In this way, from the beginning, Li Xuan was a man who won the Taoist philosophy. At this time, he is still physically "young" and "burly", which may be called "masculinity".
Since then, he suddenly thought in the mountains that "personal use is not practical; Look at the stupid test, there is no grand view. " Finally, I remember that Li Er, the founder of Taoism, who is called Laojun, is of the same surname and clan, and it is appropriate to "devote himself to teaching and be willful and fix the truth". So Cambodia went to Huashan to find a teacher. It's not difficult to travel all the way to Dai Yue and stay in the water and wind! On the contrary, I played with the scenery and sang songs. When I arrived at Huashan, I felt that the mountain was really wonderful. Green pines and cypresses, clouds and smoke sweeping the floor, Qi Fei, Xia Ying, at night, cooking at home and smoking late, and the new moon printed on the mountain, melting the Taoist state of mind into the mountains, showing the chic and chic of Li Xuan at that time.
I met Mr. Wan Qiu, the old gentleman who lives in Huashan with him, and heard the old gentleman say that "the essence of the supreme Tao, the ultimate Tao and the ultimate Tao is drowsy." There is no way and no place, and if you look at it with god, your shape will be self-righteous, quiet and clear. If you don't take the form of Raul, sow your own nature and care about your own nature, you can live forever. "Heart blossoms, dust melts. Then I heard Wan Qiu's instructions: "Your name is in the immortal register. If you practice this exercise, you will arrive in a few days. Why ask for more? "After returning to the deep forest in the cave, I will deeply understand the purpose of Laozi, and I will be familiar with the language of Wanqiu, so that my fortune will be strengthened and my strength will be reduced. Sure enough, the evil spirit soon came out, and the four directions were clear and easy to distinguish. Although I am in a deep forest, I am not alone. Many celebrities come here, and many people want to be apprentices. If we compare monasticism to official career, Li Xuan can be said to be the pride of spring breeze at this time, or in fashionable words, he has a successful career.
When the spirit reached this level, Li Xuan constantly had a new consciousness. One day, he climbed to the top of the mountain and saw the eagle hovering in the air. His heart moved: "Why can't the world fight for the reputation of the snail horn, find a small profit, drive its own trap, and never regret it until death?" My welfare is embarrassing. "Impromptu Poetry": "Zhi Zhi does not seek talent, and his golden eyes are half tired; "Why do you love dust when you are convinced of Qian Shan?" It's just that this song "Why Love Dust" is obviously a foreshadowing.
Just as the eagle was looking at the poem, Lao Jun and Wan Qiu met the crane, and Lao Zi commented on the spot: "For the loss of Tao, for the loss, even for inaction. I want to be indifferent, I want to raise my spirits and be selfless to things. " Meet for ten days and travel around western countries with great interest.
Ten days later, Li Xuan told his disciple Andy to protect his soul (corpse) and agreed not to come back for seven days before burning the corpse. After Andy was ordered to protect, he dared not rest day and night. Unexpectedly, on the sixth day, someone came to the emergency room at home and said that his mother was dying and wanted to see her. In hesitation, Andy couldn't stand the urging and persuasion of his family, and finally incinerated Li Xuan's body.
When Li Xuan left Huashan, he traveled westward with the old gentleman to Cynthia, traveled all over Penglai and the abbot, and traveled all over 36 caves. He benefited a lot, but he was obsessed with the soul in the mountains and wanted to leave. At this point, the old man already knew what he was doing, just laughed and made a remark in his immediate behavior, saying, "Practice makes perfect without breaking the grain." If you want the old skeleton, it's a new look.
Li Xuan returned to the mountain where he was monastic for seven days, and went to Maozhai to find his soul. His hair is gone, and so is his disciple Andy. Ghosts were everywhere, howling out of thin air day and night, and I happened to meet a body lying in the mountains and starving to death. At this moment, Li Xuan suddenly remembered the parting words of the old gentleman: "If you want the old skeleton, it's just a new look." Epiphany: "This hungry corpse is my face." So, no longer wandering, no longer howling, but attached to the hungry body, a burly and handsome boy turned into a beggar with a broken head, a dirty face, a bare stomach and a lame foot, like a purple crutch. From then on, Li Xuan, who started from the corpse, can transform at will. The crutch in his hand can be turned into an iron staff, so that the world no longer knows his real name. He only called him "Mr. Iron Monster" loudly, and later he became more familiar. He gave up the word "sir" and changed it directly to "Tie Guai Li".
When Li Xuan became Tie Guai Li, he knew that his disciple Andy's mother was dead. He couldn't help asking himself, "He kept my body but didn't die, because his mother forced him to. I'm tired of people whose mothers died and I can't send them away. If I don't revive it, he will regret it for the rest of his life! The heart of complaining immediately turned into heavy sympathy, so he walked to the Yang family with an iron cane and a gourd. He took out a pill from the gourd to save Yang's mother, made it clear that he was his identity, and suddenly left. Only this recruit, Tie Guai Li shoulders a gourd, different from other immortals. He carries two magic weapons, an iron crutch and a medicine gourd.
Examining the whole process of Li Xuan's transformation into Tie Guai Li, we can see that objectively, all this was arranged by the old gentleman. Before he changed from a burly teenager to a lame beggar, he made a "new look" prediction. Subjectively, Li Xuanxian has the consciousness of "what is the dust of lovelorn love". He even screamed out of thin air after losing his beautiful body. In the end, he always has the keen insight of "why wait on others and choose leisure for himself", and he is determined to starve with his soul and reappear in front of others as an ugly lame old man. Here, a life story is used to teach Taoist philosophy: as long as there is that precious spirit, the appearance of the body can be irrelevant, even in the eyes of the old gentleman, it is difficult for both to be beautiful at the same time, so when Li Xuan lost his body, he called to heaven, and the old gentleman just smiled.
The world knows that Tie Guai Li's bizarre life experience is very interesting, and thinks that Tie Guai Li's image is eccentric and his personality is distinct. Few people think further that handsome guys have become ugly beggars, and on the whole, they are more beautiful. Knowing the truth will be good for us mortals. Only when we know the truth can we really understand a Tie Guai Li.
In The Beginning of Everything, it is said that Tie Guai Li took shape and stood, saying that he studied Taoism in Zhong Nanshan. When Yuan Shen came out of his shell, his body was eaten by a tiger, and Yuan Shen got into the body of a beggar who had just died, and it became what he looked like later. The plot is different and the ending is the same. "Tong Jian Daquan" said: "The surname is Li, and he has a foot disease. The Queen Mother of the West became an immortal, sealed the leader of Donghua, and gave iron crutches. " This means that he is a cripple, he is just enlightened and has no deformation. But this statement is not popular among the people, so I will mention it here.
As for some people who say that "driving six flying sheep, bending a corner, rib six wings, and its line is like electricity" recorded in "Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties" is Tie Guai Li; Some people say that Tie Guai Li is the reincarnation of the Great God, and its origin can be traced back to ancient times. I suspect that all this happened after Tie Guai Li spread among the people, gained a firm foothold and gained some fame. As we have seen thousands of times, the wall is pushed down by everyone, and people are eager to brag when they become famous. Ugly people are uglier, but there are always some benefits. Tie Guai Li is a fairy after all. He didn't listen to the flatterer's advice and regarded the giant god as his ancestor, showing off himself with other people's titles. As long as you keep the true colors of a cripple, the magic is not empty. This is probably one of the reasons why his reputation has been enduring for hundreds of years.