Chapter 1250 The Origin of Swordsmanship

With Lian Feiyi talking with Chang Shirui, Zhao Peiwen and Xue Qingyu behind him suddenly realized that Lian Feiyi, who had never shown any special features, was actually a master of swordsmanship.

At least judging from Lian Feiyi's answer, he is very solid in basic skills in swordsmanship.

As the topic deepened, Lian Feiyi began to mention the "sword art" above swordsmanship and swordsmanship with Chang Shirui.

"Isn't Kendo a Japanese thing?"

When Xue Qingyu heard this, his first reaction was this. Since the Qing Dynasty, Chinese martial arts began to decline significantly, including some knowledge that had initially involved in the potential and energy of the human body, which was also targeted by the Jiannu government during the large-scale cultural destruction process.

So much so that after the Republic of China, people only knew Japan's "kendo" but not China's "kendo".

Lian Feiyi felt that it was necessary to make systematic explanations with them without causing them to fall into cognitive misunderstandings.

In fact, the name "Jiandao" first appeared in the Warring States Period 2,300 years ago. The word "Jiandao" was mentioned in an ancient book called "Wu Yue Chunqiu" at that time.

King Goujian of Yue asked the swordsman: Jiandao said: What is the way of swords?

The swordsman replied: The shape of the sword is simple and can be easily learned by anyone. The wielding and vibrating lightly is like seeing a beautiful and elegant dance posture. However, the sword's way is very mysterious and profound, and it is quite difficult to understand. However, those who can achieve the sword's way are full of spirits. Once they act, they are as quick and brave as a tiger to catch objects, and can attack the crowd without fear...

Only by learning "metaphysical swordsmanship" in this way can one reach the highest level of swordsmanship and become "metaphysical swordsmanship".

The so-called "Tao" refers to the principles of nature, the principles and laws of nature, and the rules and truth that can transcend time and space, neutral and never change.

In the 30th volume of the Han Book of Han two thousand years ago, there was a special mention of this matter. Unfortunately, its content was gradually buried by the wave of science, and not many people noticed the truth.

On the contrary, Japan is very concerned about its own martial arts style. Even though it is now in a state of division and is gradually recovering, there is a man named Shirakawa Chao in southern Japan who wrote a book called "History of Martial Arts", which mentioned that there are still more than ten remaining species.

Some knowledge and skills that Chinese people don’t pay much attention to are flocking to, but Japan often flocks to them. This is a kind of irony.

In this time and space, there was a cruel cultural cleansing of Jiannu's entry into the pass, and later there were a large group of ideological pioneers who intended to "de-Sinicize" during the Republic of China.

All of these people read a lot of books, but they are under the banner of destroying China's "corrupt culture" and hope to eradicate the thoughts and philosophy of the sages inherited from ancient times.

Even after the establishment of the Chinese Federation, people who intend to replace "spiritual civilization" are still in a constant stream. Although they no longer use the banner of "Westernization" in China, they have also raised the banner of "scientificization" in China.

Starting from the Song Dynasty, corrupt scholars used "Neo-Confucianism" to kill people, destroying the spirituality and freedom in human thoughts. In this era, some people also planned to achieve this goal with "science" and cut off other unknown ways of exploring.

Confucius proposed his spirit of swordsmanship back then. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius had focused on the importance of force and economy in the country. He said in the Analects of Confucius, "The Master said: You cannot serve the country without military or food."

Confucius took the integration of six arts, literature and military affairs as his educational goal.

He also mentioned in the Analects of Confucius, "The Master said: A gentleman has no dispute, he must shoot, bow and give in and rise, and drink from the bottom, and fight with the gentleman."

The meaning of this sentence is that a gentleman should be polite to martial arts competitions and start with a ceremony when it is necessary. When the competition is held, the winner should respect the loser and drink, and the ceremony should also end with a ceremony.

This is also what the Analects of Confucius said: "The Master's way is just loyalty and forgiveness."

Confucius talked about martial spirit in Chapter 10 of the Doctrine of Meaning: "I am generous and gentle to teach, but I don't accept the truth... I wear gold leather, and I will never get tired of it..."

That is, warriors must treat others with tolerance and elegance, but they must never surrender to unkind things, and even wear armor to fight bravely. They support justice regardless of their own life and death. This is the true martial arts bravery under humanities, philosophy, and Confucianism.

Because Confucius made great contributions to Chinese culture, the world respected him as the "Talented Master of All Eternals" and worshipped him in the Confucian Temple. He was also respected as Confucius abroad.

"Harmony without flowing, neutral without relying on one's own way, and the country has its own way, and it will not change. A country without its own way, and it will not change until death, which is so strong and agile."

Confucius wanted to express this kind of swordsmanship spirit, which can coexist harmoniously with people, but is different from being in harmony with others and has a fair and unbiased position.

