Chapter 63 Meeting a fellow Taoist

Wang Zhijin started his journey. He did not take the sea route on his return trip, but started heading north from the land.

The two eagles, big white and small white, took him flying four hundred miles every day. During the breaks, Wang Zhijin used Qinggong to travel, and he was able to cover a hundred miles every day.

Ten days later, we arrived at Lin'an City.

Lin'an was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had been a country for a hundred years and was extremely prosperous.

Entering Lin'an City, Wang Zhijin was just wearing a Taoist robe and holding a jade flute. After a period of exploration, he had completely mastered the music of the blue sea tide. In the future, he could use the jade flute instead of a sword when going out, which would make him appear more powerful.

Be more coquettish.

Because it was an imperial city, the control of weapons in the Southern Song Dynasty was several times stricter than that of the Jin Kingdom in the north. Even Taoist priests could not enter the city with swords. Of course, martial arts people could easily sneak in by hiding their weapons when entering the city.

The street was extremely bustling and lively. There were constant shouts and shouts.

"Wontons..."

"Caramel mountain red..."

"Chen Ji Baozi..."

It was Wang Zhijin's first time entering the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was also a novelty. It was certainly not comparable to a small town like Baoying.

"Where to go? Let's go to an inn to have something to eat first."

This trip to the south was by sea, so except for the freshness of the fruits in space, everything else was not fresh. When we returned to the north, life was a little better.

After wandering around the city, his goal was "Yelai Inn". It is said that Yuelai Inn is very mysterious and can be found in all the worlds of heaven and earth, including the martial arts world, the fairy world, the prehistoric world, and the fantasy world.

After some searching, I actually found the Yuelai Inn. If nothing else, the business of the Yuelai Inn seemed to be booming. Wang Zhijin entered the Yuelai Inn, found a seat, and shouted: "Servant, come here!"

"Taoist Priest, what do you want?" The waiter looked at Wang Zhijin's temperament and did not dare to offend him. He must be very human.

"Bring in all the ten most delicious dishes you have here, and book me a first-class guest room. I will take a shower at noon and prepare it for me."

"Come on, Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest has to pay some money before you can make a reservation."

"Is ten taels enough?"

"How many days will you stay?"

"I estimate it will take three or two days."

"That's enough, that's enough. It's just that the food will be paid immediately. After all, the ten best dishes in our store add up to fifty taels."

Wang Zhijin couldn't calm down after hearing this. What's the situation? Fifty taels. This is enough to feed a family of three for several years. It is more deceptive than some hotels in later generations.

"What kind of food is so expensive here?" Wang Zhijin asked.

The waiter said: "Among them are camel humps, southwestern bear paws, young deer, and other game, as well as seafood caught from the East China Sea. It takes a lot of people to get these seafood every year. From the seaside to here, ice is used to keep the freshness.

These things have been cooked by our top chefs, and fifty or twenty dishes are not expensive,"

When Wang Zhijin heard it, fifty taels was okay, which was equivalent to eating ten pounds of French secret caviar for future generations. (The most expensive caviar in the world is 250,000 yuan per box, which is only a few dozen grams.)

"Okay, do it for me, I'm not short of money either." He took out a piece of gold from his pocket and took out a gold worth ten taels, which is roughly equivalent to one hundred taels.

When the waiter saw it, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was also afraid that the Taoist priests would have no money. There were many Taoist priests in the capital, but few of them were really rich.

Because we are a big customer, the waiter changed the service to high-quality tea, which improved the service by several levels.

Wang Zhijin tasted the tea slowly and waited for the food to be served. The waiter just said it would take a while.

At this time, suddenly there was the sound of a bell, and Wang Zhijin looked up and saw, "Hey, I met a Taoist priest." He was wearing a robe, a Taoist temple on his head, and a dust in his hand, followed by a little Taoist priest.

The other party seemed to have seen Wang Zhijin and walked towards him. Taoist robes are robes worn by Taoists. They can be divided into six types: coat, deluo, abstaining robe, dharma robe, floral robe and robe.

Wang Zhijin and the accompanying young Taoist priest both wore Taoist coats, whether they were Quanzhen or others such as Zhengyi's, they were very similar.

