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Chapter 46 The sound of rapping in the sutra hall

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    Amidst the humming sound of the Taoist boys chanting sutras, Zhao Ran looked down at the precepts one by one.  At the beginning, he couldn't keep up with the chanting speed of the Taoist boys. How should I put it? Rather than calling the Taoist boys' voices "chanting", it would be more accurate to call them "singing", but this  This kind of "rap" ignores the changes in rhythm and keeps running towards the fast words.

    Often, as soon as Zhao Ran opened his mouth to read two or three words, someone else would finish singing a precept, which made him very uncomfortable. It was so-called "like a lump in the throat", and he would be so depressed that he wanted to shout out, that is, "If you don't spit it out, you won't be happy!" He peeked at it.  Looking at Zhu Meng beside him, he saw that Zhu Meng looked calm and recited much more briskly than him.

    He couldn't help but poked Zhumeng's arm. Zhumeng ignored him. Zhao Ran simply tugged on Zhumeng's sleeve. Zhumeng frowned and turned around. Zhao Ran asked in a low voice: "Junior brothers, what are you doing?"  Have you ever recited this commandment before?"

    Zhu Mou rolled his eyes at him: "No, what do you mean?"

    "They read so fast, how do you keep up?"

    Zhu Meng said in confusion: "It's such a simple thing, just keep reading."

    "Why do you 'just keep reading'? Why can't I keep up?"

    "Just follow it. It's your problem that you can't keep up. Why are you asking me? Do you need me to tell you why? That's just you being stupid."

    Zhu Meng¡¯s disdain made Zhao Ran feel deeply puzzled and ashamed. He looked at the other person up and down and thought to himself, could this be the legendary ¡°root bone¡±?

    Since he couldn't keep up, Zhao Ran simply stopped following and read the "Commandments and Codes" carefully, minding his own business.  When he was halfway through reading, he suddenly heard the sound of a drum in the hall. It was Liu Jingzhu who beat the wooden drum to signify the end of one reading and let everyone read it a second time.

    It turns out that this guy is not sleeping, but the "rap" of the Taoist boys is so unclear, how can this guy distinguish it clearly?  Zhao Ran secretly cursed that he would never be able to hear the Taoist boys' words clearly, let alone distinguish the beginning and the end.

    After Zhao Ran read the "Precepts and Regulations", he suddenly realized with great shock that something was wrong.  What's wrong?  He actually memorized the entire book clearly. Every sentence and word came to mind exactly, and there was not a single sentence missing from the beginning to the end!

    Zhao Ran couldn't help but his heart beat faster. Could this be the effect of the change in the string last night?  Could it be that he also has the so-called "qualifications"?

    Amidst the chanting, Zhao Ran had no time to think carefully, but because he had memorized the entire "Precepts and Codes", he gradually kept up with the speed of the Taoist boys.  After catching up, he discovered that in fact, as long as he adjusted his breathing and chanted sutras in this way, the breath in the chest and abdomen would circulate extremely smoothly, and he felt very refreshed.

    While following the other Taoist boys humming and groaning, Zhao Ran observed that others were doing the hand gestures, so he pretended to imitate Zhu Meng beside him and followed suit.  In fact, he didn't know that the Zhu Meng he was imitating had wrong postures. This was part of the Taoist rituals, and they hadn't had time to learn it yet.

    Taoist manuals are a complex system, mainly used in fasting rituals, including chanting sutras, chanting mantras, walking, forming altars, summoning generals, restraining the air, collecting evil spirits, curing diseases, praying for blessings, etc.  arrive.  Taoism believes that the human body and the heaven and earth are coincidentally connected, and the reflection of the stars and celestial phenomena can also be found in the palm of the hand.  As the "Yin Fu Jing" says, "The universe lies in the hands, and all transformations come from the body." Therefore, each hand trick represents a special meaning.

    Of course Zhao Ran didn¡¯t understand, but that didn¡¯t stop him from randomly pinching his ¡°orchid fingers¡±.

    After the Taoist boys recited the "Precepts and Codes" nine times, Master Liu Jing sounded the gong to signal the end of the morning class. The Taoist boys left their seats one after another and rushed to the dining hall to have breakfast.

    Zhao Ran and Zhu Meng were stopped by Liu Jingzhu and told them about the requirements for studying in the Jingtang Hall.  The sutra hall does not teach sutras on the spot, because each Taoist boy has a different learning level and cannot give lectures at the same time.

