What is Pigou? How to break the valley?

Bigu is also called "sparrow valley", "broken valley", "no valley", "no valley" and "no valley", which means you don't eat whole grains.

Taoism follows that people eat whole grains and accumulate feces in their intestines, which will produce foul smell and hinder the road to immortality. "Huang Tingnei"

Jing Ke said, "The earth is the essence of a hundred grains, evil smells five flavors, and the sacred thing of God is zero. So, how can we change from old to baby? "

(1) At the same time, there are three worms (three corpses) in the human body, and they live on this grain gas. With its existence, people have evil desires.

And you cann't live forever Therefore, if you want to clear the dirty gas in the intestine and get rid of the three corpse worms, you must break the valley. To this end, Taoist priests imitate Zhuangzi.

The immortal behavior of "not eating grains, sucking wind and drinking dew" described in Xiaoyao Tour seeks to achieve the goal of immortality.

Begging for grain originated in the pre-Qin period, and it was about the same time as qi-moving. Yi Yisheng's core monument, a collection of etiquette works before Qin and Han Dynasties.

He said: "Carnivores are brave, grain eaters are wise, gas eaters live like gods, and non-eaters die like gods." ② Yes.

It is the earliest theoretical basis of the art of crossing the valley. There are similar records in Huainanzi Dizhi. And "the world" also contains examples.

For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, a single leopard in Lu lived in the mountains and drank streams. "I don't wear silk and hemp, I don't eat whole grains, and I am still alive at the age of seventy."

There are boys' colors. (3) is the earliest practitioner in Historical Records. 1973 silk unearthed from mawangdui Han tomb in Changsha

There is "Going to the Valley to Eat Qi" in the book, which is the earliest existing work in the pre-Qin period. There is a cloud: "Go (but)."

People in the valley eat pyrrosia. ..... Pay attention to your feet and body first, and then cook (blow), depending on the benefit. "It means the first monarch.

In the valley, there is often a phenomenon of top-heavy and weak limbs, which must be overcome by "blowing". There will be a monarch here.

The combination of valley and qi circulation, like the deliberate combination of qi circulation and qi guidance in Zhuangzi, seems to indicate the existence of these three techniques.

The initial state of existence in the pre-Qin period shows that they appeared at roughly the same time.

After the establishment of Taoism, many people inherited this technology and practiced the valley. Legend of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, alchemist of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It is true that "the valley has been broken for more than 200 years (when it is the mistake of" Japan "-the note of the cited person), the flesh and blood are handsome, and Xu Xing and Ma Zhuang are powerful."

(4) The Biography of Fang Shu in the Later Han Dynasty records: "(Hao) Meng can save energy for five or ten years, including jujube stones without eating." ⑤ Cao Zhi

"Tao Bian" contains the story of "frugality and avoiding the valley", saying that he once walked and lived by "bending down and sleeping together" and "avoiding the valley for a hundred days ..."

Self-sufficiency. ⑥ Among the alchemists attracted by Cao Cao, Zuo Ci, Feng Junda, and Miss Lu all practiced breaking the valley. Eastern Jin Dynasty (3 17-420)

Ge Hong, a Taoist priest, opposes the view that one-way crossing the valley can lead to immortality (he advocates that those who choose good deeds should be Xi, especially the compulsory elixir).

It is the "one-sided view" of practitioners that one-way crossing the valley can become immortal, but there is no doubt about the health and longevity effect of crossing the valley. he

"Bao Puzi's Miscellaneous Answers" said: "The remainder is more than three years and two years, all of which are light and good." ⑦ Synchronous development

Give a concrete example to prove it: Shi Chun, a Taoist priest in the Three Kingdoms, often refused to eat for a month or a hundred days when he was treating people, which made him angry with Wu Jingzi.

"Smell and doubt, but call take decanter closed, is ready to keep it. In spring, only three or two liters of water are needed. More than a year has passed, and the color of spring is fresher and more pleasant.

The strength remains unchanged. "Today," Sheng Feng was born, but he swallowed it. It has been three years since he broke the valley. Seeing how he climbed the mountain, he carried on with a heavy load.

Tired all day. "Pet-name ruby" Shu Wei Shi Lao Zhi ",the Northern Wei Taoist Kouqian's excuse is that the old man on the throne gave him a formula to guide the valley.

