Book 21 Chapter 23

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五十五. Reflections on cashless

Plucking, or plucking without strings, or plucking with strings, is simply the practice of playing unstrung gold. It is not yet known when or by whom this reckless practice began. There are theories that it was Baeger, a famous alpine monk, or Go Seolip, a blind shotgun player and assassin, but none of them have been proven.

Is it possible to play gold without strings, or is it possible to play it with strings but without sound?

I'm sure there are many people who would argue that if you're playing, you have to make a sound, and that sound has to be in beautiful harmony.

The bottom line is, I don't know.

I don't know, I've never heard of it.

I've never heard of it being successful, at least not since I was born.

However, my purpose in bringing up the taboo is to examine the reasons why such a "reckless" thing was attempted.

To understand this, we first need to look at a phrase from Zhuangzi's Book of Sacrifices: the word "thunderbolt". To complete the assortment, we have to guess the heavens and the earth, so of course we have land mines and human mines.

So what are thunderbolts, mines, and landmines?

Mines are the sounds of nature. Mines are human sounds that mimic the sounds of nature. Musical instruments such as tungso and daegeum can be said to be human sounds that imitate the sounds of nature.

Landmines and mines are easy to understand. The problem is thunder. Thunder is a sound without sound.

What does that mean?

I dare to speculate that it's silence that makes sound possible.

Lao Tzu once said, "The greatest music is the sound of no sound," referring to the great instrument of waiting. Great music, the music that unites all music, has no specific sound.

This mastery of the Great Yin Hsi Sung is in line with that of the thunderbolt, so in order to realize the thunderbolt that plays heavenly music without making a sound, a cashless shot is attempted.

Of course, the mere act of attempting to make a thunderclap is not enough. Even if there is no sound, the 'supreme something' must be heard, and so cashlessness forever fails to germinate the seed of thunder.

Will humanity succeed in striking thunder in the future, that remains an open question.

After dispatching a hunting party to track down the mysterious old man, Mazinger sat down at his desk to rest for a while, feeling mentally exhausted. But even as he rested, his eyes were drawn to a corner of his desk, to the top of a pile of old papers he had stacked for organization. It was titled "Organization of the Ten Delegation Groups of the Heavenly Martial Academy," but it was stained with tea stains and was now in disrepair. Before the old man appeared, he had been sipping tea and reviewing the documents, but in his sudden haste, he had touched the teacup. Luckily for him, an identical copy of the manuscript was tucked away. He casually reached over and picked up the stained document. The fact that the names of the envoys were smeared with tea water and crushed together somehow disturbed him deeply. <Division of the Ten Delegations of the Heavenly Martial Academy>. Author:Yu Eunsung, Qin Xiaoling

第一. Organizational principles

一. For the sake of a healthy campus climate, romantic relationships should be cut off.

二. The four new students must be placed in the same group as the examiner for guidance purposes.

三. If possible, the Nine Dragon Seven Peaks talents should be appropriately distributed in each group.

四. To maintain a safe environment, female students should be grouped together whenever possible.

第二. Roster of ten groupings

Article 1 Yong Cheon-myung, Yoo Yeob-sung, Meng Yeon-ho, and Pang Cho-young,

Article 2 Maharishi, Nayarin, and Yuran,

Article 3 Mo Yonghui, Gentleman, Jang Hong, Hyorong, Dan Dafeng, Jeon Okki

Article 4 Namgungsang, Yeonbi, Do Gwangseo, Geum Youngho, Ha Yunmyeong, Jegalyu

Article 5 Qin Ling, Hwa Seol-ok, Hwang Bo-ok-yeon, Cheng Hing, Lee Ji-ryong, Pang Hyuk-sung

Article 6 Cheonghun, Baek Moo-young, and Byeongtae-nam,

Article 7 Hasein Ha, Junho Yoon, Unbi Yoo, Yeontae Bie, Cheolgi Dang, Sohae Cheon

Article 8 Chen Yajin, Dan Mok Wu, Tang Chul Pyo, and Tang Wenchen,

Article 9 Hyunwoon, Dangsam, Nohak, Ilgong, Lim, Sungjin, Chu, Iltae

Article 10 Namgungsan Mountain. Gwanseolji, Dangmunhye, Jinisul, Danmoksu, and Kangyuran.