In the Chinese civilization for thousands of years, there are all kinds of sayings, you may think that these sayings are feudal superstitions at first glance, but once you have experienced a lot, you will suddenly realize that these are the wisdom of the ancient working people.
It's like this sentence "Everyone in the world loves the fairy cave, and I don't know what it is called the coffin gap". So, what philosophical thoughts did the ancients want to convey with these words?
Xun Xian asked, in order to live forever
Let's take a look at the first half of the sentence, "Everyone in the world loves the fairy cave". "Cave of the Gods", as the name suggests, is a cave where the gods live. And those who can live in the cave must be immortals.
Therefore, the proverb in the first half says that people in this world are eager to one day become immortals and achieve immortality.
It is said that since ancient times, those who have vainly tried to become immortals can be described as general, and this is the case with the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty.
According to historical records, during the Warring States Period, King Yingzheng of Qin led the tiger and wolf army of Qin to overthrow the dynasties of the other six kingdoms in one fell swoop, and established the Great Qin Empire in 221 BC.
Because of his unprecedented political success, he became the first emperor in Chinese history to exercise autocratic rule, and he became fascinated by this supreme power.
As an autocratic emperor, how can Yingzheng be willing to hand over power to others. Moreover, he also believes that only he can rule the world and govern the world.
But Ying Zheng also knew that the lifespan of human beings was also limited, so he began to recruit Fang Shi in order to seek the art of immortality.
The "Historical Records" recorded several times that Qin Shi Huang asked for immortals, the earliest one occurred in 219 BC, Ying Zheng ordered people to go to Penglai, Abbot, Yingzhou three sacred mountains, looking for immortals.
In addition to Ying Zheng, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che was also obsessed with seeking immortals.
There is a relevant description in "Feng Chan", in order to become an immortal, Emperor Wu was convinced of the "nonsense" of warlocks such as Li Shaojun, Fallacy and Shaoweng.
For example, the young man once told him that he lived in different palaces and wore different clothes every day in order to communicate with the gods. This sounds ridiculous, but Liu Che still does it one by one.
However, even if they were emperors of one dynasty, even if they poured all their efforts into the country, they still failed to find the fairy cave that everyone in the world loved.
According to folk legend, the fairy cave house
So, why did these ancients believe in becoming immortals?
In addition to their own fear of death, it is also related to the legend of the "Cave of the Gods" that circulated among the ancient folklore.
Legend has it that a long time ago, a woodcutter who was chopping wood deep in the mountains accidentally discovered a cave filled with white smoke.
Out of curiosity, the woodcutter stepped in.
I never thought that there was a cave here. Because after he walked through the dark and deep tunnel, he came to a world with strange flowers and plants. The woodcutter also found that there were two old men playing against each other by the river not far away.
So the woodcutter hurried forward to observe. Soon, he was so caught up in the fierce game that he lost track of time. When it was dark outside the cave, the woodcutter had the idea of leaving.
However, when he came out of the cave, he found that everything outside had changed. As far as he can remember, he found the path down the mountain. However, when he returned home, he found that his family had been dead for a long time.
It can be seen that the hole that the woodcutter entered is the fairy cave. Since time passes much slower in the Cave than in the mortal world, the woodcutter's family did not wait for him to return home until he died.
At this time, the woodcutter wanted to go back to find the fairy cave again, but this time he did not succeed.
So, is there really a cave of immortals in the world? No one has given a definite answer to this question, and this is also because the cave of immortals only exists in folklore. And the reason why the ancients created such legends may have been just to escape from death.
Therefore, the fairy cave represents a kind of luck psychology of the ancients, and also shows their desire for life.
But the ancients also knew that it was impossible for anyone to really find the fairy cave, so they said the second half of the sentence "I don't know what is also known as the coffin crack".
In the coffin, there is only loneliness
Before explaining this sentence, it is necessary to understand what a "coffin seam" is.
In ancient times, due to the backwardness of medicine, it was difficult for practitioners to judge whether a person was really dead or fake.
In order to avoid a wrongful death, the family will open a gap in the coffin containing the deceased, and this gap is called the "coffin seam".
In addition to this function, the coffin sewing also contains the last trace of the ancients' fantasy of eternal life after death. In their view, after death, the soul is immortal. The soul of the recipient can soar from this crack to become an immortal, and then achieve the same life as heaven and earth.
So, why did the ancients combine the fairy cave with the coffin seam and say "everyone in the world loves the fairy cave, but I don't know what it is also known as the coffin seam"?
This is because the cave of immortals is something that the world has been asking for but cannot obtain, and the coffin crack is something that the world avoids and does not want to face, and combining these two words into one sentence means that the ancients have long understood that death is the end that everyone has to face.
Whether they were emperors and generals or poor people when they were alive, they all had a common ending, that is, lying in a coffin to meet death.
For those who have spent their entire lives trying to find the cave of the gods, all they will end up waiting for is a coffin crack. Therefore, the ancients said that this so-called "fairy cave" has another name, that is, "coffin seam".
The words "fairy cave" and "coffin crack" are opposites in their own right, but when they are used to describe the short life of a person, the two words are cleverly combined. It can be seen that the broad and profound wisdom of the ancients is worthy of our Xi and study now.
Of course, there is another explanation for this saying, that is, when a person really becomes an immortal and lives in the Immortal Cave Mansion, he will also find that he is just a "coffin crack".
After becoming an immortal, one needs to abandon everything that one once had in the mortal world, including the seven emotions and six desires. Then, the fairy will stay in his cave, "enjoying" eternal life in a dull and tasteless manner.
Therefore, at this time, the immortal cave became a coffin crack, because the immortal could not intersect with mortals, and could only observe all kinds of things in the world through this cave.
If you live alone in an endless life, then what is the difference between this and dying? Therefore, whether you become an immortal or not, the ancients would think that this "fairy cave" is the same as the "coffin crack".
Moreover, after becoming an immortal, you will no longer love the fairy cave, and you will feel that this eternal life is actually a shackle, which may be like what Li Shangyin wrote in the poem of Li Shangyin in the Tang Dynasty, "Chang'e should repent of stealing the elixir, the blue sea and the blue sky and the night heart." ”
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