Myths and legends According to legend, Guiguzi was the son of village man Qinglong and the Dragon Girl of the East China Sea. Although Qinglong and Longnu were crushed to death by the Dragon King of the East China Sea in Yunmeng Mountain and turned into a mountain and a dragon spring, their ghosts still linger and want to use their bodies to reproduce and benefit future generations. More than two thousand years ago, the wife of Wang Yuanwai of Wangzhuang in the south of Chaoge City was pregnant for three years without giving birth. One night in early spring, a sudden strong wind blew up, thunder and lightning struck, and it rained heavily. People were gossiping about this abnormal celestial phenomenon, and suddenly a fireball flew from the sky, flew straight to Mrs. Wang's bed, turned forward and backward three times, transformed into a little flower snake, slowly got into Mrs. Wang's bed, and then listened Get the baby's croaking and crying. The family lifted the covers and discovered that Mrs. Wang gave birth to a girl with red hair and an ugly appearance. Wang Yuanwai was very frustrated, sighed and walked away. Mrs. Wang also sobbed secretly when she saw her master was so troubled. At this moment, the little baby girl suddenly sat up, took Mrs. Wang's hand and whispered softly: "Mom, don't be sad, I will become beautiful." As soon as the words fell, the baby girl fell down and died. , Mrs. Wang rubbed her neck again, and kept shouting: "Son, wake up quickly, mother doesn't think you are ugly. Wake up!" She patted her neck again and again, and she cried dryly. My voice became hoarse, and I struggled all night long. At dawn, the baby girl woke up with a "wow" sound. Mrs. Wang was overjoyed and took a closer look. She saw that the little girl had black hair, red lips and white teeth. She was very cute. Mrs. Wang hurriedly asked the maid to invite the master. Wang Yuanwai was shocked when he saw it, and he couldn't help thinking: If it doesn't fall for three years, the fireball will help, the purple energy will come from the east, and the ugly girl will become beautiful. This is a sign of great fortune and wealth, and the good luck of the Wang family. As I was thinking about it, I couldn't help but laugh. I walked to the bed and said, "Madam, the morning is auspicious and the clouds are welcoming. I think my daughter will be blessed with great fortune. Let's name her Xia Rui. What do you think?" Madam nodded. Call it yes. Years passed, and eighteen winters and springs passed in the blink of an eye. Miss Xia Rui lived in her boudoir, learning needlework and studying poetry. She became more and more handsome as she grew older, with a pair of watery eyes embedded in her fair almond face, and a cute little cherry mouth sandwiched between her two dimples. But she has a stubborn personality, does not adhere to old etiquette, is good at talking, and is straightforward, and she is not always obedient to her parents' words. Increasingly disgusted with the life in the boudoir, she often went to the garden to play in the company of her maid Xiaoyun. Sometimes I would carry my parents on my back to the fields to ask about mulberry trees. That year, there was a severe drought in Chaoge. Rivers and streams dried up, wells dried up, the earth cracked, and grains failed to be harvested. There was only one seedling left in Wang Yuan's wife's three-hectare field of millet, but it was growing very gratifyingly. The stalks were like reeds, the leaves were like sorghum, and the ears of grain were like wolf tails, heavy and golden, nodding and swaying in the breeze. It exudes a wonderful fragrance. When Miss Xia Rui heard that this strange tree grew in her own land, she asked her slaves to collect it and put it in the embroidery building. Suddenly the fragrance filled the boudoir, making people intoxicated. The girl said to the maid: "Such good millet should be kept well and grow more in the coming year." The maid took the ears of grain in her hands and rubbed them into a shiny and transparent bead, and the fragrance was even stronger. The girl took the bead and was about to smell it when the bead slipped into her mouth and slipped into her throat again when she was about to spit it out. Not long after Xia Rui swallowed the beads, she suddenly felt comfortable in her belly, her muscles and bones were soft, and she felt tired all over. She fell down and fell asleep. A month later, the girl did not want to eat and her body gradually became thinner. Neither the master nor the servant knew why. The quick-talking maid told Madam. Madam Wang felt extremely distressed when she saw her daughter was so thin. She asked why and hurriedly asked a famous doctor to treat her. After taking the herbal medicine for two months, it still had no effect, but my daughter's belly was getting bigger day by day. When Wang Yuanwai heard the news, he was like a thunderbolt. He called his wife to the living room and said angrily: "The good daughter you raised is so immoral. I am a rich and powerful family, how should I behave?" The wife hurriedly said with a smile: "Master, please calm down. , The family scandal should not be made public, you have to find a solution to both problems!" The two discussed this for a long time and decided to kick their daughter out of the house overnight to avoid other people making irresponsible remarks afterwards. Miss Xia Rui, who was wronged and wronged, resolutely left home accompanied by her maid. The road is so long, where can we stay in the sky? The girl looked at the maid, and the maid looked at the girl. Their hearts were on fire, and they were filled with sorrow and hardship. The girl bit her lip: "Sister Yun, let's go to the end of the world, let's Everyone in the world knows that I, Wang Xiarui, am an innocent person." The master and servant left Wangjiazhuang and walked in the direction of Big Dipper. How could two weak women go through such hardships? Especially for Miss Xia Rui, who already has a three-month-old baby in her belly, walking is even more difficult, with blood blisters on her feet. One day at noon, they walked to the Yellow River. They were hungry and thirsty. They didn't want to move, so they sat down by the river to rest. As soon as I sat down, I fell asleep.
