Chapter 5 the fifth part

source of life Now continue to the first chapter of the previous "Xi Ci": "Through the way, you will become a man, if you follow the way, you will become a woman, if you do it, you will know the beginning, and if you do it, you will become a thing." Don't take the hexagram too seriously, it is just a symbol. From the perspective of emerging foreign cultures, it can also be called mathematical logic or symbolic logic.However, it should not be regarded as mathematical logic or symbolic logic. This is just a new kind of knowledge developed by Westerners. It is okay to borrow these new terms, but don't lower your knowledge so low.The two hexagrams Qian and Kun are symbols. In the past, the Qian hexagram represented men, and the Kun hexagram represented women.For example, when writing marriage letters in the past, the man's horoscope is called "Qianzao", and the woman's horoscope is called "Kunzao", which is represented by the two hexagrams Qian and Kun.The source of this concept, people who have not read it, think it is the secret language of the people in the world. In fact, Chinese culture has been represented by these two hexagrams for thousands of years. These two sentences, "The way of goodness makes a man, and the way of virtue makes a woman", also involves the physiological problems of ancient Chinese medicine.Qian also represents Yang, and Kun also represents Yin. Men are Yang and women are Yin. "Qian knows the beginning, and Kun makes things." The two hexagrams of Qian and Kun also represent the formation of cosmic physics, and the symbol of Qian hexagram represents the ontology.

How did the universe begin? Western religions say that the universe was created by a master, and all human beings are created according to this master, but Chinese culture does not have this set. Chinese culture only says that human life is determined by heaven, such as "The Doctrine of the Mean" said: "The mandate of heaven is called nature, the way of self-will is called Tao, and the way of cultivating Tao is called teaching." Human life is attributed to heaven, and that "heaven" is not a religious concept of heaven, but a metaphysical symbol, and there is no such mysterious concept in the world.Life has a source, which is called noumenon in philosophy, master, God, God, Buddha, and Tao by religious scholars, and "dryness" in the upper echelon. Everything in the universe is produced from the function of "dryness". Knowing the Great Beginning", everything that exists comes from dryness.The symbol of Kun Gua represents the formation of this material world.Before the formation of the material world, that is to say, before there was no heaven, no earth, no man, no woman, it was the noumenon—the word "noumenon" was translated according to the concept of western philosophy and culture, while in ancient Chinese culture, it refers to The stage in which the material world has not yet formed is Qian. When this world with all things in the universe is formed, its symbol is "Kun", and "Kun Zuo" means that its functions are created and all things are created.

We read "Xi Zhuan", the writing is beautiful, even though it is an ancient prose, we can recognize it at a glance.But you need to think deeply about reading. Here, each sentence contains a lot of content. This is a simplification of ancient Chinese prose, but it has the advantage of simplification, especially in the past, when Confucius wrote "Biography", there was no pen and paper. When you want to express a concept and a sentence, you can write many characters instead of using a knife to carve characters on bamboo slices, which is very troublesome, so one character represents a concept, and these many characters are put together. It is what later generations call ancient prose.The so-called text is the improvisation of speech and thought.Ancient Chinese, we people today can't understand it, and instead accuse ancient Chinese of being bullshit. In fact, many of the scientific and philosophical principles contained in it are worthy of our attention and study.

These two sentences, "A man becomes a man when he works, and a woman becomes a woman when he is a god," was later developed into the Taoist interpretation of men and women, saying: Men are all feminine, with only a little real yang; women are all masculine, only a little real yin.This means that there is yin in yang, and yang in yin.Some young students don't believe this, and I tell them they have to believe it.For example, a man with a mighty figure and a strong temper, the so-called high-spirited person, often has feminine emotions and attitudes; on the contrary, a woman who looks very gentle often has a masculine psychological state.There are many examples of this kind in psychology, such as the patriarchal saying in ancient China: "The mouth of a snake on a green bamboo, and the needle on the tail of a wasp, neither is poisonous, but the most poisonous to a woman's heart." It seems that women are the worst.After we have accepted the new cultural concept, we criticize this kind of writing as patriarchal, but it makes sense after a deeper observation.Women's temperaments are originally gentle, but when they make up their minds, they are more decisive than men, and men have very fierce personalities, and when they reach a certain stage, they will be hesitant.Women also tend to be smarter than men and have a natural sensitivity called intuition.But on this point, if you look at it comprehensively, men are more brilliant, and although men are comprehensively clever, they are confused at a certain point. Things that fail in the world often fail at a small point. From a psychological point of view, there is yang in yin, and yin in yang. The two sentences "the way of doing well makes a man, and the way of virtue makes a woman" have deep and numerous problems in the study of Chinese medicine, which shows the difficulty of Chinese medicine.Such as the menopause of men and women, women are around forty-nine years old, and men are around fifty-six years old.Some women undergo physiological changes during menopause, as well as personality changes. Those who used to not like to talk become long-winded, those who used to love to talk become sentimental, deep, and melancholy, and those who used to be conservative become wild.There are more problems between couples and families than among young people during this period, because of physical and psychological changes.Thousands of years ago in China, the two hexagrams of heaven and earth told us this law, which is also the principle of the twelve hexagrams, and we can name it "the law of life change".Now use the twelve hexagrams to explain as follows: From the perspective of human life, the Qian hexagram is a complete life from the mother's pregnancy to the birth of the baby.After the beginning of the change, it became the hexagram of the female queen of Tianfeng, which started from the first line of the inner hexagram, and a yin came. In terms of life history, this is a woman's fourteen years old, two seven one fourteen.There will be obvious physiological changes in women at the age of fourteen, but men will be calculated as a unit of eight, which is sixteen years old, and men will also change at the age of sixteen, but it is not as obvious as that of women, which also shows that Men are not smart at one point.

