Road to science and technology

There are fifty strings of Jinse for no reason, each string and one column reminds me of my good years. Zhuang Sheng was obsessed with butterflies in his dawn dream, and looked forward to the emperor's spring heart with cuckoos. The moon in the sea sheds tears, and the warm sun in Lantian produces smoke. This feeling can be recalled later, but it was already at a loss. This is "Jin Se" written by Li Shangyin, a famous envoy of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the poem is written by Li Shangyin, the protagonist now is not Li Shangyin, but Zhuang Zhou, because he feels that he is dreaming of butterflies again.

Yes, Zhuang Zhou is Zhuang Zi. Now he is an old man, and he is still very strong. His white hair has grown out and his neatly combed gray beard makes people think that he is a strong and healthy man at a glance. The old man is wearing a dark silk reeling top. Silk reeling is the process of pulling silk out of silkworms, so this is a silk top, but it is a bit old. You can tell at a glance that it has been worn for several years, because He had two patches on the back of his jacket.

He was just on his way from Xinzheng to Xianyang in an ox cart. The purpose of going to Xianyang was to see the Qin State, which seemed to have changed recently. However, because the weather was too hot, he felt thirsty, so he planned to go to Xianyang on the roadside. Rest under a big tree for a while before leaving.

The reason why he wanted to rest under this tree was because his old and very sensitive ears heard the sound of water nearby, and the water in his bag was almost finished, so he took advantage of the rest time to replenish the water. Drivers and oxen can also be replenished on the spot.

So he walked looking for the sound of water, and sure enough, there was a clear mountain spring at the mountain col, and he was now a hundred steps down from the source of the mountain spring. With Zhuang Zhou's character, he usually drank a few sips to quench his thirst on the spot and then filled up the water, but this time he suddenly wanted to drink from the source of the mountain spring. As soon as this idea appeared, he thought it was His original intention, so he followed this thought he called his original intention and walked towards the source a hundred steps away.

A clear mountain spring with a trickling stream was next to a few clean rocks. Next to the rocks were a few green plants. Zhuang Zhou felt happy looking at this scene, so he walked down with vigorous steps. In two steps, he wanted to drink a few mouthfuls of sweet spring water, and then grab a bag of water.

What he didn't expect was that when he stepped forward and was about to bend down, he suddenly noticed that his eyes went dark, and then he seemed to see strange light spots moving rapidly in his eyes. When he returned to normal vision, he found that the appearance of the mountain spring seemed to have changed. The water is still trickling, and the rocks are still rocks, but the light has dimmed. He originally thought it was a phenomenon like black eyes and stars appearing in his eyes when he stood up after squatting for a long time. He thought it was because he was old and his eyes were black even when he lowered his head, so he didn't care. But when he finished drawing water Then I looked up and realized that was not the case.

It was getting dark, and the moment he bent down to fetch water, the sun turned from the scorching sun to the bright moon in the sky. At this time, Zhuang Zhou looked back and forth at the moonlight and the mountain spring. He felt that he was dreaming of butterflies again, but this scene did not seem like a dream. He thought that he had just touched him quietly, and it hurt. However, he, always wise, felt that it might also be a very real dream.

So he raised his head and looked at the sky, trying to find some different celestial phenomena. After squinting for a long time, Zhuang Zhou saw the Big Dipper behind a crescent moon, the crescent moon and the Big Dipper, as well as some small stars dotting the night sky. This kind of star phenomenon was very common, but he felt it was strange because of the previous season. The shape of the Big Dipper at night does not seem to be like this. It seems to be a little flatter, and so is the moon. It should be almost full now, but why has it become a crescent moon again?

"That's weird! You have to change the stars for nothing!"

Zhuang Zhou raised his hand and stroked his gray beard, sighed inwardly, and then began to look around curiously. This action touched his cuffs that were slightly wider than modern ones, revealing a dagger stuck at his waist. .

At this time, he put down the hand that was stroking his beard, and then quietly pressed it on the dagger at his waist. He opened his eyes wide and looked into the distance along the flowing water. What caught his eyes were rows of bright spots that were glowing slightly.

The night was very dark, but under the bright light shining in the distance, Zhuang Zhou could still vaguely see some outlines, which seemed to be a bridge, a bridge similar to those in the palaces of princes and nobles.

He had once been to the palace of the State of Wei, and there was a similar stone bridge inside, except that there were many neat highlights on the bridge.