When they woke up, there was a kind and amiable old lady standing in front of them, with a basket filled with hot white steamed buns. Before they could speak, the old lady delivered the buns to them. The two of them didn't even have time to say "thank you" before they ate hungrily. The old lady sat down and asked, "Why are the two women in such a mess? Where are you going?" The old lady opened her lips and smiled: "That's it. Since you have told me the truth, I will also tell you the truth. I am the mother of Xitian, and I have been waiting here for a long time to enlighten you. Miss Xia Rui, although you He was born from your mother, but it is not your mother’s flesh and blood, but the incarnation of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. You and Qinglong are truly in love. Although your wish was not fulfilled, God has eyes and the pearl you swallowed is Qinglong. The essence of it. The baby in your belly is the offspring of you and Qinglong." Xia Rui and Xiao Yun knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, thanking Mother Xitian for her guidance. The quick-talking Xiaoyun asked again: "In that case, may I ask my mother, where should our master and servants take shelter?" The mother did not answer directly, but read a poem for Xiaoyun to ponder: "The morning sun and the sky are like blood. Who is happy when singing and dancing bring peace? The sea of ??clouds rolls in, and the dream nourishes the Dantian. "Xiaoyun didn't taste it for a long time, and it turned out that this was an acrostic poem. Xia Rui connected the first four characters of the four lines of the poem, which is "Chaoge Yunmeng". Although I knew the place pointed out by my mother, I didn't want to go to Yunmeng to hide, so I begged again: "Please ask my mother for advice again. It's too close to my hometown. In view of my parents' anger, I really can't obey my order at the moment." The mother thought for a moment. : "That's alright. You can go to Linzhang Guzi Village to stay first, and we can talk about the truth later." The master and servant thanked each other repeatedly, but when they raised their heads, their mother was nowhere to be seen. One day, they came to Guzi Village and saw a village woman greeting them at the head of the village. The village women took them into their homes as if they were their daughters. From then on, the three women, old and young, formed a family and were inseparable day and night. The diligent Xiaoyun took good care of the village women and girls. Six months passed in the blink of an eye. Winter turns to spring, and summer comes again. One day, the girl was making clothes for her future child in the courtyard. She suddenly felt unbearable pain in her abdomen. The village woman and Xiaoyun hurriedly helped the girl into the house and let her lie on the bed. In the blink of an eye, the village woman turned into a motherly, kind-hearted woman. She said, "Miss Xia Rui, it's time for us to leave. Your child won't be born until we reach Yunmeng Mountain." As she spoke, a loud noise was heard and a strong wind rose. The old mother hurriedly asked Xiao Yun to get on the bed. , close your eyes. The bed slowly floated up and unknowingly came to the sky above Yunmeng. It turned three times to the left and three times to the right, and then landed leisurely on the ground. When the girl opened her eyes, she seemed to be in a fairyland on earth. The peaks and ridges are verdant, the trees are lush, the clouds are misty, the weather is endless, the springs are gurgling, the birds are singing, the wild flowers are blooming, and the masters and servants are dazzled. Mother Xitian brought them to the entrance of the water curtain cave: "Girl, please come in, this is your place to stay." Looking up, you can see towering green mountains, long wild vines, fragrant wild flowers, flying butterflies and dancing swallows, and strings of crystal water drops. It dripped from the entrance of the cave, just like a bead curtain hanging at the entrance of the cave. I suddenly felt relaxed and happy. I was about to say thank you to Mother Xitian, but she disappeared. The two of them strolled towards the cave and saw a dazzling array of stalactites on the top of the cave, a strange sight. There was a pool at the end of the cave, which was crystal clear. Xiaoyun scooped up a ladle of water and handed it to the girl. The water was sweet and delicious. The girl drank it all in one gulp and felt refreshed. Xia Rui was very satisfied with this place, and the master and servant applauded it. It's summer, and when you hear the sound of cicadas, it's true that "the forest becomes quieter when the cicadas are noisy." Just as they were