Receiving Three Volumes of the Heavenly Book at Huandao Village; Song Gongming Meets the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden

There is a poem: In life one must first practice filial piety; morning and evening inquire after one’s parents and emulate the sages. Only when one’s thoughts are upright does one accord with righteousness; with a clear and open heart, one can move Heaven. It was no mere luck that brought him to Huandao Village; how could it be chance that a deity bestowed the Heavenly Book? The prophecy said he would meet two men, Su and Gao; Song Jiang was himself a immortal from Heaven. Now, at that time Song Jiang was at the feast speaking to the assembled heroes: “I, Song Jiang, ever since you rescued me and brought me up the mountain, have been drinking every day. Though my heart is glad, I do not know how my old father is faring at home. Now Jiangzhou has already reported the case to the capital, and the authorities will certainly send documents to Jizhou, ordering Yuncheng County to arrest my family and spare no effort in seizing me, the chief criminal. I fear my old father will be frightened out of his wits and his life will be in danger. The ancients said that parents......