An ancient Chinese book, the "Huangdi Neijing", can be called the life science of human beings, which mentions that when a woman is fourteen years old, Tianguizhi will arrive.The so-called "gui", once said in Tiangan, "rengui water", gui is Yin water, Tiangui is menstruation, the first menstruation begins, and the life of the day after tomorrow is destroyed, but the situation is different now, some ten At the age of two and thirteen, the heavenly guizhi will be reached, which is also the principle of the Cijing.The later humans get married, the sooner they get married and the smarter they are, but their lives are also shorter.Before the age of 16, the life of a male has not entered the day after tomorrow, and he is still complete. After the age of 16, the nipples of a male will be swollen and sore for a few days, which is the same as the Tianguizhi of a female.Taking women as the standard, at the age of thirty-seven and twenty-one, and another yin growth, it is the Tianshan Dun hexagram, and at the age of four seven and twenty-eight is the Kou Tiandi Bu hexagram. In this way, every seven years is a stage, and a hexagram changes until seven or seven years old. After the age of forty-nine, this life is exchanged for another life, which is the menopause, and for men, it is menopause at the age of seven, eight, or fifty-six.Modern science also judges menopause in this way, and menopause is also very careful when seeing a doctor. Hormone injections during menopause will help.When we understand this law, we must pay attention to it when studying medicine, physiology, and psychology.The general classification of age is the same. A person's age reaches a certain stage, and there is a certain stage of physical, psychological state and pathology.Today, when talking about juvenile issues, it is the middle school stage, that is, the stage between the ages of fourteen and twenty.In fact, this is not the case in modern times. It is just that the modern society has opened up and these materials are easy to see. There were also problems in the past.It is also when the first line starts to change, the function of life has already started to change.Therefore, those who are leaders and managers should understand this law of life.Sometimes among friends, you can see many examples. Friends who have been friends for many years will become enemies when they are in their fifties or sixties.I often say that in this situation, both aspects are pathological, and both are sick, that is, physiological effects.

The principle of Zaiyi, and the principles of "Huangdi Neijing" to look at human physiology, can be seen most easily from the eyes.Presbyopia usually begins at the age of forty-two or three-year-old, so if you feel uncomfortable and tired at first at this age, before you become presbyopia, you should first see an ophthalmologist as soon as possible, and second, use the principles of Chinese medicine to cultivate Kidney Meridian.The kidneys referred to in Chinese medicine are not just kidneys. According to the principles of Chinese medicine, the left kidney belongs to Yang, and the right kidney belongs to Yin. The function of the left kidney is in charge of life, and the function of the right kidney is in urinary.The kidney in Chinese medicine also includes glands, hormones and other systems. Therefore, when a person reaches the age of forty-two or three, it is necessary to cultivate the function of the kidney and at the same time maintain the liver. Otherwise, the liver will have problems, but it does not necessarily cause hepatitis. A certain part of the face turns blue or black, easily gets angry, and causes major personnel problems.According to the diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine, the redness of the nose can show that there is a problem in the stomach, and it can even be inferred in which year and season the problem will occur according to the laws of medicine.

Continuing now, we see another question, what kind of knowledge is it?It is a kind of science of our ancestors, a kind of symbolic logic, which represents the functions of mathematics, cosmic life, and personal life.Why is Chinese culture used to talk about the principles of life and doing things?The first to do so was King Wen of Zhou, the second was Duke Zhou, son of King Wen, and the third was Confucius.Take this part of the law to talk about the principles of life and the principles of being a person and doing things. What we see above is related to science, and the following is Confucian culture, when it comes to personnel.

Simple and easy "Doing is easy to know, kun is simple and capable, easy is easy to know, simple is easy to follow; easy to know is easy to know, easy to follow If you have meritorious service, you will last long if you have relatives; if you have meritorious service, you will become great; Simplicity is the reason of the world, and the reason of the world is right, and the place is in it. " "It is easy to know by doing, and easy to know by doing" is only these eight characters. If the word "Yi" is removed, there are actually only six characters. easy easy, or easy easy?This sentence refers to the function of Qian Gua, which is also the function of the universe. How to understand it?It can also be said that if you understand it, you can understand it. "Easy to know by doing", the second explanation can also say that the function of the universe is easy to understand.We think that the second explanation is correct, because the following words "Kun Yi Jian Neng" also have two concepts in this simplified character, one means simplicity, and the other means selection. , which means selection.The ancient emperor sent an imperial envoy to go out, also known as selection, which means specially selected, it can be said to be selected, and the "simple" in "Kun Yi Jian Neng" here is simple and easy, that is, the law of saying, don't Seeing too hard, but simple and easy.Since ancient times, our knowledge has always been blocked by the concept of "mystery". This is wrong. If we really understand it, it is not mysterious at all. ordinary.

"Easy is easy to know, simple is easy to follow; easy to know, you will have relatives, easy to follow, you will have merit; if you have relatives, you will last long, if you have merit, you will be great; if you can be long, you will be a virtuous man, and if you are great, you will be a virtuous man." The text of the words can be understood, and there is no need to explain word by word.The words of these few sentences are very beautiful, but in the study of humanities and culture, there is one thing to pay attention to. The thoughts of Confucianism, Confucius and Mencius, the thoughts of Taoism, Lao Zhuang, and even the thoughts of various schools of thought are all consistent.Here we can see that Confucius used this set of thoughts as humanistic thoughts.So he said below: "Easy and simple, the principles of the world are obtained, and the principles of the world are obtained, and the position is among them." Here Confucius clearly tells us a truth, that is, the most profound principles between heaven and earth are the most ordinary, and some things will happen If we don't understand it and think it is profound, it is because our wisdom is not enough.Where is the principle of the world, it is "being in it".The so-called "becoming position", in modern terms, means "the standard of life" or "the value of human life". The law of life and the meaning of life can be found in the middle.

