The great physician Sun Simiao wrote in the "Thousand Golden Formulas": "Virtue is not grammatical, indulging in jade liquid jindan, failing to prolong life." "Moral perfection, blessing without praying for goodness, and self-prolongation without seeking longevity."
This means that if people's morality is not good, even if they eat the elixir, they cannot prolong their lives. If morality is high and perfect, without prayer, there will be many blessings and longevity.
So how did the ancients cultivate morality?
Emperor Hancheng coveted the sound and color and Zhuge Lianghui staff to cut off the love thread
In 18 BC, the 33-year-old Hancheng Emperor passed by the Yang'a Princess Mansion and entered the palace to make music. Zhao Feiyan danced, was taken by Emperor Cheng of Han at a glance, and was brought into the Han Palace Linxing to be promoted to a concubine. One day, Emperor Cheng took Fei Yan on a boat ride to enjoy the scenery.
Fei Yan wore the Yunying purple dress and Bi Qiong light silk of the South Vietnamese tribute, and while gently singing the song "Returning to the Phoenix and Sending Away", she danced while dancing, and the Emperor Cheng ordered the attendant Feng Wufang to blow the sheng to accompany the Fei Yan song and dance.
The boat reached the middle of the current, the fierce wind suddenly rose, almost blowing down Zhao Feiyan, who was as light as a swallow, Feng Wufang was rescued by the order of the Emperor Cheng, threw away the musical instrument, and dragged Zhao Feiyan's two feet and could not let go, and Feiyan continued to sing and dance. Since then, there has been a good story in the palace that "flying swallows can make palm dances".
At that time, there was a nursery rhyme that said: "Swallow swallow, tail saliva ... Yan fei came and pecked at Emperor Sun. The Emperor Sun died, and Yan pecked at the arrow. "Zhao Feiyan's sisters caused chaos in the harem, framed the empress, killed the prince, and responded to the nursery rhyme." Emperor Cheng died of excessive indulgence at the age of 44, and no one succeeded to the throne.
There is a poem cloud: "The two or eight maidens are like crisp, and the sword around their waists beheads the fool, although they do not see the head of the person falling, and secretly teach the king to dry up his bone marrow." "Moth loves the light flame, and the fish covet the bait."
The moth scorched fish knows whether it is good to send a branch to the garden. Now I recognize the love lamp moth, love bait fan fish drama black wave. Ben is a fishy mess, smeared and cleverly turned into a demon. ”
The last monarch of the Xia Dynasty was called 桀, who was absurd and cruel, indulged in wine, spoiled Yu Xi, and finally died and destroyed the country. The last monarch of the Shang Dynasty, the King of Shang Dynasty, drank wine and lascivious music, pampered himself, sent musicians to create obscene music, severely punished the law, and finally self-immolated and lost the country.
Of course, there are also sages who slash the sword. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang observed the celestial signs, predetermined the fate of the country, and assisted Liu Bei in founding the Shu Kingdom. His "Lesson before the Horse" predicted the changes in the world and subsequent dynasties, and people called him a clever and intelligent superman.
It is said that when Zhuge Liang was young, he often went up to the mountain to learn scriptures and military books and tactics, met a beautiful woman on the mountain, and invited Zhuge Liang to play chess, drink tea, and chat. Later, Zhuge Liang visited the woman every time he went up the mountain, and the two of them had a very happy chat, but they couldn't listen to the knowledge imparted by the teacher.
When the teacher saw that Zhuge Liang was not guarding the house, he said to him: "It is easy to destroy trees and it is difficult to plant trees!" You can't help but look at that woman. Did you know that it was originally a crane in the sky? Often come to the world to seduce mortals? ”
Zhuge Liang was deeply ashamed and asked the teacher for advice on ways to avoid her. The teacher told Zhuge Liang to hide her clothes while she was bathing in the lake, and when she came to you, you beat her with a crutch.
Sure enough, the crane could not find clothes, and appeared in its original form to peck at Zhuge Liang's eyes, and Zhuge Liang grabbed its tail and hit it with a crutch.
The white crane broke free and flew away, its tail was pulled off by Zhuge Liang, and it could not return to the human world from then on. Zhuge Liang made his tail into a fan, always alert to himself.
Confucius said, "When you are young, the flesh and qi are undecided, and the precepts are in color." "Zhuge Liang listened to the teacher's teachings and repented in time, and chose the ugly and the wise when he married his wife.