Chapter 345 Related Numerology Explanation

This is related to works, but these works are carefully collected and modified by me, and they are closely related to Grandpa's ghost hunting.In fact, if you read this article for "catching ghosts", it's just for entertainment, that's not bad, it's just a seasoning in your life; but this article is not just "superficial" ghost hunting, but It covers the essence of many ancient Chinese cultures. In my eyes, grandpa is not only a representative of alchemists, but also the epitome of declining ancient Chinese culture.That's why the author introduces some works related outside the story.

The six arts: rites, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and mathematics. "Zhou Li": "Raising the sons of the country to teach the way is to teach the six arts: one is called five rituals, the other is called six music, the third is called five shooting, the fourth is called five controls, the fifth is called six books, and the sixth is called nine numbers." When it comes to mathematics, people will immediately think of elementary school arithmetic - addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, algebraic geometry in middle school, calculus and even more esoteric number theory in college - these are the concepts of modern mathematics.In ancient my country, there was also knowledge about "number", which was one of the six arts that literati must learn.The "number" in ancient my country is very different from the concept in modern mathematics. It is a larger and deeper knowledge. The so-called "easy number" should be a comprehensive skill including "number art".

There are many magical things in ancient Chinese numerology, but due to various reasons, not only many ancient scientific concepts have not been handed down, but have even been annihilated and misunderstood by history.We can find in the study of history that ancient mathematics in our country had brilliant achievements, and some little-known records about mathematics need us to explore and excavate. Let's take a look at some of the magical records of our country's "shushu" in history: In the Northern Dynasty of China (the sixth century A.D.), Qimu Huaiwen was an expert in engineering and technology, and he was proficient in numerology.A monk pointed to Qimu Huaiwen and introduced to everyone: "The benefactor Huaiwen is proficient in numbering, and he can count the number of dates on this tree." The record does not tell us how Qimu Huaiwen calculated Yes, what tools were used, but he quickly told the number of all red dates on this date tree, half red and half white dates.Everyone was skeptical, because eminent monks don't tell lies, and Qi's mother Huaiwen is a well-known expert—no one has the nerve to doubt it.So he simply knocked down the dates and checked them one by one, but one was missing.Qi's mother Huaiwen said: "No, please look for it carefully." Sure enough, there was another one on the tree.

Cao Yuanli, a native of Anding during the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, was also proficient in numerology. The simple and quick calculation method made modern mathematicians puzzled. Cao Yuanli once went to the house of Chen Guanghan, a friend of Zhenxuantu. Chen Guanghan said that he had two hoards of rice, but he forgot how many stones there were. Could Cao Yuanli help with the calculation.Cao Yuanli took a chopstick for eating, measured it around a few times and came to a conclusion: "There are 749 stones, 2 buckets and 7 liters of rice in the east, and 697 stones and 8 buckets in the west."

Therefore, Chen Guanghan sealed the hoard and wrote the calculated number on the seal.Later, Xiang went out to sell rice, and the west dump produced 697 shi, 7 buckets and 9 liters. There was a big mouse in the dump, and the east dump was not bad. In the second year, Cao Yuanli met Chen Guanghan again.Chen Guanghan told Cao Yuanli the actual number of grains of rice when he left the hoard, and Cao Yuanli patted the bed with his hands and said, "Why didn't you know that mice can eat rice, it's shameless." Chen Guanghan brought some pieces of dried venison and wine, and the two talked while eating.Cao Yuanli used chips to calculate Chen Guanghan's assets: "There are 25 fields of sugarcane, and 1,536 pieces should be harvested; 37 acres of taro should be harvested for 673 stones; there are 1,000 cows, and 200 calves; 10,000 chickens, 50,000 chicks will hatch..." These may seem like predictions, but they are said to have all come true.

Cao Yuanli can tell the number of sheep, pigs, geese, ducks, and melons, vegetables and fruits.Then he jokingly said, "You have such a family business, why do you entertain me with such little things?" Chen Guanghan was embarrassed, and said ashamedly: "There are only guests in a hurry, but there are no hosts in a hurry." Cao Yuanli said: "You have so many pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, and so many fruits and vegetables. Steam one head, and add another A plate of lychees will do.” Chen Guanghan apologized again, and brought the dishes from the kitchen again, and the two happily drank together until the evening.

It is said that Cao Yuanli's arithmetic was later passed on to Fu Nanji; Fu Nanji passed it on to Xiang Tao; Xiang Tao later passed it on to Fu Nanji's son Fu Lu.But they all only learned some algorithms, and no one has really inherited Cao Yuanli's talent in mathematics and science and made achievements. In the later Tang Dynasty, Yuan Hong, the imperial official, worked in Yunzhong, and was especially famous for his proficiency in arithmetic.There is a big tung tree in the courtyard of the mansion, someone jokingly said: Master Yuan can calculate how many leaves are on this tung tree.

Yuan Hongyu said: "How difficult is this!" So he measured the tung tree and drew a circle 7 feet away from the trunk of the tung tree. Colleagues felt that it was impossible to check, so they sent someone to pick 22 leaves from the tree, and asked Yuan Hongyu to count again.The calculation result also surprised my colleagues. Yuan said: "Compared with just now, there should be 21 leaves missing." A second inspection found that two of the picked leaves were so small that they were regarded as one. It is strange to count the leaves, but it is really incredible to count the future of things.

