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Text no, 198 The immortal master said he couldn¡¯t catch ghosts

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    The immortal said he couldn't catch ghosts

    Li Chengqian nestled in the arms of Queen Changsun, with tears streaming down his face. When he heard Queen Changsun saying that he wanted to invite Huang Junming to catch ghosts, he gently shook his head and said to Queen Changsun: "Mother, the immortal master said that he would not  If you can catch ghosts, no one in this world can catch ghosts.¡±

    ??In the eyes of ordinary people, it is absolutely normal for Taoist priests to catch ghosts and subjugate demons, but Li Chengqian actually said such a sentence, which made Queen Changsun both surprised and felt that some of her previous values ????had been subverted.  "Cheng Qian, how can there be a Taoist priest who can't catch ghosts? Besides, even if a Taoist priest can't catch ghosts, then the immortal master will definitely be able to do it if he is an immortal descended from heaven."

    "Mother, you are wrong about this." Li Chengqian seemed to have temporarily forgotten his previous fear of ghosts, and said to Empress Changsun in a show-off manner: "You don't know this, right?! The immortal master told us specifically  of!"

    "Oh? The immortal master also said something about catching ghosts?" Suddenly a rich male voice sounded in the room, but Queen Changsun and her son did not feel scared because they could hear that it was Li Shimin's voice.

    "Of course! There were pilgrims who went to Tianxian Palace to ask the Taoist priests of Tianxian Palace to catch ghosts. Later, the immortal master found out about it and told us about it!" Li Chengqian saw that it was Li Shimin who was coming. Just as he was about to get up, he was greeted by Queen Changsun.  He pressed it, but showed off proudly.

    "Tell me about it?" Li Shimin was very excited when he saw Li Chengqian talking about this. His sick body seemed to be half better, so he couldn't help but become more interested. Anyway, political affairs are not too tight recently, so it doesn't hurt to listen to this.  .

    "That day, the pilgrim said that there was a ghost in his house and asked the Taoist priests to go down the mountain to catch the ghost. It happened that the immortal master was listening" Li Chengqian said, recalling what happened not long ago.

    Huang Junming had just finished his morning class for the day and was about to go back to the Centenary Hall to compile the Taoist canon when he found Ge Yanlin exchanging something with an old man. Out of curiosity, he walked over.

    "Taoist Priest, please don't fool me. Who in the Tang Dynasty doesn't know that Tianxian Palace is a blessed place for immortals and a place where true immortals practice. How come no one knows how to catch ghosts?" The old man eagerly grabbed Ge Yanlin's sleeve.  He bowed his body and said in supplication.

    "This old man, it's not that the Taoist priests don't want to help you, let alone the more than two thousand Taoist priests in Tianxian Palace. Even the poor Taoists in the entire Tang Dynasty dare to say that there is no Taoist priest who knows how to catch ghosts!" Ge Yanlin seems to have been pestered by this old man for a long time.  , said dryly.

    "How is that possible! My husband, I have also traveled here and there, and I have also seen the highly skilled Taoist priests seal the ghosts into their bones with just one grab, and then fry them in the oil pan, and the ghosts were fried until they squeaked.  It's making noise!" The old man obviously didn't believe what Ge Yanlin said, and tried to use personal experience to prove that what he said was true, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Ge Yanlin's evasion.

    Ge Yanlin didn¡¯t understand what was going on when he heard it!  I'm afraid even the famous Taoist priests in Tianxian Palace know what's going on with this fried brat.  Ge Yanlin secretly thought to himself: In addition to frying little ghosts, everyone can also catch ghosts and reveal themselves!  It's just that these things are all deceptions, not Taoism. Those who truly study Taoism have a trace of pride in their bones.  No Taoist priest in Tianxian Palace would be able to do such low-level deception.