The above is the first chapter of "Xi Ci", followed by the second chapter. set hexagrams and observe phenomena "The sage sets up hexagrams to observe the phenomenon, and the words can tell the good and bad." Here we must first pay attention, what is a "cope"?Our ancient ancestors drew a hexagram, which was a pattern painting, and the beginning of writing was this pattern painting.This pattern originally constituted a set of rules for drawing the Eight Diagrams, and each hexagram was accompanied by a text explanation, that is, some words were hung under the pattern to explain the pattern. This kind of explanation is "Xici".In ancient times, our ancestors drew hexagrams, just this pattern symbol. What does this symbol mean?In addition to the textual explanation, it is the efforts of Zhou Wenwang, Zhou Gong, and Confucius, who constitute this book in our hands.All the characters in the book are co-examinations of hexagrams.This is the meaning of the word "xici" in this passage.Later, the so-called Taoists, with regard to the concept of Chinese culture, most people take gossip so seriously, which is really unnecessary.Confucius told us not to be so serious. He was the first to say that the research attitude should be "playful". Why? "Setting hexagrams to observe images", the representatives of each hexagram are hypothetical, it is a kind of symbolic logic, it would be bad if it is fixed.For example, the Qian Gua must be regarded as the sky, but that’s not necessarily the case. On the human body, the Qian Gua is the head, the Kun Gua represents the abdomen, the Yin Gua represents the nose, the Tomb represents the ears, Li represents the eyes, and Gen Gua Represents the back, Zhen Gua represents the heart, Dui Gua represents the lungs, etc., are all symbols.Ancient medical books all use hexagrams as representatives.We have seen that ancient medical books mentioned earthquake, which represents the heart and also includes the mind, which is the code name of Taoism.In Chinese, the code names of the hexagrams for the human body are different, which is the reason for setting up the hexagrams.Research, pay attention to the four words "set a hexagram and observe the phenomenon". If you want to know the future development, the so-called prophet, the future world, and what will happen to the country in the next year, you should make a hexagram in your heart and see it. Set up a hexagram and observe it. The phenomenon. "Guanxiang" has two meanings, one is to look at the phenomenon of the hexagram, and the other is to look at the phenomenon of the facts seen in front of you to cooperate with the hexagram, so add the explanation of words to understand whether things are good or bad.

"Rigidity and softness push each other, and change occurs." It should be noted here that there are not as many reasons as you might think.It talks about the rules of human affairs, there are only two outcomes, good or bad, there is no middle; either progress or regress, there is no middle.The human body is either in better health or aging. Why is there only good and bad?Because the physics of life is just the change of yin and yang, things dominated by physics, rigidity and softness push each other, material society is dominated by matter and produces various phenomena and forms various environments. be still Looking back now, there is also a philosophical principle used in divination and fortune-telling. You must understand it first. This is what is said in the second chapter of "Xi Zhuan". Now let's continue to talk about the second chapter of "Xi Ci": "For this reason, the good and bad are the signs of loss; the regretful and miserly are the signs of worry; the changes are the signs of advance and retreat; the hard and soft are the signs of day and night." This is a philosophical question, which refers to human culture.What we humans think is good or bad, good or bad, in terms of philosophy, there is no absolute, but according to the needs of human interests; we think it is good when we get it, and bad when we lose it, but this is not absolute.For example, getting sick is not auspicious, and it is not necessarily a good thing to be happy in life, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to be frustrated sometimes.So for ancient Chinese, don't just read it on the surface of the text, but know that there is a lot of philosophical thought in the depth of the text.It can be seen that good and bad are only based on personal concepts, and remorse is a sign of worry and worry, and worry is worry.As mentioned earlier, the result of divination is nothing more than the four characters "good or bad, regret", not six characters. Miserly is just added.Because the word "regret" means worry.On the one hand, it is careful, if you find a hexagram, you are regretful, you have troubles, you can't get things done, you have difficulties.Therefore, everything in life can only be viewed from four angles, good or bad, regret or miserliness.How did this good and bad luck come about? There are two sentences in the downlink: "Those who regret good and bad luck are also those who are novice." Everything in life, any one thing, has good and bad at every move.Besides any movement, there are