Chapter 7 Part VII

Prime Minister of the Mountain "September 4 said, 'Let's leap into the abyss without blame', what does it mean? The Master said: Up and down are impermanent, it's not evil. There is no permanence in advance and retreat, and it is not an outlier. A gentleman pursues virtue and cultivates his career, and he wants to be timely, so there is no blame. " After talking for a long time, I talked about it to the extreme. It only teaches you to grasp a time and space. Time does not belong to you. No matter how hard you try, it is useless; Also useless.But be careful, as you can see from history, some people's time is ahead of them, but they don't let time slip by.But "If you jump in the abyss, there is no blame." What does this line of ninety-four lines say?As mentioned earlier, the word "or" in this sentence is equivalent to a person standing in the middle of the door, with one foot inside and one foot outside, and can go in and out, so Confucius said here that "up and down are impermanent, it is not evil."You can go up or down, but it's not slick. Of course, slickness can also do this, and the middle is in everyone's heart.To further explain, there is no way to fix a person's life, or take a step forward, or take a step back, but it is not for the individual, only for the society, for the country, and it is not slick to make contributions, but why should it be like this?Because standing in the middle like this is waiting for an opportunity, so it is not to blame.Of course, the fourth line in life is the most comfortable.Some people in history could do this. For example, Taoism advertised Tao Hongjing during the Southern and Northern Dynasties as the famous so-called prime minister in the mountains. Several emperors in the Northern and Southern Dynasties asked him for advice on important matters, but he would never come out and be an official.There are quite a lot of people like this kind of people who are so-called impermanent up and down, and have no constant advance and retreat. However, their emotions and contributions to society and the country have not been forgotten, and they are not exclusively for selfishness.

Response to the same voice "Jiu San said 'The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is beneficial to see the adults'. What does it mean? The Master said: The same voice corresponds to the same breath When water flows wet, fire dries up; clouds follow dragons, wind follows tigers; sages create and all things can be seen; Up, those who are based on the ground will kiss down, and each will follow its own kind. " Ninety-two lines say "benefit to see adults", and now ninety-five lines also say "benefit to see adults", what exactly are they talking about?It is very wonderful, and Confucius' explanation is also very popular, which also shows that his old man's "up and down are impermanent, advance and retreat are impermanent" is also quite slippery.Someone wrote an article greatly influenced by his passage, and that is Sima Qian.Try to read "Bo Yi Biography" to see that Sima Qian's entire ideological line followed this path, and his evaluation of life also followed this path.This paragraph is very wonderful, and there are many problems to study in detail.The text in this paragraph is also beautiful, but don't be fooled by the beautiful text.The articles of the ancients had a high level of writing. When reading, they often ignored the important ideas in the writing because they liked the beauty of the writing.For example, "The Preface to Shengwang Pavilion", when everyone reads, "Sunset clouds and solitary desires fly together, and autumn waters grow together in the same color", they all feel that the words are beautiful, but the thoughts revealed by Wang Bo in this article have been ignored.

Now let's understand the text of the paragraph of simultaneous response. "Simultaneous response", these four words are very interesting to study. The so-called "simultaneous sound", we can experience it when we try to go to the countryside. When one cow barks, the other cow also barks. Crowing chickens don't crow because they make different sounds. "The same qi seeks for each other", the word "qi" is very mysterious for things of the same qi type. According to the theory of modern science, if the material elements are arranged in the same way, they will naturally combine.What are these two sentences talking about?Look at the following, through the text, you can know his thoughts. "Water flows wet", of course water flows to wet places. "Fire is dry." The drier the place, the easier it is to catch fire. This is a natural phenomenon. "The cloud follows the dragon, and the wind follows the tiger." Everyone has never seen a dragon, and when a tiger comes, the wind comes.There are no tigers in Taiwan. In mainland China, when walking in the countryside and hilly areas at night, you must pay attention. When the wind blows, tigers will come. This is the common sense of physics in ancient China. These are all related to each other.But what did Confucius say about this?What does it have to do with "flying dragon in the sky, benefit to see adults"?He didn't explain it, and modern young people often say: "There is nothing in ancient China, only writing, and no thought." This kind of statement is really thoughtless!Next, he also said that "the sage makes everything and everything is seen."When we talk about saints now, we think of Confucius. The saints mentioned by Confucius here are of course not himself, nor do they refer to King Wen and Duke Zhou, but a pronoun in Chinese culture, such as "Buddha" in Buddhism and "Buddha" in Christianity. "God" is just a code name. "The creation of a sage makes all things visible" means that there are humanistic cultures in the world. After Tang Yao, Yushun created humanistic culture, the truth of all things can be seen clearly. This is about people.Next, let’s talk about the nature of physics: "Those who are born in the sky kiss up, and those who are born in the earth kiss down." For example, some of them turn into gas and rise up, and some substances fall to the ground, so his conclusion "they each follow its kind," each one from his kind.

What was he talking about in this passage?Sima Qian also mentioned this issue in "Bo Yi Biography". He first listed many good people who were not rewarded by heaven, wondering why, and finally quoted this article as an answer, which is very well written. Let’s solve a problem first. In previous literature, there was often the phrase “climbing the dragon and attaching itself to the phoenix”. This paragraph, to put it bluntly, is tasteless, it is just his philosophy of life.The so-called "benefit to see the adults" is just the analysis of human psychology in the world.Some people who want to make a fortune look down on official positions, which means that each follows its own kind, and we can look at life from this principle.Master Lijian who has come to Nine Five Yaos is not an ordinary adult, but an adult of his own kind.

