Chapter 2 "Laoshan Taoist"

There is a scholar named Wang in the county, ranked seventh, he is a son of an official family, and he has admired Taoism since he was a child.He heard that there are many immortals on Mount Lao, so he packed his luggage and went to search for immortals to visit Taoism.He climbed to the top of a mountain and saw a Taoist temple in a very quiet environment.There was a Taoist priest sitting on a futon, with white hair draped over his shoulders, and bright eyes.Wang Sheng went up to meet Li and talked with him. He felt that the Taoist's reasoning was very mysterious, so he asked the Taoist to accept him as a disciple.The Taoist said, "I'm afraid you are too lazy and coquettish to endure hardship."Wang Sheng replied: I can endure hardship.There are many Taoist apprentices, and they all gathered in the evening.Wang Sheng once greeted them and stayed in the Taoist temple.

In the early morning of the next day, the Taoist called Wang Sheng, gave him an axe, and asked him to chop wood with all the Taoists.Wang Sheng respectfully agreed.After a month, Wang Sheng's hands and feet were covered with thick calluses. He could no longer bear such hardship, and secretly thought of going home.One evening, when he returned to the monastery, he saw two guests sitting and drinking with the master.It was late, and the candles had not yet been lit.Master cut a piece of paper in the shape of a mirror and pasted it on the wall.After a while, the paper turned into a bright moon to illuminate the room, shining brightly.All the disciples are running around to serve.

One of the guests said: the beauty of the night is full of joy, we must enjoy it together.So, he picked up the jug from the table, distributed the wine to all the disciples, and told them to drink as much as they wanted.Wang Sheng thought to himself, how can a jug of wine be enough for seven or eight people?So, everyone looked for cups and bowls, scrambling to drink first, lest the wine in the pot would dry up.However, the people kept pouring back and forth, and there was no shortage of wine in the jug.Wang Sheng was very puzzled.After a while, a guest said: "Thanks to the moonlight for lighting, but drinking like this is still a bit lonely, why don't you call Chang'e?"So he threw the chopsticks into the moon.I saw a beautiful woman floating out of the moonlight. At first it was less than a foot, but when it fell to the ground, it was like an ordinary person.She twisted her slender waist and beautiful neck, and danced gracefully in neon clothes.Then he sang: Immortal, you came back to the world, but why did you imprison me in Guanghan Palace!The singing is clear and melodious, as beautiful as playing a flute.After singing the song, he hovered and floated up, and jumped onto the table. Everyone watched in amazement, and they had returned to chopsticks.Master and the two guests laughed heartily.Another guest said: I am the happiest tonight, but I am almost drunk, can you two accompany me to the Moon Palace for a farewell wine?So the three of them moved their seats and gradually entered the moon palace.All the disciples looked up at the three of them, sitting in the moon palace and drinking, their beards and eyebrows could be seen clearly, just like the shadows of people reflected in the mirror.After a while, the light of the moon gradually dimmed, and the disciple lit a candle, only to see the Taoist priest sitting there alone, and the guests had disappeared.The stones of the dishes on the table are still there.The moon on the wall is nothing more than a piece of paper as round as a mirror.The Taoist asked his disciples: Have you had enough?Everyone replied: Enough is enough.The Taoist said: Go to bed early after drinking enough, and don't delay collecting firewood tomorrow.The disciples agreed and withdrew.Wang Sheng was pleasantly surprised and envious, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​going home.

After another month, Wang Sheng couldn't bear this kind of hardship, and the Taoist priest still didn't teach a single magic. , even if I can't get the spell of immortality, if I can learn some small spells, it can comfort my mood of asking for advice.It has been two or three months now, but I go out to collect firewood in the morning and come back to sleep at night.The disciple has never experienced such hardship at home.The Taoist said with a smile: I said that you can't endure hardship, and now it is true.I'll take you back tomorrow morning.Wang Sheng said: I have been working here for many days, please master teach me a little bit of magic, this trip is not in vain.The Taoist asked: What spells do you want to learn?Wang Sheng said: Usually, wherever I see Master, no walls can stop me. As long as I can learn this spell, I will be satisfied.The Taoist smiled and agreed.So he taught him the secret and asked him to read it by himself. The Taoist said loudly: "Go into the wall!"Wang Sheng faced the wall and dared not go in.The Taoist said again: You try to go inside.Wang Sheng walked forward calmly, and when he reached the wall, he was blocked by the wall.The Taoist said: Keep your head down and move forward, don't hesitate!Sure enough, Wang Sheng walked away from the wall for a few steps and ran towards it. When he passed the wall, he seemed to be nothing; when he looked back, he was indeed outside the wall.Wang Sheng was very happy and went back to thank Master.The Taoist said: After you go back, you must maintain self-love, otherwise the spell will not be effective.So I gave him some travel expenses and sent him back.

When Wang Sheng returned home, he boasted that he had met the Immortal Dao, and even a solid wall could not stop him.His wife doesn't believe it.Wang Sheng imitated his every move that day, a few feet away from the wall, ran and rushed, his head hit the solid wall, and suddenly fell to the ground.His wife lifted him up and looked at him. There was a big bump on his forehead, like a big egg.His wife laughed at him, and Wang Sheng was ashamed and angry, scolding the old Taoist for his lack of peace of mind. Yi Shi's comment: No one who heard this story could not help laughing; but they didn't know that there were quite a few people like Wang Sheng in the world.Now there is a kind of humble and ignorant guy who likes viruses and is afraid of medicine and stone needles to cure diseases, so some people who lick carbuncles and suck hemorrhoids offer him the skills of showing off his prestige and cruelty to cater to him. His intentions deceived him and said: follow this method, you can run rampant without encountering any obstacles.At the beginning, it didn't seem to have any effect, so I thought that although the world is vast, it can be done everywhere. If the momentum doesn't hit a solid wall and fall to the ground, I won't give up.