    Some Taoist boys are lazy and have not even read the "Nanhua Sutra" for more than ten years; some Taoist boys are more enterprising, not only "Tao De Zhen", "Nan Hua Sutra", "Chongxu Zhi De Zhen Jing", "Laozi"  "Xisheng Jing", "Tongxuan Zhen Jing", "Huangdi Yinfu Jing", "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Qi", "Huang Ji Jing", "Tai Xuan Jing", "Baopu Zi Shen Xian Jing", "Tai Shang Huang"  I have read both "The Jade Sutra of Inner Scenery" and "The Jade Sutra of Outer Scenery", as well as many annotations, commentaries, and compilations. I have even read large books such as "Supreme Huanglu Dazhai Establishment Ceremony"  All over.  The learning of Taoist boys is very different, and the professors of the Sutra Hall cannot explain it at the same time.

    Therefore, every morning class is to recite the "Precepts and Codes" nine times, and then go to have breakfast.  In the early years, the Taoist boys of Wujiyuan would study on their own after breakfast, and then go to the Sutra Hall for evening classes after dinner, asking the professors at the Sutra Hall about the doubts and difficulties they encountered in reading the Bible.  toReading Taoist classics requires Taoists to use the time in between to study consciously.

    Later, the time for evening classes was changed to after breakfast. The ostensible reason was that he would be clear-headed in the morning. However, Zhao Ran did not hesitate to speculate maliciously. He felt that after such a change, it would actually mean that there would be nothing to do after noon. What should he do?  All convenient.

    Liu Jingzhu asked Zhao Ran and Zhu Meng to study hard and use their spare time to read in the Sutra Library in order to catch up with their homework as soon as possible. Of course, the two of them agreed.

    After breakfast, go back to the Sutra Hall and continue the day's homework, that is, "waking up for evening lessons."  During the evening class, Jiang Gaogong showed up, and then Master Liu Jing and Master Chen Jing sat in the hall to answer questions on the spot. Master Liu was responsible for answering questions about rituals and precepts, and Master Chen Jing was responsible for explaining the subtle meanings in the scriptures.

    Zhao Ran was confused by the Taoist boys' questions, and he couldn't understand the answers given by Liu Jingzhu and Chen Jingzhu at all. This was normal. He had only read the Tao Te Ching and a few "Lao Zi Xiang Er Zhu" and "Lao Zi Xiang Er Zhu".  "Xisheng Jing", I have never read other scriptures, and it belongs to the most elementary level of study.

    As for Zhu Meng, Zhao Ran felt that this guy was shaking his head and looked like he was listening with interest, but in fact he was quite pretending - is the "gen bone" so magical?  You are new here just like me. How come you can understand it when I can't understand it?

    Judging from the performance in the evening class, Zhao Ran quickly distinguished the learning levels of the Taoists.  Among them, the one named Ma Zhili studied the hardest. He asked about one out of every three questions, and every time he answered his questions, Liu Jingzhu and Chen Jingzhu took the longest to answer.

    The worst ones were probably a young fat man and a skinny old man. Zhao Ran didn't know their names yet. The two people sat on the futon without saying a word, and seemed to be understanding the content of answering questions.  He kept nodding his head, but actually looked at it carefully - he must be dozing off!

    When the evening classes were over, Zhao Ran hurriedly ran back to his room, closed the door curtain and blocked it with a stool, then unfastened his belt and took out the string again.

    The thin rope was still dim and motionless, no matter how much Zhao Ran tossed it, there was no change at all.  Zhao Ran thought about yesterday's situation, unfolded the ultimatum and put it in front of the thin rope, but it was still useless.  Zhao Ran read the entire document carefully, not missing a word from beginning to end, but there was still no change.

    What are you doing?  Zhao Ran was very depressed and speechless, so he had to sew the string into the belt again.

    There is no need to clean the toilet or cook, Zhao Ran has a lot of time from today on.  The so-called return home in fine clothes, now that he has a different status, he can't help but want to win.

    First, I went to the small courtyard where the pyrotechnics laymen lived in the clean room and the private room, spanked a lot with Brother Guan and the others, and enjoyed the flattery of all the pyrotechnics laymen; then I went to the living room to meet Jian Yumen.  After that, he called "Senior Brother Yu" a few times with great comfort; then he went to see "Senior Brother Song" in Song Zhiyuan's dormitory, and Senior Brother Ren Song patted him on the shoulder a few times and encouraged him a few words.

    Finally, he took the old donkey who was fostered in the trough house and went up to the cloud viewing platform on the back mountain to look at the mountain scenery of Wuji Mountain. He roared loudly at the valley for a while, and then went to the green lawn beside the pond where Zhang Laodao lived to take a nap.  After half an hour, he returned to the courtyard with great satisfaction.

    Back in his house, Zhao Ran picked up a pen and started writing a letter. After finishing writing, he deliberately left the sealed letter on his desk in the main room - don't rush to send this letter, I will make you sick!

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