The Jiedu Envoy Zhang Jingda in the cloud had two jade bowls, which were crystal clear, and he cherished them very much. He asked Yuan Hongyu to calculate the thickness of the bottom of the bowls.Yuan Hongyu measured the diameter and depth, and after some calculations, he said: "You can easily know the thickness on May 16 next year. Both bowls will be broken at the end of May 16." If you don't believe me, "I'll put them away and see how they will break." Immediately, someone wrapped them in clothes, put them in a bamboo cage, and stored them in the warehouse. At si o'clock on May 16 of the following year, the beam of the warehouse suddenly broke, and fell down and hit the bamboo cage, smashing the two jade bowls.The eunuch Shaoqing Xue Wenmei happened to be in the mansion and witnessed the whole process with her own eyes.

The above three stories illustrate the magic and mystery of ancient Chinese mathematics and numerology.It is a pity that the records are too simple, and the texts of the past dynasties did not pay attention to scientific and technological calculations, and they were not properly understood. It is said that our country's culture is broad and profound, but where is the profound and profound?When we explore the magic of ancient numerology, we may get a glimpse of it. First of all, Qimu Huaiwen, Cao Yuanli, Yuan Hongyu and others are proficient in arithmetic, so what is arithmetic, what is numerology, and what is the relationship between the two?There is no way to define modern scientific or technical concepts.That is to say, according to the stories, they had an admirable talent for numerology, the method of which has long been lost to our great regret.

Secondly, the story of Qi's mother Huaiwen does not record what calculation tools were used. Cao Yuanli used "eating"-that is, chopsticks, instead of using trade-offs.No equipment was used to calculate the harvest of livestock or crops.Yuan Hongyu measured the leaves of the tung tree by measuring the diameter of the tung tree.In order to verify the calculation results, a few leaves were deliberately removed, which is almost equivalent to guessing, and the results are accurate enough to distinguish between large and small leaves. The above shows that the ancients must have special calculation methods for calculating things, using extremely simple tools to obtain completely accurate results.The things that are counted, the units of measurement are not even completely irrelevant.Yuan Hongyu's basis for calculating the leaves to be plucked is completely unknown. Furthermore, the calculation objects of the three stories are difficult to verify (except for the calculation of grain storage), which are guesses or estimates.Using the concepts of modern mathematics today, statistics, regression and other related theories must be used, and very complicated calculations can be used to obtain approximate solutions. The ancients obviously did not have methods or equipment that we can understand, but they could get accurate results. Is this true? Is it an "easy reason" inference? In addition, these mathematicians do not seem to have any special tools, nor do they seem to need them.Qi Mu Huaiwen calculated the jujube fruit not only to give the total number, but also to distinguish the specific number according to the degree of maturity.Modern mathematics can only be taken off completely, and people are invited to check the numbers, and the maturity division must be defined first.This is a description of the experimental process of modern empirical scientific thinking.But Qimu Huaiwen is amazing, what he adopts is a true "magic" technical technique or method. Cao Yuanli was also amazing. When he calculated Chen Guanghan's 2 hoards of rice, the consumption of a mouse was included in the calculation.For livestock and crop harvest numbers, modern mathematics can only rely on statistics and regression predictions.And Cao Yuanli didn't even need to go to the scene to take a look. He used chips (that is, short sticks), and he calculated it very accurately.Yuan Hongyu can not only count the leaves on the tree, but also keep the time when the utensils are broken. Isn't this a fairy tale! From this, we can understand how many lost theoretical methods and techniques there are in ancient Chinese numerology.Our country's classical culture is broad and profound, where does "broad" exist, how to measure "big", "fine" is subtle, and "deep" is infinitely mysterious! Mathematics is by no means what the definition and concept of modern mathematics can contain.In short, people generally think that fortune-telling and divination are the dross of Chinese classical culture, which actually involves "numerical arts".The ancients said: "Pinch fingers and calculate" is a process of inferring the law of changes in things. The so-called "Plum Blossom Yishu" is the expression of constants, variables, formulas, curves, and interactions in these speculations and calculation laws. (The author believes that this is related to ancient Chinese culture, especially the culture of numerology. It is still reflected in Yuan Hongyu's story. In short, fortune-telling and divination belong to fortune-telling, which can predict good and bad changes. In essence, real fortune-telling can also calculate Many humans or various other things in nature, not necessarily just human activities.) The first of the Six Books in my country is "Yi" - the Book of Changes, from which the numerology culture basically comes from.The systems of divination such as yin and yang, five elements, and congenital easy numbers are basically complete and rigorous, and they all have the original intention of worshiping heaven and gods.Numerology has a completely different concept from modern mathematics. At least before the Song Dynasty, people only classified mathematics in the modern sense as a small part of the art of mathematics, and businessmen used it for profit, while scholar-bureaucrats dismissed it.Hanshu "Repeated History": "The number is ten million, ten million, so counting things, according to the principle of fate. It is said: count their fate first... To explore the hidden things, the hook is deep and far, there is nothing to do. "So in the eyes of the ancients, the science of "arithmetic" is closely related to the "principle of life".It is at this point that it is no longer familiar or even understood by people limited by modern scientific thinking.It is precisely this part of the principle of life, which is the essence of numerology, as the result of the jade bowl being broken, it can be seen in advance, and the moment of breaking is not at all happy.