admiring the quiet environment, Xia Rui felt pain in her abdomen again. Xiaoyun hurriedly helped the girl back into the cave. The girl felt dizzy and the baby in her belly fell to the ground. When they saw it was a fair and fat boy, Xia Rui and Xiao Yun were overjoyed and had tears in their eyes. After the full moon, Xia Rui called Xiaoyun to him and asked sweetly: "Sister Yun, what should this child's surname be? What should it be called?" "I said it would be your surname. When the child was born, he was named Zhenghuan. , how about naming it Cicada?" Xia Rui was very happy when he heard this: "Xiaoyun, you have touched my heart. However, I gave birth to a son because of swallowing Qigu, so let's call him Guiguzi!" Therefore, later generations called him Guiguzi. Yes, some people call him Wang Chan. After he became an adult, some people called him Wang Chan. The True Immortal of the Cave Mansion: Legend has it that Gui Guzi was originally the Taoist True Immortal of the Cave Mansion, ranked thirteenth from the left in the fourth seat. He is revered as Zhenren Xuanwei, also known as Xuanweizi. Dongfu is Dongtian, a famous mountain and holy place where gods live, also known as Dongtian Blessed Land. Legend has it that there are "Ten Big Cave Heavens", "Thirty-six Small Cave Heavens" and "Seventy-two Blessed Lands". There is a book in "Tao Zang" specifically about Dongtian Blessed Land called "Dongtian Blessed Land Yue Du Mingshan Ji".
The "Dongxiao Palace" in Yuhang County, Zhejiang Province is one of the thirty-six small caves and seventy-two blessed places, and is called the "Dadi Cave". Deng Mu of the Yuan Dynasty wrote six volumes of "Dongxiao Tuzhi", describing the palace's scenic spots. True immortals are also called real people. Only those who have attained enlightenment and become immortals can be called real people. Zhuangzi called Laojun "Zhenren Boda"; Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty called Zhuangzi "Zhenren Nanhua", Wenzi "Zhenren Tongxuan", Liezi "Zhenren Chongxu", and Geng Sangzi "Zhenren Dongxu"; Taoist priests in the Song Dynasty Zhang Borui was called the "Principal Master of Ziyang"; Fengqiu Chuji, Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty, was called the "Master of Changchun". The real person Xuanwei, Guiguzi, lives in Guigu Cave Heaven in order to save a few immortals in the mortal world. Unfortunately, all the disciples Su, Zhang, Sun, and Pang have not finished their worldly affairs, and their ordinary hearts have not been fulfilled. Guiguzi had no choice but to pay attention to his disciples secretly, helping good and suppressing evil from time to time. According to legend, Gui Guzi has the ability to become invisible and hide his body, and to move heaven and earth; he can be reincarnated, transcending life and death; he scatters beans to become soldiers, chops grass into horses; According to legend, Guiguzi’s mother was a Caixia star in the sky. She was born in Wang Yuan’s home in Wangjiazhuang, south of Chaoge City, and was named Xia Rui. Because she became pregnant after eating Qigu, she was banished to Yunmeng Mountain to give birth to a son, named Guiguzi. In his later years, Gui Guzi retired to Yunmeng Mountain, where he gathered his disciples to give lectures and honored his mother. One day, Wang Xiarui called Guiguzi to him and said sincerely: "My mother has suffered a lot in the world for you. Now my temples are gray and she is dying. She has nothing else to ask for. After I die, I only ask you to bury me in Jiulongju." The place where we meet. If you miss your mother, dig a well next to my tomb. You can see your mother’s figure in the well.” As soon as he finished speaking, he passed away. Guiguzi was so sad that he buried his mother at the gathering place of Kowloon with tears in his eyes. In order to see his loving mother again as soon as possible, he led his disciples to dig a well next to his mother's tomb. It took ninety-nine and eighty-one days of digging before the well was dug. Sure enough, his mother's face was reflected in the well water. I look at my mother in the morning and my mother's temples are like frost at dusk. From then on, Guiguzi ran to the well day and night to pay homage to his mother's body. As time passed, Guiguzi discovered another secret of the well. According to the rise and fall of the water level in the well, he could gain insight into the changes in weather. When the water in the well rises, it will be cloudy and rainy; when the water in the well falls, it will be sunny without rain. Therefore, this well is also called "the cave in the well". This well was dug by Guiguzi in memory of his mother, so it is called "Guigu Well".
