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A vessel sails beneath the Zigui Yangtze River Bridge in Zigui county, Hubei Province, on Tuesday. Zigui is located in the upstream waters around one kilometer away from the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project.

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New Year 5, Class 6 edit!

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Mountain Of The Week (2)

Here’s one for those who have a tendency to spot something in a natural formation. A mountain in the Yichang Zigui county in the Hubei province of central China has recently become a social media sensation and a destination for dedicated cynophiles because of its uncanny resemblance to a dog. It looks very much like a dog’s head resting on the ground next to the Yangtze River, with its snout…

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Chaussons été :  le modèle ZIGUY est sur le site d’Airplum

Dans la gamme de chaussons d'été Airplum, vous trouverez notamment le modèle à scratch ZIGUY noir, un produit destiné aux femmes. La fermeture velcro assurera un bon maintien des pieds toute la journée. De plus, ces chaussures sont équipées de semelles Airflex™, souples, légères et antidérapantes.

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[Hanfu · 漢服]Chinese Warring States period(475–221 BC) Traditional Clothing Hanfu-Life of Qu Yuan(屈原）

【Historical Artifact Reference】:

China Warring States period (475-221 BC):Silk painting depicting a man riding a dragon (人物御龍帛畫)

it was discovered in the Zidanku Tomb no. 1 in Changsha, Hunan Province in 1973. Now in the Hunan Museum

A man with a sword is riding a dragon by holding the rein. The dragon's body was given the shape of a boat. A little egret is standing at the tail of the dragon. A carp under the dragon is leading the way. The umbrella in the top middle of the picture shows the owner's nobility. The work has become associated with the Chu poet Qu Yuan’s famous verse from his poem Shejiang (涉江, Setting foot in the river), ‘Carrying a long sword with weird colour; Wearing a qieyun–styled high cap.” (帶長鋏之陸離兮, 冠切雲之崔嵬)

Western Zhou Dynasty seven-huang jade pendant with linked beads/西周七璜联珠组玉佩

About Qu Yuan(屈原）

Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC – 278 BC)was a Chinese poet and aristocrat in the State of Chu during the Warring States period. He is known for his patriotism and contributions to classical poetry and verses, especially through the poems of the Chu Ci anthology (also known as The Songs of the South or Songs of Chu): a volume of poems attributed to or considered to be inspired by his verse writing. Together with the Shi Jing, the Chu Ci is one of the two greatest collections of ancient Chinese verse. He is also remembered in connection to the supposed origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Historical details about Qu Yuan's life are few, and his authorship of many Chu Ci poems has been questioned at length.[4] However, he is widely accepted to have written "The Lament," a Chu Ci poem. The first known reference to Qu Yuan appears in a poem written in 174 BC by Jia Yi, an official from Luoyang who was slandered by jealous officials and banished to Changsha by Emperor Wen of Han. While traveling, he wrote a poem describing the similar fate of a previous "Qu Yuan."Eighty years later, the first known biography of Qu Yuan's life appeared in Han dynasty historian Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, though it contains a number of contradictory details.

Life of Qu Yuan(屈原）

The only surviving source of information on Qu Yuan's life is Sima Qian's biography of him in Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), although the biography is circumstantial and probably influenced greatly by Sima's own identification with Qu.Sima wrote that Qu was a member of the Chu royal clan and served as an official under King Huai of Chu (reigned 328–299 BC).

During the early days of King Huai's reign, Qu Yuan was serving the State of Chu as its Left Minister. However, King Huai exiled Qu Yuan to the region north of the Han River, because corrupt ministers slandered him and influenced the king.Eventually, Qu Yuan was reinstated and sent on a diplomatic mission to the State of Qi. He tried to resume relations between Chu and Qi, which King Huai had broken under the false pretense of King Hui of Qin to cede territory near Shangyu.

