Xiu Erdai's daily essays

04664 - learn from each other

Duan Zhe: "Why do children sleep for so long? You gave them a full twelve hours of sleep."

Ai Yiqi: "It also includes the time for washing, accumulating the harvest of the day, and being in a daze. It is not all used for sleeping. Of course, children of a few years old do need a long time of sleep, but when they first arrive in a strange environment, there is no one around them. Supervised by adults, maybe these children who need to sleep for a long time will not be able to fall asleep in the excitement, but this is not our problem."

Ai Yiqi: "We give candidates good enough conditions for the exam. If they fail to catch it, it may only mean that they have no chance with Zhong Sumen."

Me: "I didn't grasp the rest time well, but the exam is in good condition, is it okay?"

Ai Yizaki: "Yes. Even if they didn't rest as we hoped, but met our requirements in business, it also shows that their rest is effective. The specific way of rest is not important, what is important is to let them adjust their state effect."

Duan Zhe: "Take a test..."

Me: "Learn from each other. Candidates learn Zhong Sumen's ideas during the exam, and Zhong Sumen also observes the candidates to learn from the candidates' ideas. This is not so much an exam as a discussion. After the discussion, the co-production Let’s leave it to continue, and say goodbye to those who don’t match. Candidates should also understand whether they are suitable to stay in Zhongsumen during the exam.”

Me: "When the exam is over, how did Zhong Sumen announce the list of qualified candidates? Will the candidates be asked to decide whether they want to stay or not?"

Ai Yizaki: "There is such a process."

Duan Zhe: "Will the examinees really judge this? Although they say that they will choose the Taoist friends who will take the exam of Zhong Sumen, they are more clear-headed than the candidates of many other sects, but since they have entered the examination room, since they are coming to the examination They have already thought about it before, will they overthrow their previous thinking in just a few days of the exam? After all, Zhong Sumen is not a popular choice, and it is unlikely that there will be "take the exam when the head is hot, and then go to the exam after a few days of calmness." give up' situation?"

Ai Qiqi: "Because they are willing to think, we must give them more opportunities to think; precisely because this is a choice that concerns their lives, we must let them think in all aspects before the choice is over."

Yan Gui: "Let them continue to think and choose during the outer sect, and allow them to exit the Zhongsu sect at any time?"

Ai Yizaki: "Of course. Being a fellow student is a kind of fate, not forced."

Duan Zhe: "But even if they choose to quit at the stage of the outer sect, they have entered the Zhongsu sect after all, and it will not be easy to go to other sects after that. For example, our Yunxia sect is unlikely to accept them. Of course, for Confucianism cultivators Those who are interested are unlikely to take the Yunxia Sect."

04665-too mundane

Duan Zhe: "But if you are interested in Confucianism and don't agree with Zhong Sumen, wouldn't you only be able to take the Kunlun exam?"

Me: "Not necessarily, you can also think about Confucianism in Jianzong. The relationship between Zhongsumen and Jianzong has always been very good. It must be because Jianzong can bring Zhongsumen a lot of thinking. After all, Zhongsumen does not You need Jianzong to be your bodyguard, second, you don’t need Jianzong to be your employer, and third, you don’t have expensive items to sell to Jianzong.”

Xianghai: "Could it be that our friendship with Jianzong can't be purely because of fate?"

Me: "Reflexively, I am indeed too secular. It is really hard for me to believe that people have long-term close contacts purely because of feelings, and it is also hard to believe that long-term contacts do not involve interests other than feelings. Of course , Emotion itself is also a kind of benefit, but there should be more besides that, such as Taoism, chance, and spirit stones that monks value most."

Duan Zhe: "Spiritual stones are not a big part of your relationship with Jianzong, right?"

Me: "Jianzong himself doesn't have any spirit stones, but other people can get them through Jianzong. For example, Yaozong hired Jianzong to be a bodyguard to treat a dangerous senior. After he was cured, he came back alive and got a lot of spirit stones. "

Xianghai: "Spiritual stones are the only way to be so dangerous?"

Me: "I only take spirit stones because of the danger, and spirit stones are safe."

Ai Yiqi: "Interactions must contain interests, so will interests necessarily lead to exchanges?"

Me: "Maybe. If the other party doesn't repel me too much."

Xianghai: "We still talked about feelings."

Me: "Of course we need to talk about it. As I said, I think feelings are also a kind of interest, but in a long-term relationship, there will be many kinds of interests involved, including feelings, but not only feelings. If the benefits of feelings are sufficient, Other interests can be appropriately reduced; if other interests are heavy enough, less affection is also acceptable."

Me: "If the feelings are negative, maybe other interests can't be big enough to erase the feelings of repulsion, so they can't cooperate."

Me: "Well...maybe interests can also be included in feelings? When the interests are large enough, my mood will be better, and then I can cooperate; when my mood is good enough, other interests are less, and I am willing to cooperate .”

Duan Zhe: "Can you stop talking about these convoluted and inconclusive things?"

Me: "What do you want to say? Candidates are asleep, and they have almost read the talismans. There are still two hours before dawn and the start of the next day's examination of candidates. If there is no awkward chat, let's just shut up and meditate."

04666-Additional and subtractive items

Yan Gui: "It's good to meditate."

Xianghai: "But fellow Daoist Pei Lin may be more interested in chatting awkwardly with us? After all, we can meditate anywhere, and we can only have awkward chats in Zhongsumen's style."