Don't go to the top floor of Qionglou "Shangjiu said 'Kanglong has regrets', what is it? To be in the lower position without assistance is to act with regret. " One should not sit in the highest position. In other words, one should not be too clever in being a human being. It is not fun to be too clever, and it is so expensive that there is no place to occupy.Some people are good in knowledge, personality, and appearance, but they are too expensive, so expensive that they have no position, and they can't even get the position of a staff member.It is extremely high, and there are no cadres below, or all the people in the world are cadres, but people in the world dare not speak out, and dare not express their opinions. It is good, and I will be beaten down. I have no one to help me, so this line is the worst. "Move with regret", get blamed at every turn, and nothing good will happen to you.

In this passage of Confucius, all the lines of the six lines are drawn to the aspect of human culture. This is the third section. use nine instead of nine The following is different again. If it also belongs to the Confucius Research Institute, then maybe Confucius’ experience report last year is different from the experience report of the year before.Let's look at the original text first: "Don't use Qianlong, it's coming down. Seeing the dragon in the field, it's time to give up. Do it all day long, and do things. Or jump in the field. Yuan, self-examination also.The flying dragon is in the sky, and Shangzhi is also.Kanglong has regrets, and the disaster of poverty.Qianyuan uses nine, the world

Governance also. " "Don't use Qianlong, just go down." The meaning of the word down is too low. "When you see the dragon in the field, you will have a home." When the time is set there, the home is to live, and it is set there. "Working all day, doing things." This is for doing things. "Let's jump in the abyss and try it yourself." It's about preparing by yourself and trying it out. "The flying dragon is in the sky, and the ruler is also governed." The best phenomenon above is the realm of peace in the world. "Kanglong has regrets, and poverty is also a disaster." At the extreme, there is no way to go. "Qianyuan uses nine, and the world is governed." The whole is good, and the world is peaceful.The interpretation of the six lines in this paragraph is different, and it is very abstract.

"Don't use the hidden dragon, the yang energy is hidden. Seeing the dragon in the field, the world is civilized. Work hard all day long, and walk with the times. Or jump in the abyss, the main road is revolution.The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is in the virtue of heaven.Kanglong has regrets, and keeps pace with the times.Dry Yuan Yongjiu is the rule of seeing the sky. " "Don't use Qianlong, the yang energy is hidden." This is the same as the original explanation, which means that the sun is below the earth at night, and the yang energy is lurking below and has not yet come out. "Seeing the dragon in the field, the world is civilized." It means that the world is civilized just after the sun rises in the morning.Let us note that the word "civilization" comes from, and is actually a combination of the two meanings of article and light. Article refers to the beautiful phenomenon of all things placed in the universe, and they are all called articles. "Work hard all day, keep pace with the times." Pay attention to these two sentences "walk with the times". As I said just now, the whole spirit of it can also be said to be the time. These few words are important words. Confucius told us to follow the times. We are changing and making progress, whether we are human beings or doing things, we must recognize the times clearly, grasp the times, make progress at the same time, and not fall behind. This is the spirit of Chinese culture. "If you jump in the abyss, the dry road will lead to revolution." When it comes to the fourth line, from the inside to the outside, this is a phenomenon of reform and change. "The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is in the virtue of heaven." This is the lecture, and it has reached the highest point. "Kanglong has regrets, and stays with the time." Time is no longer his own, and time is at its peak. "Qianyuan uses nine to see the rules of heaven." It means that Qianyuan uses nine to be the law of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth created all things, but they did not control all things, nor did they take them back, so nine is used instead of being used by nine.

Speaking of this, I can tell you that the interpretation of any hexagram is not fixed, but is explained by one's own concepts. Everyone has different opinions, and the interpretation of hexagrams is different. Now we continue to talk about the "Classical Chinese" of Qian Gua. Regarding the interpretation of Qian Gua, the "Book of Changes" is divided into five stages, which are listed as follows: 1. Hexagrams: Qianyuan, Heng, Li, Zhen... 2. Yao Ci: For the ninth day of the lunar new year, do not use Qianlong; for the second day of the ninth day, see the dragon in the field...

3. Speech: It is said for the emperor: Greatly cut Qianyuan, the beginning of all things, and it is the unification of heaven... 4. Tutorials: For Tuan said: Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement.Don't use Qianlong, the sun is under the sun... 5. Classical Chinese The "Classical Chinese" of Qian Gua is divided into six sections: 1. Kuangyuan is good at goodness", to "a gentleman practices these four virtues, so it is called: Qian, Yuan, Heng, Li, and Zhen", which is the first section. 2. From "Don't use Qianlong on the ninth day of the first day" to "On the ninth day of the ninth day, Qianlong has regrets, and the sages are in the lower position without assistance, so they have regrets because of their actions", which is the second section.