three out of four bad ingredients, and only one out of four good ingredients, so the old Chinese saying goes, one motion is not as good as one stillness.In everything that happens, only one quarter of it is auspicious, and three quarters of it is bad, but two of these three are troubles, dangers, and difficulties, that's all.This clarifies the truth of the universe, the truth of life, and the truth of career, so Confucianism knows how to be cautious.To move is to change. It is not impossible to change something, such as starting a business or making a new creation, but it requires wisdom and careful consideration.Therefore, people who have learned do not divination, because they already know the general principles. "Those who are good at changing are not good at divination", there is no need for divination, it is clear from the phenomenon. Ever-changing, non-advance or retreat "The one that changes is the image of advance and retreat. The one that is hard and soft is the image of day and night." These are two concepts. The ancient text is very simple and beautiful, and its literary realm often deceives our thinking.These two sentences contain many meanings. "Change" tells us that everything and any physics in the universe is changing anytime and anywhere, and there is nothing constant.The eighty-eighty-sixty-four hexagrams are just two kinds of lines—yin and yang are changing, and each change produces a hexagram image, and each phenomenon is different.What does change represent? "The image of advance and retreat". "Advance and retreat", or there is one more yang, and the yang grows and yin retreats, or there is one more yin, and the yin grows and yang retreats, and changes occur between this advance and retreat.Why use "advance and retreat" instead of "how much"?When we study ancient books, we must pay attention to this kind of places. This is a matter of thought.If "how much" is used, the meaning will be different, and it is not as profound as "advance and retreat". "Advance and retreat" is a big principle and dynamic, especially from the standpoint of humanities and culture, it is a phenomenon between one advance and one retreat, so change is a phenomenon of advance and retreat, and if you are not advancing, you will retreat.In philosophy courses, a question is often discussed, that is, most people often say that "the times are progressing" or "history is progressing", but they dare not say this purely from a philosophical standpoint. ?Depends on what standard is used.In terms of oriental culture, in terms of humanistic culture, comparing ancient and modern books and everyone's writings, it feels that humanism is degenerating and corrupting.That's why we Chinese often praise the ancient times, thinking that the later, the more degenerate and corrupt people are, and that history is not progressing but degenerating.But in terms of material civilization alone, the times are really progressing again, so whether the history of the times is progressing or regressing is a question that is difficult to say and deduce.Therefore, between advancing and retreating, it depends on which range, which standard to use, and which angle to speak from.After learning, you must know the intricacies of the hexagrams, and which hexagram and line to speak from is a concept. Life and death, day and night, hardness and softness The second concept: "Hardness and softness are the images of day and night." As mentioned before, movement and stillness are rigid and soft. Movement and stillness are the laws of the physical world, and hardness and softness are the laws of the material world.But the hardness and softness here represent day and night.Speaking of this, we can know the greatness of Chinese thought. Confucius also said in the "Biography" later: "If you understand the way of day and night, you will know." This is a special place in Chinese culture.We know that the world's religions, whether it is Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, or Islam, all pursue life—the issue of life and death in the universe, but Confucianism and Taoism in China have never considered this issue. As a question, these are based on the basis.If we think that life and death are not a problem, if we add two words to this sentence: "If you understand the way of day and night, you will know life and death." It means that when people are alive, they are like daytime, like when the sun comes out When a person dies, he rests, like the sun goes down, and it gets dark.But there is one point, they admit that the continuation of life is equal to the Indian Buddhist theory of reincarnation.People live for a lifetime and finally die, but it is not the end of life, it is just a stage of rest, which is like getting dark, and it will be dawn again tomorrow, one day and one night.Therefore, we Chinese talk about the issue of life and death. The thought of King Yu: "The living will be sent, and the dead will return." Later, the Taoist thought was formed. People live as individuals, and they are guests here. This skinny and fleshy body has been stored for a hundred years, and it will go back when it dies.But Western religions take life and death very seriously.Pure Chinese culture, according