Natural gossip
Legend has it that in ancient times, Yin and Yang began with meteorological observation. Fu, sitting on the observatory, looked up at the astronomical phenomena, looked down at geography, understood the world, and found that Yin and Yang are the basic laws that everything in the universe must follow.
Fu's "One Painting Opens the Sky": The image of Taiji is "○", which represents the rising and falling law of sunrise and sunset. Taiji contains yin and yang, which is the primitive state of the universe and the origin of all things in the world. Taiji, like a circle, has a profound meaning of infinity, infinitesimal and inclusive of the yin and yang attributes of all things in the universe.
The ancients observed that the sun runs on Sunday, and the sun changes because of Sunday. Tai Chi moves as Yang, quietness as Yin, and Tai Chi gives birth to Yin and Yang. The operator uses "-"to represent yang, heat, sky and sky. Use the "-"symbol to represent yin, cold and night, and take the image of the ground; Use ""to represent yin and yang, reflecting heaven and earth, day and night, hot and cold.
The ups and downs of the sun in a day make Yin and Yang sympathetic, producing four images of cold, warm and cool: warm in the morning-less Yang, hot in the afternoon-Lao Yang, cool at dusk-less Yin, and cold at midnight-old Yin. This is what the ancients observed: "-"Yang transformed into "Shao Yang"; The transformation from "-"yin to "old yin and less yin" has thus evolved. The four elephants of Yin and Yang are taken from the "biochemical collection" in a year, and the elephants should be collected in the four seasons of a year, "spring, summer, long autumn harvest and winter storage". There is also a transitional state between the four "long harvests", which is called "Hua" by later generations, like "long spring and summer, long summer, autumn and winter" in the five seasons. With the formation of the four elephants, the five elements appeared. This is the most primitive theoretical origin of Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
The four images of yin and yang are combined and then transformed into yin and yang respectively, which gives birth to three pictures: Gan, Kun, Kan, Li, Gen, Hui, Zhen and Xun. The sky is inseparable and the earth is separable. What moves in the sky is fire, what moves underground is wind, and what moves in the sky is ze. The ground is divided into three layers, the middle is hydrodynamic, the underground is thunderous, and the ground is mountainous. The eight images in the eight diagrams analogy should be used in all directions: dry as the sky, facing south, Kun as the ground, facing north, moving like water, facing west, leaving the elephant fire, facing east, facing Xiangshan, facing northwest, facing Xiangze, facing southeast, shaking like thunder, facing northeast, facing the wind and facing southwest.
The gossip reflected by gossip just corresponds to the basic geography and topography of our country. The orientation of eight diagrams is completely opposite to that of modern maps, because Fu Xishi faces south and takes the sense of direction of people as the orientation standard, while western maps take the direction of geographical objects as the orientation standard. This just reflects the root of cultural differences between China and the West: China culture attaches importance to "people" and is people-oriented; Western culture attaches importance to "things" and takes things as the foundation.
Yin-yang metaplasia law map
Gossip continues to evolve, and it evolves into sixteen hexagrams, sixteen hexagrams gives birth to thirty-two, thirty-two hexagrams gives birth to sixty-four, and sixty-four hexagrams gives birth to one hundred and twenty hexagrams ... until infinity, it evolves into a complex world. In fact, 16, 32 hexagrams and 64 hexagrams are all eight diagrams in essence, because their images are based on eight diagrams, and everything in the world can be summarized as the result of the interaction and evolution of Yin and Yang in eight phenomena: heaven, earth, fire, water, wind, thunder, mountain and ze, and everything in the world cannot be separated from its ancestors. This so-called gossip will lead to success, which is the truth of Laozi's "three lives".
Fu looked up at astronomy, looked down at geography, understood the world, and took images and analogies. It is found that man is the indomitable spirit and the spirit of all things, and he is also the representative of all things in the world. Man is a small world, and he also has the characteristics of yin and yang of heaven and earth. People divide heaven and earth into yin and yang according to their characteristics. Heaven, earth and man were called three talents in ancient times. To understand Yin and Yang with this concept, Yin and Yang are three talents, and three talents are also Yin and Yang. Fu defined Taiji as the basic law of the change of Yin and Yang, with two instruments giving birth to two instruments (Yin and Yang) and four images giving birth to eight diagrams. Therefore, gossip is defined as three diagrams. In fact, gossip itself contains the idea of three talents in heaven and earth, which has been inherited and developed by later generations and formed a systematic theory of three talents. Lao Tzu has: Tao gives birth to one, two, three and everything, and the "three" is truth. It is not difficult to understand that the theory of harmony between man and nature, the theory of six meridians, three Yin San yang and the theory of triple energizer all started from the theory of yin and yang gossip.