3. From "Don't use the Qianlong" to "Use the Nine Heavens to govern the Qianyuan", this is the third section. 4. From "Qianlong, don't use Yang Qi to hide" to "Qianyuan uses nine to see the sky", it is the fourth section. 5. From the beginning of "Qianyuan people prosper" to "clouds and rain to make the world peaceful", it is the fifth section. Sixth, since "a gentleman takes virtue as his conduct, and he knows how to advance and retreat, survive and die without losing his righteousness, he is only a sage", which is the sixth section. success and fame If divination is based on this method (such as using Ziping for fortune-telling, or using Ziwei Doushu to calculate, both are Yitong methods).From the previous stages, we can see that the explanations of each stage are not the same. Except for Yao Ci, the explanations of the latter stages are said by the ancients to be made by Confucius, but later generations are skeptical and do not admit that it is entirely Confucius. It is believed that some were made by Confucius and some were made by Confucius' students, but strictly speaking from the perspective of the changes in concepts at each stage, is there still a problem of the times?Because the ancients had a new concept, they often dare not say that it is their own new concept, and they must pretend to the ancients.For example, when the ancients wrote poems, they often had good things, but they dared not be famous, and pretended to rely on the ancients.The most famous example is Liu Xie of the Jin Dynasty. Almost all those who engaged in literature in ancient times did not read him. This book is equivalent to the highest state of grammar in ancient China.He grew up in a monk's temple. When he wanted to become famous, he wrote an article and went to visit Shen Yue, a famous writer at that time, and asked for advice and recommendation.Shen Yue glanced at his article, put it aside, and said to him: "It's still early? Young man, take your time." This time, Liu Xie suffered a considerable blow, but he was very smart and knew how to read and write. About the psychology, go back without saying a word.After waiting for half a year, he changed the original article a little, and then sent it to Shen Yue, saying that this article was a peerless manuscript of a great writer in ancient times. He found it and asked Shen Yue to criticize it.Shen Yue took it over to read, sighed every word, and applauded.But after Shen Yue finished reading and praised for a long time, Liu Xie said, this is the article that was sent to you for criticism half a year ago, and you couldn't say it well. This is the one I wrote!To give another example in modern times, the big boss of a family industrial company that produced Wudi brand tooth powder in Shanghai used to be the boss of the family industry. When he was young and poor, he submitted manuscripts to earn a living, but his manuscripts were all rejected. Every newspaper and magazine paid him a high salary to write articles, and he resent the manuscripts that had been rejected in the past to deal with them. After they were published, everyone agreed.From these two stories, we can see through the so-called fame and not-fame, which is really unreasonable.When the ancients couldn't do their own way, they often had to pretend to be the ancients at that time, just like Liu Xie. Otherwise, they would become secret books. The more secret books of anonymous works, the easier it is to become popular. This is human psychology.But people nowadays are different, they not only copy the articles of the ancients for their own, but even steal the articles of teachers and contemporaries for their own. Based on the analysis of these psychological states, is the interpretation of the various concepts of the Qian Gua Gua Yao a result of one person's handwriting?Is it from the same era?It is indeed a problem. We cannot disagree with the opinions of these ancient doubters, and cannot say that they have no reason at all, but in our opinion, the time will not be too far away.Because in principle it has not changed.Now we see the fifth stage of "Classical Chinese", which is the most important place. good start "Those who are in Qianyuan are those who start to prosper." Here is an explanation of "Qian, Yuan, Heng, Li, and Zhen".As far as doing things is concerned, it is good at the beginning. It should be noted that here, "Yuan" and "Heng" are explained together, that is, the original, complete, and whole is prosperous, and it represents a very good one. start. sex and emotion "Those who are virtuous have temperament." One nature, one emotion. When it comes to the philosophy of Chinese culture, it is brought up here. These two things, temperament, represent the essence of a person, and emotion is the emotion that later develops into a person.The Chinese originally talked about human psychology, the so-called seven emotions and six desires. The six desires are Buddhist concepts, and the seven emotions are joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, evil, and desire.In terms of modern concepts, sex is rational. For example, when encountering something, I think it should not be scolded in concept, but because of bad mood, I will