to the opinion is not a problem, do not consider it at all.Knowing that life and death day and night are just between hardness and softness. The changes of heaven and earth are all in six "The movement of the six branches is the way of the three extremes." Liuyao is the six lines of heavy hexagrams.Why draw six lines? I once reported that our ancestors did not know where such high wisdom came from. Thousands of years ago, they knew that any change in the universe did not exceed six stages. This is based on modern scientific civilization. explanation.Using the original six-line explanation, pay attention to the word "movement" in the six-line movement, there must be movement, and movement changes, even when you are sleeping or meditating, you are still moving and changing, and the blood is still flowing , the subconscious is still active.Every movement must change, and "the movement of the six lines is the way of the three extremes".The three poles are heaven, earth and man.The three poles also have yin and yang, the sky has yin and yang, the earth has yin and yang, and people have yin and yang.Why use Liuyao, Confucius' explanation, the way of the three extremes, this "Tao" is not the way of cultivating the Tao, but the meaning of "rules".Therefore, there must be six lines in the gossip, which is the law of the change of yin and yang in the three poles of heaven, earth and people.Below we can see this concept, the hexagram image in "Yi", the big principle comes from the image and number, which is scientific.However, it was only when King Wen of Zhou, especially in the report written by Confucius, that the principle was brought to humanistic philosophy, which later became the root of Confucianism and formed the orthodoxy of Chinese culture. Especially the big principles of astronomy, and later on humanistic thinking. Juzhian "That's why a gentleman lives and lives in peace, the order of change; where he enjoys playing, the words of the line." This comes to the philosophy of life. We learn to understand ourselves and life, so a gentleman can get peace of mind in his daily life and life, which is the peace of mind often mentioned in Zen Buddhism.It is very difficult to feel at ease. Almost no one in the world has ever felt at ease.Who is at ease?Who is satisfied?This is impossible, I really feel at ease, I don’t need to ask for anything, I have already satisfied, so it is difficult to see.It is not easy to feel at ease, it is also difficult to settle down, and it is even more difficult to live in peace. In fact, these are the functions of the heart.Confucius said: If you really understand, you can live in a normal place and feel at ease, just look at the sequence of changes.Why?Because it has a certain order, you can see the changes of the hexagrams, and according to the laws of the universe, everything in the universe is changing at any time, but it is not random changes, and there is no way to change randomly. It is changing according to a certain order, so I understand, life When all the changes come, you can really spend your time in peace and happiness.There is one constant in all things in life, which is the "principle that must change". It is like the time telling station of the Meteorological Bureau. Now it reports 3:25 p.m., and the next sentence is 25 minutes and 10 seconds. This is a must. changing.Human beings reflect on themselves, and there is one of the most stupid things. They hope that they will remain unchanged for a lifetime, and it is best to live forever and be young forever, but this is absolutely impossible.If you understand it, you will know that change has an order and a certain principle. Therefore, whether we are doing business or doing other things, we first know how to change ourselves, and second, we know how far we have changed, so there is no need to guess. Hexagram, if the program of change is cleared up, the great law will be cleared up.But in the process of change, as soon as there is a change, there is movement, and as soon as there is movement, there is change. Then in the result of movement and change, there are good and bad, good and bad.Regarding good and bad luck, we already know that it is based on man-made concepts, and man-made gains and losses come from gains and losses, but what exactly are gains and losses? "Those who play with pleasure are also the words of the line."In this "Book of Changes" written by King Wen, after understanding the principles explained under each hexagram—the hexagrams, and thoroughly understanding its principles, you will be happy. moving philosophy "That's why when a gentleman lives, he observes the image and plays with his words, and when he moves, he observes its changes and plays with his appropriation." After understanding it, observe the phenomenon, not observe the phenomenon to study.This image is our life, our life, our own personal, body, family, country, and the relationship between the world and the world.This big phenomenon is a book, which is changing with the rules of gossip.We are usually in this big environment, and we know the cause and effect of this big phenomenon by observing the phenomenon. Then we look at the content studied in King Wen's "Book of