During King Qingxiang's reign, Prime Minister Zilan slandered Qu Yuan.[9] This caused Qu Yuan's exile to the regions south of the Yangtze River. It is said that Qu Yuan returned first to his home town. In his exile, he spent much of this time collecting legends and rearranging folk odes while traveling the countryside. Furthermore, he wrote some of the greatest poetry in Chinese literature and expressed deep concerns about his state. According to legend, his anxiety brought him to an increasingly troubled state of health. During his depression, he would often take walks near a certain well to look upon his thin and gaunt reflection in the water. This well became known as the "Face Reflection Well." On a hillside in Xiangluping (at present-day Zigui County, Hubei Province), there is a well that is considered to be the original well from the time of Qu Yuan.

In 278 BC, learning of the capture of his country's capital, Ying, by General Bai Qi of the state of Qin, Qu Yuan is said to have collected folktales and written the lengthy poem of lamentation called "Lament for Ying". Eventually, he committed suicide by wading into the Miluo River in today's Hunan Province while holding a rock. The reason why he took his life remained controversial and was argued by Chinese scholars for centuries. Typical explanations including martyrdom for his deeply beloved but falling motherland, which was suggested by the philosopher Zhu Xi of the Song dynasty, or feeling extreme despair to the situation of the politics in Chu while his lifelong political dream would never be realized. But according to "Yu Fu," widely considered to be written by Qu himself or at least, a person who was very familiar with Qu, his suicide was an ultimate way to protect his innocence and life principles.[citation needed]

Qu Yuan is said to have expressed his love for the ruling monarch, King Huai of Chu, through several of this works, including "The Lament" and "Longing for Beauty".

Dragon Boat Festival/端午节

Popular legend has it that villagers carried their dumplings and boats to the middle of the river and desperately tried to save Qu Yuan after he immersed himself in the Miluo but were too late to do so. However, in order to keep fish and evil spirits away from his body, they beat drums and splashed the water with their paddles, and they also threw rice into the water both as a food offering to Qu Yuan's spirit and also to distract the fish away from his body. However, the legend continues, that late one night, the spirit of Qu Yuan appeared before his friends and told them that he died because he had taken himself under the river. Then, he asked his friends to wrap their rice into three-cornered silk packages to ward off the dragon.

These packages became a traditional food known as zongzi, although the lumps of rice are now wrapped in leaves instead of silk. The act of racing to search for his body in boats gradually became the cultural tradition of dragon boat racing, held on the anniversary of his death every year. Today, people still eat zongzi and participate in dragon boat races to commemorate Qu Yuan's sacrifice on the fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.

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HIKING IN CHINA Could be Hazardous to your Health - A huge landslide in Zigui County of Hubei Province, China

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A Glance at the Ten-thousand-year World

Xuefeng

The misty waves extending into the distance, the blue waves stretching boundlessly, the clouds displaying ten-thousands postures, and the thousands of sandy islets flush with color, these are the abundant scenes of the vast Cangting Sea, dreamlike and illusory with its silver sandy beach clean and wide, winding and stretching. The Moyun Mountains tower against the sea, with overlapping peaks and endless stretches. Its main peak, Tongtian Peak, is 90,000 meters above sea level, tall and steep, majestic above the clouds. On the top of the peak, there is a Sky-gazing Cliff with a wide and flat ridge, about 2,000 square meters. Standing on the Sky-gazing Cliff, you have a wide field of vision: looking up, observing the sun, moon and stars, witnessing the position changing of the stars; looking down, you can see the sea of clouds and surging billows, the beautiful mountains and rivers, looking far into the distance, the haze is gorgeous, magnificent and boundless, and you feel soothed and relaxed; looking closely, the mountains are verdant with layers of emerald green, the silver waterfalls are flying and gurgling, and make people feel refreshing.

The Sky-gazing Cliff is the most famous scenic spot in the Ten-thousand-year World. Celestials with profound cultivation bases often fly here to absorb the essence of heaven and earth. They cultivate their sentiments, discuss Sutra and Tao, and learn from others' strong points. Of the 100 million celestials in the Ten-thousand-year World, only 8,000 of them can reach this place, the rest all cannot. Why? Because to get here you must rely on flying, and climbing is impossible, because there are no branches to climb and no roads to go.

