Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 299 What is Innate?Mr. Qin didn't know either.

The thirteen children in the village, male or female, are all students of Qin Zhiyong.Qin Zhiyong did not teach them any great principles, but taught them how to hunt, fish, farm, and identify wild vegetables.

As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains depends on water to eat water.

The village is too poor to find even a decent piece of ironware.

Confucianism is a good thing, but at present, what the people in the village need most is not profound knowledge, but to solve the problem of how to fill their stomachs.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people.It is not empty talk.

If you don't have enough food, everything else is empty talk.

The pursuit of the spiritual level is something that should be considered after the food and clothing are solved.

Qin Zhiyong gave lectures to the children, and some adults also came to attend the lectures.

Li Jing sat in the last row, listening carefully to Qin Zhiyong's lecture.

After half a day, Li Jing really learned a lot.

Qin Zhiyong finished his lecture on planting mulberry hemp and weaving cloth, and finally said: "With mulberry hemp, we can weave cloth. With cloth, we have clothes to wear, and no longer worry about clothes not covering our bodies. Well, the lecture in the morning will be Come here. In the afternoon, I will teach you how to stretch your muscles and bones and temper your strength. If you want to go hunting in the mountains, you can’t do without a strong hand.”

A middle-aged woman stood up and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qin. There is mulberry hemp in the south of the village entrance. I will go home and reclaim the land now, and transplant mulberry hemp according to the method taught by Mr. Qin."

Qin Zhiyong walked out of the house and walked towards the bamboo house.

Li Jing followed behind and said, "Mr. Qin, I have really learned a lot. I didn't expect that hunting and fishing, farming and weaving have such great knowledge."

Qin Zhiyong said with a smile: "The world is full of knowledge, it depends on whether we can explore it. To practice and seek the Tao, isn't it just to keep studying knowledge? Any knowledge is broad and profound. There is no end to learning. It's a pity that throughout the ages , very few people study for the common people.”

Poetry and prose are things for literati to play with.The wind, the flowers, the snow and the moon are indeed good, but for the common people, it is almost of no benefit.

The art of war and the way of attacking and attacking are things that generals and counselors must learn to specialize in.

The emperor's mentality and the way of being an official are what the emperor and officials have learned.What they consider is how to manage the people and how to collect taxes.

Planting, breeding, weaving, construction... These knowledge are hardly studied by anyone.

The children of the aristocratic family have been literate and learned since childhood, but they will not come to study these things.Ordinary people, illiterate, rely on the experience of the older generation to farm, which can only be passed down from generation to generation, and there is no way to study it in depth.

If others are unwilling or unable to do it, then Qin Zhiyong will do it.He wants to spread knowledge that is useful to the common people.

Li Jing hesitated for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to say: "Mr. Qin, I want to worship you as my teacher and learn advanced martial arts."

Qin Zhiyong said: "Actually, the things I know are knowledge that everyone can usually get in touch with. It's just that everyone ignores it. In the afternoon, I will teach the children to exercise their muscles and bones. If you are interested, you can come and learn Learn."

Li Jing sighed secretly, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Qin."

The advanced cultivation methods are controlled by aristocratic families and sects, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people to learn advanced cultivation methods.

Li Jing didn't come from a high-ranking family, and he didn't join the sect.He was able to rely on a third-rate exercise to cultivate to the current state, which is already a gift.

It is too difficult to step into the innate realm.

There are tens of thousands of warriors in the world, but none of them can become innately strong.Even though Li Jing is very talented, but without exercises and the guidance of a famous teacher, it is impossible to step into Xiantian.

Qin Zhiyong's martial arts were unfathomable.Li Jing must ask Qin Zhiyong for advice, perhaps this is the only chance for Li Jing to step into the innate realm.

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in the afternoon.

Qin Zhiyong demonstrated stretching to the children.

