Chapter 15 Taoist Life
The door of the Dan room opened, but a little boy walked out, speaking in a Jiangxi accent Mandarin, and said to the prison: "My master has done his homework, please host the morning class."
Chen Jianyuan saluted the boy. When he got up, the monk behind him had already mentioned the song of the immortals and turned to the team to walk towards the Sanqing Palace. It can be seen that this attempt to welcome the master was not the first time, and everyone has become accustomed to it.
The Taoists returned to the Sanqing Hall, and the monks returned to their positions. The Taoists were divided into classes. Chen Jianyuan personally took the drumsticks, and pounded the drum next to the Sanqing statue, and sang the "Clarifying Rhyme" with the rhyme: "The lingering sound is shaking, the ten directions are clear, the rivers and seas are silent, the mountains are swallowing smoke. All spirits are buried, and gathering groups of immortals. The sky is free of filth, the earth is free of demons. The dark wisdom cave is clear, and there is a lot of mysterious."
All the Taoists followed the dedication and recited the holy name "The Three Treasures of the Great Luo" three times.
Another Taoist sang: "The spiritual sound is everywhere, to eliminate sins and sins; when the treasure is proclaimed, to help the dangers and the difficulties are saved. We will start a verse of the teachings, and to pray to the laborers and respond to the sound of the Tao."
Then recite and hold the hanging, and offer it to the heavenly king of heaven with incense.
Then, please ask the big ones to activate, please ask the little ones to activate, the eight great mantras, and Xuanyun to open the sutra.
Then he began to recite the Three Pure Ones and the True Treasures.
It took an hour to finish this whole set of morning classes.
Qian Yiqun had never done such a complete ritual. Even though he had sword skills to train his body and nourish his body, he still couldn't stand it. Look at other Taoists, because they had to do this twice a day, and they were all relaxed and comfortable.
After the morning class was over, the crowd returned to the Danfang and changed their daily clothes. They followed Yunban's orders to line up for class.
When passing through the dining hall, you usually have to invite a master, but the master usually doesn't come. Qian Yiqun followed him and went back to the hall, carefully observing the behavior of the Taoist in front of him to avoid showing off his evil deeds.
Fortunately, there is not much attention to the ceremony. However, when you enter the door, you bow to the fellow Taoists around you, walk to the master and bow again, like the ancestors, sit in sequence, and do not speak. If there is not enough porridge and vegetables, you can only use chopsticks to circle the bowl to indicate how much you want to add and there is no leftovers.
In order to restrain discipline, there are naturally Master Dianyi who holds ring boards to patrol the dining hall. Anyone who whispers, chews and makes a sound, and is despised and arrogant will be whispered without saying anything.
After all the Taoists in the vegetarian hall finished their meal, they put down chopsticks and chopsticks horizontally to ensure that no one leftovers, and then they lined up and went to the ministry office to start their day's academic affairs.
At this time, the gate of Qionghua Temple had just opened to welcome the first group of believers to burn incense.
Qian Yiqun went to work the day before, but he didn't know where the Yuantang was. So he found an old Taoist, bowed to the end, and said, "I am compassionate in my practice. I am new to you. I dare to ask where the Yuantang is in this Guanguan."
The old Taoist Lili replied to the full ceremony, saying "I dare not", and said, "I will be in the Jade Emperor Pavilion, I will take you there."
Qian Yiqun followed the old Taoist, and bypassed the Sanqing Hall, he saw a three-story pavilion with a plaque hanging on the main entrance, which was the three words "Yuhuang Pavilion".
The old Taoist bowed to Qian Yiqun and said, "I, Guanjing Lord, went back to my hometown to visit my relatives, you can go in by yourself."
Qian Yiqun sang a greeting and stepped in.
