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Hello everyone, today Ding Huan talked to you about it, Genghis Khan once believed that The Taoist Hill has an elixir of immortality? The two also became friends!
Once, Genghis Khan asked the ministers on the left and right, what is the greatest pleasure of a man? Borshu said: "Riding a gray eagle with new feathers, riding a fat and shiny horse, wearing a fancy dress, and hunting in the early spring is the greatest pleasure." Borus said, "It is the joy of a man to release the Eagle Crane and watch it shoot down the Grey Crane in the air with its claws and take it away." Kublai's son replied even more cheerfully: "Hunting and releasing eagles is the greatest pleasure in life." ”
Genghis Khan said, "You're not saying it well!" Suppressing the rebels, defeating the enemy, uprooting them, taking everything from them; making their wives cry and cry, riding horses with smooth backs, using the belly of their beautiful queens as pajamas and cushions, watching their rose-colored cheeks kissing, sucking their nipple-colored sweet lips, this is the greatest pleasure of manhood. It was such a fierce and ambitious figure who was keen on conquest and killing, and in his later years, he even had a premonition that old age was coming, and he also wanted to live forever and turned to Taoism for help.
In 1219, Genghis Khan, who was almost 60 years old, was still physically strong, but the shadow of physical aging had struck him. Genghis Khan could only admit this fait accompli. I heard that Taoism has a Changchun Zhenren Qiu who is called a "god". He then ordered his close ministers ZaBa'er and Liu Zhonglu to go to Laizhou, Shandong Province, to ask Qiu to handle the opportunity.
After the middle of the 12th century, the new Taoist schools of Quanzhen, Daoda, and Taiyi developed throughout the Central Plains, of which Quanzhen was the most prosperous. Qiu Chuji was a native of Qixia County, Dengzhou (present-day Shandong Province). From the age of 19, he went to Ninghai To learn from the ancestor of the Quanzhen Sect, Wang Wei, and became one of Wang Zheng's six disciples. Qiu Chuji "lives in the corpse and stands in chai, thunder and wind", an image of a fairy wind Dao bone, "natural knowledge, Yu shu read everything", and his academic cultivation is indeed superior. On the eve of Ying Zhao's journey to the west, he was already the head of the Quanzhen Sect. At that time, "all-true disciples were all over the world" and had become the object of co-optation and exploitation by various political forces.
Genghis Khan's envoy Liu Zhonglu and others received a mission from the old camp of the Northern Desert Naimanbu, and after about a year, they saw Qiu Zhiji and said to him, "I have come by special edict." The Great Khan said: Even if you cross the mountains and the sea, no matter how long it is, you must be invited to go. A day earlier, Qiu Chuji suddenly said to his disciple, "Get ready to pack!" The angels have called us!" The next day, GuoRanzha and Liu arrived.
Qiu Is over 70 years old and still decides to travel a long way and should be ordered to go. What was his motivation for the trip? On the way, when he arrived in Xuande from Yanjing, he wrote a poem and sent it to Yanjing's Daoist friends, from which his mood can be seen:
Ten years of war and fire,
Not a single one of them stays.
Last year fortunately under the edict of Ci,
This spring we must brave the cold.
Three thousand miles north of the Ridge.
Still reading Shandong two hundred states.
Poor and urgent,
Early education has to worry about it.
Qiu Zhiji saw that Genghis Khan was in the ascendant, and the ensuing conquests and killings had ruined the lives of the people, and he wanted to use the Quanzhen doctrine to persuade Genghis Khan to kill less, that is, to "teach by doing nothing, to transform into a man of merit" and "to save a hundred million trillion yuan under the vicissitudes of the sea" and strive for the people of the world to live a peaceful life.
In April 1222, Qiu Anderson's party finally reached the camp of Genghin Khan at the northern foot of the Kush Mountains in Central Asia. Genghis Khan sent his ministers to the outskirts to greet him. And summoned Qiu in time to put on a rich meal and wash the dust for him. Say, "Summon you without your consent." I appreciate that you have really traveled thousands of miles. The real man replied, "It is heaven that has made me go by command." Genghin Khan couldn't wait to ask, "Do real people come from far away, but do they have any elixirs?" Changchun Zhenren sighed slightly and replied, "There is a way of hygiene that can prolong life, but there is no elixir to ensure eternal life." ”
As the leader of the Quanzhen Sect of Taoism, while many Daoist friends preached that believing in Taoism could be "immortal" and "feathered and soared," Qiu Chuji gave his own truth-seeking answers to questions related to Taoist principles, such as whether people could "live forever" and whether they had "immortal medicine," and showed extraordinary insight and sincerity, which was one of the reasons why he was appreciated by Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan was disappointed: the Changchun Zhenren who had been looking forward to three years had no elixir for eternal life.