    Huang Junming has long compiled a volume of these common deceptions based on the pretense of profound magic power and put them in the Sutra Pavilion. Anyone who is a Taoist priest in Tianxian Palace can borrow them.  In Huang Junming's words, although these things are deceptions, they are all using very shallow scientific methods to deceive people. Everyone just wants to have fun and don't be fooled by those pseudo-Taoist priests when they are walking outside and cause trouble.  The joke is no good.

    Precisely because the Taoist priests in Tianxian Palace understand this, they cannot accept the invitation of the father-in-law to catch any ghosts.  Seeing that Ge Yanlin was silent, the old man thought he had exposed Ge Yanlin's reluctance, so he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to Ge Yanlin, and said, "Old man, I know you are all powerful, Taoist priests.  Please take pity on me, my father-in-law, and help me get rid of that ghost in our family."

    When Huang Junming, who was watching the fun, saw this situation, he didn't know whether it was sadness or something else.  Neither Laozi, the nominal founder of Taoism, nor Zhang Daoling, the actual founder of Taoism, ever said a word about catching ghosts. This is the first time in a long time since traveling to the Tang Dynasty that a Taoist priest was asked to catch ghosts.  We know that it was only after the mid-Tang Dynasty that ghost hunting was truly included in Taoism. It can even be said that among the many schools of Taoism, only the Thunder Method School claims to destroy ghosts, but that is only through the practice of Thunder Method.  Damn it, but this Thunder Method Sect arose in the Song Dynasty.  Although the school that truly emphasizes raising ghosts and catching ghosts was organized by some so-called "wandering Taoists" during the Five Husties in China, it was not recognized by Taoists in the Song Dynasty and was destroyed by those in power. Although there was a time in the early Yuan Dynasty  It was revived, but it did not resist the extermination of Taoism itself and those in power, and disappeared into history.

      Taoism respects gods, but does not worship ghosts.  People say that Maoshan Taoist priests hunt ghosts, but in fact, Maoshan Taoist priests practice talismans.  It's just spreading rumors. In Taoism, opening a Dharma altar to liberate ghosts is actually just to make the living feel at ease. Even the Taoist rebirth mantra is just a memory and prayer for the deceased.  The reason why everyone thinks Taoist priests should be able to catch ghosts is because of those "pseudo Taoist priests" who are greedy for money.  It comes and goes but it is deeply rooted in people's hearts.  It has become what a Taoist priest should do as a matter of course.

    Huang Junming did not go forward to explain anything to the old man, but silently returned to the Centennial Hall. If Taoism wants to rise again, these pseudo-Taoist priests who pretend to be ghosts and gods are absolutely unacceptable. Although Huang Junming traveled to the Tang Dynasty, it was also for himself.  It¡¯s not a big deal to assume the status of a god, but Taoism has the idea of ??ascending to immortality. But is there any Taoist priest in the world who really knows how to catch ghosts?  The truth can be explained to them, but after it is made public, Taoism will inevitably lose another level of reputation. This is the same reason why Huang Junming has not taken action on alchemy.  In other words, we must not only ensure that Taoism loses its popularity, but also eliminate this shortcoming.  This is a huge problem The first update is here, and there will be 3,000 words in a while. I am exhausted.  In fact, you can find it in the literature about Taoist ghost hunting. There is no mention of ghost hunting in the orthodox Taoist classics. All ghost catching things are folk rumors. Even the well-known black and white impermanence is enshrined in Taoism.  But it is also the product of the fusion of Buddhism, Taoism, and folklore. "The Romance of the Gods" was a work written during the Ming Dynasty, and there is not a single sentence about Taoist priests catching ghosts.  The "Biography of Immortals" written in the Western Han Dynasty is the earliest systematic record of Taoist immortals. It is included in "Tao Zang" and it does not mention the deeds of "immortals" catching ghosts.  What you see in your dreams is not reality.  So that¡¯s what Southwest wrote.  .  .  .  If you don¡¯t like it, don¡¯t spray it (To be continued) rq!  ~!

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