【original】 There is Wang Sheng in the city, and he is the son of the old family.Shao Mudao, heard that there are many immortals in Laoshan, and they went to travel with their studies.Climb to the top, and you can see the universe very quietly.A Taoist priest sits on a futon, his white hair hangs down his neck, and his spirit looks refreshed.Knock and speak, the reason is very mysterious.Please teach me, the Taoist said: I am afraid that you will not be able to suffer if you are lazy.Answer: yes.There are many disciples, and after the gathering in the evening, Wang Ju and Jishou saluted, so they stayed and watched.

In the early morning, the Taoist called the king to go, and gave him an axe, so that he could pick wood with the crowd.Wang Jin was taught.After more than a month, my hands and feet are calloused, I can't bear the pain, and I have a desire to return home in the dark.When I returned overnight, I saw the two of them having a drink with the teacher. It was already dusk and there were no lights.The teacher is paper-cutting like a mirror, sticking to the wall, within a few seconds, the moon shines on the wall, and the light reflects the light.All the disciples ran around listening. A guest said: "A good night is better than a happy night, there is no difference."He took a pot of wine from the case, distributed it to all the disciples, and told them to get drunk.Wang Zisi: Seven or eight people, how can we give jugs of wine all over the place?So they each looked for their own bowls, and competed to drink first, fearing that the bottle would be exhausted, and they poured back and forth, but there was not much loss.Surprised.A Russian guest said, "I have been given the light of the moonlight, and I am drinking silently. Why don't you call Chang'e?"It is thrown into the moon with chopsticks.Seeing a beautiful woman, she came out of the light, at first she was not full of feet, but when she reached the ground, she waited with others.Slender waist and show off, dancing in neon clothes.Already, the song said: "Isn't it immortal!"But still!And seclude me in Guanghan!Its voice is clear and clear, as strong as a flute pipe.After the song is over, it hovers up, jumps up a few times, and in a moment of surprise, it has returned to chopsticks.The three laughed.Another guest said: "Tonight is the happiest night, but I can't drink enough."Can he preserve me in the moon palace?The three of them moved their seats and gradually entered the middle of the month.Everyone watched the three of them sit and drink in the middle of the moon, and when they saw each other, they were like shadows in the mirror.When the moon is getting darker, and the disciples come to light candles, the Taoist priest will sit alone, and the guests will be gone.The cores of the delicacies are still there; the moon is on the wall, and the paper is as round as a mirror.The Taoist asked the crowd: Have you had enough to drink?Said: enough.If you have enough feet, you should go to bed early, don't miss Qiaosu [cut firewood and mow grass].All promised to retreat.Wang steals his heart and admires it, and he rests when he returns.

Another month, the suffering was unbearable, and the Taoist priests did not teach any art.I couldn't wait, so I said: "My disciples have been trained by immortal teachers for hundreds of miles. Even if they can't get the longevity technique, or have a little experience in passing it on, they can still comfort their hearts to ask for advice."I read two or three months today, but I will firewood early and return at dusk.The disciple is at home, and he is not aware of this suffering.The Taoist said with a smile: I really said that I can't suffer, but now it is true.Tomorrow morning, I will follow you.The king said: "The disciples practiced for many days, and the teacher taught them some small skills. This is not a burden."The Taoist asked: What technique do you seek?The king said: Every time you see the place where the teacher walks, there is no wall to separate it, but it is enough to get this method.The Taoist smiled and agreed.It is passed on to the tactic, so that after finishing the curse, he shouted: "Enter it!"Wang faced the wall and dared not enter.He also said: try it out.Wang Guo entered calmly, reaching the wall and blocking.The Taoist said: bow your head and rush in, don't hesitate to patrol and linger!Wang Guo went to the wall for a few steps, rushed in, and reached the wall, as if there was nothing there. Looking back, he was outside the wall.Overjoyed, thank you.The Taoist said: Gui Yijie upholds [clean body and self-love], otherwise it will fail.Then the ax was dispatched.When I returned home, I boasted that when I met a fairy, I couldn't be stopped by a strong wall, and my wife didn't believe it.In Wang Xiaoqi's work, in order to go to the wall for a few feet, he rushed in; when his head touched the hard wall, he suddenly stopped.The wife looked at it, and the grave rose like a giant egg on her forehead.His wife teased him.Wang felt ashamed, and called the old Taoist priest unscrupulous.

Yi Shi said: "When you hear this, there is no one who doesn't laugh, and there are many people who don't know that the world is a king's life."Today there is a father [ㄘㄤㄈㄨ'; despicable person], who likes [ㄔㄣ'] poison [the poison of disease] and is afraid of medicine and stones, so he licks carbuncle and sucks hemorrhoids [ㄕ' ㄩㄥㄕㄨㄣ' ㄓ'] Those who advance the technique of Xuanwei's violent violence to meet their purpose, and they said [ㄉㄞ'; deception] said: This technique is also used in the past, and it can be rampant without hindrance.The first trial did not show much effect, so it is said that the world is so big, it can be done like this, and the momentum will not touch the hard wall and collapse.