Lixiangyuan existed by Taiping Lake before Huadu was settled. The construction year is unknown. During the long years, Lixiangyuan has been rebuilt and restored three times. Today, Lixiangyuan still retains a large part of the old and ancient building complexes.

According to rumors, in the old days, there was only one building in Lixiangyuan by Taiping Lake. At that time, the shore of Taiping Lake was not as prosperous as it is now, so only Lixiangyuan was the largest place to go. It would take most of the day to browse the Lixiangyuan briefly, let alone enjoy and linger.

Lixiangyuan is also the holy mansion that scholars all over the world dream of. Not only Lu Jingxiu copied books in Lixiangyuan, but even the great writer Su Xianyu, the emperor teacher, also came out of Lixiangyuan. For a while, Su Xianyu even taught in Lixiangyuan.

The two courtyards of Lingwu City are one in the south and one in the north, one in high and one in low, one in light and one in dark. The Star Court is responsible for the Chinese qi and veins, looking at the Feng Shui of the Sky Star, and has always given people endless mysterious colors. However, Lixiang Courtyard is unique, and the gate of the courtyard is not closed, and it welcomes guests from all over the world. Every move, words and deeds of the students in the courtyard are all under the gaze of others, and they are gentlemen open-minded.

You should know that the status of many sects or organizations in the minds of the people depends largely on the people's fear and awe of the unknown. Once you show yourself nakedly in front of others, you will easily lose this majesty and original status.

Not only that, there are behaviors and norms within different forces that outsiders cannot understand. What's more, such as Chenghu Temple, there are shameful activities inside, which is also a major reason why the four factions are particularly sensitive to the grasp of the portal.

To be honest, if academies like Lixiangyuan that have become open and undisguised, only Taixu and Jian Sect dare to face outsiders in the world with the same calmness. But Taixu and Jian Sect will never really open the door and let ordinary people enter and exit. Bai Shu sincerely admire Lixiangyuan for this.

This is in the midst of the world, the clouds should have been deep, but the moon was closed, but it was exiled to be a lantern.

When Bai Shu and others arrived at Lixiangyuan, they saw at the door that the Mid-Autumn Festival chrysanthemums were just blooming. Before they entered the door, the elegant fragrance had already spread over them faintly, making people's spirits come.

After raising his eyes, Bai Shu just lowered his head and found two couplets engraved on the floor at the gate of Lixiangyuan, with ancient fonts and distinctive styles.

The first couplet is written: Four Sons and Linglings are the first, four skills and martial arts are the second, and I am living in Linglings and martial arts. Who is the first, who is the second?

The second couplet is written: The three schools of Taoism are ahead, and the three talents are behind. The boy is the Taoist, and he dares not be ahead or behind.

Everyone also found the couplet in front of their feet. After watching it for a while, they couldn't figure it out. However, after seeing it, Dubai Shu laughed loudly and was so unhappy.

Luo Shilan shouted to Bai Shu: "My junior reads a lot, let me tell you what this couplet means."

Bai Shu then curled his smile and explained seriously: "The Four Deads naturally refer to the funeral specifications of the four types of people, namely the king and the minister, the poor. Among them, only the imperial cave is called the tomb, the most noble, so it is probably the first. The four techniques refer to Fang Wuqi's calculation, among which martial arts is naturally difficult to compare with those of us who have achieved success in cultivation, and it is probably the second."

Speaking of this, Bai Shu couldn't help but smile and said, "The person who wrote this first couplet said that these were just to introduce the word Lingwu. He lived in Lingwu City and took the first place and second place. Therefore, he asked people who was the first place and who was the second place."

Bai Shu sighed, "What he meant is that I am the best in the world, and what else can others think of."

After hearing this, Guan Rushuang laughed and said, "I understand Junior Brother Bai's explanation. This person who came up with the couplet really had a pretentious aura."

Bai Shu replied: "It's not just because he is arrogant, but because he is extremely arrogant and has agile talent. He may be the one from Lixiangyuan."

Guan Rushuang was even more excited and asked, "How should Junior Brother Bai explain the second couplet?"

Bai Shu looked down and smiled even more: "I guess the three sects mentioned in the second couplet should be the three sects of Taoist Sword Buddha. Taixu is the leader, and it has always been in front, and the three sects refer to heaven, earth and man. Heaven and earth are in front, and the character of the human character is behind. So for the upper and lower couplets, it is hard to say that they are our fellow disciples. After all, he calls himself a Taoist, so he dare not be in front or behind."

Zhang Min listened for a while, and at this time he couldn't help but clap his hands and said, "The momentum of the first couplet that he considered the world's number one is insurmountable. No matter how arrogant and arrogant he is, he will at most compete with him. The second couplet is neither humble nor arrogant, and he is not afraid to be in front and behind. Compared with the other party's arrogant attitude, he has already won a great victory, which is really wonderful."

