Chapter 10 Lesson 1(1/2)
His eyes swept over the more than thirty children in the class, and when he looked at his big eyes, Master Lu asked, "Who can tell me why he wants to go to the Immortal Academy?"
"I said, I'll talk first." Erhu stood up.
"My father said that as long as I can become an immortal, I can marry Erya from the next village."
As soon as the words were finished, the whole room burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Erhu glared at the children around him.
"Master Lu, I want to cultivate immortality because my third uncle is a cultivator and there are delicious food every day."
The person who spoke was the eldest brother of Uncle Dai's family.
Ah Dai shook his head, but he didn't expect that the eldest brother and he had the same idea before.
childish!
But at this time, Ah Dai's thoughts were a little different, and he didn't want to disappoint his mother.
He wanted to buy a hundred stoves for his mother.
A Dai felt heavy on his shoulders and a solemn face.
The children in the cultivating courtyard were talking nonsense.
Master Lu asked the children to speak to their heart's content.
Seeing each child finishing his speech, Master Lu said, "Do you know how to become an immortal?"
Master Lu did not correct the fact that the child should not say that he should practice immortality, but that he should say that he should practice Taoism or practice truth.
Because in the eyes of children, there is no difference between the two.
"I don't know!" the children shouted in a mess.
A pair of curious big eyes looked at Master Lu.
Master Lu smiled slightly and took out a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
In front of all the children, Master Lu folded the paper into a butterfly and asked: "Children, do you think it can fly?"
The children all shook their heads: "Can't fly."
Mr. Lu smiled and said, "Why can't you fly?"
The children scratched their ears and faces. Although Ah Dai was so smart, he was full of doubts. He shook his head with everyone and said, "I don't know."
Master Lu slowly spoke: "That's because the Tao does not run in its body."
The children and Ah Dai were confused when they heard this.
Master Lu smiled slightly, picked up the talisman pen, dipped it in cinnabar, circulated his spiritual power, and started drawing on the butterfly.
The pen is smooth, like flowing clouds and water, and it is indescribable and ethereal and lively.
In a moment, a few simple flying array patterns were made in one stroke.
Then, Master Lu heard a soft shout: "Success."
The butterfly made of talisman paper suddenly flew low, and the butterfly grew in the wind, and in a blink of an eye it turned into a big butterfly more than one meter.
Mr. Lu smiled and said, "Who wants to come up and ride it?"
"I'll do it, I'll do it." The children shouted loudly.
At this time, Ah Dai had already run to the paper butterfly at some point, grabbed the butterfly's wings and pulled it twice.
Seeing that he was quite steady, he jumped and landed on the butterfly's back.
The butterfly flew higher and higher, and reached the rooftop.
Ah Dai grabbed the butterfly's neck tightly, feeling very fun.
“Wow…so amazing!”
"Ah Dai, you are so shameless."
"Master Lu, I want to learn this."
"I want to learn Master Lu, too."
"I want to learn, too."
The children shouted excitedly.
Master Lu said at this time: "Do you know why butterflies fly now?"
"Because Master Lu is painting on a butterfly," said a child.
"No, it's because Master Lu lets the butterfly live."
The children chattered, and Ah Dai suddenly spoke: "It's because the Tao is running inside the butterfly."
Master Lu looked up at Ah Dai, then smiled and said, "You are not right."
"Master Lu let the Tao run inside the butterfly's body through drawing, and the butterfly is alive."
"The so-called Tao is a driving force."
“This is true for butterflies, and for us humans.”
"For example, Erhu, you can eat, sleep, and have the idea of marrying Erya, which is the result of the Dao running in your body."
"The so-called cultivation of immortals and Taoism is the way of practicing this way, and this way that drives people."
Master Lu said concisely. The children who were originally confused were still confused, but they became very interested in practicing Taoism. They knew that as long as they practiced Taoism, they could make a butterfly fly.
"Children, do you want to learn how to use Tao?"
"Think." The children spoke in unison.
"If we want to learn Tao, we must understand the words, read the classics through, understand the heaven and earth, and finally find our own Tao."
"Today, let's get to know the text and words first."
As he said that, Master Lu’s fingers slid in the air, and a word (text) floated in the air.
"Is this the text?"
"Look at it, does it look like drawing on a person's chest?"
Many children nodded repeatedly, and Ah Dai lay on the paper butterfly and nodded.
"Wen is to draw patterns on the body to distinguish others."
"For example, Erhu, you are outside, your father asks someone to bring you something, but what should you do if that person has never seen you?"
Erhu scratched his head, A Dai listened carefully, and the children beside him listened carefully.
"So in order to get to know Erhu, before leaving, Erhu's father drew two tiger heads on Erhu's chest, so that the sender would know Erhu."
The children suddenly realized.
Master Lu continued: "Wen is to draw patterns on a real object, so we call these fundamentals "Wen".
"So what's the word again?"
"A word is a combination of two or more texts."
"Single is text, combination is words."
"And the characters themselves are also a combination of characters."
Master Lu drew another (character).
"Look at it, this word means there is a house above and a child below."
"What does this mean? A woman gives birth to a child in a house is the second meaning of the word."
Master Lu’s speech was interesting, and the children were very excited. Before they knew it, the morning time passed and it was lunch break.
Ah Dai was put down, and the rest scrambled to play on a butterfly.
Ah Dai ate the steamed buns brought by his mother, and then after Erhu finished sitting on the butterfly, he ran outside to play together.
Erhu pouted: "Ah Dai, you are really not loyal enough."
"Leave me alone and play on a butterfly by myself."
Ah Dai felt guilty and chuckled: "But when I came down just now, wasn't I the first to pull you up?"
When Erhu heard this, his depressed face disappeared and he punched A Dai in the chest: "You are right, you are still very loyal."
"No, you are still unfaithful. When Hu Niu hit me, you wouldn't help me." Erhu said while taking out his little brother to pee.
"It's not that I'm not loyal, we can't beat Hu Niu from ten, so I'll get beaten up when I go up." Ah Dai said.
"If you get beaten, you're afraid? Coward."
"I'm not afraid, I want to wait until we become stronger before going."
"You seem to make sense. Didn't Ah Dai expect you to be alone?"
"What are you two talking about?" At this time, a crisp sound rang behind them.
To be continued...