Chapter 151 Going Deeper
Li Chunfeng suddenly asked Luo Cheng: "Do you know that there was a man named Zhang Heng in the Eastern Han Dynasty?"
"Zhang Heng? I don't know him, but I know a man named Zhang Xuan, who is said to be Zhang Heng's grandson. I don't know if this is Zhang Heng you are talking about."
"I guess not. The Zhang Heng I'm talking about is an astrologer from the Western Han Dynasty. He was the one who built the armillary sphere."
"If it has something to do with stars, then it really has something to do with Zhang Xuan, who I know. The guy I'm talking about is a guy who relies on astrology to tell people's fortunes.
"By the way, I'm talking about Niubi, are you the same kind of people? You all say some crazy things, and it's all over the place."
"Stop talking nonsense! We are not fortune tellers. We are really like me. We are the ones who can see the secrets of heaven. How can we compare with those people."
"It's just like how awesome you are. By the way, why are you mentioning Zhang Heng? You wouldn't mention someone randomly for no reason, right?"
"Of course not! I mentioned him because he said something about the relationship between people in the world and the stars in the sky."
"Then how did he mention it? Is what he said reliable?"
"Reliable? If you are not a person like me, how can you be reliable? At best, I have noticed a superficial phenomenon after observing it for many years."
"Can Zhang Heng do this? No wonder Zhang Xuan always talks about his great master.
"He actually has such ability? Tell me what exactly he said?"
"He seems to have written a book, saying that the stars in the sky are the essences of people on the earth that rise into the sky, form essence in the sky, and become stars.
"The movement and changes of these stars represent or show the changes in luck and energy of those on the earth.
"The luck and energy of people on earth will become weak, and the stars in the sky will become dim.
"The popularity of people on earth will increase, and good fortune will abound, and the stars in the sky will become brighter and dazzling.
"It is also said that every important person on earth will have a corresponding star in the sky, which is his natal star.
"Looking at the changes in that star is equivalent to seeing the changes in people's luck represented by that star.
"But, those people are all big shots, how can it be possible for people to stand around in a circle and look at them like monkeys?
"But there are no restrictions on stargazing, so when a person is hated by others, his so-called natal star will be stared at by many people.
"Some go further and think that they can do some small tricks, such as casting spells on the star to dim the star's light.
"This will greatly hinder that person's luck."
Luo Chengdao: "Those are just things that are based on the wind and shadow. I don't believe it. Zhang Xuan told me what he said. He could tell that my natal star was dim.
"Tell me it's not good to travel, otherwise there will be disaster.
"In the end, I gave him a beating. That's it, he was still tough."
"What did he say?"
"He said, by then you will know how powerful my astrology is."
Li Chunfeng asked: "Iron teeth? It seems that you are very confident. You must have received a family heirloom. In which year did you think you were in trouble?"
Luo Cheng said: "Twenty-one years old."
"How old are you this year?"
"I calculated, it's exactly twenty-one! You said it was a coincidence or not, obviously he is talking nonsense. A blind cat will kill a mouse."
"Then you were shot to death by thousands of arrows at the beginning of the year, and now you have to leave the surface at the end of the year. Is this considered a disaster?"
Luo Cheng said in surprise: "Huh? Is it really effective?"
While Luo Cheng was muttering in his heart, Li Chunfeng drank two more glasses: "Good wine! Drinking makes it interesting."
Luo Chengdao: "I think you are a drunkard. You are worthy of your name. You are a fake."
Li Chunfeng also said in surprise: "You can see this? It seems that this is my first time drinking under my name, Li Chunfeng."
"Then when we, Brother Jia Liulou, had a big bowl of wine and meat and meat together in the past, why didn't you drink and pretend to be noble?"
"Tch! What you are drinking is called wine? I would rather not drink low-quality wine. This is called high-quality life. I would rather have it in short supply than in excess."
"You have a cow's nose, but you still have a pig's nose with green onions stuck in it to pretend to be an elephant? You're afraid of exposing your secrets, right?"
"Hey, you, Luo Cheng, aren't stupid, you can see that? Why weren't you smarter earlier?"
"I don't even bother to join in the bad deeds with villains! I'm just floating in the sea on a boat!"
"Don't pretend to tell me. That's my old man. He has a different path and rides a green ox west out of Hangu Pass."
"Niubi, don't lie. I remember that it was me, not you. Before he left seclusion, he left behind five thousand words of the Tao Te Ching."
Li Chunfeng was surprised.
I was careless and exposed my root, but I didn't expect that Wu Fu Luocheng would actually know.
By the way, Zhang Xuan, Zhang Heng’s grandson, said this nonsense.
"Don't care who said it, as long as I agree, it's mine. Let's talk about Zhang Heng..."
Luo Cheng: "Zhang Xuan, his great-grandfather."
Li Chunfeng: "Okay, Zhang Xuan's great-grandfather Zhang Heng is said to be a descendant of Lao Tzu's disciples, and he has a lot of experience in studying the Tao Te Ching.
"After a lifetime of hard work, I have come up with a set of theories about celestial bodies, which seems to be called Huntian Theory. This is irrelevant and should be left alone and ignored.
"I'm just talking about what this thing called Hun Tian said.
"Actually, his Huntian theory uses Laozi's Tao Te Ching to explain the relationship between heaven and earth, that is, the stars and people.
"However, I must say that his interpretation of Laozi's Tao Te Ching is wrong. He deviated from the Tao Te Ching and created a different interpretation.
"The Tao Te Ching, Luo Cheng, do you know it? Just know it.
"What, you don't know, how could you not know, haven't you read enlightenment books?
"Oh, by the way, the Tao Te Ching is more advanced.
"It's okay, you don't know the Tao Te Ching, that's fine too.
"The core of Laozi's Tao Te Ching is Tao. As the saying goes, Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. Without Tao, there would be nothing.
"It can be seen from this that according to Laozi's understanding, Tao is the source of all existence, which means that Tao is the greatest existence.
"But Zhang Heng was fundamentally wrong. He said that the most fundamental thing is not Tao, but Taisu, which means there is nothing.
"This nothingness is divided into inside and outside, the inside is nothingness, and the outside is nothingness; from nothingness, further, it is still nothingness.
"He went on to say that this nothingness is the root of Tao, and Tao grows from the root of nothingness, and it creates something out of nothing.
"So Zhang Heng's explanation is fundamentally different from Laozi's. The beginning of Laozi is Tao, and Tao gives birth to one thing and all things in life.
"The beginning of Zhang Heng is nothingness, nothingness creates Tao, and nothingness creates something.
"Based on his mistakes from the beginning, Zhang Heng believed that the entire universe consists of the earth and celestial spheres.
“The earth is within, the sky is within me, and the celestial bodies outside are operated and moved by the people on the earth within.
"The basic idea is that every move of those important figures, such as the emperor or ministers, in managing the government is the source of the operation of each star king.
"Luo Cheng, do you think Zhang Heng's statement is correct or incorrect?"
Luo Cheng had never thought about a problem with such a broad perspective. His head burned for ten minutes before he said.
"I think what he said makes sense! Otherwise, what would those stars, big and small, be doing there spinning around?"
Li Chunfeng took the opportunity to drink without urging, and then said: "But the fact is exactly the opposite. What Zhang Heng said is completely wrong."
Hua Xiansheng added disdainfully: "You two eldest brothers, let alone the second brother, you are the wrong pair."
Chapter completed!