When the national government is on track, we should support it more. When the country is in chaos and unjust, we should stick to the right path and remain unchanged. Only by self-improvement can we correct others and correct others, which is also what kendo people today adhere to.

After the Meiji Restoration, Japan's kendo began to gradually decline due to the complete copying of Western culture and knowledge. After the 226th Mutiny, the entire Japan fell into a state of hysteria.

In the original history, there has also been such a frenzy in China, and it lasts for ten years.

Sword art is not a sword technique or sword technique, it represents a person's spiritual pursuit, that is, belief.

Sword activities require personal energy, and human energy comes from nature, and what about the energy of nature?

Confucius' discussion on the Book of Changes said: The way to establish the heaven is called yin and yang. One yin and one yang are called the way. Yin and yang are unpredictable. It is called the god... I know that the god is the little thing, and the movement is the smallest... Only a few can accomplish the affairs of the world. Only a spirit, so it is so fast without being fast, and it arrives without being able to move.

These are all the most profound sayings recorded in the Book of Changes.

Taking advantage of the theory of positive and negative electrons in modern science, we can think of a combination of negative electrons and positive electrons, which is in line with the corresponding scientific principles.

However, when carbon and oxidize carbon dioxide, it will still emit light and heat, that is, light and other hotlines will occur. This can be understood as the "unpredictable yin and yang" recorded in ancient Chinese books.

Photons or quantums are not easy to measure micro particles such as yin and yang, that is, neutral, but their energy radiation is fast enough to maintain the speed of the great energy. In this way, it cultivates the vast energy of nature, that is, the heaven and earth, so that its energy and sword are consistent with each other, as the Tao.

Mencius of the same era also proposed his spirit of sword.

Born in the Warring States Period, Mencius was heroic and unruly. When he was young, he was taught by his kind mother to move three times. Later, he personally took Confucius as his teacher, emphasizing his mentor's theory and said: Compassion is the basis of benevolence.

Then, the world-famous university theory of good nature, such as "When human beings are born good, they are good."

Mencius himself was also particularly concerned about the swordsmanship, which had great influence in the countries at that time.

He warned the world at that time that "sweeping the sword and looking at it is the courage of an ordinary man." He believed that practicing swords requires the cultivation of a noble spirit and the understanding of the spirit of great benevolence and courage.

The ancestor of the Taoist sect, Laozi, this legendary figure who has become a mystery, also has unique insights into the spirit of swordsmanship.

Lao Tzu was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was in the same way as everything in the world and he must follow the laws of nature.

The heaven, earth and the universe all belong to its original "Tao".

Tao does not accept time, the law of cause and effect of space, Tao is "empty" and long-lasting, life is "discovery of Tao", and death is the principle of "returning to the truth to Tao".

By attaining the Tao, one can transcend emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and affirm the value of freedom in life in the world. Naturalism is the goal of Taoism to cultivate the mind and cultivate nature. Therefore, it emphasizes meditation in the deep mountains and trees where the air is refreshing and silent.

Using meditation, the mind of eating clouds and drinking dew, harmoniously giving up the meaning of clear desires, meditating and entering into tranquility, so as to achieve the wonderful state of no thoughts and no delusions. Using meditation to forget oneself and devote oneself to the qi to the Dantian, you can cultivate a sensitive body and mind, and cultivate the true essence of sword technique, "sword and body" and "sword qi are united".

By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, China's Xuanmen had unprecedented achievements, and people like "Sword Immortal" were born, and knowledge and techniques such as "Flying Sword" and "Sword Qi" appeared at the same time.

Unfortunately, during the war, most classics have been destroyed by war. Every invasion of the nomadic peoples has brought no progress, and will only regress and fall into darkness.

China, the most dazzling pearl among the civilizations of various countries, has been destroyed by barbaric conquerors many times, and has lost countless precious knowledge.

The mere remains of Xuanmen classics is enough to make later scholars admire them. I don’t know what level the ancients in their heyday reached.

There are records in the alchemy book about the sword method: meditation must first return to the emptiness, and not return to the emptiness, and the alchemy must be breathing to make the essence transform into qi, practice qi and transform into spirit, practice qi and return to emptiness, and be calm and transformed...

"The initial return to emptiness" means that the state of a baby who is not contaminated by the common people at the beginning of birth, and is like a fetus, may be able to return to the previous state of fetality in the abdomen, which is a state of "non-life and death, unconsciousness, and innocent, and innocence. From this, sitting in meditation will lead to enlightenment and enlightenment.

Today, when science and material civilization leaps forward, recalling Lao Tzu 2,500 years ago, he has strong imagination of life energy. Today's quantum physics has also begun to initially involve these profound cosmic knowledge, thus confirming the depth of physics by ancient Chinese people using philosophy.

Only ignorant people will narrow their own vision and shackle their own thoughts, but they will not see the truth that is in front of them.