In a word, Fuxi's paintings opened the world and represented the origin of all things in the universe. Based on gossip, everything is classified into eight basic elements, such as gossip. Fu painted innate gossip according to natural phenomena, revealing the natural laws of Yin and Yang in the universe. Left a "wordless gobbledygook" for future generations. Compared with the theory of contradiction in today's philosophy, the theory of Yin and Yang does have the same effect.
It is very abstract and difficult to understand Yin-Yang gossip from the perspective of "Tai Chi gives birth to two instruments, two instruments give birth to four images, and four images give birth to gossip". However, it is very easy for us to understand the gossip of Yin and Yang from the perspective of observing the movement of the sun around the sun.
The rising and falling movements of the sun at sunrise and sunset seem to run in a circular orbit. The ancients called it Sunday operation, which divided the day into yin and yang, and divided the day into morning, middle, evening and midnight. The four images are further divided into yin and yang, which is called gossip. Eight diagrams are divided into three consecutive times and can be divided into sixty-four hexagrams. These hexagrams can be divided into equal parts until infinity.
For anything in the world, no matter how yin and yang are divided, things always move and change in cycles according to the internal laws of yin and yang, and each complete movement cycle can be regarded as Artest's qi; A cycle is roughly divided into yin-yang conversion cycle, then subdivided into four images' cold, warm and cool change cycle, then subdivided into eight diagrams' sequence cycle, and then subdivided into sixty-four hexagrams' sequence cycle. ..... even continuous subdivision, and a cycle can be infinitely subdivided. We can understand the law of Yin and Yang in this way. Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, Four Elephants, Eight Diagrams ... all have the same periodic law, and their descriptions are different in detail.
Combined with modern people's understanding, the sun moves around the sky, which is the so-called Tai Chi; Taiji thought guides us to grasp and understand things as a whole. Divide a day into yin and yang day and night; The thought of yin and yang guides us to understand the law of yin and yang of things from both positive and negative aspects. Divide the day into four images: morning, middle, evening and midnight; The thought of four images guides us to use the law of four images to refine our understanding of things. Four images are divided into gossip; The thought of gossip guides us to grasp the evolution law of things from eight aspects. We can choose Taiji, Yin and Yang, Four Elephants, Eight Diagrams and Sixty-four Guas to understand and grasp things according to the specific requirements of understanding the fineness of things. In modern terms, Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, Four Elephants and Eight Diagrams are models with different natural circulation laws. Yin and Yang gossip is the result of scientific observation, not all of them are superstitious metaphysics. We should dig deep into the scientific connotation of Yin-Yang theory.
The day after tomorrow gossip
According to legend, in ancient times, 82-year-old Zhou Wenwang was imprisoned in You Licheng for seven years by Shang Zhouwang for false accusation. While in prison, Zhou Wenwang kept a low profile and learned about Fuxi's principle of Yin and Yang and innate gossip. He used yarrow as a tool, according to the astronomical laws of Sunday when the barrel handle rotates in four seasons, five elements and eight directions, and according to the emperor's national laws. Bagua: Earthquake, Xunzi, Li, Kun, Dui, Gan, Kan and Gen are located in eight directions, such as "East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest, North and Northeast", which should be 45 days in a 360-day "Sunday" in turn; So as to infer the gossip of the day after tomorrow.
King Wen, gossip the day after tomorrow, the four hours of Beidou.