Changes", but it does not mean that we believe what King Wen said, but we must "Playing with words", creating his own thoughts through his thoughts.Therefore, a person surnamed Wang can also write a copy of "Wang Yi", and a person surnamed Li can write a copy of "Li Yi". Life must be moving, "Moving is to observe the changes and play with divination". Sometimes we move ourselves, and we need to observe the changes caused by the movement, and play with divination. In fact, divination, divination, and divination are three things. .In ancient times, bones were used for divination. After burning the bones, look at the cracked lines on them. This is divination.There are many methods of divination.Occupation is the use of mathematics to deduce the result.Divination is a method of divination after "Book of Changes", which uses a certain number of divination grass to divination.In modern times, the lottery in the temple is close to divination when reading lottery poems.This is the scope of mysticism, the scope of spirituality, and the scope of spirituality, and it has its reasons.For example, the art of wind and horns in history evolved into the number of plum blossoms, all of which belong to the category of divination.Plum blossoms are easy to count, under the pretense that it was invented by Shao Kangjie. self help, help, help "It is because God blesses it, and there is no harm in good luck." This is where Chinese culture differs from Western culture.Chinese culture has no superstitions at all.The Chinese say that people help God, and you have to rely on yourself.The above two sentences mean that if you understand these principles, God will bless you.What is God's blessing?You need to follow your own principles, do it in a reasonable way, and unite man and nature. If your cultivation reaches this level, man and nature can be united as one.Strictly speaking, this "heaven" is not another kind of power, but just my own heart.Understand the truth, be a person according to this principle, see the movement and movement, everything must be good luck, nothing bad, everything depends on how well one's knowledge is cultivated, so it is the classic of the classics, the wisdom of the wisdom, including Science, philosophy, religion, everything is covered. The above is the second chapter, and the following continues to the third chapter. "The one who speaks is like the image. The one who speaks is the one who changes." When reading this "Book of Changes", there are three things to pay attention to.Foreigners, especially Japanese research, specialize in animals, dragons!horse!Elephant!Go round and round on these.Elephant is also a kind of beast. It is said that it can eat iron and bite it off.There is a "Xiang Yue" under each hexagram, which means "judgment".Here it is said that "彖ci" is used to explain phenomena.In other words, "彖ci" is a conclusion based on a certain phenomenon.As for "Yao Ci", there is an explanation under each line, which is "Yao Ci"; the explanation under the whole hexagram is "Gua Ci", and Yao Ci is about the principle of change. make amends "For those who are good or bad, they talk about their losses. For those who are regretful, they talk about their small flaws. For those who are innocent, they are good at making up for their mistakes. and also. " When studying the content in the future, I will see that some of the hexagrams are good, some are bad, some are regretful, and some are innocent.No blame, translated into the vernacular means "no problem", but it does not mean "good", but to be careful when advancing and retreating.In other words, "no blame" is no big mistake, okay.From the philosophy that can be seen here, what is the situation when a person is safe and sound?Confucius said, "It is also good to make up for one's faults." You must be very careful. People will not have no mistakes, and they will make mistakes at any time. If you are good at reflecting on your own mistakes and correcting them, you will truly reach the time when you are innocent.Therefore, we should be as humble as possible in our careers. If we think that there is absolutely nothing wrong with us, we will be unreliable. Things in the world are not so good. It is still good to "make up for mistakes". Knowing how to reflect carefully and correct mistakes is the highest philosophy. Five Principles of Philosophy of Life The above principles are understood, let's proceed to the following part: "That's why those who rank high and low keep their positions, those who are young and big keep their hexagrams, those who argue about good and bad keep their words, and those who are worried and regretful Those who live without guilt live in remorse. " These five points are used in divination, and also include the major principles of life philosophy. "The ranking of the noble and the humble is based on the status", noble and humble, in modern language, is there any value?The question of "position" exists, and "position" is interpreted as space in modern language.The same is true in life, when you reach a certain position, you are "expensive", and if you don't reach a certain position, you are "cheap".So which hexagram is better when divination D?Which hexagram is bad?There is no