Night Reading of the Wordless Book of Heaven According to legend, when Guiguzi’s master ascended to immortality, he left behind a bamboo slip with the word "Book of Heaven" written on it. When he opened it and read it, there was not a single word from beginning to end. Guiguzi was puzzled for a moment. I had been dependent on my master for nine years, and my relationship was growing stronger. Today, my master suddenly left. I felt helpless and empty in my heart. I had no intention of having a meal or a meal, so I got into my cave and fell asleep. But how could I sleep? I tossed and turned, always thinking about the bamboo slips of the wordless heavenly book. I tossed and turned until it was dark. The bamboo slips were still rolled up and rolled up in front of me, and I couldn't understand it. He simply climbed up and lit a pine torch. When he looked through the light, he jumped up in fright. The bamboo slips actually flashed with golden light, and the lines of tadpole writing shone. Guiguzi sighed: "Could this be the golden book passed down from generation to generation?" "'. When my interest doubled, I read it in one breath and memorized it from beginning to end. It turns out that there is a Zongheng family letter recorded on it, which talks about the techniques of 捭昊, reaction, neiji, dynasty, and flying tongs. ***Thirteen articles. The general idea of ??the first article is: When debating with others, you must first suppress the opponent's momentum, induce the opponent to refute, and test the opponent's strength. Sometimes you can talk freely to let the other party relax their vigilance and pour out your heart; sometimes you can just listen to what the other party says to test their sincerity. If you want to refute others, you must hold on to the evidence; if you want to prevent others from catching the evidence, you must keep it watertight. To deal with opponents, sometimes you have to open up, and sometimes you have to block. If you can use openness and blockade flexibly, you can be endless and changeable. Only in this way can we talk about people, our family, our country, and the world. The main idea of ??the second article is: When debating with others, you must use repeated techniques. If you go back in time, you can know the past; if you go back, you can know the present. If you test it over and over again, there is no secret that cannot be discovered. Sometimes you can use irony to test your opponent. If you want to hear the voice, be silent first. If you want to open, close it first. If you want to rise, go down first. If you want to take it, give it first. The main idea of ??the third chapter is: To master the secret of advance and retreat, the secret is to grasp the monarch's hobby. As long as you grasp it, you can do whatever you want and go alone. If you can guide or make suggestions according to the monarch's emotions, you can adapt to changes and persuade the monarch. The fourth article basically says: Nothing is monolithic, everything has cracks. In a debate, you must be able to exploit the rifts of others, and at the same time, prevent your own rifts.