scold when I see something wrong. When scolding, I also know why I have to be so big I was angry, but I couldn't help cursing. I knew it was unnecessary rationally, but I couldn't help it emotionally.Emotion is also related to physiology. If you catch a cold, or have a bad stomach, or feel uncomfortable, you will often feel much worse. This is a kind of temperament.Another kind of physical temperament, such as some principles in geomancy, there is a pond in front of the house and a pond in the back to guard the vacant house, the pond on the left is good, and the pond on the right. Young people must at least run away from home, and there is a road in front of the door to bypass it The waist is good, but if the road across the door is arched, it is not good.This often sees the principle of physical sentient beings and ruthless ones.Now let’s talk about it, for the word “temperament”, we don’t give a philosophical explanation, but a physical explanation.The word "Lizhen" is used here, which represents one is sex and the other is emotion, among which chastity is sex and profit is emotion. profit and righteousness "If you do it, you will be able to benefit the world with beauty. If you don't talk about benefits, it's great." This explanation is different from the above, meaning the so-called "benefit" in Qian Gua.We should pay attention to the interest mentioned in modern times, which is the interest of the concept of profit, while the interest mentioned above is the interest of traditional Chinese cultural thought. It is not that I seek profit, but that I help others.Here it tells us that doing it can benefit the world with the best profit, not seeking profit for yourself.This kind of great mind is worthy of the "benefit" of "Yuan Henry Zhen", so the basic ideas of Chinese culture are always the same. Unity of heart and matter "It's great, it's vigorous and upright, it's pure and refined." Then he said that the nature represented by the Qian hexagram is vigorous, neutral, and pure essence.Here comes the question, what is "fine"?This is difficult to explain. In modern terms, it means that Qian Gua is the body of all things in the universe. This body does not belong to matter. Matter is not the foundation of all things in the universe. Philosophy is not right either.The philosophy of Taoism is the unity of mind and matter, and this unity of mind and matter is called essence. This principle involves a lot, and if it is carried out, it will be another topic. Guaqing "Six pieces of play, bypassing emotions." There is a term in research - "bypass". People who read the Han Dynasty often have these two characters. The intricacies of hexagrams are bypass.The six lines of a Qian hexagram are placed there, and each change of the line can become another hexagram. Once the first line is changed, it will become the hexagram of Tianfengnvhou, and if the second line is changed again, it will become Tianshan Dun. Hexagrams, the six lines of each hexagram can be changed, and when these six lines are played out, it is a bypass.There is a special term for this bypass, "Guaqing".The principle of philosophy, understand, people are not things, a person in a group, the so-called affect the whole body, if I know everyone, we will naturally have feelings for each other, we must use bypassing, bypassing people's emotions Also, the relationship between each other, this is love. "It is time to ride on the great dragon to control the sky, and the clouds will flow and rain, and the world will be peaceful." Explain that the spirit of Qian Gua is like six dragons in terms of time, divided into six hours a day, and controlling the celestial bodies is his function, while wind, cloud, thunder, rain, etc., the clouds and rain will make the world stable. In explaining the ontology of Qian Gua, it is equivalent to the God of Christianity, the Buddha of Buddhism, and the Tao of Taoism. The following is the explanation of the Yao speech. ideal and reality "A gentleman takes virtue as his deeds, his deeds are visible in the day, his words are hidden in his words, hidden but not seen, and deeds are not seen. Cheng, so a gentleman can't use it. " This is the humanistic interpretation of "don't use your potential", and this interpretation is also the root of the study of Confucianism, Taoism, and Confucius and Mencius.The "action" in the Confucian spirit believes that having thoughts does not constitute behavior, having good ideals and good plans, but not making them out, making no achievements, and making no contribution to society and the country. Chengde, this can be the foundation of the philosophy of unity of knowledge and action. "The deeds that can be seen every day", but don't talk about such lofty philosophy, the cultivation of human morality, the virtues and deeds that everyone can see and do every day, you must pay attention to every little thing, and you must improve it anytime and anywhere One's own virtue, but "Don't use the hidden dragon" is "hidden and invisible". Although you have high ideals and high morals, but there is no result, and you have no contribution to society and the country. Everyone can't see this. Ideally, this is not to be used by potential