But disappointed, Genghis Khan praised his bluntness. Respectfully called him a "god", let him live in the tabernacle on the east side of the big tent, and allowed him not to bow down when he saw him, and to fold his hands when he entered the big tent. Genghis Khan originally wanted to hear about it again in mid-April, but there was a rebellion in the nearby mountains, so he had to send Qiu Zhiji to temporarily avoid Samarigan. It was not until august that the war subsided that Genghis Khan sent someone to welcome qiu and continue to listen to his sermons. He was invited to eat together every day. Changchun Zhenren said, "Those who cultivate the mountain wilderness can only be quiet." Politely declined. After that, he accompanied Genghis Khan on his western expeditions.
One day, Genghis Khan consulted Qiu on the mongols' fear of thunder in the sky.
Therefore, Qiu took this opportunity to expound the truth of "filial piety", he said: "In summer, the Mongols do not bathe and wash in the river, do not make felt, and forbid the picking of mushrooms, because they are afraid of the sky. But to do so does not mean that it is providential. I think there are three thousand sins, and filial piety is the greatest. Heaven for this thunder warning. I have heard that there are many filial pieties among the Mongols. If the emperor abstains from filial piety to the people with his own virtue, then Ray is not to be afraid. "The Folk Customs of the Han People believe that on thunderstorms, the heavens use thunder and lightning to punish those who are not filial piety. Qiu Chuji has this to say. Genghis Khan was very happy to hear this and said, "The words of the gods are in line with my heart." "Order left and right in Mongolian FearFul Wu'er script. Qiu Zhiji requested that an edict be written on this matter, informing the people of the whole country. Genghis Khan listened to his words, and then praised the kings and ministers around him: "The Han people respect the gods and immortals (referring to the Qiu Zhiji), just as you respect the immortals, and now I trust the Changchun Zhenren even more!"
In February 1223, Genghis Khan went hunting in the steppes on the banks of the Chincha River. While shooting a wild boar, the horse was frightened, and he fell off his horse, fell so hard that he nearly lost his life. Qiu Chuji took the opportunity to enter and said, "Heavenly Dao is a good life." His Majesty is old, and it is advisable to hunt less. Hunting and falling horses is a warning from heaven. This remark was clearly to advise Genghis Khan to hunt less prey, and secretly advised Genghis Khan not to slaughter the world's creatures. Genghis Khan said, "The gods are right. But we Mongols have been used to riding and shooting since childhood, and I am afraid that we will not be able to change it for a while. "I haven't been out hunting for more than two months. It may also be due to a serious fall injury. However, it is impossible to stop the war by relying only on the preaching of Qiu Zhiji, and the progress of history is difficult for Genghis Khan to decide personally. Everyone has their own track, and Genghis Khan also had a hard time getting off his track. In March of the same year, Genghis Khan led a hundred officials of civil and military affairs to line up on the side of the road, using grapes and wine and rare fresh fruits to bid farewell to Changchun Zhenrenqiu for dozens of miles. The two said goodbye with tears.
Qiu Zhiji mainly preached three times on this trip, and the main contents were three points: the way of eternal life, pure heart and widowhood; unifying the world and not loving to kill; and respecting heaven and loving the people for the sake of governance. Genghis Khan issued an edict exempting the Quanzhen Sect from sending taxes and appointing Qiu Chuji as the head of the World of Taoism. He used Qiu's prestige among the vast number of Daoists to develop and strengthen his rule over the Central Plains. The words, deeds, and observations of Qiu Zhiji's journey to the west were recorded by his disciple Li Zhichang in the Journey to the West of the True People of Changchun. This travelogue not only records many poems, sayings, and deeds made by Qiu Chuji during his journey, but also covers the geography of the mountains and rivers along the way, water and soil, clothes and food, poultry, insects, plants, trees, and deeds of people.
In 1224 AD, Qiu Zhiji returned to Yanjing. Lived in the Taiji Palace in Yanjing. Because of the name of Changchun Zhenren, Genghis Khan changed the name of the palace to Changchun Palace, and sent envoys to comfort him, saying: "Immortals are always read, and immortals should not forget To be immortals!" The longing for longing is palpable. Qiu Zhiji prayed for Genghis Khan for three days of rain. It is said to be very magical.
In July 1227, Genghis Khan died. And his friend Qiu, whom he called the "Immortal", also "drove Yu Xigui" in the same month. The friendship between the two became a good story in history.