Bai Shu agreed and said, "Senior Brother is right. No one in the world is as weak as water, and no one can defeat him. If you want to win this rebelliousness, you really have to be this neither humble nor arrogant, and you can fight with him."

Having said this, everyone sighed. When they remembered that they were impatient and arrogant during their long practice career, they would inevitably ignore the fact that people in their practice should maintain this kind of humility and arrogance.

"Young man doesn't know the story behind this couplet, but he can untangle it. I thought you were also a sage who studied poetry and books hard, but I didn't expect that he was a Fengjia Taixu, and I admire him." While everyone was sighing, a middle-aged fat man who had been listening to Bai Shu's speech next to him came forward and talked.

Bai Shu then noticed the man and bowed and said, "I read half a volume, half a guess, and at most half a scholar."

The man smiled and said, "I am a businessman who has a business of thousands of miles, and I buy and sell ten thousand yuan, and I will definitely be called a businessman who has a lot of money."

Bai Shu was stunned after hearing this, and suddenly laughed loudly with a glance with the man. After laughing, Bai Shu saluted again and said, "I have been lingering in Lingwu City for many days, but I don't want so many wonderful people in the city."

The man smiled and said, "Young man is joking, but although you have fully explained the couplet, do you know why this couplet is not hung on both sides of the portal, but is carved on the ground?"

Bai Shu felt some immature speculation, and was unwilling to say it bluntly, so he simply said, "I hope to hear it carefully."

The middle-aged fat man walked forward, walked to the couplet, and said slowly: "A great writer from Lixiang Courtyard was born in the past, and he had only been moving for a lifetime. He traveled to study and taught for many years. He returned to Lixiang Courtyard to stay after Jiazi year. Occasionally, the story was spread. According to rumors, this old man visited late at night in his seventies. He knocked on the door and said he would invite you to drink. He did not see enough respect in his words, and the old man felt dissatisfied because of this."

The middle-aged fat man licked his dry lips and continued, "The old man stayed in the door and asked only who he was coming. The young man was an unknown junior, so the old man said such a couplet."

Bai Shu nodded and said, "Sixty is Qi, seventy is Lao. The old man was in his seventies that day. No wonder he used the title of me. The implication is that Wen Wu is the first, but I no longer see my opponent. Why can Wuming drink with me?"

The middle-aged fat man smiled with a belly shy and said, "The boy's analysis is very reasonable. Unexpectedly, the young man's second couplet was so wonderful. That night, the old man opened the door to welcome guests. The old man drank from the middle of the night until the fish belly was slightly white. The old man couldn't bear to drink. He woke up when the sky was bright the next day, but the young man disappeared. The old man ordered people to carve this couplet at the door of Lixiangyuan."

The middle-aged fat man said mysteriously: "Do you know why this couplet is carved underground, not hanging high."

Bai Shuxin said that this was difficult, and now he explained confidently: "It's just that the old man was already at the top of the literary world, but in the end he was not as thorough as a junior. Whether it was a Taoist sect or academy, anyone in it was a junior. Naturally, he should be humble and not arrogant."

Bai Shu looked down at the couplet, smiled slightly and said, "So this couplet was engraved on the ground, reminding people to be humble all the time."

The middle-aged fat man praised: "The guy is indeed quick-witted, but the old man wants to convey another meaning, that is, all scholars today are arrogant and are thinking about such a big thing as the family, country and the world. What the old man actually wants to convey to people is to look up and look down on things, so that people should not be arrogant but be down-to-earth."

The middle-aged fat man said with respect: "This couplet is the first scene in Lixiangyuan. No matter who enters this Lixiangyuan, he must step on this couplet first and remember the old man's guidance at all times."

Bai Shu was taught: "So that's the case, it's worthy of being the institution that students all over the world admire, and it's indeed extraordinary."

The middle-aged fat man smiled and said, "I still have something to do, so I can only say goodbye first. If the gold and silver are shortened by a moment, it will be a thousand taels, but I can't delay it."

He said that, and left in a hurry. Before leaving, he told Bai Shu and others: "You might as well step on this couplet, enter Lixiangyuan and then go to see what interesting landscapes there are. Keeping them will not disappoint you."

The Taixu Temple and his group really walked into Lixiangyuan as that person said, stepping on this couplet. After stepping on it step by step, they realized how good intentions the old man Ju Lingwu's gentleman had.

This is also the difference between Taoist sect and academies. Taoist sect values ​​personal opportunities and comprehending, and in academies, people can always receive the most correct and noble spiritual guidance, just like entering the hospital by stepping on couplets.

Although it is just such a short distance, two lines of not profound words can make the most correct and profound guidance and influence at the beginning of a person's life path.
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