dragons.In terms of humanities and culture, it is not that a gentleman is useless, but that he is useless. Qualifications and training of leaders "A gentleman learns to gather them, asks them to distinguish them, is generous to live them, and benevolent to practice them. It is easy to say that seeing a dragon in the field, See the adults, and the virtues of the king. " Here is the explanation of the ninth and second lines of the Qian Gua, "Seeing the dragon in the field, benefiting the adults", is the "virtue of the emperor"-the conditions and cultivation that leaders must possess.The first thing is to learn, "learning to gather", knowledge is accumulated.As Lao Tzu said, "Learning increases, and Dao damages." To learn is to accumulate knowledge slowly every day, but to cultivate Tao, you don't need anything, throw it all away, don't need knowledge, and don't need knowledge.To be a scholar, you need every piece of knowledge, and here to gather what you learn means to be knowledgeable and understand everything. "Ask in order to distinguish", you have to ask well, ask everywhere, and you can ask if you can't. This is often mentioned by Confucianism. "Living with generosity", knowledge alone is not enough, you must be magnanimous, treat others, be broad-minded, inclusive, and not narrow-minded, and then "do it with kindness", but also be kind, learning, asking, lenient, benevolent, four points It must be done. "Seeing the dragon in the field, benefiting the adults" are these four virtues, and they are the cultivation that leaders should achieve. survive the crisis "Jiu Sanzhong is rigid but not in the middle, the top is not in the sky, and the bottom is not in the field, so Qiangan is on guard because of the time, although it is dangerous No fault. " As an intermediate cadre, when you are under one person and above everyone, this position is the most dangerous, because the top is not in the sky, you have not yet reached the top, and the bottom is not in the field, and you cannot be steadfast with the bottom, and all the responsibilities of the top and bottom fall on you. , "So be careful because of the time", so you are always on alert anytime, anywhere, reminding yourself that there is no danger even if it is dangerous.From this we know that the explanation at the last stage not only tells us about personal cultivation, but also tells us the principles of life. Nothing is impossible "The ninety-four weights are not in the middle, the upper part is not in the sky, the lower part is not in the field, and the middle is not in the people, so it may be, or it may be. Those who are suspicious, so there is no blame. " The ninety-four lines, one line and one line all come from the heavy yang line, and the yang line is rigid, and the heavy rigidity is not in the middle position, it is off.Not in heaven, not in position, nor in person.Heaven, earth, and people are not occupied. For example, a young man who has graduated from university has no way out and does not work in society.So either, or doubt, there is room for consideration.This is also the thinking of Chinese hermits, who do not occupy anything. In other words, it is also similar to the realm of gods and gods. The realm of adults "My lord, the virtues of the heaven and the earth, the brightness of the sun and the moon, the sequence of the four seasons, and the ghosts and gods According to good or bad luck, the inborn nature cannot be violated by the heaven, and when the acquired nature is worshiped by the heaven, the sky is not contradicted, let alone human beings?In the case of ghost? " When explaining the ninety-five lines, a "sir" is suddenly brought up, this lord is incredible, very great.There is a big problem here, which is also my "patent right". Now let me tell you that for thousands of years, people have talked about "University" and "Doctrine of the Mean", and when it comes to Chinese culture, it seems that there are only "University" and "Doctrine of the Mean". Many external concepts regard "The Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" as representing Confucius' thoughts, but in fact "The Great Learning" was written by Zeng Zi, a student of Confucius, and it is slightly different from Confucius' original thinking. "The Doctrine of the Mean" was written by Zisi, and his thinking is even more different from that of Confucius.But where did the idea of ​​"University" come from?It is the ninth and fifth lines of Qian Gua. "Great people learn from adults", try reading the annotations of Confucianism in the past dynasties, especially Zhu Xi's annotation "Great people learn from adults".Gu Li entered elementary school at the age of six, and entered university at the age of eighteen. After learning to be a human being, will he be an adult when he grows up?When he went to Hong Kong, he still called the policeman an adult. Did he understand that the "adult" in "University" actually came from here, and "The Doctrine of the Mean" came from the hexagram of Kun.What is an "adult"?It is equal to the God of Christianity, the Tathagata of Buddhism, the saint of Confucianism, and the immortal of Taoism.The adults mentioned here are "in accord with the virtues of the earth", which is