The first part is "Good Hair is Long, Long, Long, Long", the second part is "Xi Sansheng Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding Riding", and the cross-section is "Feeling for the Heart".
Now clean it up:
The first part: "goodness" means kindness and mastery; "Mao" is a Taoist school of Maoshan Shangqing; The third word "long" is the art of longevity advocated by Maoshan School. The combination of "Mao" and "Chang" refers to the long-lasting Maoshan school; The word "dragon" is used later, which not only exaggerates the meaning of immortality, but also echoes the number "seven" praised by the youth school in Maoshan.
Bottom line: "learning" is learning; "Three Mahayanas" refers to the Taoist "Three Mahayanas", that is, "Tai Xuan means Mahayana, Tai Ping means Mahayana, and Tai Qing means Hinayana". Huang Ting Jing is an important classic of Maoshan School, which emphasizes the cultivation of spirit and refinement of qi. The use of seven times not only exaggerates the yearning for flying clouds and immortals, but also echoes the number "seven" advocated by Maoshan Shangqing School.
As for the horizontal criticism of "self-purification" and "purity", it refers to the Taoist Sanqing, which is nothing mysterious and needs no analysis.
Now let's explain the upper and lower parts in detail:
Shangqing School was formed in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it was named after studying Shangqing Classic. The Shangqing school takes keeping God and being convinced as its practice method, supplemented by the practice of sutra and merit. Tao Hongjing (456-536) is an important representative of the Shangqing School, and a hermit named Huayang. He was born in Liling, Danyang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), and was born in Daoshi, a famous family in Jiangdong. Yongming 10 (492) resigned at the age of 36 and retired to Qushan (Maoshan) as a monk. After his retirement, Tao Hongjing and his disciples operated in Maoshan for decades, making Maoshan the center of Shangqing school, so later generations also called Shangqing school "Maoshan school".
Tao Hongjing pioneered the integration of Taoism and Buddhism, and adopted the attitude of both Buddhism and Taoism. His book "True Faith" replaced the traditional view of "taking responsibility" and the soul of Dongyue master with the view of reincarnation and hell. In his later years, Tao Hongjing claimed to be reincarnated as a "Victory Bodhisattva" and personally went to Asoka Tower in Ningbo to be ordained. After returning to Maoshan, two Buddhist and Taoist altars were built and a ceremony was held the next day. On his deathbed, his last words were "wearing a scarf", "wearing a left armpit" and "covering his head and feet with a big robe" outside.
It is precisely because of the integration of Taoism and Buddhism in Tao Hongjing that the Maoshan School respected the number "seven" like Buddhism. Buddhism worships and respects "Seven", and Buddhism has various sayings such as "Seven Treasures", "Seven Bitterness" and "Seven-level pagoda". Tao Hongjing also worshipped "Seven" from this. Except being born at the beginning of life, seven days is wax, and one wax is one, so life is forty-nine days and seven days; In addition to being influenced by the ancient custom of worshipping "Seven Days", Tao Hongjing also arranged gods, earth, ghosts and many fairies into seven levels in the map of the true spirit, and the order in the middle was: Yuanshi Tianzun, Chen Yu Huangyuan Avenue and Taiji Jinque Emperor. Huang Ting Jing is an important classic of the Shangqing school and a seven-character poem.
It is precisely because Tao Hongjing, the founder of the Shangqing School in Maoshan, worships the Seven Extremes and integrates Taoism and Buddhism. Therefore, the Maoshan School worships the Seven and uses seven "long" and seven "multiply" behind the couplet, which is a typical and exaggerated performance of worshiping the Seven.
Besides integrating Taoism and Buddhism, Tao Hongjing, like most Taoists, also advocates spiritual cultivation and physical fitness. In addition, Huangting Jing, an important classic of Shangqing School, is a summary of the previous generation's practical health-keeping experience, which provides basic theories and methods for later generations' internal strength cultivation, and is called "the miracle book of longevity". It advocates "keeping life and nothingness, why think indifferently and do nothing", and pursues the cultivation method of indifferently and do nothing, so as to achieve the goal of immortality. His method of "preserving the spirit" combines the five internal organs of ancient classics and medical classics with the spirit. Through thinking about the spirit, we can achieve the spirit, view nature in caves, nourish the spirit and refine the qi, and fly to the clouds.
Therefore, one of the main purposes of Maoshan School is to cultivate immortals and fly to the clouds. Seven "longs" and seven "rides" are maoshan taoist's yearning for longevity and Yunfei.
Let's talk about "three riding" first. The emergence of Taoist "three riding" should be influenced by Buddhism. The following seven meanings in Volume II of Tang Daojing point out the relationship between the "Three Rides" and the Shangqing School: "As long as the three rides of Chen are resumed, the classics will be clarified." Chen Zhe and Shen Ye, at the end, said that vulgarity is blunt, and they learned it three times, and they also announced it again. The third hole is always the teaching of riding, so it is a cloud: although there are three holes, you should have both, and you should ride once. Taixuan is Mahayana, Taiping is Mahayana and Taiqing is Mahayana, which are connected with the three Mahayanas. "
During the Li Tang period, Taoism was regarded as the state religion, and Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin claimed to be the descendants of Laozi. Therefore, Taoism received extremely generous treatment in the Tang Dynasty. After the establishment of Maoshan School in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was highly respected by the upper class and produced many celebrities. In 680 AD, Wang was posthumously awarded as a doctor of Dazhong, Mr. posthumous title Shengzhen, and four years later, he was awarded as a doctor of Zijin Guanglu. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Jun was highly respected by the emperor. During the reign of Tianbao, Li Hanguang was named Mr. Xuan Jing by Emperor Xuanzong. It can be seen that the Maoshan Sect was favored by the royal family at that time, and the skill of Maoshan's longevity was circulated all over the world.
Tang Dezong is the grandson of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. This couplet originated in Tang Dezong in 780 AD, when Maoshan was famous for his longevity. Therefore, writing "Good Maochang" in Taoist temple is of course the longevity master of Maoshan. For people at that time, there was no need to spend their heads to understand. The last seven words "long" have been explained before, which is an exaggerated expression of maoshan taoist's desire for immortality. Of course, "learning three times" means learning the theory of Taoism three times. Only by learning it well three times can we get Fei Xian-"get, get, get, get, get". These seven times are also the reason for worshipping seven times.
It should be said that this couplet is one of the typical manifestations of Taoism's "mystery", which is quite interesting, but it is not neat to use "Maochang" to "30%", which is also a strange couplet, but it lacks neatness. As for modern people, it seems that this is a strange connection. I think it is no wonder that Taoism declined and talents were scarce after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. I don't believe that no one could solve it before the Qing Dynasty.