Celestials who arrive in the Ten-thousand-year World for the first time do not have the ability to fly and must walk on the ground. Only after about 10,000 years of self-improvement can they fly three feet above the ground, and only after 20,000 years of self-cultivation can they fly above the lofty mountains and high ranges. To fly at an altitude of 80,000 meters requires 30,000 years of self-cultivation.

Zigui, Danjing, Biyao, Xiaoxia, Hanliang, Sangqing, Yixi, and Qiantong are the eight celestials who reside in Fengming ridge of the Hualing Mountains. The ridge is 30,000 kilometers away from Tongtian Peak. Today, all eight celestials have cultivated their ability to fly up to 80,000 meters high. They exchanged smiles and then they soared into the sky, gradually rising to 10,000 meters in the air. They then flew along the Hualing Mountains. The mountains slid away behind them, and the winding rivers disappeared one by one, layers and lumps of clouds and mists receded one after another. The feeling of flying is so wonderful and comfortable; breaking through the three-dimensional time and space and entering the four-dimensional time and space feels like breaking free from a cage and being free and graceful. Words fail to capture the experience. Zigui exclaimed: "Ten thousand years within the cocoon, transforming flesh and bone, and once emerged as a butterfly soaring high. Without the connection with the divine, akin to double wings, how could we ride the rainbow today! Biyao echoed: "After countless body training sessions, my spirit becomes awakened. Through spiritual cultivation, I am able to absorb invisible energy. Embryonic Breathing is activated, revealing itself as a mystical power bestowed by the Greatest Creator. Han Liang also felt an urge and said: "For thirty thousand years of building the foundation, refining the essence, transforming Qi and the spirit, perfecting the structure to be in one with the Tao, begin realizing how profound Tao is."

After flying for about 10,000 kilometers, the Hualing Mountains finally vanished behind them, and an endless vast grassland lay ahead. This is the most famous Marge Sangqin grassland in the Ten-thousand-year World. Here, horses gallop, herds of deer relax, antelopes frisk, bison gallop, zebras play, camels lie idly, goshawks circle vigorously, gulls spread their wings freely, cranes and storks pose grandly, skylarks sing and dance, trumpet vines bloom all over the field, and meadow lilies dot the landscape like stars. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet blend together, resembling colorful pearls embedded in the green grassland. The blue sky, clean air, gentle breeze, and warm sunshine create a poetic and vibrant scene!

Danjing was so happy she lost track of time. She let go of her voice and sang: "Beautiful Marge Sangqin, you are the garden of LIFE, you are like a charming fairy, make me look forward to for so long, wandering on your vast chest, bathed in the flowery scenery of love, I want to throw myself into your arms and suck the fragrance of your tenderness to my heart's content..."

Listening to the song of Danjing, everyone couldn't help but land on the grassland. The four female celestials Zigui, Biyao, Xiaoxia, and Yixi danced a rainbow dance on the green grass. The four female celestials are all about 1.76 meters tall, neither fat nor thin, with faces like peach blossoms, eyebrows like crescent moons, bright eyes and white teeth, cherry-red lips, black hair like flowing clouds, heart-shaped chins, ruddy skin, long arms and legs, high breasts, waists like weeping willows, plump buttocks, and beautiful and curvy figures. While glancing, their eyes convey emotions and captivate the soul; while dancing, they are exceedingly charming and enchanting. Their supple bodies are like tender willow branches in spring, their tenderness flows like waterfalls. They are over 30,000 years old but look like young girls in love; with profound Taoist cultivation, they behave like young maidens. Like buds just blooming, like flames burning, every movement is akin to goddesses scattering flowers, and their waist twists resemble dragons flying and phoenixes dancing. As the celestials of the Ten-thousand-year World are all naked, their dance postures are particularly captivating, leaving endless afterthoughts, and every posture emits energy, presenting the delightful serenity of seclusion. The four male celestials, Danjing, Hanliang, Sangqing, and Qiantong, gradually enter the wonderland while admiring the dance, kneeling on the ground, and shedding tears of gratitude, as if riding the clouds and fog to the Palace of Bliss, or like a quiet and cold pool, motionless, with strands of energy swirling in their bodies. Waves of joy overwhelm every cell, beyond words.