in harmony with the virtues of heaven and earth; "in harmony with the sun and moon", as bright as the sun and moon; The program of spring, summer, autumn and winter is equally distinct; "combining good and bad with ghosts and gods" is as unpredictable as ghosts and gods.Who can do such an adult except saints, gods, gods, and Buddhas?I once joked to a Juren from the Qing Dynasty that I had reached the realm of an adult.Moreover, Neo-Confucians are right, everyone is Yao and Shun, and everyone is a sage, saying that "the heaven and the earth are in harmony with their virtues". I did not regard the earth as the sky, the sky is the sky, and the earth is the earth. He Qide"?When I say "it is as bright as the sun and the moon", I neither regard the day as night nor the night as day; "the four seasons are in harmony", I will never wear silk clothes in winter, and I will never wear fur jackets in summer; Ghosts and gods combine their good and bad luck." Where I dare not go, ghosts dare not go.I said that the old gentlemen made the saint too inexplicable, but in fact everyone is a saint.I said that the realm of a saint is also very ordinary, but everyone is trapped by words, pushing the saint too high, committing the problem of "highly promoting the saint", and deliberately shaping the realm of the saint to be too high and too rigid Yes, the unity of man and nature in Chinese culture is so ordinary.In the following words, we can see that "the sky is congenital and the sky is not violating", and the sky is established first. Before the universe began, this function existed, and "the sky is not violating" - this sky is the universe. After opening up, You can't violate the law of innate function, the law of nature, and after this world comes into existence, you can't go beyond this law-the law that people die when they are born, and flowers bloom and fall. There is nothing unusual about natural phenomena; "Tianfu Violation", telling us the law of the universe, the highest truth, even this tangible universe, there is no way to violate this principle, let alone us human beings!Even ghosts and gods can't get out of this law. Later generations compare the emperor with the words here, that's flattery, don't believe it.The emperor called Nine Five, nine means reaching the anode, and five means Zhongzheng, not the Nine Five. Mantra "Kangzhi is a word. Knowing and then not knowing to return, knowing to exist but not knowing to perish, knowing to gain but not knowing to lose, its only Saint hand?Those who know how to advance and retreat, survive and die without losing their integrity, are only saints? " The line of the sixth line is "Kanglong has regrets", the so-called Kanglong is high-pitched.This is very important. Everyone should pay attention. After learning how to behave and do things, don't overdo it. If you overdo it, you are overbearing; everyone is equal. You only know whether to advance or not, only know whether to survive or not, and only know to gain but not to lose. Kang; it is easy for people to make this mistake. Knowing that the key to advance and retreat is the sage.Learning "Yi" is to let us know the six words "advance, retreat, survival, gain and loss". Research on Kun Gua Now let's go back and talk about the Kun hexagram in "Book of Changes". Speaking of the hexagram of Kun, a very big and troublesome problem came up again. Originally, I advocated that the research should start from "Xi Zhuan". Go a little deeper. The Qian hexagram is easy to study, but the Kun hexagram is more annoying. "Kun, Yuanheng, benefit the horses in the north, the gentleman has a way to go, lose first and then gain, master the benefits, and gain friends in the southwest, Northeast funeral friend, An Zhenji. " It should be noted that here is also "Yuan, Heng, Li, Zhen", but "Li, Zhen" is not immediately after "Yuan, Heng", but "Li Mare Zhizhen", the mare is chastity, and the male horse is not chastity.In other words, if divination, this sentence only benefits the wife, not the husband.How to benefit the chastity of a mare? "A gentleman has a future, he loses first and then gains." In terms of divination, is it good to go out?it is good!But at the beginning, there were difficulties and confusion, but in the end, there were very good achievements, the main benefits, and great auspiciousness. "Gain friends in the southwest, lose friends in the northeast." If you go to the southwest, or start a business in the southwest, you will be successful. There will be many friends to help, but it will not be good for the northeast. , so I say "An, Zhen, Daji." This is the same as signing a poem, you don't need to explain it, you know it all, but it's annoying to study the truth seriously.Kun is the earth, why does the earth have these sayings?Ordinary scholars, those who specialize in reading, do not study elephants and numbers, and those who do not understand the scientific thinking of ancient Taoism, feel disgusted by it.Especially after the May 4th Movement, how many scholars scolded and hated their own culture there to such an extent. "San Tong Qi" reveals the secret of Kun Gua Now let's dig deeper.We know that the Qian hexagram represents the sun, and the Kun