10 Many disciples have their own skills. Donglai Taoist Wang lived in seclusion in Hanshan Mountain and was isolated from the world for more than 40 years. The Seven Signs of Yun Qi

Five-year volume, Sun Youyue's Confucian books are grains, and he took Guxian pills in 1967. His face was light and moist, fine and clean. "AB" southern history "

In The Biography of Seclusion, Deng Yu, a Taoist priest in Nanyue, "broke the valley for more than 30 years, only carrying water with mica sheets, reciting the Great Hole Sutra day and night." Alternating current

Tao Hongjing "Good Guidance Valley. He has lived in seclusion for forty years, and he is still very capable in his eighties. " A.D. "History of the North, Stories of Seclusion"

It is said that Chen Daoshi Xu "has no support, and he is only sparse." Although it is cold in the middle of winter, it is not suitable for cotton wool. " AE "Old Tang Book"

According to the biography of seclusion, Pan Shi, a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty, lived in Songshan for more than 20 years, "but drank water from pine leaves." AF's apprentice Sima Cheng Zhen

He also taught his own bait-guiding skills. Chen Tuan, a Taoist priest in the early Song Dynasty, lived in Jiushiyan, Wudang Mountain.

I have been in the valley for more than twenty years, but I have to drink several cups a day. According to the Biography of Ji Fang in the History of Song Dynasty, Zhao Ziran is "out of touch, but a god". "

It's refreshing. Every time I smell fire, I will vomit. It's fruity and spring is just right. "Chai Xuantong" is over 100 years old. He is good at whistling in the valley.

Drink. "Ah, historical records, Taoist books, the list goes on. It can be seen that from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, the technique of crossing the valley has been very popular in Taoism.

In the process of spreading and learning the art of crossing the valley, Taoist once wrote a monograph on crossing the valley, and discussed and expounded the methods of crossing the valley. "Bao Puzi"

From afar, I recorded three volumes of Xiu Liang Jing.

"Tongzhi Yiwenlue" records that the method of breaking the valley is too clear, and there is no way to break the grain. The recipe stops the grain, and it is too clear to break the grain.

The orthodox Taoist scriptures "The Valley of the Main Method", "The Valley of the Main Method" and "The Square of Stopping the Kitchen Circle" (or "Pills") each have one volume, especially

A lot. However, the contents contained in the book can be summarized into two categories: "persuading people to avoid the valley" and "taking medicine to avoid the valley".

(a) "loyalty to the valley" refers to the combination of persuasion and avoiding the valley, based on persuasion, to achieve the purpose of avoiding the valley through persuasion.

Purpose. Specific statements vary, and some advocate that at the beginning of conviction, if you are hungry, you will go to the valley to drink one or two hemp soup or crisp soup.

Or a glass or two of wine, drink water when you are thirsty. Some advocate gradually reducing food at the beginning of persuasion, and reducing one bite of food every day to ten days.

Completely collapsed. Some people advocate not forcing the valley, waiting for qigong to deepen, and naturally breaking the valley after three years. Specific methods are common.

According to Bao Puzi's Miscellaneous Answers, there are two ways to eat at twelve o'clock, at the age of the star, and at the age of the star.

The Sixth Five-Year Plan, the method of thinking and eating qi, etc.

(2) "Taking medicine to avoid food" means taking medicine instead of food. There are many prescriptions, some of which are nutritious and slow to digest.

Bean, jujube, flax (sesame), chestnut, crisp, poria cocos, Polygonatum sibiricum, asparagus, rhizoma corydalis, ginseng, honey, etc.

Take one or two pills orally after crushing to replace the pills. One formula is high in nutrition and difficult to digest. After a hearty meal,

That is, the valley can be broken for a long time There is also eating, and then taking medicine to support the food. It is said that you can avoid Valley III.

A few years. Others use herbs to cook certain stones and eat them. For specific prescriptions, please refer to the Taiqing Classic Method of Breaking Valley and Yun.

University of Fang Yao, Qian Qi.

According to historical records, with so many people breaking the valley, the time of breaking the valley may be months, years or even decades, which is inevitably exaggerated.

It's not true, but it's not purely false. The third edition of People's Daily is entitled "Ten Years of Macheng Peasant Women"

If you don't make progress, you can speak freely. "Report Xiong Zaiding, a 25-year-old girl from Yuexingtang Village, Xiongjiapu District, Macheng City, Hubei Province.

When I was five years old, I suddenly became seriously ill and my life was dying. I stopped drinking water after I got out of danger. So far, I haven't eaten a grain of rice for ten years. Extraordinary

Yes, after eight years in bed, she has been able to walk independently, talk freely and do some housework. This is really a miracle on earth.

If today's science can explain it and find out the reasons, it will be of great significance to human science and modern health preservation.

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