Chapter 53 "Maqian Lesson": Zhuge Liang's Hexagrams in the Army

Before the Three Kingdoms, the books that predicted the rise and fall of history were basically dominated by "The Song of Qiankun Wannian", but in the period of the Three Kingdoms, "Maqian Lesson" written by Zhuge Kongming, a military strategist in the Kingdom of Shu, successfully replaced "Qiankun Wannian" The prophetic status of "Song" has attracted the attention of the world. Maybe some people don't know "Horse Front Lesson", but they definitely don't know Zhuge Liang.Mr. Zhuge knows astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom.The most miraculous record about Zhuge Liang is that he was already divided into three parts of the world before he was born.It would be too hasty to attribute Zhuge Liang's talent only to his long-term vision.

Zhuge Liang's true talent is not only reflected in his ability to strategize and win thousands of miles away, but also in his ability to predict things like a god.Zhuge Liang, who is proficient in easy reasoning and mathematics, and knows how to observe the sky to judge current events, showed his talents to the fullest in the two things of borrowing east wind to burn Chibi and borrowing arrows from straw boats.Especially after being added a lot of mythology by this novel, Zhuge Liang seems to have become a half-celestial being who has reached the heavens and the earth. This "superpower" in him is also reflected in his ability to recognize people.According to legend, Zhuge Liang was able to make a more accurate inference based on the person's face relative to the person's fate in this life.When he met Wei Yan for the first time, he predicted that this person would rebel in the future, so he arranged for Ma Dai to kill Wei Yan after his death.

The book "Maqian Lesson" is a booklet that Zhuge Liang put together what he had learned all his life during his spare time in the army.Based on this introduction alone, one can determine the value of "Maqian Lesson", so this book has become a wonderful book that can predict major events in the world. "Maqianjia" means a lesson of divination in front of the horse, which is the hexagram for divination when you have nothing to do during your military career. The prophecies in the prophecy book "Horse Front Lesson" are quite concise and clear. It has fourteen short lessons, but each lesson predicts the rise and fall of a dynasty.According to the order of historical evolution, Ma Qianjiao's prophecies appear to be very regular.Therefore, compared with other prophecy books in its history, "Horse Front Lesson" is easier to be interpreted by later generations.Moreover, after every dynasty, people read the records about this dynasty and this generation in "Ma Qian Ke", and they will always be surprised to find that Zhuge Liang's original prophecy was so accurate.

The first lesson of "Maqian Lesson" is Zhuge Liang talking about his own situation and the current situation at that time.Strictly speaking, this is not a prophecy.In this lesson, Zhuge Liang mentioned the phrase "Without the power to return to the sky, I will do my best. Yin lives in the sun and the sun blows, and eight thousand female ghosts".The first eight characters are the portrayal of his life.In order to repay Liu Bei's kindness, Zhuge Liang knew that the power of the Han family was exhausted, but he still "did his best and died."He originally wanted to turn the world around by his own strength, "Yin is in the shadow of the sun", but he couldn't escape the destiny. "Eight thousand female ghosts" refers to "Wei", which also predicts the fate of Shu Han to be annexed by Wei State eventually.

The second lesson "There is fire in the fire, and the earth in the candle. If the name is not correct, there are tigers in the east of the river", which talks about the fate of the two Jin Dynasties. "There is light in the fire" undoubtedly refers to Sima Yan.At this time, the Sima family had already mastered the power of the country. After the death of Sima Zhao, his son Sima Yan forced the last honorary emperor of the Cao Wei regime to abdicate the throne, and the Jin Dynasty was established from then on.After the Jin army captured Jianye, they captured the last emperor of Soochow alive and established Luoyang as their capital, so it was called "Guangzhu Zhongtu".

However, Sima Yan's Jin Dynasty was finally established by usurping power, so it was "incorrect name". In 291 AD, the Eight Kings Rebellion began, and the Central Plains was occupied by ethnic minorities.In 317 A.D., Prince Sima Rui, who guarded Jiankang, announced his accession to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and established Jiankang as his capital.Because Jiankang is located in Jiangdong, it is called "there are tigers in Jiangdong".There is another saying that when Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor, the Soochow regime had not yet been eliminated, and "there are tigers in the east of the river" refers to this regime.

In the third lesson, it is mentioned in the book that "disturbing the Central Plains, the mountains and rivers have no owner. The second and third positions are the end of the sheep and the beginning of the horse".In this section, it describes the political situation of the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Jin Dynasty and the chaotic pattern of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. After Sima Yan died, Sima Zhong came to the throne.But in the second year, the "Eight Kings Rebellion" broke out in which eight Sima families killed each other because of power and the throne.This chaos involved the entire peaceful land of the Central Plains, and the people could not live in peace for hundreds of years.At the climax of the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Jin Dynasty was also divided into sixteen kingdoms.Hundreds of years later, as many as 20 countries were established and destroyed on this land, but each country's national fortune is not long, so it is said to be "secondary and third place".

After that, the Eastern Jin Dynasty moved to the south, and the north completely became the world of ethnic minorities.Because the chaos in the world originated from the riots of the Sima family, it is called "Mashi", and this chaos was finally pacified by the Sui Dynasty established by Yang Jian, so it became "Yangzhong", which is the same as "Yang" and "Yang". meaning. Just from the first three lessons in "Maqian Lesson", you can get a glimpse of the wonders of this military hexagram. What's even more rare is that the first ten lessons accurately describe the historical trend.However, so far, the last four lessons in "Horse Before Lessons" have not been verified by history. These four lessons are:

Lesson 11: The four gates are suddenly opened and come out of nowhere.With the sound of the morning rooster, its way is greatly weakened. The content of the twelfth lesson is: saving people from adversity is the only saint.The yang is restored and ruled, and the darkness is extremely bright. The content of the thirteenth lesson is: the virtuous do not leave the wild, the world is one family.No name and no virtue, glorious China. The content of the fourteenth lesson is: Occupy this lesson, easy number is the end.Past and present, its way is endless. The last lesson can only be regarded as a conclusion of the whole book, so it can be understood that there are still three lessons that have not been verified.But to understand it literally, after all, human society has experienced a major turmoil, after which saints will appear to save the common people.Until the last prophecy, Zhuge Liang mentioned a harmonious world of great harmony, which is the most fundamental development of human civilization.

Historians are still cautious about the predictions of "Maqianjiao". Although the ancients also expressed their desire for a better future, "Horseqianjiao" is still caught in the rumors compiled by later generations and cannot extricate themselves.Fortunately, today's people already know how to treat this prophecy scientifically, and people are working hard towards the final goal of harmony and great harmony. This is exactly the best result that Zhuge Liang expected when he wrote this book.