"Come and chase me! Come and catch me!" A clear and melodious shout and the subsequent laughter resounded on the grassland from far to near. Zigui and others stopped dancing and shaded their eyes with their hands and saw six beams of white light on the horizon in the distance approaching like lightning. Han Liang opened his throat and made a trumpet shape with his hands and shouted: "Hey! Please come here!"

Suddenly six beams of white light flew to them, it turned out to be two female celestials and four male celestials. The leading one was a female celestial named Saiying, followed by Dama, Sola, Jiefan, Naji, and Sijia. When seeing the eight celestials such as Zigui and others, Saiying was overjoyed. She circled around the eight celestials like a whirlwind, giggling and asking, "Who are you? How did you come to this Marge Sangqin Grassland?”

Zigui took the lead in responding: "We come from Fengming Ridge of Hualing Mountain and are heading to Tongtian Peak of Moyun Mountain. When we passed by here and saw the picturesque scenery, we couldn’t help but stop and be captivated. Brothers and sisters, what are you all doing here?"

Upon learning that the eight celestials were heading to Tongtian Peak, Saiying and the others realized that they had already attained the highest level of oneness with Tao achievable by a celestial in the Ten-thousand-year World. A good karma was hard to find, Naji replied promptly: "We are six celestials from the Taiji Palace in Xiaoxiang Ridge, Tiandan Mountain, which is two hundred miles away from here at the end of the grassland. Today we came out to practice flying on the grasslands. Currently, we can only fly eight feet above the ground. We are fortunate to meet esteemed celestials like you today. We hope you will stay at the Taiji Palace for a few days and impart your celestial teachings to us."

As soon as Saiying finished speaking, she grabbed Zigui's hand and exclaimed, "You must come with us! You must!" Zigui cast a loving glance at everyone and had already ascended eight feet into the air, flying forward arm in arm with Saiying. The rest of the celestials joyfully took flight and followed suit.

In the blink of an eye, fourteen male and female celestial beings had already flown to the foot of Tiandan Mountain. Flying forward for sixty miles along the mountain's base, they arrived at Xiaoxiang Ridge. Here clouds billowed and steamed, the purple mist lingering, the mountain flowers blooming, the fruits fragrant, and the clear stream rushing. Hundred kinds of birds playing and chasing among the branches in the forest, the sound of water, the wind, the swaying of the branches and the graceful chirping of the birds merged into a symphony of heaven. Landing from the clouds, the celestials walked slowly up along a mountain path. Along the path, they saw little squirrels jumping among the branches, koala bears hugging the tree trunk and tilting their heads to watch, long-tailed monkeys hanging upside down on the branches and swinging, and elk drinking water leisurely in the mountain stream. After a while, the celestials came to Taiji Palace. Stood outside the gate of Taiji Palace, the breeze is gentle, cool, and refreshing, the scenery is beautiful, which nourishes the heart and pleases the eyes. The Taiji Palace is backed to Xiaoxiang Mountain, facing the Nacang River, with the winding Tiandan Mountains on the left and the Yingxiao Pool on the right surrounded by mountains. It is truly a geomantic treasure land with the Vermilion Bird to the front, the Black Tortoise to the back, the Azure Dragon to the left, and the White Tiger to the right. Especially the Nacang River, which is like a white silver chain meandering and floating on the opposite vast Yaneryuan plain, like a dragon moving vigorously, like a silver bridge hanging on the river. Sangqing couldn't help but praise sincerely: "Auspicious scene Xiaoxiang Ridge, Geomantic treasure Taiji Palace, created by nature with extremely fine craftsmanship, blissful sensations arise on this fairy land."

