Chapter 37: Three Mountains and Five Lakes (2)
No one knows who the founder is in the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy. Only knows that the history of this Academy has a long history, almost the same age as the Three Emperors, or even earlier. There are few records in history of the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy. This is because the Academy never participates in the power struggle between the world, and has always maintained a transcendent attitude and stands on the top of the world, silently observing the development and progress of mankind.
In the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy, the three mountains represent three schools, or three categories, and three forces. Penglai represents animals, that is, demon cultivators. In that era, there was a saying of monster cultivators. Monsters were not terrible and were no different from humans. They could also have wisdom, learn, practice, and become powerful; Yingzhou represents Taoists, that is, the so-called Taoist practitioners now. This type of people has a relatively weak mind and likes to stay away from the world and get close to nature, and pursue immortality; while the abbot represents Buddhism, saving sentient beings, great compassion, and a cycle of cause and effect. This type of people only have the reincarnation for their whole life.
In the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Palace, the mountain that lives in represents the school that this person believes in. For example, the Yingzhou mentioned by Zou Yi, that is the Taoist, who believes in the Taoist school. Like Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi are also disciples of the Taoist school living in the Yingzhou.
The five lakes here represent benevolence, righteousness, ritualism, wisdom and faith. Because of the continuation of these five spirits, five schools have gradually developed in the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy. Anyone who worships the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy will be examined and then classified into the five schools. The so-called brothers within the Five Lakes are obtained from this.
Of course, there was also a split in the middle. Qin Shihuang was one of the examples. When Qin Shihuang was hostage in Zhao State, he worshipped the Sanshan Wuhu Academy by chance. He lived in Yingzhou Mountain and drank the water from Zhihu. However, after returning to Qin State, as his power increased dramatically, he gradually violated the regulations of the academy and used the power of the academy to unify the six countries. It was not until then that Sanshan Wuhu Academy realized the seriousness of the situation and had to turn the entire academy from light to dark, gradually disappearing into the eyes of the world.
After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, in order to find the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy and find out the news about the Three Fairy Mountain to obtain the legendary immortal pill, he began to arrest literati and poets for a while, and even made horrifying actions of burning books and burying scholars. All of this was to force the Academy to appear. However, with the lessons learned from the past and seeing through Qin Shihuang's ambitions, the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy did not show its face from beginning to end. As a last resort, Qin Shihuang sent a group of subordinates to the east to find news about Yingzhou Mountain.
To put it more recently, the Boxer Rebellion, the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion were actually disciples who came out of the Yi Academy of the Academy. That was why they could no longer satisfy their verbal expressions and hoped to improve the living environment of the entire society through practical actions. It was precisely because of the lessons of Qin Shihuang that when the Academy learned that the disciples were involved in the secular power struggle, they immediately cut off all their ties with the Academy, so the Boxer Rebellion could only end in failure.
There have been many similar events in history, but the world has seen great figures and great movements, but I don’t know that behind this is the shadow of the Three Mountains and Five Lakes Academy.
"Sir, are you here this time?" Wei Donglin couldn't figure out the young man's thoughts and whispered.
Even Zou Yi thought this was too coincidental and explained with a smile: "I really want to come to Sanyoulou, but I didn't expect to meet you two grandfathers and grandchildren, but I had some fate."
While speaking, he looked at the ancient inner hall. He was stunned and nodded unconsciously and said, "This place is a good place, and it has accumulated popularity all year round. It is a good place for the elderly to prolong their lives. We will continue well and don't be ruined by future generations."
Zou Yi just released his perception and investigated. Good guy, this teahouse is really famous. I don’t know if there were any amazing figures from the ancestors of the Wei family, or if he had hired some experts to help with the decoration. This small teahouse is surrounded by rich spiritual energy. Although it is not as exaggerated as the old Taoist in the bamboo forest in Qiyun Mountain, it is also rare. After all, it is in the capital city. A metropolis like the capital city are often hidden in dirt. You can tell by looking at the dark clouds all over the sky.
"I remember the little one," Wei Donglin responded respectfully.
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After leaving the teahouse, Zou Yi did not take a taxi or call a rickshaw. He just wandered around the alley alone. It has to be said that the capital is the city of the imperial capital, and its cultural heritage is not comparable to those modern cities. The alley culture and courtyard culture are still relatively complete in the capital. This has also preserved many of the soon-to-be-exquisite skills, such as paper cutting, puppet show, shadow puppet show, etc. These things cannot be seen elsewhere. Because it is New Year's Day, there are still many craftsmen passing through the alley. Zou Yi will stop and take a look when he is tired of walking, which has a unique flavor.
On this day, Zou Yi's footsteps were stuck in this alley. Perhaps influenced by the old Taoist, he did not like the prosperous troubles. He felt that those days of luxury were too empty, a life was a dream, and the prosperity fell, and everything was empty.
This New Year's Day was still very fulfilling for Zou Yi. He set off from school early in the morning and came back in the evening. He visited all the places that young people in the capital that they would not go to, which also played a great role in the training of his mood.
Once New Year's Day is over, Huaqing University becomes lively again. For young people today, the Spring Festival is just the New Year. New Year's Day is just a holiday where you can rest. Once the holiday is over, you will devote yourself to studying again. Zou Yi still continues his library life, but this quiet day seems to have been broken again.
"Hey, is it Zou Yi? I am Director Huang. Where are you now? Come to the office quickly."
An arrogant voice came from the phone, and Zou Yi frowned. He had seen Director Huang twice, once at the beginning of school, and the other time to persuade him to participate in the basketball game. Although there was no intersection, the other party's tone of speaking was too rude. A small counselor was nothing, but just helping students with daily affairs. It was not his turn to dominate, and he immediately said impatiently: "Oh, I'm very busy, I don't have time, I'll talk later, and I'll die first."
When the other side heard this, they were furious and roared: "Are you busy? Don't make excuses for me, come here quickly. The school leaders want to see you, don't say I didn't inform you. If you don't come, you will be punished at that time. The unlucky one is yourself."
"Okay, let him wait for me for half an hour, and I'll go back." Zou Yi replied indifferently, and hung up his phone directly.
After reading the book slowly for twenty minutes, Zou Yi then came out of the library and walked towards the teaching building swayingly.
Chapter completed!