hexagram represents the moon and the earth.It should be noted that since the Jingfangyi system, there was a Taoist book called "Shantongqi" in the Han Dynasty, which was the originator of the Danjing.The so-called "Dan Jing" is alchemy, which makes a person become a god. It was written by Wei Boyang Zhenren in the Eastern Han Dynasty, also known as Huolong Zhenren.The so-called "participation in the same" means that the principles and methods of the three books, "Laozi", are the same as the scientific principles for human beings to become immortals.In "San Tong Qi", from the law of heaven, earth and the universe, and then talk about the law of life, the method of self-preservation.In his method, he used the systematic thinking of Jingfangyi to explain the two hexagrams of heaven and earth, the sun, the moon, the earth, and the five stars of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth outside the earth, and the places where the laws of life inside the human body are connected. , which mentions Kun Gua as a major issue. Having said that, I would like to report an incident that everyone thinks they are very proud of. Up to now, this incident is still "only this one, no semicolon". It is a major discovery that has not been discovered by others. An exclusive secret of the first biography: I remember when I studied Kun Gua and also studied "Shan Tong Qi" and "Jing Fang Yi". The method of fate is simply unfathomable, unknowable, incredible, and strange.Going back and looking at the statements of general theory, history, and even modern scholars such as Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Zhang Taiyan, etc., they are not only criticized, but also doubted everywhere.But I have a concept. I still worship my ancestors very much. I think the ancients had their own reasons. After many years of research, I finally figured it out. "San Tong Qi" talks about Najia in Jingfang. Why does Qiangua Najia and Kungua Nayi?A and B were originally in the east, but when you look at the circle map of Najia, their positions have changed.It is even more strange to read "Shan Tong Qi", which says: "Three sunrises are cool, Zhen Geng receives the west, eight days is exchanged for the Ding, the string is as flat as a rope, and the body is fifteen dry, full of armor in the east, toad and Rabbit soul, sun, moon and qi are both bright, toad sees the hexagram festival, the rabbit spits out light, the seven or eight paths are over, the inflection is low, the sixteen turns are governed, Xun Xin sees Pingming, the value of Gen is in Bingnan, the next string is twenty Three, on the 30th day of Kunyi, his friend will be lost in the northeast, and the festival will be completed, and the dragon will be resurrected after the body, and the Rengui will be paired with Jia and Yi, and the universe will always be included." At the beginning, I didn't understand what it meant.The Taoist so-called refining the body is refining essence to transform Qi, refining Qi to transform spirit, refining spirit to return emptiness, and then becoming a god.According to the Taoist method, it will take about thirteen years to achieve success.I often say that if there is a god, it only takes thirteen years to succeed, which is really cost-effective.In terms of schooling, six years of primary school, three years of junior high school, three years of high school, and four years of university, a total of 16 years. How comfortable it would be to be able to become a fairy in a few years and live forever!This is unthinkable in Western culture, and only the Chinese have this kind of ideal. Look at this passage in "San Tong Qi", and compare it with the words "Northeast loses its friends" in "San Tong Qi" in the Kun hexagram that I will read later. .Here Kun hexagram refers to the moon.For thousands of years in China, the astronomical calendar has been based on the lunar calendar, with the profit and loss of the moon as the standard, which is related to the rise and fall of the tide, and is also related to the geological changes of the land. The change of the climate is inferred by this set of methods Yes, this is even more accurate than the current observatories and meteorological offices.In the lunar calendar, the moon comes out from the east every fifteenth full moon, and every five days, every three seasons, and every six seasons, are all based on the phenomenon of the moon.It can be seen that our ancestors, after tens of thousands of years of experience, finally took out this law and became a science for the whole people. Everyone understands it. Astronomy and human affairs can be grasped.There are six phases of the moon's profit and loss. Let me say that the moon is the roundest at the fifteenth day, the fullest at the sixteenth, and it starts to be short at the seventeenth.The real dark night is from the twenty-eighth day to the second day of the next month. During this period, if you lead troops to walk at night, you must be very careful. The eyebrow moon will come out in the third day of the month. It is the morning to look at the west and hang on the sky, so the moon comes out. In the west, on the seventh and eighth day of the lunar new year, I saw the half moon in the