"Everyone, please enter the Taiji Palace and rest for a while!" Sijia greeted courteously. Zigui and others entered the Taiji Palace one after another. One could see that the Taiji Palace was as bright as day, and the Eight Treasures of Splendor glittered with soft light. There were eight cushions in the center of the palace, which were placed according to the eight directions of Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, Kan, which are not only a place to rest, but also a place to practice. It turned out that there were also eight male and female celestials living in this Taiji Palace. Besides Saiying, Dama, Sola, Jiefan, Naji, Sijia, there are also Kunhe and Bairui. Looking at the expressions in the eyes of Zigui and the others, sensitive Dama immediately cleared their doubts: "Kunhe and Bairui went to explore the Mysterious Gorge, and they will be back in a few days."

The "Eight Treasures of Splendor" mentioned above consist of sunlight diamond, jadeite blue, agate jade, amethyst glaze, emerald, cat's eye yellow, olive red, and crystal rock. People who have read "the Ten-thousand-year World" know that the planet, the Ten-thousand-year World is sixteen times larger than the earth, and there are sixteen stars of different densities arranged equidistantly in the sky, which divides the Ten-thousand-year World into sixteen zones with different luminosity , one of the zones is the dark night zone, which is eternal night, and it is precisely this dark night zones that accommodates countless kinds of gemstones in various forms, and is shining in the dark night. Therefore, all the celestials of the Ten-thousand-year World will come here to collect and carry gems in this zone to decorate the caves where they live. The gems can not only illuminate the caves, but also be absorbed essence from, and make the caves colorful and dreamy.

The flight of more than 10,000 kilometers drained the vitality of Zigui and the other seven celestials, necessitating an urgent replenishment of energy. Saiying and the other five celestials also felt fatigued. The four celestials Sola, Jiefan, Naji, and Sijia walked out of the cave and picked some delicious peaches, delicate grapes, sweet melons, and moist stamens soon after. They presented these fruits respectfully to Zigui and the other seven celestials. Zigui and the others looked at the melons and fruits and smiled, " You can use it. We only need eight cushions for a while."

It turns out that the food of the celestials in the Ten-thousand-year World varies according to the depth of their cultivation. Celestials who have just arrived need to eat hard fruits such as walnuts and dates, while those who have been there for over 10,000 years can eat soft fruits such as peaches and grapes. Celestials that are more than 20,000 years old do not eat fruits but only drink mineral-rich mountain spring water, while celestials over 30,000 years old no longer eat any tangible substances, but directly absorb the brilliance of the sun and moon, and the vital energy of heaven and earth.

While Saiying, Dama, Suola, Jiefan, Naji, and Sijia were eating fruits, they watched carefully as the Eight Celestials took their seats on the cushions, in accordance with the Eight Trigrams directions. The four male celestials Danjing, Hanliang, Sangqin, and Qiangtong sit on the location of Qian, Li, Xun and Gen, and the four female celestials Zigui, Biyao, Xiaoxia and Yixi sit on the direction of Dui, Zhen, Kan and Kun. They were all sitting cross-legged with their left and right feet overlapped, and the female celestials folded their hands below their navel while the male celestials slightly bend his palms, placing them lightly on their knees with palms facing up. With their eyes and mouth closed, attention fixed, and breath regulated, they entered the state of fetal aspiration, looking like a sculpture. Internally, following their mind's guidance, a stream of essential qi entered their Governing Vessel through their Baihui, Sishéncōng acupoints, going through and absorbed by the large intestine meridian of the hand Yangming, the small intestine meridian of the hand Taiyang, the triple energizer meridian of the hand Shaoyang, the stomach meridian of the foot Yangming, the bladder meridian of the foot Taiyang, and the gallbladder meridian of the foot Shaoyang and the impure qi was expelled from their Shangyang, Shaochong, Zhiyin, and Zutonggu acupoints. Another stream of essential qi flowed from their Huiyin and Yongquan acupoints into their Conception Vessel, absorbing the essence and energy through the hand Taiyin lung meridian, hand Shaoyin heart meridian, hand Jueyin pericardium meridian, foot Taiyin spleen meridian, foot Shaoyin kidney meridian, and foot Jueyin liver meridian, and expelling impure qi from their Zhongchong, Shaoshang, Yinbai, etc. acupoints. At this moment, the energy from the confluence of the Conception and Governor Vessel (Ren and Du meridians) converged and spouted from the four acupoints of Haiquan, Juquan, Yuyue, and Jinjin, filling their mouths with saliva. The saliva continuously flowed through their esophagus into their abdomen, and in a short while, their Dantian was filled with energy, their fatigue was gone, their spirit reappeared, and their light of nature was complete. The eight celestials slowly opened their eyes, slightly parted their lips, deeply and slowly inhaled, then exhaled slowly, smiled, and stood up from the cushions.