Yan Gui asked Xianghai: "Do you usually have awkward chats among yourselves?"

Xianghai: "Yes. When I don't know what to say, I force myself to speak. I often find some fun while talking, and force becomes natural. Sometimes I have to force myself."

Me: "Duan Yanzhou often forces himself quite a bit, but when he is forced, he calms down and finds something that he is interested in and likes from the things that were originally forced."

Ai Yiqi: "Fellow Daoist Pei, even if you praise Duan Yanzhou again, the reality is that those of us in front of you cannot participate in the evaluation of candidates. Even if we welcome Duan Yanzhou to become a disciple of Zhong Sumen, if the graders think that he is not If it fits, he'll get flunked."

Me: "We can see the monitoring of candidates from this position, but the people staying here are not examiners, just onlookers. In order to prevent us people from disturbing the exam, most of our words and deeds will be monitored. Unlike the candidates Our monitoring is so strict, but a topic that has been repeated many times, is likely to be heard?"

Me: "I'm not trying to help Duan Yanzhou get your favorability, I'm trying to get the examiners."

Me: "But then again, the Xiao Zhou I proposed is suitable for Zhong Sumen's characteristics, and the examiners can see it and put it in the score. These are the bonus points that Xiao Zhou will definitely get. Let's see him next." Will the deduction of points affect his passing?"

Duan Zhe: "What are the deduction items? Except for the four spiritual roots."

Me: "The four spiritual roots are not necessarily a deduction item. Although the cultivation speed of the four spiritual roots is slow and the upper limit of cultivation may be limited, if it matches Xiao Zhou's other characteristics, such as slowness, it is still okay. Becoming a bonus item. Actually, in my opinion, Xiao Zhou has no absolute deduction items, but his bonus items are very stable, so I am optimistic that he will be accepted as a disciple by Zhong Sumen."

Yan Gui: "If he takes the Yunxia Sect, will there be any absolute points deducted?"

Me: "Four spirit roots. His four spirit roots can only be slowed down if he is supplemented with slow but long-term stable thinking. The environment of Yunxiazong can accommodate such thinking, but it cannot provide him with much help, and Duan Yanzhou has no external support. With help, he may not be able to find the next direction of thinking after thinking about a problem. Yunxiazong's thinking is generally more unified, and at worst, it sometimes seems monotonous. Zhong Sumen can be more long-term Stably provide Duan Yanzhou with changeable topics."

04667-Professional

Me: "If Duan Yanzhou's spiritual root is very good, such as single spiritual root, Kunlun is the most suitable for him, but he has four spiritual roots, then the most suitable choice is Zhong Sumen."

Yan Gui: "What if it's double or triple spiritual roots?"

Me: "I'm not sure, but I feel that the double-three spiritual roots will be comparable. It's a little bit closer to Kunlun, and a little bit farther from Zhongsumen. Besides, if it's double-three spiritual roots, Duan Yanzhou may not be sure, or It is impossible to say, to develop the existing thinking ability. Thinking is a kind of talent and a habit."

Duan Zhe: "Fellow Daoist Ai, let me ask you another question. Is Kunlun's Confucianism Cultivator better than Zhong Sumen's?"

Ai Yiqi: "Just talking about the highest cultivation level, of course Kunlun's is even stronger."

Me: "But in terms of professionalism, Kunlun Qi Xiu cannot be said to be better than Qi Zong."

Me: "The other professions of Zhong Sumen are equivalent to concurrently studying Confucianism, while all the professions of Kunlun are contaminated with the temperament of all other professions. They are not so pure, but they are much more tolerant. From the upper limit, from the vitality Generally speaking, the stronger the tolerance, the more advantageous it is, but sometimes, the purer the easier it is to find a research breakthrough.”

Me: "Kunlun is very powerful, but the entry threshold is too high, and there is strong xenophobia in tolerance. If only Kunlun survives after the catastrophe, then there is probably only one sustainable way for the cultivation world, which is to disintegrate Kunlun and re-separate first-class , second-rate, third-rate, unrefined sects, and casual cultivators. There must be steps in a complete world structure, and the top sects alone cannot make the cultivation world a world."

Me: "How about this awkward topic? Are you unable to continue the conversation?"

Xiang Hai: "If there is no top sect, can the world still exist?"

Me: "Is it really possible to continue? I think it is possible. As long as the foundation is stable and the upper limit is lowered, the world will be smaller, but it can still exist. It's like there are no immortals now, and the highest level of cultivation is missing. , but the realm of comprehension can still continue, even if it seems to be weakening all the time, is it not a big problem to survive for tens of thousands of years?"

Ai Qiqi: "Perhaps the next catastrophe will completely destroy it."

Me: "That is also a possibility, but there is another possibility that when the upper limit is suppressed below a certain level, the catastrophe will no longer happen."

Ai Yiqi: "You mean, the catastrophe is related to the highest cultivation?"

Me: "Maybe it's a variation of the robbery. When the monks are too weak, the robbery will not be able to affect the world. However, it must be a good thing if there is no catastrophe? Catastrophe is a devastating blow to creatures and civilizations, but Stir the breath of the world. If there is no catastrophe, maybe the aura environment will become more and more stagnant, thin and stagnant, and become the destruction of boiling a frog in warm water?"