certainty.Hexagram Jia is a very good hexagram for a certain event, a certain spatial region, and a certain time. If the region is changed, the situation will be quite different.When we go to the temple to see the god statues, we have a lot of feelings, and we can understand this truth.A pile of mud, or a piece of stone, or a piece of wood, is carved into a statue of a Bodhisattva, which becomes an "elephant", and then placed in a big temple, everyone goes to bow down.Why is he so expensive? "Storage position" is expensive in that position. This is true of many things, and so is people.So research, divination, when you know that the divination itself is not good or bad, good or bad are just two factors, the time is right and the location is right.It’s like fortune-telling. Some people have good horoscopes and their lives are precious, but they have never encountered good luck in their life. When they are not lucky, they can’t be expensive. It’s like a thing. If you don't go out, what can you do?Some people are very knowledgeable, but they are not famous all their lives.On the other hand, Mr. Hu Shizhi, who is praised by everyone, does not know what is so good about his learning?How about his history of philosophy?I haven't written half of it yet, I can't continue to write, and I have to stop writing when I encounter a problem of Buddhism.What is the use of other studies such as research, "red studies" and "monster studies"?But Mr. Hu Shizhi will definitely be famous in the history of Chinese culture in the future.This is especially true when looking at history. Throughout the ages, how many people are as knowledgeable as Zhuge Liang!Would Zhuge Liang be famous without novels like this one?Sun Wukong never had such a person, but he was so lucky when he was written in a novel.For the affairs of the world, regarding fame and fortune, if you understand this philosophy, you will feel that there is nothing, and you will be indifferent, and you can live in peace when it is not the right time, with peace of mind.The old Chinese saying "good fortune comes to the soul" makes sense.When a person reaches a certain position—fortunately, the mind is really brilliant and very smart. "Qi small and big are in the hexagram", Qi means equality.The four hexagrams Qian, Kun, Kan, and Li are big hexagrams, and the other sixty hexagrams are all created from big hexagrams, which are small hexagrams.A hexagram is a phenomenon, that is, a big phenomenon or a small phenomenon.A phenomenon has a size, and a person's success or failure also has a size.It's like getting rich, A gets more and B gets less, there are big and small, but the footing is equal, no matter how big or small a hexagram is a hexagram, it's all a phenomenon.Zhuangzi's book "Equality of Things", why is it called "Equality of Things"?Everything cannot be equal, nothing is flat.Human intelligence, knowledge, and physical ability are all unequal.Even if two people have the same physical ability, if one of them is sick, will the other also be sick for the sake of equality?Things cannot be equal, but Zhuangzi proposed that there is one item that is equal—the equality of noumenon.If space is equal, the phenomena of all things in space are unequal.So Zhuangzi has a very good saying, he said, "Blow all the differences".Confucian research pays attention to "playing", while Zhuangzi pays attention to "playing".Blow everything is everything.He used the wind as an example. He said that when a strong wind blows, it will make different sounds when it encounters various resistances. It means that the wind blows equally when it blows, but after encountering the wind, Vientiane makes different sounds. "The person who distinguishes good and bad will keep his words." What is good and bad, regret? "Cunhu Ci", look at the written records.In other words, the words represent people's thoughts, good and bad, regrets and regrets lie in each person's concept, each person's point of view. "Worry, regret and miserliness exist in Jie", which means that when divination reaches the hexagram of regret and regret, one must be independent and unwavering, make up his mind, and absolutely stand firm and upright.When a person is in a bad mood, if he can stand upright and act upright, all phenomena can be changed. "There is regret in those who are shaken without blame", and without blame is to make up for one's mistakes.There is no absolute good in life, as long as you know how to repent, the result of careful repentance is to make up for your mistakes. "That's why the hexagrams are small and big, and the words are dangerous and easy. Those who say the words refer to their own places." Pay attention to the word "zhi" here. When you study related books in the future, you will often see the term "Guazhi". "Zhi" means "arrival". After the Nine Yaos changed, it became the female empress hexagram, which is the "hexagram" of the Qian hexagram.Someone once couldn't understand "Gua Zhi" and changed it to "Zhi Gua", such as Qian Gua Gua Zhi, who changed it to Qian Zhi Gua, which is wrong. know-it-all 前面《系传》已讲到第三章，这里继续讲第四章，这一章很重要。 “易为天地准，故能弥纶天地之道。” 这一个观念就很严重，他说的文化思想这一套学问，是宇宙的大原则。至于标准，是宇宙的什么标准？则没有讲。我们晓得在中国社会里，最准确就是整个天文现象的变化。