Saiying, Dama, Suola, Jiefan, Naji, and Sijia, watched closely, understanding the principle that "eating qi makes one deity-like”. Zigui and the other seven celestials then explained in detail the principles and methods of “eating qi.” After a few days, the eight celestials bid farewell to Saiying, Dama, Suola, Jiefan, Naji, and Sijia, and ascended into the air from the Taiji Palace gate, flying towards the Tongtian Peak in the Moyun Mountains.

They flew over the Bixiao Mountains, the Yuhua Mountains, the 800-mile Xiubo Lake, the 900-mile Saifeicui Plain, the Celestial Fascinated Gorge, the Valley of Ten Thousand Birds, the surging Blue Nephrite River, and the Double Ocean River, and arrived at Qiandao Lake, which spans over 160,000 hectares, approximately 10,000 kilometers away from Tongtian Peak. The expansive lake, seen from high altitude, resembled a blue curtain adorned with emerald pearls, offering beautiful scenery with crystal-clear, soft, shimmering waves, and presenting diverse and auspicious postures. Meanwhile, on an island called Coral Bamboo, sixteen celestial beings were observed practicing walking on the lake's surface. (Zigui and the others visited Coral Bamboo Island and demonstrated and explained the key points of walking on the water to the other celestials. Due to space limitations, the scene and plot are omitted.)

On this day, the eight celestials flew to the Pure Bath Garden, which is only a hundred kilometers away from the Tongtian Peak. It is the holiest place in the Ten-thousand-years World, where peculiar Avoidance of Vulgarism trees grow, magical psychic flowers bloom, and magical upward-flowing springs flow, the purple air on the ground is steaming, especially in a small and serene pool, its temperature changes wonderfully. It is sometimes scalding hot, sometimes bone-chilling, sometimes spewing, and sometimes quiet. Only those who have practiced for more than 30,000 years can enter the Pure Bath Garden, the holy place. Those who have not cultivated enough will feel a strong repulsive force when they come to the edge of the garden and will feel restless and uncomfortable all over. Those who have cultivated enough will feel a strong pulling force when they come to the edge of the garden, and will feel calm and refreshed, and their energy will increase significantly. Therefore, any celestial who wants to fly to the Tongtian Peak must come here to verify their own cultivation. Only those who can enter the Pure Bath Garden can fly to the Tongtian Peak. The eight celestials came to the Pure Bath Garden, feeling completely relaxed and happy. They felt a pulling force on them and then smoothly entered it (details omitted). They bathed in the sacred pool, and after the bath, they thoroughly remolded and emitted an exotic fragrance. This fragrance was like sandalwood, tuberose, musk, jasmine, rose, geranium, cinnamon, lavender, but it was none of them. It penetrated the heart and lungs, drunk one’s inner most, connect divinities, open Buddha eyes, lighten one’s bones, and enhanced their energy. The eight celestials bathed in this fragrance and suddenly felt light and drifted straight up to 80,000 meters high, as if they were clouds blown by the wind, if not guided by intention. The eight celestials wanted to go to Tongtian Peak, so in the blink of an eye, they had already floated to the Sky-gazing Cliff of Tongtian Peak.

