Heaven and earth are not benevolent... Heaven and earth are not benevolent...
Early in the morning, inside the soup and pancake shop, when Zhao Douan recited this phrase.
The Old Heavenly Master, originally indifferent and without expectation, seemed to be struck.
Chewing over the sentence quietly, though he was of advanced years, his eyes, still as clear as a child's, suddenly brightened.
Strictly speaking, the "benevolence" Zhao Douan referred to was different in context from the "benevolence" Zhang Yan Yi had just mentioned.
Zhang Yan Yi had said that heaven and earth possess benevolence, which was an exclamation in a particular context.
I inferred that he, as a Magician who believed in the "Heavenly Dao," could glimpse the fortunes and misfortunes from the workings of the heavenly dao.
And thus avoid them, which to the common folk would seem like the "benevolence" of heaven and earth.
