter how powerful people in this era are, they can't be more powerful than their ancestors. He almost said that Grandfather Taizu was not as good as Zhao Fang.

Zhao Fang laughed loudly and said: "Master, please don't keep half of it. The younger generations have said that my great-grandfather was not as good as my great-uncle. I was almost beaten by my father, but I still insist that I shouldn't."

Monk Zhishan smiled on his face, but he cursed in his heart: "I can compete with you. If you say something wrong, your father will just give you a beating. If I say something wrong, I won't be scolded to death."

However, the old monk now also appreciates Zhao Fang's personality. This prince is polite but informal. His personality is more like Song Taizu's bold and generous personality, but not like Song Taizong.

(End of this chapter)