Chapter 55 The Way of the Sages Under the Lies

What's interesting is that Wang Shouren went all over the mountains to find the old Taoist, but with Tang Bohu, the old Taoist came to him by himself.According to Shi Zai, an old Taoist in ragged clothes came to Tang Bohu for investment, and asked the two of them to partner in alchemy and make gold to make a fortune together. Tang Bohu listened, snatched a folding fan from the old Taoist's hand, and wrote on it: A rag skirt in a rag shirt, everyone said they could burn silver. Why don't you burn it yourself and sell it to others at the head of the river. The meaning of Tang Bohu's poem is: Since you have the ability to burn alchemy, why do you need a partner?A liar like you can only fool Wang Shouren at most, and he almost wants to lie to me, Tang Bohu.

All in all, Tang Bohu is really a bit like the humorous image in modern film and television dramas. For example, he wrote a poem for a book "Biography of Immortals", which is dedicated to fairy tales. The poem reads: But I heard that the white sun went up to the sky, but I didn't see the blue sky coming down. Suddenly the day broke, and everyone shouted. The last three characters "A" in this poem are children's language in the south of the Yangtze River.When the children in the south of the Yangtze River encountered something embarrassing and embarrassing, they all clapped their hands and shouted: Ah, ah... Poetry can be written like this. I guess even if you beat Wang Shouren to death, he would not dare to do it like this.

In fact, this poem was actually written to Wang Shouren—not necessarily to Wang Shouren himself, after all, Tang Bohu had no grievances with him, but it was written to what Wang Shouren was doing. The meaning of this poem is: those people whose brains are flooded with water, nerves are short-circuited and heartless, you go to the deep mountains and old forests all day long, seeking immortals and visiting Taoism, dreaming of flying into the sky and becoming a sage, you don’t come here to fool around up.I've heard you talking nonsense about this being immortal and that being enlightened. If this is the case, why don't you bring these immortals and enlightened people over for everyone to see?Wang Shouren, just let go of the cowhide and blow it, blow it, blow it, wait until one day, there will be a loud "boom", and the cowhide will explode, I see how you will fix it then.

It can be believed that this was also the evaluation of Wang Shouren's work by the officials in the capital at that time. Don’t do a serious job, dig into the virgin forest all day long, sometimes say that you met a non-existent Cai Pengtou, and sometimes say that you met a primitive man covered with flagellate spores , who believes you? All in all, Wang Shouren found that he was a bit out of control. Resigned and retired from illness. His resignation report was approved immediately.Obviously, everyone can't stand him a little bit. Depressed, Wang Shouren returned to his hometown of Yuyao, and imitated the tricks of his third generation ancestor Wang Yuzhun, and got into the mouse hole in Siming Mountain.Marrying six wives and throwing them at home, while he himself went into the mouse hole, such a way of doing things is very stylish.

Then he made up another nonsense. The Chronicle records his happy life on Siming Mountain as follows: After a long time, he became a prophet.Sitting in the cave one day, my friend Wang Siyu and other four people came to visit. When I left the Wuyun Gate, my husband greeted them with servants and told the story of their comings and goings.The servant meets all kinds of ways, and the language is good.All the people were amazed and thought they had the right way. This record says that Wang Shouren did not hide from the world in Yangming Cave in Siming Mountain, but took his servants with him.One day some friends came to visit him and he was still on the way, so he ordered his servants to meet him and told the situation of some friends in detail. The friends were shocked, thinking that he had been able to predict the future and had really learned the truth.

This story shows that Wang Shouren is still obsessed with obsession, walking on the wrong road of seeking immortality and Taoism.According to his self-report, at this time, he practiced diligently day and night, practiced treasures, understood the secrets, and had a single purpose for the insight of Taoism. He not only understood its meaning, but also got its essence.It is a real scene to be able to illuminate the body like a crystal palace in tranquility, forgetting oneself and things, forgetting the sky and the earth, and being one with the emptiness. See "Wang Longxi Notes". But if Wang Shouren really reached this inexplicable state, what reason would he have to return to the court as a small official and let the eunuch Liu Jin ravage him?How could he marry six wives and make a mess of his family?

Moreover, this kind of unforeseen lies is too easy to be exposed, so the "Chronology" made a round about it in advance, so as not to expose the truth and embarrass everyone: After a long time of enlightenment, he said: This teasing the spirit is not the way.Screen again. The meaning of this passage is that Wang Shouren said: Although our family has become a body with emptiness, and we know five hundred years ago and eight hundred years later, we don’t interfere with such meaningless things as knowing the future, which is too tiring and boring.So you want me to do the math to prove it, sorry, I'm too lazy to talk to you.

Hey, this Wang Shouren, he is really not stupid.