The Sky-gazing Cliff is a place where countless senior celestials rainbow over the ages. In the sky above the Sky-gazing Cliff, there is a pyramid tower made up of nearly ten thousand stars and planets. The tower is where universal energy converges and radiates onto the Sky-gazing Cliff. Being at the Sky-gazing Cliff, one can feel the energy overflowing throughout the body, incomparably comfortable. When the energy they absorbed is enough, the structure of their LIFVES undergoes a sudden mutation, and their Buddha eyes open, being able to see the mysteries of the universe. It is at this moment that many celestials who came to the Sky-gazing Cliff began to rainbow. Their entire body will transform into a green smoke and disperse while the light of nature of their LIFE will turn into a rainbow of seven colors and fly toward The Continent for Three Realms LIVES to Pass Through at a lightning speed, and then go to other heavenly worlds.

The eight celestials, Zigui, Danjing, Biyao, Xiaoxia, Hanliang, Sangqing, Yixi, and Qiantong, arrived at the Sky-gazing Cliff, as if they were in a void. They saw the blue waves of the Cangting Sea are boundless and connecting the horizon, and the lofty Moyun Mountain Range extending far into the sky, and on the Sky-gazing Cliff, nearly a hundred senior celestials had already arrived and were holding their breaths, concentrating, and receiving energy from the pyramid tower. Just as they were watching without knowing what to do, a celestial elder named greeting celestial appeared. He was specifically responsible for guiding the male and female celestials who flew to the Sky-gazing Cliff on how to absorb energy from the pyramid tower and then rainbow. The communication between the eight celestials and the greeting celestial was not through language, but through symbols and telepathy, truly a "same minds sensing each other." The eight celestials quickly entered the state according to the guidance of the celestial elder. After an unknown amount of time, perhaps a moment, perhaps hundreds of years, when Danjing, Sangqing, and Yixi came back to their senses, Zigui, Biyao, Xiaoxia, Hanliang, and Qiantong had disappeared. It turned out that the five celestials had already rainbowed and disappeared without a trace, while the remaining three still needed to continue cultivating in the Ten-thousand-year World for some time. They were not worried and, following the guidance of the celestial elder, they flew to the Fairy Garden Canyon, where the ginseng fruit grows.

To find out whether Danjing, Sangqing, and Yixi ate the ginseng fruit in the Fairy Garden Canyon and how they continued to cultivate, especially the cultivation of male-female dual cultivation without physical contact, interested readers can refer to "A Second Glance at the Ten-thousand-year World."

Note: The "one day" and "time" mentioned in this article are purely for the sake of convenience in narration. In reality, the Ten-thousand-year world does not have such a time concept. Please understand.

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Zhe Xian / 谪仙 | Chapter 148

Chapter 148 – Anonymous Setelah Nv Huang selesai berbicara, Li Chaoge terdiam sejenak dan berkata, “Apakah ini alasan mengapa Yang Mulia memanggilku ke sini hari ini?” Peristiwa di Istana Zigui sudah sangat lama sekali, ketika Kaisar Gaozong masih hidup. Dia mengikutinya diam-diam ke istana sementara dan secara pribadi memimpin ‘penyelamatan dan pengakuan’. Li Chaoge memiliki kenangan dari…

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AASU President Appeals for Calm, Urges Ivorian Government to Lift Ban on Student Unions

The President of the All-Africa Students’ Union (AASU), H.E. Osisiogu Osikenyi E., has called for calm among students in Ivory Coast and appealed to the Ivorian Government to reconsider its ban on all student union activities. This follows the recent murders of two students, Khalifa Diomandé and Zigui Mars Aubin Déagoué, allegedly linked to the influential Student and School Federation…

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Lingshan Hermit: The Folly of Foolishness

Murong Fu from Suzhou was a descendant of the nomadic Xianbei Hu people. His ancestors took advantage of the chaos during the Eastern Jin Dynasty to sneak into China and establish the Great Yan State, illegally occupying the northern territories. After their state collapsed, their descendants lived in Yanzipo in Suzhou, secretly plotting to restore their kingdom. Murong Fu was styled as Lord Murong and enjoyed great fame before taking the Dao, with people saying: "Qiao Feng in the north, Murong in the south." However, he was an unscrupulous man who stopped at nothing in his quest to restore his kingdom.