south at night, and on the fifteenth day, I saw the position of the full moon in the east, which is also the position of the Qian hexagram. Because it is perfect and bright, it is the Qian hexagram.The moon is the true sun. Our ancestors knew that the moon itself does not emit light, but absorbs the light of the sun. By the fifteenth day, the light of the moon represents the sun in the yin, so Najiana is here, and by the twenty-seventh, the moon Going to the northeast, there will be nothing. The acquired hexagram is Gen, and the innate is the phenomenon of Qian. friend".Instead, it should be "Ming in the southwest, Ming in the northeast".Then we know that this is a set of science in ancient China. Why is kun the only mare "Yuan Heng, the chastity of the mares." It's good for mares, but not for males. Why?Reading, rich physical knowledge of Chinese culture.When we went to the northwest, we saw a herd of wild horses. Horses like to gregarious. Out of a herd of thousands of horses, there is a leader who must be a stallion. Where is the stallion leading? Mothers follow it and are very supportive of the leader.The same is true for the herd of cattle. The herd of cattle sleeps at night, and the cow must sleep in the safe area near the inside, while the bull must sleep in the outer area to protect the cow.So it is only natural for a man to take care of a woman.When fighting, the male horse must also rush ahead, so the mare (mare) follows the male horse (stallion). This is the first concept.其次，世界上最伟大的是母爱，每一个宗教，到最后都是崇拜女性的，天主教的圣母，佛教的观世音，都是女性，因为母爱最慈悲、最仁慈、最伟大，所以中国文化上认为女性“为母者强”。不但人如此，各种动物也如此，当母亲的时候最坚强。试看母鸡，平常非常软弱，可是当它翼护小鸡的时候，遇到了老鹰等等侵略者时，则会拼命保护小鸡，精诚抵抗，这就是母爱的精神，牺牲自我的精神，所以母马不但有跟公马，跟乾卦，顺阳性的功能，同时本身还能发挥群爱、仁慈的精神，所以坤卦的象是牝马，这是炒得很的。第三个观念，我们知道在中国文学上“牧马嘶风”的话，马是喜欢走逆风，牛喜欢走顺水，所以研究的象，要懂得中国古代这一套物理学。如中国的文化的物理，冬天在郊野，欲知风向，看鸟栖息在树上的位置就知道，如栖息东边的枝上，即有东风来，栖在西边的枝上，即有西风来，因为乌喜欢面对逆风，假如顺风，它的羽毛被吹翻起来，可就要冻死了，这是当然的道理。马喜欢逆风，因奔走时有更大量的空气吸入，毛也是顺着吹，当然更舒服。 坤卦又代表月亮，月亮的发光是从太阳来的，也代表大地，地球的运动，也是跟着太阳作相反的运动。这些了解以后，就知道坤卦的卦辞，是非常含有科学道理的。中国文化的好处在把科学、物理、天文归纳到人事法则上来，因为天地人，总是人的文化，缺点则在我们科学思想的进步比任何民族更早，而不愿意向唯物方面发展，只拉到人文方面来。这是就目前而言，究竟将来的历史，是我们吃亏或是人家吃亏，那就很难讲了，我们应该有自信，我想我们是不会吃亏的。 现在我们再来看坤卦的卦辞，就容易懂了。“坤，元亨。”元代表了后天的开始，亨通的，同大地一样，月亮一样，是光明的。“利牝马之贞”，有利的像母马那么顺，顺天而行，也可以说是顺乾卦而行，也可以说顺阳而行，这样产生的中国的人生哲学，同时也可以讲男女夫妇的夫唱妇随，和顺家庭才兴旺，事业才发展，社会才繁荣。并不是说夫唱妇随即是打倒女权，这个思想是最尊重女权的，如前面说的马群、牛群，到了夜间在旷野中休息，自然会让母马母牛到中间安全地带去睡，公马公牛都在外围担任保卫的责任，男性的伟大也在此自我牺牲的精神。所以夫唱妇随的顺道，并不是压迫女性，因为女性的许多先天性条件是需要保护的，所以这里教我们要有效法坤卦的精神，顺大众的精神。古代坤卦为皇后之卦，如以卜卦而言，以这个现象问吉凶祸福，则“君子有攸往，先迷后得”，像月亮一样，先有一度是黑暗的，后面一直是光明。可是到了圆满的时候要注意了，接着是下坡路，主利是指中间有月圆之日，大好的前途，因是月亮的情形。“西南得朋，东北丧朋”，如照我前面的解释，就像古人一样把这两句改为“西南得明，东北丧明”。不过我也认为懂了这个道理，也不必要改。“安贞吉”是安详的，讲人生哲学，要效法坤卦的精神，坤卦永远是平安的，等于地球，永远是安详，尽管汽车去碾压它，开山去爆炸它、挖它，它也不生气，人要学到这样包容、大度、安详，就公正，结果大吉大利。 大地的文化 以上是我对坤卦的另一个专利的看法。下面是《彖辞》，看法又不同了，又把坤卦拿来完全作大地——地球的解释，所谓乾为天，坤为地。 “象曰：至哉坤元，万物资生，乃顺承天。” 乾卦有一句话“至哉乾元”，是孔子赞叹的话，现在孔子又转过来赞叹坤元，孔孟的儒家思想走这个路子，道家也走这个路子，老子教我们效法天地”。我们做人为什么要效法地球？“万物资生”，万物的生命靠地球才能够生出来，它可没有向我们要报酬，所以人要效法这种道德的精神，只知付出不要收回去。大地为什么有这种功能和精神，因为大地永远像天一样，给你光明，给你生命的能，它没有想要破坏你，所以是承受了这种天道的法则，而构成了这个大地的精神，这是孔子第一个在抽象方面，赞叹坤卦——大地的功能。 “坤厚载物，德合无疆，含弘光大，品物咸亨。” 第二个观念，又赞叹这个大地，教我们人要效法大地那么伟大，月亮那么光明。古人对一个胸襟伟大、了不起的大人物形容为“光风霁月”，同月亮那么光明磊落多好，地有多厚，厚到可以载万物，所以它的德性之大是没有边界的。中国人以前都讲天圆地方，而被指为不科学，其实中国人科学得很，只是把“天圆地方”的意思解释错了。中国古人并没有认为地是一个方块，而是说地是有方位的，分东、西、南、北方。试看孔子的学生曾子就说地是圆的，汉朝也说宇宙如鸡蛋，地球如蛋黄，没有错，只怪后世的人自己读书不够，乱解释中国文化。现在这里也说“德合无疆”，地哪里有疆界？地是圆的，哪里有起点？经纬度是人替它假设的，站在中国立场，中原是起点，站在英国立场，又另外假设一个起点，所以我们做人处世，要效法大地的精神，德要养得厚，而且要圆融广大，含蓄伟大的光明，万有的东西都靠大地生长。 “北马地类，行地无疆，柔顺利贞，君子攸行。” 这里又把科学精神，拿到人文文化上来解释。母马和大地一样，逆风而行，就是地球与太阳之间的关系，地球是反太阳的方向运转，行地无疆，地球永远是运转的，马也是不休息的，马睡觉是站着的，懂得物理，这书中的味道就读出来了。像庙里为什么敲木鱼，因为鱼的眼睛不会闭上的，鱼是不睡觉的，所以敲木鱼是教学道的人，要像鱼一样，要时刻警醒。行地无疆，也就是乾卦“天行健，君子以自强不息”同样的道理。人不能有一分一秒的松懈，求学、做人、为道、为德，都应如此，还要“柔顺利贞，君子攸行”效法乾坤一样，天地一样的胸襟，包容万象，自强不息。 “先迷失道，后顺得常，西南得朋，及与类行， 东北丧朋，乃终有庆。 " 这里证明了这两个“朋”字是“明”字，孔子这里也说，开始迷住了找不到路，后来顺天体而行，自然反目正常，西南为什么得朋，东北为什么丧朋，那便是指它必须要与同类合群共行，结果终归会有吉庆。 “安贞之吉，应地无疆。” 这是解释文王卦辞，何谓“安贞吉”？人先要安、要贞——正派，能够安，能够正，自然大吉大利，就像大地一样，那么平静。 “象曰：地势坤，君子以厚德载物。” 这里明白地说明，坤卦的现象如大地一样，大地是坤卦，要懂得坤卦这个符号是大地的代表，讲人文文化，做人要效法大地一样，修养自己的学问道德，要效法大地之厚，尤其当领袖的人要包容，要能负担，别人的痛苦都能承担起来，“厚德载物”是中国文化儒家道家的最高的学问。 研究，应该发挥每人自己的智慧，做学问是很难的，我今日认为对的意见，到明天有了新的发现，说不定又把头一天自己的意见推翻了，所以我所讲的，只是提供大家做一个参考，告诉大家一个研究的方法而已，千万不要过分相信，有时候连对古人都要怀疑，可是怀疑归怀疑，印证又是另一回事，不可因有一点怀疑，就作全盘的推翻，这就太狂妄了。 现在讲坤卦的爻辞。 邵康节的宝瓶子 “初六，履霜坚冰至。象曰：履霜坚冰，阴始凝 也，驯致其道，至坚冰也。 " 这里就和乾卦不同了，我们过去的天文科学，是用十二辟卦来代表十二个月，十二辟卦是乾坤两卦的变化，坤卦是十月，为纯阴之卦，坤卦是在上古，也许更上古形成的。我始终怀疑的文化是上一个冰河时期留下来的，不是这一个冰河时期的产物，因为它的科学、哲学的道理太高明了。我们知道了坤卦是代表十月，在一年二十四节气中，有一个霜降节气，这时候夜间会结霜，当早上打开大门，踏到地上有霜的时候，就知道跟着天气要冷，准备衣服过冬了。跟着来是立冬、小雪、大雪，就要下雪了，黄河要冰冻了。这句话就是告诉人，如果讲哲学，一个学过的人，就会知道前因后果。一件事情一做的时候，一定晓得后果，对这件事结论如何，自己的智慧应该知道，因为履霜坚冰至，任何事情都有它的前因和后果。 那么《彖辞》的解释，引用爻辞的履霜坚冰，是冬天阴气开始凝结起来，开始是前因，至于后果，则“驯致其道，至坚冰也”。顺着这个时间下去，就天寒地冻，地下要结冰的。如果卜卦，得到坤卦初爻，就知道以后还更艰难，但是假如作战，在北方碰到这情形，就知黄河要结冰了，不需几天就可渡河而过。在抗战期间，我们国运昌隆，连续八年黄河没有结冰，假使结了冰，的确有问题，日本人的马队一下子就过来了，日本人一直在等这个机会，可是上天保佑，抗战八年中黄河就没有结过冰。举这个例子，就是说明同一个卦，看情形如何？可有利也可不利，运用之妙存乎一心，不要迷信，这是智慧的事情，全靠心灵偶然的判断，如果加上主观就不行了。 以前有一位善卜的人，占卜到他自己的一只宝瓶在某月某日正午时会破碎得四分五裂，他就不信，在这一天把这只宝瓶，安安稳稳放在桌子中间，自己则坐在桌旁守着，看这只宝瓶如何破法。到了中午他的太太把饭做好了，叫他吃饭，叫了几次他都不理，太太见他不声不响不动，老盯着一个瓶子发呆，就故意开玩笑，欲惊醒他，拿了一条鸡毛掸子向瓶上一敲：“你看这宝瓶干什么？”不小心把这宝瓶敲破了，于是他哦了一声悟了，悟了什么？忘记把自己算进去，就是没有把主观算进去，这是关于算卦的有名故事。但这故事中含有很高深的哲理，人处理任何事情，往往不是忘记了自己，就是把自己看得太高，这是做人的修养、事情的处理要千万注意的道理。所以懂的道理，就是懂做人的道理，因此可以知道儒家的孔孟思想，道家的老庄思想，都是从出来的，诸子百家也都是渊源于。