Chapter 66 Journey
After a while, I became very interested in the text on this bronze tripod. Unfortunately, I had limited information. After I completely copied the text on it, I found that I still didn’t know any of them.
In desperation, I had to copy the rubbings and post them on the Taoist practice forum, wanting to see if anyone knows them. Of course, I also took a good eye for myself. I divided the rubbings into more than a dozen and sent only one of them on it.
On Sunday, I went to the Internet cafe to open the post again.
There are quite a few replies at the end of the post, three pages. However, after careful reading, I was quite disappointed. Many netizens think that the text on this rubbing was made up by myself to test everyone's IQ.
Am I that bored? I was about to close the post, but my mouse stopped again. At the end of the third page, a man named Yu Junzi replied below, saying that the writing style on this rubbing was skillful and sane, and it could not have been made up randomly. Moreover, from the text style, it is very similar to the Yuwang Monument, and it is very likely that it is written from ancient times.
Can I find such words in other places? I subconsciously typed out the three words "Yuwang Stele" online.
The Internet is really a good place to go. In less than two minutes, I found a picture of the inscription of King Yu.
The Yuwang Monument was first discovered on the Kuaiwan Peak in Hengshan, also known as the Kuaiwan Monument. It is located on the east of Yubei Peak on the top of Yuelu Mountain, and is in the tomb of Huangdi. The Yan Emperor Mausoleum is known as the three major treasures of the Chinese nation by the cultural relics protection community.
The inscription has 77 characters, 9 lines, 9 characters per line in the first to eight lines, and 5 characters in the last line. The characters are like tadpoles, which are different from oracle bones and bells and tripods, and from Zhuanwen tadpoles. Some people speculate that it may be a Taoist talisman, and some say it was forged by Taoists.
It looks like, just one glance, I can be sure that these two characters should be in line with each other, except that there are more words carved on the bronze tripod.
After careful comparison, I even found three identical texts from the same ones.
I vaguely feel that there is a big mystery in the middle of these words. If they can be deciphered, then the reason for the gradual decline of the vitality of heaven and earth and spiritual energy can be found.
Unfortunately, although I am standing in front of a treasure house, I lack the key to enter, so I can only sigh.
By the way, didn’t Yu Junzi suggest me to go to the National Library of China to find information after the post? The National Library will not be able to go to the National Library for a while, but I can go to the Provincial Library to find it.
The Provincial Library is the largest map in Zhongyu Province, with nearly 10 million volumes. The collection not only includes various rare ancient books, ancient Chinese maps, manuscripts of literati of all dynasties, local chronicles, etc. Among them, there are more than one million volumes of ancient books alone.
Maybe there, I can find the answer.
I did it when I thought about it, and early the next morning, I walked into the provincial library with my backpack on my back.
Social science information on the first floor, natural science on the second floor, Chinese tools on the third floor, foreign information on the fourth floor...the fifth floor is the ancient book document area.
I paid for a loan certificate and went straight to the fifth floor, but I was stopped as soon as I arrived at the third floor. According to the administrator, the fourth and fifth floors were not open to ordinary readers at all, especially the fifth floor. Many of the books were national treasure-level cultural relics. Except for a very small number of experts, ordinary people were not allowed to enter.
I almost broke my mouth, but unfortunately the administrator didn't let me go up no matter what.
In desperation, I had to return in extreme depression.
There is actually a way to not let it in.
While everyone was asleep at night, I brought Ah Huang a yin god out of her body and sneaked into the library without any effort.
During the day, I heard the administrator describe it. I was still very curious about the furnishings on the fifth floor, but now I am disappointed when I enter it.
Piles of ancient books are placed in messy manner on the shelves, without any treatment. Some ancient books even fall down as long as they breathe.
In the next two months, Ah Huang and I were in the library at night and almost read all the documents about the Taoist script and ancient script here.
The doubts were not solved, but I learned that in ancient times, the Taoist monks created many strange words, called cryptic words or cryptic texts, and talismans were also one of them.
Although I couldn't find the answer, I felt a little disappointed, but I accepted it calmly. Since I couldn't solve the mystery, let it go for the time being. Anyway, this thing will not run away, and there will be opportunities in the future.
It’s only one month before the Chinese New Year, so I’ll focus on studying.
In order to experience the secular humanity, my mentality gradually changed after entering high school, and my temperament was not as cold as that in junior high school. Now, in addition to practicing Taoism at night, I play with my classmates most of the time during the day. In my spare time, I will also play a few basketball games with my classmates. Under Zhao Longchuan's trick, I also promised to participate in the grade basketball game next year.
Of course, I still refused to give up the invitation from the physical education teacher.
Many times, I forget that I am a monk... I feel like an ordinary student. I go to class and eat after class, worry about homework, and worry about my test scores.
This kind of life makes me feel very fulfilled, and my realm improves a lot without realizing it.
It seems that many books on Taoism are wrong...
"The small hidden in the mountains and forests, and the big hidden in the city." Those so-called seeing through the world and living in the mountains and forests are just formal "hidden" and cannot improve their mood. If you really want to achieve the state of forgetting both things and self, you must eliminate noisy interference in the secular city and court, enjoy yourself, and experience all kinds of humanity.
Thinking about it, I want to know the taste of pears, so I can only taste them with my own mouth and sit on the clouds and watch the world. What is the difference between this and the blind man touching an elephant.
The exam is coming in a blink of an eye. As usual, I did not use Taoism to cheat, but answered questions honestly and achieved results based on my real skills.
After the exam, I called my parents and said that I planned to stay in the provincial capital for a few days and then go home after a while.
The father immediately agreed, but the mother hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Is it because of Lin Qingqing, you child, forgot your mother with a wife?"
"Mom?" When I heard my mother complain, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat on the phone. My cousin must have said the matter about Lin Qingqing. Otherwise, how could my parents know that they were so far away?
I didn't make any excuses. In fact, this time it was not because of Lin Qingqing, who mainly wanted to walk along the Yellow River. It was good that parents thought this way, which saved a lot of talk and made them less worried.
This idea has been around since I first visited the Yellow River, but unfortunately I haven't found the right time.
Taking advantage of the night to leave the provincial capital, I tied two armored horse talismans to my legs, hugged Ah Huang and ran all the way, and finally went upstream along the Yellow River.
As a master of the Xuanmen who has achieved some success in practicing Taoism, I actually want to refine a magic weapon that can travel around the sky.
But at the moment, I can only think about it, there is no suitable material at hand.
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