The darkness and distance could not stop Zhuang Zhou's imagination. He felt that the bridge in the distance should be a bridge for some extravagant and extravagant palace. It was too luxurious to light so many candles on an deserted stone bridge in the dark night. This may be a place of pleasure built by the royal family or some big country that took advantage of the people's wealth. Thinking about this, he felt that this place was a dirty place, but he felt wrong because he was still in the wilderness just now. Why did he suddenly Just arrived at a certain palace? Maybe this kind of thing only happens in dreams. As for how he dreamed, he no longer thinks about it. After all, it is difficult to know how he dreamed.

Zhuang Zhou, who felt that he was still in a dream, simply ignored everything else and explored the dream first.

So Zhuang Zhou stepped on his straw sandals that did not match the silk silk clothes on his body, carefully held the dagger at his waist, walked across the soft lawn to a bridge, then narrowed his eyes and quietly approached the bridge. This weird highlight.

He was now very curious about what it was. He originally thought it was a stone lamp with candles burning inside, but when he got closer, he realized that it was not.

Zhuang Zhou looked at it for a while, then stretched out his left hand to touch it, and then slightly released his right hand from the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"Round as a chicken, as bright as the bright moon, as warm as warm jade, as bright as candlelight! What is this? A bright pearl at night?" Zhuang Zhou felt like a light flashed through his heart, as if he understood what this thing was. , he looked away and looked into the distance.

If this is the Pearl of the Night, then the bridge and so many bright spots on the roadside are all the Pearl of the Moon. This is too luxurious. Is this a palace in the sky?

Zhuang Zhou did not think that this was the residence of immortals, because he did not think that there were immortals in the world. After all, he believed that perfect people have no self, gods and men have no merit, and saints have no name.

It is estimated that he did not even have the concept of immortality. After all, Qu Yuan, the author of Chu Ci, did not know whether he had written the first sentence describing immortality, "The virtues of the real person are cherished, and the beauty of the past can ascend to immortality."

After Zhuang Zhou observed the night and the surrounding environment for a while, he discovered something that was consistent with common sense. For example, there should be a road between the two rows of luminous pearls, a road illuminated by luminous pearls. He didn't know if he should follow this path. The road would lead there, but he decided to follow it and take a look.

After making his decision, Zhuang Zhou flicked his cuffs openly, then lifted up his straw sandals and stepped onto the road paved with bluestone.

Soon he crossed the stone bridge and strode forward generously along the road illuminated by the night pearl. After a while, he saw a huge palace sitting on the left side of the road reflecting silver light. Under the brighter night pearl, Zhuang Zhou saw the palace clearly. It was not a palace with cornices and horns, but a strange flat-roofed palace. He had never seen such a flat-roofed palace. He made an estimate. It spans about ninety to one hundred and ten steps, and there is a row of glowing things on the top of the palace.

He looked carefully at this line of luminous objects and felt that it looked like a kind of character, but he couldn't recognize the character of that country. Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qin. There was no writing like this one, like his hometown of Song. The writing was also different, so he didn't recognize it.

Being so smart, he immediately thought that if there were words on it, then it might be the name of this unknown palace. He had seen the name of the palace hanging on the palace, but this kind of name also seemed to be made of luminous night pearls. He has never seen it before. This dream is so strange!

Zhuang Zhou didn't feel strange about such unfamiliar characters, nor did he feel that his knowledge was shallow because there were so many characters in the world that no one could possibly recognize them all.

Of course, he felt that I, who was the librarian of the Zhou royal family back then, might recognize it.

Unable to understand, he simply continued to move forward, and he quickly saw several strange palaces with the same unfamiliar words. This time, he ignored them and continued walking.

Finally, after a while, Zhuang Zhou came to the end of the road illuminated by what he thought was the night pearl. Now in front of him was a door about ten steps wide. He raised his head and looked up. The door was as high as he had ever seen in his life. Not seen.

The middle of the door is not a door, but an unknown blue object like water waves. The doorframes on both sides are also unknown objects, shining brightly. When he walked forward, he realized that the blue water-like thing was missing.

Zhuang Zhou didn't think so much. He, who was always open-minded, stepped inside. Suddenly, his eyes were filled with light, and it seemed like it was daytime again. At this time, his straw sandals had already stepped on a red carpet. He felt the softness under his feet and Zhuang Zhou lowered his head and glanced at the red carpet. Carpet, then slowly raised his head and looked forward along the red carpet. At the end of the red carpet, he saw a man sitting on a high platform seat.