Ji Chang is a character in myths and legends, from "Liezi Tangwen" written by Lie Yukou, the author of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

In the story, Ji Chang is an expert archer and can shoot arrows with perfect accuracy. This is the result of his hard work on basic skills. He is a very studious person with a tenacious character.

Since his boyhood, Ji Chang wanted to become an archer. When he grew up, he worshiped a man named Fei Wei as his teacher and asked the teacher Ma Yi to teach him the unique archery skills. He practiced hard for two years and learned the ability to stare at a target without blinking. Even if someone dangled a sharp awl in front of his eyes, he could still do so without blinking.

So, Ji Chang felt that he had mastered the ability of not blinking, so he went to see Fei Wei and asked the teacher to teach him the unique skills of archery. Fei Wei also told him that the ability not to blink is only the first step in the basic skills of archery. Next, he must practice the sharpness of his eyes until he can see small targets clearly. Ji Chang continued to practice hard according to the teacher's instructions.

He managed to catch a louse, tied it with a piece of hair and hung it in a bright window. As a target, he stood in a distant place and practiced aiming every day. He persisted every day and practiced for three full years. His eyesight finally became very sharp. Standing at a distance, the lice, which were originally small objects, became larger in his eyes. The same was true when he saw other small objects.

At this time, the teacher always asked him to shoot the hanging louse with a special small bow and arrow. Ji Chang drew the bow and shot the arrow. The arrow went right through the center of the louse, and even the thin No hair was touched. Fei Wei saw it and said to Ji Chang: "This is the unique skill of archery. Because you have practiced the basic skills for a long time, you are now able to hit the target with 100 shots." Ji Chang became a marksman from then on.

Extended information:

"Liezi. Tang Wen", the writing sweeps across the world, the principles of heaven and earth, and the mysteries of all things, for the enjoyment of gentlemen. The article contains many transcendent myths and legends, which express the vastness of the heaven and earth and the complexity of all things, in order to break through the common sense of the world that is limited by sight and hearing, and eliminate all kinds of superficial differences, similarities and differences.

Liezi first used the dialogue between Yin Tang and Xia Ge to talk about the infinity of time and space, and commendably expressed the cosmology of "the heaven and the earth are also things"; and then through the two speeches of Dayu and Xia Ge, It shows that the changes in the natural world and the life, death, misfortunes and blessings in the human world are all caused by nothing and will be destroyed without waiting. Even a knowledgeable saint may not be able to understand the laws and mysteries.

Just like the political customs and folk customs in all directions, it is not surprising that they are different from each other, because they are all "obtained by silence and formed by nature" in different human and geographical environments. Since everything is a natural product and cannot be judged as right or wrong based on limited hearing and sight, then naturally the profound connotations of the wise sayings of Tao Dao cannot be understood according to conventional thinking.

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