A crack as small as a drop of hair can develop into as big as Mount Tai. Therefore, when the cracks are small, they need to be repaired. When they are large, they need to be cut off. When they are too big to be handled, simply break them and the cracks will be eliminated. Chapter 5 roughly says: When you are debating with others, you must try to hook out the other party's intentions, use the flying method to extract the other party's truth, and then use pliers to clamp it so that it cannot retract and has to be led away. In this way, it can be moved vertically or horizontally, south or north, east or west, and reversed. The main idea of ??Chapter 6 is: If you want to persuade others, you must first measure your own talents and compare your strengths and weaknesses. If your own talents are not as good as others, you will not be able to defeat others. The seventh chapter basically says: If you want to persuade the people of the world, you must be able to guess the true feelings of the princes. When people are extremely excited, they cannot conceal their true feelings, and when they are extremely frightened, they cannot conceal their true feelings. This is when lobbying and persuading can be effective. Chapter 8 roughly says: People who are good at rubbing one's mind are as calm as fishing, letting the fish automatically take the bait. The purpose of "rubbing" is to stimulate the other person and make him take your hook involuntarily. Doing things successfully makes people unaware. Chapter 9 roughly says: If you want to lobby for the throne, you must measure the power of the world and compare the topography, strategies, wealth, guests, weather, and safety of each vassal state before you can lobby. Chapter 10 roughly says:. If you want to do big things, you must have a guide, just like a compass. The guide for lobbying is a strategy. You must plan it first, and then lobby according to the purpose of the plan. Article 11 basically says: When lobbying, you must first resolve doubts. A good way to resolve doubts is to let the other party tell the truth. The main idea of ??Chapter 12 is: Ears must be good at hearing, and eyes must be good at seeing. If you listen with the ears of the world, you will hear everything; if you see with the eyes of the world, you will not understand everything; if you think with the heart of the world, you will not know everything. Only by understanding things Only by knowing things like the palm of your hand can you verify everything you say and listen to everything you say. The main idea of ??Article 13 is: Lobbying relies on clever words. You need to say something to whom, and when you say something, you need to use the method and rhetoric. Don't speak simply and bluntly, study the person you are speaking to and pay attention to your speaking skills. After reading these thirteen articles, Gui Guzi couldn't help but marvel. He never took the initiative in a debate with a real person. It turns out that a real person has such a golden book. How can anyone who doesn't know him compete with him? I can't help but think of the time I spent living and studying with Master, feeling warm, sad, and sometimes lonely. So, he extinguished the open fire, got into bed and fell asleep. At night, I often dream of holding a golden book in my hand to persuade the world. I woke up the next day and felt very sleepy, but I still couldn't worry about the golden book. I opened it again and wanted to study it carefully, but unexpectedly there was not a word in the book. Gui Guzi flipped through the book from the beginning to the end and still couldn't find a word. He felt that this book was the master's most precious treasure and should be treasured very much. He walked into the inner cave and spread it out on the couch. Then he walked out of the cave and practiced the exercises according to the master's instructions. Although the three meals a day were not delicious, they were good enough to pass the time. Unexpectedly, the sun set to the west and darkness came again. Guiguzi went to the inner cave to rest on the couch. He saw the golden book shining with golden light and the handwriting was vaguely visible. Guiguzi became more and more surprised. It turned out that the moonlight came in from the skylight and shone on the golden book. Gui Guzi discovered that this golden book was originally feminine and would not appear when exposed to the sun. Only under the moonlight and lamplight could the strands of golden text be revealed. It was truly a unique book. Guiguzi walked out of the inner cave, went to the stone table, held a candle in his hand, and started reading again. Why did the article change? What I read yesterday was about Zongheng Zhizhi, but now it is about the art of war? So I read through the bamboo slips carefully, and it was still about the art of war, without the art of Zongheng. This book is even more amazing. So I read it in one breath, and there are still thirteen chapters. The first article roughly says: Vertical and horizontal control is the first of all things, and it is the gateway for square strategy, round strategy, and entry and exit. To govern the world, bring peace to the people, and unify the world, war is not a good strategy. The best policy is to use force and avoid fighting, to talk to each other and kill troops, to subdue others without fighting, and to stop fighting by fighting. The main idea of ??the second article is that the most important thing in military affairs is knowing yourself and the enemy. If you want to have a plan for victory, you must examine the situation and determine the basis. To grasp the enemy's Sui Dynasty, we need to be quick and complete, and expose the enemy to less and slower. Conspiracy and conspiracy, conspiracy and conspiracy, square strategy and round strategy, round strategy and square strategy must be used alternately, and we must not stick to one end. The army has no fixed strategy, and the strategy has no definite shape, leaving no opportunity for people to take advantage of. This is the "god". The main idea of ??the third chapter is: The affairs between the king and his ministers may be close or distant, far or near. If the king and his ministers miss each other when they hear voices from afar, it is because they have the same strategy and are waiting for him to decide on important matters. In this case, the monarch must be reused, and the general must serve as an official and make achievements. If you are not appointed when the monarch is near, it means that your strategy is inconsistent. At this time, it is the best policy to remove your armor and return to the field. The fourth chapter basically says: If we unite for a long time, we must divide, and if we divide for a long time, we must unite. This is natural. When a sage monarch sees a crack in the world, he must find a way to resist it. There are several ways to resist it. If the world can be managed, then resist it and block it. If the world cannot be lifted, then resist it and capture it.