The Jade Emperor Attic is three stories high and is already the tallest building in Yangzhou City. You can see the whole city by climbing the top of the pavilion, which is a place that literati and scholars yearn for. However, after receiving the "Daozang" during the Wanli period, outsiders are not allowed to go up to the second and third floors of the Jade Emperor Pavilion. If you want to borrow books, you can only list the books and hand them over to the owner of the Sutra Pavilion, take the books out, and copy them in the Jade Emperor Pavilion.
Therefore, the first floor of the Jade Emperor Pavilion is both a Yuantang and a reading room. It is about three meters long and wide, and usually lists tables and chairs with Bagua. If the master ascends to the seat and leads the Taoist to meditate and keeps quiet, he will put the tables and chairs together and stack them with curtains, and then cover them with a curtain, which is Yuantang.
There were already Taoists in the pavilion sweeping the ashes and wiping the floor. When they saw Qian Yiqun, they saluted them one after another.
Qian Yiqun thought he was late, so he thought to himself: I came here as soon as I left the vegetarian hall, why did they come earlier? After a closer look, it turned out that these Taoists had never met. They knew that they had not gone to morning class and had not passed. He took a rag, wiped the dust for a while, and then asked the Taoist beside him softly: "Dare you dare to ask for advice, don't you need morning class?"
"I have only been here for a few years, so how could I be so lucky?" The young Taoist slinged his scarf and smiled.
Only then did Qian Yiqun realize that morning class is still a symbol of status.
The young Taoist asked again: "My common surname is Li, my Taoist name is Yiqing, and my senior brother's immortal surname?"
Qian Yiqun said: "No name, no surname, no character, no character, just take the word 'thick'."
Li Yiqing was stunned and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Hou is destined to be here. The Jade Emperor Pavilion was built on the original site of Houtu Temple."
"It's true." Qian Yiqun also smiled and asked what to pay attention to if he was borrowing a book.
Li Yiqing said while wiping the table and chairs: "Just publish a book list and hand it over to the pavilion master yourself. You can also pick up the pen, ink, paper and inkstones from him, but all the ink-like paper must be registered. If you don't cherish the paper, you will be kneeling down and incense at the worst."
Qian Yiqun thanked him and listened carefully to the movements of walking upstairs. He saw that the bottom was almost cleaned. As soon as he touched the single sign on his waist, he walked upstairs to borrow books.
As I stepped on the top stairs, there was a square table blocking the way. The table was covered with yellow cloth, and a long and thin Taoist sitting behind the table, looking like he was over 40 years old, and was reading the book, with a focused expression.
Qian Yiqun stood beside him and waited for him to read the book before he stepped forward and bowed, "The Lord Master is merciful."
The Taoist looked up at Qian Yiqun and said, "But you are very handsome, are you new?"
"That's right." Qian Yiqun handed over the single sign, "I want to pick up my pen, ink, paper and inkstone to copy the scriptures."
The Taoist took the single card and frowned.
The single card should indicate the name of the Taoist master, master, and master, and his own name and name, and the year and month of the order. Qian Yiqun's single card has no origin in his master's education, and his name is only the three words "Honorable Man". No wonder the Pavilion Master frowned.
However, this single card is true no matter how you say it. Even if the format is wrong, it is still a matter of the guest lane. The Taoist took the book and logged in and asked, "Which scripture do you want to copy?"
Qian Yiqun thought for a while and said, "I don't know if I can copy the Tao and hide it?"
The Taoist raised his head and said unbelievably: "Do you know how many volumes are there in the Tao?"
"Five, four hundred and eighty-five volumes, five hundred and twenty-two letters." Qian Yiqun just heard Chen Zhihe say yesterday and reported it casually.
"Have you finished copying?"
"Should you like the flow, copy as much as you can." Qian Yiqun said with a smile.
If you were not punished to copy scriptures, then what kind of scriptures and how many copies were copied will be the freedom of the Taoist priests and they were not restricted. The Taoist was not inconvenient to ask more questions and stood up and said, "Where are you going to start copying?"
"From the beginning." Qian Yiqun was concise and clear.