In the novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Murong Fu, accompanying Bao Butong and Wang Yuyan, accidentally stumbled upon the Panchen Convention and, upon learning the reason, wished to lend a hand to help fight against the Lingxiao Palace. The book stated his intent was to help, but in reality, he wanted to control the 36 Cave Lords and 72 Island Lords for his own purposes. Having such ulterior motives was villainous, which is why he ended up with nothing but empty efforts and toil, with the 36 Caves, 72 Islands, and even the Lingxiao Palace itself becoming mere illusions.

Later, seeking the position of Imperial Son-in-Law of the Western Xia for his quest for power, he was willing to abandon his childhood sweetheart Wang Yuyan and let her jump into a well without rescuing her. Yet the Western Xia Son-in-Law position was easily obtained by Zhu Zigui instead. Afterwards, when Xiao Feng was surrounded and in danger at the Shaolin Monastery, Murong Fu took the opportunity to attack, wanting to win over all the martial artists to serve him. But his schemes all failed.

After repeated failures, he went to the Mandang Manor in Suzhou and accepted Duan Zhengqing as his master, plotting to become King of Dali. To allay Duan's suspicions, he even killed his loyal follower Bao Butong, causing his subordinates like Feng Bodeng and Ye Qian to lose heart and leave him, leaving him with nothing and betrayed by all. His tireless machinations ultimately amounted to nothing more than being an emperor over a grave mound. Murong Fu stopped at nothing in pursuit of power and kingship - the story of his life exemplified the saying: "Those with schemes cannot obtain their desire, while those without desires obtain it without seeking."

I have said before: The kind and honest gain without seeking, while those obsessed with scheming end up with nothing. Even if they gain something, it is but a fleeting wisp, disappearing in the blink of an eye - simply making a bridal dress for others. They are left with only accumulated evil deeds to repay. Everything I have seen and experienced in my life confirms this truth. The ancients said: "Human calculations cannot surpass Heaven's calculations." No matter how extremely intelligent you are, your machinations will inevitably reach their limits. Instead of exhausting yourself with relentless scheming like Murong Fu and ending up tainted, it is better to be kind and guileless like Duan Yu and Zhu Zigui - by not scheming, contending or seeking, Heaven will naturally reward you. This is the correct path. However, this cannot be pursued deliberately either, for there are those who feign being guileless while harboring schemes far beyond the ordinary - thinking they can deceive the world, but eventually it is all an empty dream. The goodness of Duan Yu and Zhu Zigui stems from being nurtured by the teachings of the sages. Duan Yu read Buddhist and Confucian classics from a young age, coupled with karmic blessings from past lives. Zhu Zigui grew up at Shaolin, absorbing Buddhist teachings with each morning bell and evening drum. As for Murong Fu, though the book does not explicitly state it, the books he likely read were only about martial arts, scheming, and governing - the dregs rather than the essence of Chinese civilization. As a barbarian who entered China, he only took the dregs and discarded the essence, studying power and scheming instead of the righteous path - how could he not fail?

All the events in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils originated from the plots laid by Murong Fu's father Murong Bo. There are many in this world who consider themselves intelligent but are just like them. Murong Bo was peerless in martial arts and intelligent, yet he did not walk the righteous path. Wanting to profit from provoking conflict between the Song and Liao, he falsely spread information to deceive Abbot Xuanji and others, causing them to ambush and kill Xiao Yuanshan's party outside Yanmen Pass. This led to Xiao Yuanshan's wife being killed tragically, leaving Xiao Yuanshan and Xiao Feng to a life of bitterness. It caused heroes to kill each other by mistake and live with guilt. He later incited conflict between Tibet and Dali, intending to take advantage of the chaos to start an uprising, but this too ended in vain. The Murongs schemed for a hundred years without a single success, only becoming a laughingstock. Tracing it to the root, it was because they failed to recognize and discarded the essence while taking only the dregs.

Written by Lingshan Hermit on April 18, 2024.

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