Chapter 72 Chapter 72 Application of "Empty"

We have said that if you want to be empty, you will first become a tool, and without a tool, you will not be empty.Emptiness is formed by vessels.But if you go astray and spend too much time on the weapon, you will lose the empty goal in a daze. There is a story that a long-distance running champion met a thief on the road. The thief stole his money and ran away. The champion was furious: "If you run, I don't believe you can outrun me." He quickly caught up with the thief, and then quickly overtook the thief. Finally, people found him running wildly on the road alone, and the thief had disappeared.

Paying too much attention to the formation of utensils and forgetting the goal of emptiness is a taboo for officials seeking official positions.Liu Yong, a well-known wit in the Northern Song Dynasty, was so talented that even the Emperor Song Huizong couldn't put it down for his poems.But once, when Song Huizong was reading Liu Yong's poem, he found a sentence: "...let's change the name to a shallow one and sing it in a low voice..." Song Huizong suddenly became unhappy.What's the meaning?This Liu Yong, isn't he willing to be an official and contribute to the country and the people?

Not long after, Liu Yong rushed to the capital to rush for the exam, and easily won the first place.The list was sent to Song Huizong's imperial case, and Song Huizong swiped his imperial pen: "Let's go and sing in a low voice. What do you want to do with a false name?"From then on, Liu Yong's chance to enter the official career was completely cancelled. Just because the words were filled out so well, it ended up like this, and Liu Yong has been disheartened ever since.He simply carved a seal for himself, and wrote: Liu Sanbian wrote the lyrics according to the order.From then on, I lingered in Huajie and Liuxiang, and my talent turned into tender fingers, and I couldn't arouse any other energy.

The tragedy of the poet Liu Yong is precisely due to the cause of being more important than utensils and forgetting emptiness.His genius, his diligence, and his hard work should be put on the officialdom, adding a good story to the boring officialdom.But now, there is such a lover in the brothel, but the officialdom has lost a lot of fun for no reason. In contrast, there was a Li Mi in the Tang Dynasty who was much smarter than Liu Yong.Li Mi is a relatively mysterious figure in Chinese history. He is proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and he is very prestigious among the scholar-bureaucrats in Chang'an City.But Li Mi has repeatedly stated that he is indifferent to fame and fortune, and has no intention of being an official. His wish in this life is to go to the mountains to learn Taoism, so that he can become a fairy in the future.

Just do what you say, Li Mi declined the court's request for him to become an official, and went to the mountains to seek immortality without hesitation.As soon as he entered the mountain, he met a strange monk. This monk was in charge of Hengyue Temple. His main job was to take care of the sanitation in the temple. inside.At night, the monks all went to bed and rested comfortably, and the strange monk was able to curl up in the garbage dump and sleep for a while.As soon as Li Mi went up the mountain, he set his sights on this strange monk.He said: "This is no ordinary monk. I want to learn from him humbly."

So, Li Mi went to pay homage to the strange monk, and kowtowed to the strange monk. The strange monk hid away in fright, but Li Mi chased the strange monk and worshiped non-stop.The strange monk couldn't stand his entanglement, so he cursed loudly, but Li Mi's face was full of joy, and he worshiped even more vigorously. From then on, wherever the blame monk went, Li Mi followed him. In the end, the blame monk couldn't bear him anymore, so he roasted half a piece of potato with a pile of cow dung, and let Li Mi eat it after roasting.Li Mi held it in his hand respectfully, ate it cleanly, and then thanked the strange monk.The strange monk said: "Forget it, forget it, can't I obey you? You, in my opinion, you can be the prime minister for at least ten years in the future."

Li Bi was overjoyed, so he set off immediately, looking for someone to pass the news on.When the court heard about it, it was overjoyed, and immediately forced Li Bi to become prime minister.Li Mi couldn't evade it, so he had to wrong himself for being promoted. After that, Li Mi became his Taiping Prime Minister in the imperial court, but the strange monk was miserable.Just because of his words, Li Mi really became the prime minister, and all the monks in the temple were shocked, and never dared to underestimate the strange monk.It just so happened that a tiger came running outside the temple at this time, baring its teeth and claws, ready to eat people.All the monks begged the strange monk to use his magical powers to drive the tiger away.The strange monk said: "I don't have this ability, please forgive me." But the monks insisted.In desperation, the strange monk had no choice but to bite the bullet and leave the monastery.As soon as he came out, he saw the tiger rushing happily, and left with the strange monk in its mouth.

This story is the "lazy nesting in the stove" that Buddhism and Taoism are proud of. Lazy is the name of a strange monk. Because others are lazy and physically disabled, they are called lazy.Snuggle Zao is talking about the situation where Lazy Can grilled yams with cow dung and invited Li Mi to eat them. This story was spread in both Buddhism and Taoism at the same time because Li Mi had friends in Taoism and helped to hype it for him.There is also a buddy in the Buddhist family who promotes it for him.As for the unlucky monk who was taken away by the tiger, Buddhism and Taoism explained: "This is the magic of immortals. In fact, the lazy and disabled are not eaten by tigers, but to take this opportunity to leave this dirty world. Back to heaven."

We can see how Li Mi skillfully uses the air technique.Whether he seeks the Buddha or the Tao, these are not his goals. His real goal lies in the words of the lazy and disabled monk: "You can be the prime minister for ten years." The image of a fairy Buddha was made indiscriminately.Then, no matter who was the emperor at that time, you have to think about it. If Li Bi is not allowed to be the prime minister, is it appropriate? Liu Yong's writing is the goal, while Li Mi's seeking immortality is the means. This is the difference between the two people. When Liu Yong regarded writing lyrics as his ultimate goal, he had already lost the realm of emptiness, and it was reasonable that he could not get the appreciation of Song Huizong and thus obtain an official position.Li Mi's pursuit of immortality is a means, and this means is the container used to hold his ultimate goal. There is nothing in the container, only the official, so the emperor had to give him the position of prime minister, so he lived a life of emptiness.