予昔聞河南少林寺有神傳擊劍之技,後自雲中回取道至寺。僧自負精其技者千餘人,咸出見呈之。視其技,已失古人真訣。明告眾僧,皆曰:「願受指教。」予曰:「此必積之歲月而後得也。」眾人推少年有勇力者二人,一名宗擎,一名普從。隨予南行,出入營陣之中。時授以陰陽變化真訣,復教以知慧覺照之戒。及三餘載,二人曰:「噫!有餘矣。乞歸以所受之教,轉授寺眾,以永其傳,可也?」遂許辭去。倏而又十三載矣。門者忽報有一僧求見,與之進,乃宗擎也。謂普從已化為異物,惟宗擎回寺,以”劍訣禪戒”傳之眾僧,所得最深者近百人,其傳可永也。
《正氣堂集》
General Yu was famous military combatants in General Qi period, adding credit to his teaching, both practical and effective.
It’s a very interesting piece of writing I noticed years ago.
In General Yu’s writing many things are worthy of study
1, It’s link with Liuhebafa
2, It’s link with Xinyi
3, It’s link with Zen
4, It’s link with Jing Chu sword 荊楚長劍
So half of the focus is on the mind and enlightening 知慧覺照. While half is on the swordsmanship 劍訣禪戒.
I sincerely hope this topic does not irritate some and ban this topic. It’s not evangelical ( non biblical ).
But bad things do happen.