The coat: a large-breasted gown, long to the legs and wrists, with sleeves one foot and four inches wide, and the sleeves are as long as the body. It is the most common type of Taoist robe, worn daily by Taoists. Others that are as long as the knee are called "middle coats". Nowadays

Most of them have narrow sleeves for daily work. They are all blue, representing the meaning of Fa Tian. "Da Ming Huidian" says: "Taoist priests always wear blue."

The old Taoist priest's cassock is also called the "Celestial Immortal Cave Clothing". It has double breasts, is as long as the calf, has no sleeves, and has long sleeves.

There are various Taoist auspicious patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads, such as Yuluo Xiaotai, sun, moon and stars, eight trigrams, pagodas, dragons and phoenixes, cranes, unicorns, etc.

When large-scale fasting rituals are held, the high priests who lead the Taoist temple wear this garment. When the abbot holds a grand ceremony, he wears this garment, which is purple. It is said that the Taoist ancestor Laozi "came from the east with purple energy" when he rode an ox out of the customs, so Taoism

Purple Taoist uniforms are advocated. Emperors since the Tang and Song Dynasties have often given purple Taoist uniforms to famous Taoists such as Gaozhen.

There was nothing Wang Zhijin could do at this time. He immediately stood up and saluted the old Taoist priest, "Immeasurable Heavenly Lord, Yun Zhongzi, a third-generation disciple of the Quanzhen Sect, has met his predecessor."

When he heard about the Quanzhen Sect, his originally good-looking face suddenly frowned: "The Quanzhen Sect?" He looked him up and down,

"Infinite Heavenly Lord, Southern Sect of Pindao Jindan Sect, Shengxian Temple, Element Taoist Li Daochun."

When Wang Zhijin heard that he had met this family, the Jindan sect and the Neidan sect were actually the same family.

A hundred years ago, the Song Dynasty moved south, and the Taoist sect also moved south. The Quanzhen Sect in the north was a northern sect that emerged more than thirty years after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty and the establishment of the Southern Song Dynasty.

If their Taoist sect had not moved south, the north would not have been monopolized by the Quanzhen Sect, and the Neidan sect was divided into the Southern Sect and the Northern Sect.

Li Daochun (no test of his birth and death), also named Yuan Yuan, also known as Qing'an and named himself Yingchanzi, was from Wugang Road in the Yuan Dynasty (today's Wugang City). He was a famous Taoist priest in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. He received the true biography of Wang Jinchan, a disciple of Baichanzi, and became a generation leader.

A Taoist master and an outstanding inner alchemist.

Li Daochun can be said to be a big figure in the Jindan sect in the south, and he is of the same generation as Wang Chongyang. His teachings are mainly based on the Southern Quanzhen sect, with some influences from the Northern sect. He is a Tong Lao, Yi, and Da Zen, and believes that "people tend to gather and disperse, and the way of the world

There are ups and downs, but the truth remains forever, unchanged from ancient to modern times.”

Li Daochun lived in the Zhenzhou longevity temple (Shengxian temple), studied moral principles intensively, and taught many disciples. Because he wrote the famous work "Zhonghe Ji" here, his residence is also known as Zhonghe nunnery to this day. He is the author of "Zhonghe Ji", "Zhonghe Ji" and "Zhonghe Ji".

Commentary on Taishang Xuan Sutra for Dispelling Disasters and Protecting Life, "Commentary on Taishang Datong Sutra", "Commentary on Supreme Chiwen Cave True Sutra", "Commentary on Taishang Laojun Shuo Jingjing Sutra", "Commentary on the Secret Sutra of Quanzhenji",

"Daode Huiyuan", "Three Days of Changes", "Zhouyi Shangzhan" and other books were mostly included in "Tao Zang". His disciples also compiled his remarks into "Quotations of Qing'an Ying Chanzi", which contributed to the development of Taoist doctrine.

Significant contribution. He was also proficient in poetry and prose, and many of his works were included in "Tao Zang".

During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were four generations of the Nanzong sect. The first was Chen Nan, and the second was Bai Yuchan, who was the founder of the Nanzong religious group.

The third biography includes Peng Shu and others.

In the fourth biography, there is Li Daochun. In terms of cultivation, Nanzong can be divided into two categories: the traditional one that emphasizes inner alchemy and the fusion of Zen and Taoism. The one that emphasizes inner alchemy is divided into two schools: pure cultivation and dual cultivation.
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