The power of the Five Emperors is about to be seized, and the conquests among the princes are countless. At this time, participating in the struggle for hegemony is the best strategy. The fifth chapter basically says: Whenever you want to decide whether to conquer far or near, you must weigh the advantages and disadvantages of strength. We must consider the financial resources, diplomacy, environment, and superior and subordinate relationships of both the enemy and ourselves, and those with hidden dangers can be conquered. The best way to conquer is to intimidate with strength. Then, make it vertical or horizontal, south or north, east or west, reverse or repeat, all at my mercy. The main idea of ??Chapter 6 is: Countries may unite or confront each other. To achieve great things, they need a comprehensive strategy. You must be able to bring all the princes with you. A man who is not a sage and wise gentleman cannot command the country without deep wisdom. A man without wisdom cannot command the military. To correctly determine who to unite with and who to attack, the key is to have the ability and wisdom to compare the length and distance of both sides, and then you can advance, retreat, maneuver, and horizontally, and use the art of war freely. The seventh chapter basically says: To plan national events, you must be able to guess the thoughts of other countries. If you can't guess, even if you have the way of the previous kings and the wisdom of the sage, it will be useless. Empathy is the basis of strategy. The main idea of ??Chapter 8 is: to preside over military training so that the army can win battles without the soldiers feeling fear, so that the army can always win without using weapons or spending money or materials, this is considered a "god". , and to achieve this, the key lies in strategy, and the key to whether the strategy is successful lies in thoroughness. The ninth chapter roughly says: Those who are good at striving for hegemony in the world must weigh the power of all parties in the world and measure the land, population, wealth, topography, strategy, unity, diplomacy, weather, talents, people's hearts and other national affairs of each country. Then big decisions can be made. Chapter 10 basically says: Every military strategy has certain rules. Everything is about planning, making a living, planning for life, discussing about life, talking about the advancement of life, the advancement of life and retreat, and the system of retreat. For the purpose of strategy, public is not as good as private, private is not as good as law, justice is not as good as strange, and the flow of strange things does not stop. Chapter 11 basically says: Any decision that needs to be made is due to doubts. Under normal circumstances, the decision can be made through analysis. When it comes to major military affairs, all aspects are very complicated and difficult to make a decision. You can use divination to make a decision. The main idea of ??Chapter 12 is: When using soldiers and generals, rewards and punishments must be strict. The most important thing in using rewards is fairness. Only by being strict in rewards and punishments can you be victorious. The main idea of ??Chapter 13 is: It is human nature to try to achieve success. For this reason, a wise person does not use his own shortcomings, but rather uses the strengths of a fool. He does not use his clumsy aspects, but rather uses what a fool is good at. Only This way you won't be poor. The thirteen chapters of Guiguzi's Art of War and the thirteen chapters of Sun Tzu's Art of War passed down by later generations are mutually reinforcing each other's art of war. Guiguzi advocated using round tactics to achieve a strong army, while Sun Tzu advocated using round strategies to achieve complete victory. Both art of war advocate subduing the enemy without fighting. After Gui Guzi discovered the secret of the Golden Book, if he read it once every night, he would get one book every night. What I got on the third night was a strange book on getting rich. It talked about breeding methods and trading principles. It said that "if you want to take what you want, you must give it to you first" and "if the world is irreversible, hide it deeply and wait for the time." This method was passed down by Guiguzi to Ji Ran, Fan Li (ie Tao Zhugong), Lu Buwei, Bai Gui and others. What I read on the fourth night was "The Dafa of Cultivation of Nature", which mainly talks about "Seven Techniques of Yin Fu" in this classic. It talks about the five qi that make the spirit strong, the spirit is the growth, and the heart is the technique. The five qi depend on spiritual factors such as ambition, thinking, spirit, and virtue. Only when these four are not in decline can one become a real person by being calm and nourishing the energy. Gui Guzi passed this secret on to Mao Wei and Xu Fu, and later on to Tao Hongjing and others. On the fifth night, I read the fortune-telling and physiognomy technique, which talks about the Tianwu Sutra; fate, facial physiognomy, and life's misfortunes and blessings. This method was also passed on to Mao Kuai by Gui Guzi, and later to Sima Jizhu, Li Xuzhong and others. The sixth night, the seventh night..., Gui Guzi must read it every night, a new book every time, covering everything from heaven and earth, governing the country, official career and economy, astronomy and geography, astrology, and elixirs for health. Inexhaustible. Guiguzi regarded it as a treasure and couldn't put it down.