"Zhengtong Daozang" was edited from the fourth year of Yongli, Zhang Yuchu, the 43rd generation of the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain. After Zhang Yuchu became a feather, he was continued to edit from the forty-four generation of the Heavenly Master Zhang Yuqing. In the ninth year of Zhengtong, Yingzong, he ordered the Tongmiao Zhenren Shao Yizheng to proofread and supplement it. The publication was completed in the tenth year of Zhengtong, with a total of 5,305 volumes.
In the 35th year of Wanli, Zhang Guoxiang, the 50th generation of Heavenly Master, was appointed to edit the "Xudaozang" in the editorial.
The Continuation of the "Daozang" contains a total of 1,476 kinds of Taoist books, 5,485 volumes, and is divided into 512 letters. Each letter is numbered in the order of "Thousand Characters Text". There are 121,589 pieces of scripture board alone, and all kinds of classics are arranged according to the "Three Holes, Four Auxiliary and Twelve Categories".
The Taoist bathed his hands on the sandalwood on the table, got up and took out the first volume of the letter "Yu", went to take the pen, ink, paper and ink, counted the number of papers carefully, logged in, and then explained a few rules for copying scriptures before handing over to Qian Yiqun.
Qian Yiqun listened to these rules and thought to himself: Although the master had never said it, he always did this, and there was nothing strange about it. He took the scriptures and study supplies and went down the first floor, found a seat on the Zhen Gua, spread paper and grind the ink, calmed down, and prepared to copy the scriptures.
The capital of each volume of "Zhengtong Daozang" has three purity images and saints. The text says: "The heaven and earth are positioned, yin and yang are harmonious, the stars are smooth, the sun and the moon are bright, the cold and heat are met, the rain and sun are at the right time, the mountains are peaceful, the rivers and seas are clear, the grass and trees are roaming, the fish and turtles are salty, the family is harmonious, the household is peaceful, the household is peaceful, the food and clothing are sufficient, the etiquette is promoted, the education is cultivated, the customs are honest, and the punishment is not needed. China returns to be kind, the four barbarians are in peace, the country is consolidated, the clan and society is respected, and the scenery is prosperous, and the branch is forever. On November 11, the tenth year of Zhengtong,"
"Daozang" uses the scriptures to fold the scriptures, so it cannot be done by hand, so it can only be turned with the scriptures. Each fold has five elements, and each line has seventeen characters. The font is not large, so you can see it clearly.
Qian Yiqun does not need to copy the scriptures in the format of the sutra, just pay attention to the rules such as the name of the Heavenly Lord.
When I picked up the scriptures, time passed quickly. In a blink of an eye, I heard the sound of cloud boards. It was time to pass by at noon.
Qian Yiqun put down his pen, packed up the scriptures and papers, returned them first, and then went to the vegetarian hall for meals.
It was a custom hall at noon, and it was used as you go, without being majestic, but you still had to follow the rule of "no words to eat". Qian Yiqun happened to see Li Yiqing, so he did it next to him. The two looked at each other and smiled, which was considered a greeting.
After using the vegetarian food, Qian Yiqun walked out of the vegetarian hall and heard someone shouting behind him: "Senior Brother, one step slower." Looking back, it was Li Yiqing.
"Senior brother, what do you think of?" Qian Yiqun turned around and asked.
"Oh, I just had a meal and I had nothing to do. Why don't you and I go to Qionghua Garden to see the Qionghua?" Li Yiqing smiled.
——This senior brother is really familiar with him.
Qian Yiqun smiled and said, "Xiaodao vowed to copy the complete version of "Daozang", so senior brother should go by yourself."
"Hehe," Li Yiqing smiled, "but I feel a little embarrassed. Please ask my senior brother to enhance my courage."
"You have to be brave enough to see Qionghua?" Qian Yiqun laughed and said intimately: How shy should this senior brother be?
"Ha, senior brother is new, but I don't know there is another mystery." Li Yiqing stepped forward and grabbed Qian Yiqun's hand, "You will know when you go."
Chapter completed!