"The movement should match the breathing, and the eyes should follow the fingertips, not distracted." Qin Zhiyong said, "Also, the movement should not be fast, but slow down. We are stretching the muscles and bones, exercising the blood, not fighting."

There is no profound truth.

Every child can understand Qin Zhiyong's words.

But if it is to be translated into terms in the boxing scriptures, it is: neither rush nor impatience, neutral and soothing, body and qi in harmony, form and spirit in harmony.

Children have few distracting thoughts and are pure in mind.

Qin Zhiyong is a gentleman, and they will do what they are asked to do.

As the saying goes: the way of learning is expensive.

As long as you focus and learn something, the efficiency will be very high, and the results will be produced soon.

In less than the time for a cup of tea, the children were all sweating, their faces were flushed, but their eyes were very bright, and they didn't feel tired at all. Instead, they were lively and warm, and they felt very comfortable.

Sometimes, children even experience tingling in the bones.That is the strengthening of the muscles and bones.

After half an hour.

Qin Zhiyong said: "Okay. That's all for today. To strengthen your strength and exercise your body, you must proceed step by step and persevere. It is a big taboo to be eager for quick success. For three days, you will not notice any changes in yourself. For half a month, you will not feel anything. But after a month, or even a few months, your strength will far exceed that of your peers."

The children dispersed.

Li Jing said: "Mr. Qin, aren't the methods of tempering the body you taught a bit simple and rough?"

With a smile on the corner of Qin Zhiyong's mouth, he said, "Simple? Sometimes, the simpler a martial art is, the more difficult it is to master its essence. The way is as simple as it gets. The technique of drawing a sword is just one move. It's very simple. I know a martial art named Fu Hongxue He is a swordsman. He has devoted himself to practicing this sword-drawing technique for decades, but many martial arts masters have died under his sword-drawing technique."

The unity of spirit and form.How easy it sounds.

However, Qin Zhiyong has never dared to say that he can really achieve the unity of spirit and form.

Li Jing said: "It's Li Jing's shallow knowledge that made Mr. Qin laugh. Mr. Qin, I want to know how to step into the innate realm."

Qin Zhiyong shook his head.

Li Jing's eyes darkened, and he said, "Mr. Qin doesn't want to tell you?"

Qin Zhiyong said: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I have no way to tell you. Because I'm not a congenital warrior, nor have I experienced the congenital realm. I don't know what the congenital realm is."

Li Jing was shocked and said: "What? Mr. Qin, you haven't experienced the innate realm? Then what kind of martial arts realm are you now?"

Qin Zhiyong said: "What level of martial arts do I currently have? I don't know myself. I'm not a warrior, I'm a scholar. It may not be appropriate to use the level of a warrior to measure me."

Aren't scholars all powerless?Why is Mr. Qin so powerful that it is unfathomable?Li Jing didn't understand.

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Wang Ling returned to Yuwen's house and truthfully reported to Yu Wenhuaji how he had arrested Li Jing.

"My lord, that Qin Zhiyong is too powerful. I have never seen his martial arts methods. I don't know which sect he belongs to." Wang Ling said, "If he failed to bring Li Jing back, it's because of his negligence. Please punish him .”

Yu Wenhuaji frowned, and said, "Punishment is fine. You said that Qin Zhiyong was blind and gave lectures in the village. Is he really that powerful?"

Wang Ling said with lingering fear: "It may be more powerful than my subordinates imagined. Qin Zhiyong wants to kill me, and I'm afraid I won't be able to catch his move."

Yu Wenhuaji was silent for a while, and said: "Let's put aside the matter of chasing and killing Li Jing. The emperor ordered me to investigate the whereabouts of the "Longevity Secret". Don't let go of the news."

As long as we are human, we will be afraid of death.

The emperor, sitting in the mountains and rivers, with three thousand beauties in the harem, of course he was even more unwilling to die.

Yang Guang is the emperor, and he wants to live forever, so it is reasonable for Yu Wenhua to look up the "Secret of Longevity".

(End of this chapter)