在《尚书》中，尧、舜、禹换代的时候，都讲这个东西，但是有个毛病，发展下来到汉朝，就更厉害了，叫作“谶纬之学”，或叫“图谶之学”，就是预言。用五运推算出来，某个时代要变了，所谓以火德王，以水德王等等。每个朝代制服都要改变，如现在的白衣是孝服，在夏朝的时候是尚自，白衣服就是礼服，殷商的时候尚黑，礼服是黑色，尚黑就是以水代表。时代到某一个时候一定要变，近代对这种推测就叫作预言。现在世界上又到处都流行预言，我们中国历代的命运都有预言，这些就是所谓的谶纬之学——图谶之学。图谶在中国文化中的影响非常之大，不但古代如此，将来可能也是一样，这些都是说到“易为天地准”这句话而引出来的。中国过去在科学上，以天文法则看天象的演变，就是天上的气候、宇宙气象的演变有一套法则之外，我们的文化，也还没有找出孔子所说“易为天地准”的道理。所以我们推崇，也不要推得那么高，可是照这个书上讲，推得非常高，说易“故能弥给天地之道”。“弥纶”两个字，照文字讲，弥就是弓拉满了，圆满得成为一个圆圈，可以包涵一切；纶就是丝纶，丝织品横的丝直的丝编得满满的，现在的观念就是包括。等于说，的学问包括天地之道。宇宙里任何法则，人事物理，一切事一切理的原则，没有超过的范围。 三大问题 “仰以观于天文，俯以察于地理，是故知幽明之故。原始反终，故知 死生之说。Essence and energy are things, and wandering souls are changes. This is the state of knowing ghosts and gods. " 这一节里有：一、知幽明之故，二、知死生之说，三、知鬼神之情状等三个重大问题。 第一个问题，也就是我们人类几千年来所追求的文化，幽明之构成，幽是看不见的一面，是阴面；人能看得见的，是光明面，是阳面。换言之，我们人类世界一切活动看得见。但人是哪里来的，有没有上帝？有没有鬼神？有没有宇宙的主宰？这些看不见的一面没有摸到，这是幽明的道理。后来我们中国文化发展到幽，就是代表阴间，死了到阴间去了，反正是看不见的，宇宙间很多看不见的事情还有两面，对于看不见的一面，要读才知道。 第二个问题，生从哪里来？死往哪里去？究竟人的生命以及万物的生命，原始从哪里来？死又死到哪去了？这是人类文化到现在还没有解决的问题。 第三个问题，有没有鬼神？这个问题很严重，所以现在全世界有一些人疯狂地研究灵魂学。目前是这三个大问题还没有解决，未来的发展有待我们注意。 文化的起源，不是盲目的想象，是科学的，“仰以观于天文”，也是孔子说的画八卦，由观察天文现象，不晓得经过多少万亿年，大家累积观察及研究的经验。“俯以察于地理”，看地文之理，地球的物理。如现在科学家认为地心有人类，神秘飞碟即来自地心。现代科学界的思想，的确承认另外有一个有生命的世界的存在，而且大家还在寻找这另一世界，这就是上的“地理”，不是学校课本中的地理，也不是我们古老的看风水的那个堪舆术的地理，而是地文之学，是科学。这就是说我们中国老祖宗的文化思想，不是乱来的，是科学的，所以知道了看得见的一面，也知道了看不见的一面。看不见的一面现在要检查，根据的原则不需要检查了，就知道幽明的原因，这个原则是什么？在这里没有讲给我们听，孔子自己懂。 “原始反终，故知死生之说。”这个问题在理论上比较容易些。我们知道，生死是一个大问题。上提到过，庄子也说：“死生一大疑。”人类的问题，生与死是一个大问题。人为什么生？生了为什么活着？为什么衰老？为什么一定会死？人类是很可怜的，人生下来，读书求学，学问到了最高处，根据现代医学的研究，人的脑力、思想的功能，最发达的时候在五六十岁，真正成熟，可是成熟了也完了，像苹果一样，落地了，这也是终的法则：“原始反终”。世界各国对于生死问题，人类有一个共同的目的——离苦得乐。不但人类，凡是世界上的生物，都是希望脱离痛苦而得到快乐。但是人类同一切生命得到快乐没有？没有得到，因为生了一定有死，这个问题没有解决。在宗教文化里，把生死问题当成一个宗教。研究宗教哲学，每个宗教都承认死后还有生命，不过每个宗教却在为观光旅馆拉人。耶稣开个观光旅馆叫“天堂”，请人到天堂里来，招待周到，一切设备完全，价廉物美。佛教开了一个“西方极乐世界”，不过佛教本钱大，开的家数多，下地狱有地藏王菩萨在等着；既不上天亦不下地狱的，再生又有救苦救难观世音菩萨；万一向东方去，又有东方药师如来；它四面八方都准备好了，这个生意做得特别大。但不管如何？生死还是问题。而我们的文化，里记载子路曾经问起过，孔子答复得很简单：“不知生，焉知死。”所以人类的文化到今天不管发达到如何程度，生死问题仍没有解决。中国人也有个结论，所谓“生者寄也”，活在世界上，像住旅馆一样，活一百岁，不过暂住一百年，没有什么可怕，活到最后一天，真正地退休了，移交都不必办。人生就是这么一个现象。这个现象在中国来讲，就是“原始反终”。生命来了像早晨一样都起来了，死了像到晚上，都休息了，如同他的开始，回去了又是回到那个地方，死没有什么可怕。“故知死生之说”，死生的道理就是这样。以《易》来说，乾，我们生下来就同乾卦一样，一爻代表十年，六十年作阶段，六爻一变，成为坤卦，再变又是阳爻开始，阳极阴生，阴极又阳生，那么死了又有什么可怕！在学理来讲，对于生死问题，我们中国的文化最伟大了，不必要宗教的那一套。 这是讲生死的现象，下面一个问题来了，有没有鬼神、灵魂的存在？这不是物质的，不是唯心亦不是唯物。外国人现在对灵魂的研究有一个名称叫“超电磁波”，超越了现代物理科学的范围，原子、电子、核子都不能了解它的，这就叫灵魂。在我们是认为有的，但它是“精气为物”，心物一元的。什么是精？什么是气？如何构成物质方面的东西？“游魂为变”，物质以外，我们的身体是物，宇宙中这个物理世界都是物。可是唯物学家，认为世界一切唯物，还有另一半，他只认出了一面，没有搞清楚。他们把精神，也向唯物方面拉。西方哲学中有认为一切都是唯心的，也只认了一半。“一切唯心造”拿不出证据，科学讲证据，可是“精气为物”讲物质的道理，“游魂为变”讲精神的道理，这几句话又产生一个大问题了。这里承认有鬼神，这个鬼神是心物一元的功能残余力量所形成，所以晓得鬼与神，鬼是鬼，神是神，以道德为标准分为两种。何以知道鬼神的现象？孔子提出证明，鬼与神都有，可是我们的这位老师，他只告诉我们原则。有那么大的学问，包罗万象，至于怎么样有鬼神，他没有讲。他大概来不及写稿子了，还是要我们自己去摸。 这里说的精与气是什么？道家就偏重这方面，所以我常说，只有中国的道家有这个本事。研究世界文化，都只教大家死了不要怕，到一个观光旅馆——一天堂、极乐世界去住。只有中国人想出这个办法，可以活几千年，就是神仙，就是这个生命可以活着修到长生不死。不管有没有人曾经做到，但查查世界文化，没有一个国家的文化，敢于叫出这个口号来，只有我们中华民族敢于这样叫，人可以修到长生不死。但不是盲目地叫，所根据的道理，是这个生命，我们的肉体存在，是靠有三样东西：精、气、神。所谓长生不死之药，不是一般的药物，道家所谓“上药三品，神与气精。”是《黄庭经》中的话，欲想祛病延年，无病无痛，达到长生不老，需要服药，这药不靠外来，自己身上有药——精、气、神。what is god譬如我们说“某人眼神很好”。眼神是个抽象名词，是描述不出来的，现代医学不承认的，所谓“元神”他们说是鬼话，只说体力很好，说是“力”。但科学家的说法也有问题，“力”又是什么呢？是电子或原子？但是大家一听科学名词，就被唬住了。其实科学名词最后还是站不住脚，答不出来。精也是答不出来的，普通以女性的卵子，男性的精虫当作精。这里所说的精，是又抽象又具体的，以现代的话来说，勉强的比方，精等于能，生命的能。譬如人在跌倒时，就原来跌倒的姿势，在地上稍停一下，一点都不要动，静一下以后，慢慢起来，不会受伤，因为稍稍静一下，生命的本能就恢复了，便不会受伤，否则本能没有恢复，用力挣扎起来便受伤。还有跌倒时，用两手撑地，也容易受伤，因为跌下去有那么重的力量，欲想撑回来，加上反抗的力量，一相撞击，就在这时受伤，听其自然躺下去，反不受伤，这就是身体生命本能的作用。至于“气”，比方是电，过去气字写作“炁”。道家称之为无火是气，火代表阳，无火之炁，精与气是一阴一阳，具体为阴，无体为阳，阴阳结合成物。那么我们这个身体以外的生命能，只好借别家的学问来解释，就是佛家对人的身体叫作正报。这个物质世界，如山河大地，乃至房屋桌椅等等物质，名为依报，附属的意思。这方面学问，佛家精到得很，依报又分为动、植、矿等等，以现代科学名词说即声、光、电、化等等，是有生而无命的。如佛家的吃素是无荤，连大蒜、葱等等刺激性的，产生荷尔蒙使性欲容易冲动的都是荤，都不吃。不吃肉是不杀生。佛学告诉我们，现代科学也证明，一切植物乃至泥土，是有生而无命。命是有灵性、有感情、有思想，有感觉是命。生命是生与命两个东西的结合，精气为物是生不是命。体能健壮的人脑子思想一定比较差，而爱思想、智慧高的人，身体一定多病。孔子所讲的还是大原则。他所讲的包涵有那么多东西，所以我们摸了半天，不要说通神，连鬼都通不了。 上面讲了的学问，归纳出来，大概的三个重点，实际上如作详细的分类还不止这三个重点，总结一句话，就是“弥纶天地之道”，包括了宇宙间一切事物的大原理。 乐天知命 “与天地相似，故不违。” 下来这一个小段说，这个法则与天地相似。天地就是宇宙、太阳、月亮的运行，有一个固定的法则，不能变。春、夏、秋、冬、白昼、夜晚、南极、北极，一切变化的法则都是固定的。而学问的原则也相似，真理的准确同宇宙的法则一样的固定，所以人类提出来的任何学问，都不能违反所提出来的法则，超不出的范围，不管人类任何学问，人类如何伟大。比如人类今日到达了月球，也只到达了月球，并没有超出宇宙，月球、太阳，都在宇宙的范围之内，而的学问，就有宇宙这样伟大，所以，没有办法违背。 “知周乎万物而道济天下，故不过。” 这里说了，为什么我们要懂得这个学问？因为懂了以后，才能“知周万物”。知即智——智慧充满了，对万事万物的大原理无有不懂，然后“道济天下”，做人也好，做事也好，做官也好，随便做哪一行职业，都可以达到救世救人的目的，因此不会有错误了。在上看到孔子的感叹，他在四十九、五十岁的时候，才开始读，而说“假我数年，五十以学易，可以无大过矣！”假如上天多给我活长久一点去学，可能达到没有错误。故以他的立场来说，人生的修养必须要学，才能智慧周乎万物，不致发生错误，也和无违的道理一样。如果欲济世救人，就要很大的学问，大学问的原则，就在，懂了才能济世救人，因为任何学问，没有超过的。 “旁行而不流，乐天知命，故不忧。” 旁行是什么？研究易数时说过，就是旁通，也是错综复杂的“错卦”，如乾卦的三爻动了，就会成天泽履卦，等于大家坐在这里，只要其中任何一个人动了，都会影响每一个人互相之间的关系，这就是旁通，也是旁行。宇宙万事万物，不能永恒不变的，有纵的关系，还有横的关系，但旁行不流，流是散的意思。它是有规律的，不会散开，能旁行不流，对人生的生命非常清楚。乐天知命，知道自己，也知道天命，永远是乐观的人生。我曾告诉佛教界的人，一切宗教都是悲观的，尤其佛家的大慈大悲是讲悲的，只有中国儒家讲乐。像上几乎没有悲字，都是乐。有一本明朝的笔记，曾经统计过上都是乐字，而不谈悲，这也是中国文化不同的地方。谈生命只谈生的这一头，不谈死的那一头。人多半是悲观的，本来生命是很可怜的，以另一个角度看是很令人悲观，但以的角度看生命，是乐天知命，很乐观的，没有忧愁。所以人欲达到真正的乐观，只有从观念中懂了的法则。 安土敦仁 “安土敦乎仁，故能爱。” 先解释“安土”，一般而言，中国自大禹治水以后，步人农业社会，所以过去在历史上经常看到“安土重迁”四个字，对于家乡都很喜欢，重视迁移，不肯搬动播迁，这是中国文化安土重迁的思想。假如有一个儿孙，要迁住到另外一个地方，则是一件很严重的事情。今日社会的观念，恰恰相反，以不安土、流动为好，这就是交通、经济发达的现象。如以现代的观念看安土，则是旧文化，没有进步。另一个观念看安土，以五行来解释，土者中央也，土是中心，人要有中心思想，这在文字来解释是很通，但太生了。又有一说，地球有一个中心地点，有中心的立场，然后人生的修养走仁道，以仁修养，才能爱人、爱物，如果没有中心，而说能爱人、爱物，这是做不到的。 “范围天地之化而不过，曲成万物而不遗，通乎昼夜之道而知，故神 无方而易无体。 " “范围天地之化而不过”，这是一个观念；“曲成万物而不遗”，这又是一个观念；“通乎昼夜之道而知”，又是一个观念；“故神无方而易无体”，这是一个大结论了，很重要的。研究易学要知道这是正统的孔子思想，也是正统的道理。