Guang was a Taoist figure in ancient times and was also called the originator of Taoism by later generations. It is recorded in Zhuangzi that the Yellow Emperor once asked Guang about the idea of governing the country by self-cultivation, and put this method into practice, which was absorbed and passed down by later generations. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lao Tzu wrote a book, The Classic of Tao Te Ching, in which he said that the cultivation method of the family can be summarized in six words: empty the heart and solid the belly. In other words, the ultimate goal of Taoist practice is to prolong people's life and even achieve immortality.
The cultivation techniques of Taoism are very complicated. For example, first of all, practitioners should be sober and calm, and must not have other thoughts, otherwise all previous efforts will be in vain. Secondly, practitioners need to master unique breathing methods, which are different from ordinary people. The general situation can be unified as internal breathing. Ordinary people may breathe a sigh of relief when they reach the lungs, but practitioners can breathe a sigh of relief to the soles of their feet, so that the qi and blood of the whole body can be purified. Finally, it is an alchemy in the body. Through years of practice, Neidan appears in the human body. Although the cultivation method of Taoism seems exaggerated, it has already formed a unique system after thousands of years of continuous development and continues to this day.
In the history of our country, many people believed in Taoism, such as Lv Dongbin, Wang Yangming, Qiu Chuji and Zhang Sanfeng. They became legends in Chinese history by practicing Taoism, becoming immortals or prolonging their lives. Besides them, there is another person in the history of our country. He has been practicing Taoist Qigong for most of his life, but 100 years old is still strong. He thought he would have a very peaceful old age, but he died soon for a reason. What's going on here?
This happened during the Qianlong period. An old man in Qing Dynasty practiced Qigong for 60 years. He began to practice qigong from the day he came of age. Over the years, he has never stopped practicing qigong. This man's name is unknown, but the locals usually call him Liu Weng. Liu Weng was born in a landlord family. He has enjoyed splendor since he was a child, and his life is very rich. However, he doesn't have the spirit of a rich man's playboy. On the contrary, he is kind. On weekdays, he always lives in seclusion and is kind when he meets his neighbors. Everyone generally has a good impression of him.
Liu Weng loved reading since he was a child and was successfully admitted to Jinshi. Besides, his family is already very rich. When everyone thought that his career could be realized by going up a storey still higher, he chose to give up working in the government department. Instead, I went home and continued to live in seclusion, living a life of not seeing outsiders. One day, one of his friends went to his house to find him and asked him why he stayed at home all day and had a good job. Liu Weng replied that the fame and fortune in life is only a past tense, and it has no meaning after death. Instead of wasting time here, it is better to learn the methods of cultivation to achieve the purpose of prolonging life. It turned out that the reason why Liu Weng lived in seclusion all day was to practice health in the government, and even gave up his official position for this.
But fortunately, Liu Weng is a rich family. Even if he doesn't go out to be an official, there will be no problem. His parents won't be too hard on him. With the development of time, Liu Weng is getting older and older, but his health is getting better day by day, and the aging speed seems to be slower than others. At the age of 90, he is still full of energy and looks like he is in his early 50 s. Liu Weng's cultivation method shocked everyone nearby. Every time he goes out for a walk, his neighbors will exclaim when they see him, saying that he is a living fairy. I saw him as handsome as a peacock, without a 90-year-old man.
Liu Weng's fame is getting bigger and bigger, and many people come here to ask him for training methods. Every time a guest comes, Liu Weng always smiles and offers him tea and water, but he keeps his mouth shut about the cultivation method. After a long time, many people stopped coming, and Liu Weng returned to the quiet life of the past. In this way, after a few years, Liu Weng's body became stronger and stronger, and even he himself thought that he had achieved immortality, and he completely drew a line with mortals. At this time, Liu Weng had the idea of enjoyment in his heart, and asked his servant to go to town to buy four young girls and bring them tea and water.
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After seeing these four girls, Liu Weng was very happy and took them to practice together. His family still didn't think much about it, thinking that Liu Weng would get better after practicing, but what everyone didn't expect was that Liu Weng was defeated by four maids in January and passed away strangely. Liu Weng's family was very angry when they learned the news. They hurried to check and found an old man with wrinkles lying on the bed. Where is the handsome guy's appearance? They questioned four girls carefully and wanted to know why.
It turned out that Liu Weng was greedy for their beauty, so he had a further relationship with them. However, Liu Weng usually practices Taoist qigong, and the most important thing is that he is indifferent to his inner desires. His action is equivalent to wasting the achievements of his previous decades of practice, and various side effects broke out overnight, leading to his death. After the incident was exposed, Liu Weng became a joke of the local people. Many people say that since we really want to practice, we should let go of everything in the world, or we will fall short at the last minute, which is a pity.