The Confucian book "The Great Learning" also has the concept of "seeking knowledge in studying things", and Confucianism itself does not exclude technological progress. Many people always like to use "strange techniques" to talk about things, but in fact, technical workers have low status and interests under any political system.

Moreover, looking at the ancient East and the West, China's technological development has always been at the forefront of the world, and there is not even a single country or civilization that can be ranked alongside it.

It was only when Jiannu entered the pass that China fell into a slavery system, began to lag behind the civilizations of various countries, and never gained a leading position in technology.

From then on, Chinese martial arts became a street-based art. Including the kendo, which was once regarded as a spiritual symbol by the nobles, was also covered with pearls, and only the Japanese were still insisting on it.

In ancient China, the sword Tao that was praised by the nobles and gentry was not the simple killing technique of Japan, but included "Tao", which followed the laws of nature and conformed to nature.

Therefore, those who practice swords and achieve enlightenment can transcend the limitations of time and space and the thoughts of life and death.

On this point, Zhuangzi, who is also a wise man of Taoism, has particularly profound insights.

Zhuangzi was from Chu. He was in the same era as Mencius fifty years later, and was also famous for his swordsmanship.

The sword chapter mentioned in the article: The sword should be shown to be empty, to open it for profit, to launch it for later, to launch it first...

This is the experience of using sword techniques. At the critical moment of fighting each other's life and death, the movements must not be delayed and backward, that is, "the sword shakes the enemy's head and falls", "a white blade flashes, and the body and head are different", and then "the sword is cut into the sheath."

Using rapid speed makes it difficult for human eyes to react, and defeating the enemy with one move is still the key to the practical application of swordsmanship.

After Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi called the energy of the universe "Tao", and the small energy of the energy is nearly zero, which is called the great "non-existence".

In Zhuangzi's deliberate chapter: Blow towards breathing, vomiting old and bringing new things, bear sutra and birds to live for life. The ancient real people breathed deep into their heels, and the people breathed into their throats.

This is the idea that when breathing while sitting in meditation, you must exhale the dirty waste gas and gently suck the fresh air, filling it deep inside the body. If you breathe deeply, it is as long and thin as a line, which can keep your body functional as a bear or a bird, and achieve the purpose of longevity.

In the future, if there are documents such as "the martial arts are at the extreme level and the ability to resist the enemy when they are unexpected, it is like the skill of meditation, the energy of the dantian begins to move, and the mind is known in the mind", and there are also documents such as "the heart is moved by the spiritual roots, and the mind is cultivated and meditated, and other documents are passed down.

This is fundamentally acknowledging the benefits of meditation on sword practice. Although Lian Feiyi himself has not involved in the field of condensing his spirit through meditation and meditation, he also saw similar techniques from Zhang Yueqiu.

If you master the real key points of meditation and meditation, you can indeed improve the human potential and even trigger various seemingly incredible powers.

At this point, many civilizations have dabbled in, not exclusive to Chinese civilization.

However, most of the meditations of other civilizations involve religion and theology, which is separated from the original true meaning. Only the Xuanmen Taoist sect in China emphasizes relying on one's own mind and transcending the limitations of matter.

When it comes to swordsmanship, we have to mention the grandson of the military sage. He was born in Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. His swordsmanship spirit was the earliest military strategist in China. He mentioned that "military is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival and death, and must be observed."

Sun Zi himself was a famous general of King Helu of Wu. He conquered Chu and threatened Qi, Jin, and ruled over the King of Wu.

In the Records of the Grand Historian, there is a biography of Sun Wu, which is written as a book of Wu, which is divided into thirteen core ideas of military strategy such as "Starting, fighting, planning to attack, military shape, military force, virtual and real, military struggle, nine changes, marching, terrain, nine earths, fire attack, and use of space".

Sun Tzu gathered the natural sciences and humanities at that time and became a military use, and was a famous art of military tactics.

In the chapter on the military struggle, there is "Therefore, the road is round and the way is lured for profit. Later generations come to the ancestors. This is a plan to know the right way."

This is in line with the essence of swordsmanship, and is basically similar to Zhuangzi's explanation of the application of swordsmanship. They are both taking advantage of the situation and defeating the enemy.

This means that the enemy is far-reaching and the hostility has been lax. He lures the enemy for profit and makes the enemy's heart unsolicited. When the enemy is not focused, even if it is later generations, we can first control the enemy's key points.

In strategic battles, there is also: those who do not use guides cannot gain the right geography.

It means that those who cannot use enemy villagers to guide the army as ours will not be able to obtain the convenience of the road.

Sun Tzu advocated that "the army is established by deception, the movement is achieved through profit, and division and combination are the changes." This means that only by deceiving the enemy is to make them not know their true circumstances can we win. Therefore, we must use division or confuse the enemy, and in the changing and impermanent situation, the enemy can be attacked and can still win.
To be continued...