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Chapter 2 The first hexagram, Qianqian, is the heavenly stem, the upper and lower

Book of Changes 伏羲氏 1280Words 2018-03-20
Stem: Yuan, Heng, Li, Zhen. Ninth day: Qianlong, don't use it. Ninety-two: Seeing the dragon again, benefiting the adults. Nine three: A gentleman works hard all day long, and is vigilant at night, without blame. Nine Fourth: You may jump into the abyss, no blame. Ninth Five: The flying dragon is in the sky, benefiting the adults. Upper Nine: Kanglong has regrets. Use nine: see dragons without a leader, auspicious. He said: "Great Qianyuan, the beginning of all things, is the unification of heaven."The cloud travels and the rain applies, and the product flows in shape.From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were six people at the time, and they rode the six dragons at the time to control the sky.The main road changes, everyone corrects their lives, protects harmony, and is Lizhen.The first common thing to come out is Xianning in all countries.

Xiang said: Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives constantly for self-improvement.Do not use Qianlong, the sun is below.See Long Zaitian, Deshipu also.Do it all day long, and repeat it.Or jump in the abyss, enter without blame.Flying dragons are in the sky, and adults make them.Kanglong has regrets, and it won't last long.With nine, Tiande cannot be the first. The classical Chinese says: "The one who is good is good enough to grow; the one who is prosperous is good enough to meet; the one who is beneficial is the harmony of righteousness; the one who is chaste is to do things well. Benefits are enough for harmony and righteousness; chastity and solidity are enough for doing things. A gentleman does these four things, so it is called: Gan: Yuan Henry Zhen."

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, he said: "Don't use Qianlong." What does it mean? The Master said: "Long virtue is also a recluse. It is not easy to be in the world, not to be famous; to escape from the world without boredom, to see what is right without boredom; to be happy, to do it, to worry, to be against it; indeed, it is impossible to pull it out, and it is also a dry dragon." " Ninety-two said: "Seeing the dragon in the field is beneficial to seeing the adults." What does it mean? The Master said: "Dragon's virtue is the one who is in the middle. Faith in mediocrity, prudence in mediocrity, sincerity in leisure and evil, goodness in the world without cutting down, virtue and virtue. Yi said: "Seeing the dragon in the field is beneficial to seeing the adults. "Junde also."

Jiusan said: "A gentleman works all day long, and if he is vigilant at night, he is not to blame." What does it mean? The Master said: "A gentleman cultivates morality and practice, is loyal and trustworthy, so he develops morality. Rhetoric establishes his sincerity, so he lives in business. Knowing to the end, you can share a few. Knowing the end, you can share righteousness. Therefore, If you are in a superior position, you will not be arrogant, and if you are in a subordinate position, you will not be worried. Therefore, if you work hard and be vigilant at the right time, you will not be blamed even if you are in danger."

Ninety-four: "If you jump into the abyss, there is no 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, it's not out of the group. A gentleman pursues virtue and cultivates careers, and he wants to be timely, so there is no blame." Ninth Five 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 sound corresponds to the same air, and the same air seeks each other; when the water flows wet, the fire dries up; From its class also.

Shangjiu said: "Kanglong has regrets." What does it mean?The Master said: "You are noble but have no position, high but have no people, sages are below but have no assistants, so there is regret when you move." Don't use Qianlong, it's down.Seeing the dragon in the field, Shi She also.Do things all day long and do things.Or jump in the abyss, try yourself.The flying dragon is in the sky, and Shangzhi is also.Kanglong has regrets, and the disaster of poverty.Qianyuan uses nine, and the world is governed. Don't use dry dragon, the yang energy is hidden.Seeing the dragon in the field, the world is civilized.Work hard all day long and keep pace 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.Qian Yuan uses nine to see the rules of the sky.

Those who are Qianyuan are those who start to prosper.Those who are virtuous and chaste also have temperament.Qianshi can benefit the world with beauty, without saying anything.It's too big!What's the matter?Vigorous and upright, pure and refined.The play of the six lines is to bypass the emotions.Time to ride on the six dragons to control the sky.When the clouds flow and the rain spreads, the world is at peace. A gentleman's actions are based on virtue, and his actions can be seen every day.Hidden as words, hidden but not seen, action but not accomplished, so a gentleman can't use it.

A gentleman learns to get together, asks to argue, is lenient to live, and benevolent to act.Yi said: "If you see a dragon in the field, you will benefit from an adult." Junde also. Ninety-three, focus on rigidity but not in the middle, the sky is not in the sky, and the field is not in the bottom.Therefore, if you work hard and be vigilant because of the time, even if it is dangerous, there is no blame. Ninety-Fourth, emphasizing rigidity and not being in the middle, the top is not in the sky, the bottom is not in the fields, and the middle is not in people, so it may be.Or, doubt it, so there is no blame.

Husbands and adults combine their virtues with heaven and earth, their brightness with the sun and the moon, their order with the four seasons, and their good and bad luck with ghosts and gods.The world is in the first place and the sky is not against it, and the day after tomorrow is in accordance with the time of the sky.It's not against the sky, but what about people?How about ghosts and gods? Exaggeration is the word, know and then not retreat, know existence but not perish, know gain but not know loss.Is it only a saint?Those who know how to advance and retreat, survive and die without losing their righteousness, are they considered saints?

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