Historical records? Tian Guanshu: "The bucket is the emperor's car, which is transported in the center and in the four townships. It is divided into yin and yang, and the four seasons are built, all five elements are moved, and the festival is fixed." It records the process of Zhou Wenwang's deduction of the gossip the day after tomorrow: once a year, the stars run, bucket handle points to the east, and the earthquake position is like the vernal equinox in February, with one yang above the other yin, full of spring and wood; Bucket handle refers to the southeast, in the position of Xun, like a long summer, the sun on the ground is like fire, and everything is lush and woody; Bucket handle's guide, off-site, is like the summer solstice in May, when everything grows and takes shape, which is remarkable. Wang Yang and Fan Ying become a show, that is, fire; Bucket handle refers to the southwest, Kunming, beginning of autumn between elephants, and the end of summer. Everything here is born of rusticity. Bucket handle is due west, but its position is reversed. It seems that it should be the autumnal equinox in August. One yin and one water are on the top, the yang is restrained, the water is moist, and everything is happy and golden; Bucket handle refers to the northwest, dry position, like beginning of winter, Yang in the Yin position, Yin and Yang will compete for gold; The barrel handle pointed out that the location of the camp in the north is like hiding in the shade when the sun is shining, with everything hidden in the middle, especially water; Bucket handle points to the northeast, and is one year old, just like the Yin and He of Winter jasmine. Qi changes all the time, and it is soil.
It can be seen that Zhou Wenwang's explanation of the acquired gossip records eight symbols of celestial bodies, four of which are growth sets, the second is extremely cold and hot, and the second is the sum of yin and yang. The gossip of the four seasons and eight sections the day after tomorrow reveals the periodic law of the persistent existence of all things in the universe.
On the basis of the acquired gossip, Zhou Wenwang deduced each hexagram into eight diagrams, which matched with each other to form 64 hexagrams based on six hexagrams, with * * * 384 hexagrams. King Wen borrowed the life rules of emperors, the family affairs of husband and wife and children, and the growth and maturity of people, and wrote oracles for every divination of gossip the day after tomorrow, and wrote the Book of Changes, forming the Book of Changes of Yin and Yang. Since then, gossip has been recorded in writing. In modern terms, Zhou Wenwang established 64 kinds of development patterns for later generations, which can cover the periodic laws of the universe, society, family, life, psychology, physiology and pathology.
Ten wings
Although Zhou Wenwang recorded the gossip in words, it is profound, ancient and full of hints, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand. Confucius began to learn the Book of Changes at the age of 50. He believes that the Book of Changes is the essence of yin and yang, devoted himself to the study of the Book of Changes, devoted himself to the interpretation of the Book of Changes, made a series of haiku, and created Ten Wings. Historical records? Confucius' family "has" Confucius's liking for late changes, preface, imagery, divination, classical Chinese and easy reading. "Record. There are ten chapters in Eleven Wings: Duan Zhuan, Xiang Zhuan, Comic Book Zhuan, Classical Chinese Zhuan, Eight Diagrams Zhuan, Preface Picture Zhuan and Miscellaneous Picture Zhuan. At this point, the basic contents of the Book of Changes have all been formed. Ten Wings is the annotation of the Book of Changes (Zhouyi), which is easy to interpret because of its ten wings, making the Book of Changes spread to future generations and become the "first classics" of China culture. Ten Wings is an essential basic knowledge for learning the Book of Changes. You should learn the Ten Wings first. When studying the Book of Changes, we should not memorize the hexagrams, words and classics by rote, but deeply understand the logical thinking process and mode of the six hexagrams in the Book of Changes. In modern words, it is to learn and master the ways and methods of studying things, analyzing things and understanding the laws of things. The Book of Changes has cracked the universal laws of a complex and changeable world.
Understand qi
Gas is a meteorological change caused by celestial bodies running underground. There are six kinds of meteorological changes: cold wind, summer heat, summer heat, humidity and dryness, so it is called six qi. The ancients believed that the change of yin and yang in meteorology was determined by the movement of celestial bodies. The direction and season of celestial meteorological changes depend on the direction of the bucket handle of the Big Dipper. Everything in the universe was born in one breath. Divide yin and yang into one. Originally, there were only two aspects of yin and yang, and it was precisely because of the need to divide yin and yang that people appeared. Heaven and earth are collectively called three talents. Tai Chi is one, two and three. Therefore, the ancients observed the gasification activities of all things in the universe according to three parts: heaven, earth and man. Qi is invisible, so the ancients used the method of "observing qi by shape" to observe the activity of qi, and used the method of rhythm and five-tone lack of engraving to discipline it.
Observation gas
1. The astronomical department should observe the rise and fall of its qi according to the seasons.
The sun runs in a cycle of years, and the shadow of the sun runs once a year. The shadow runs on the circumference, rising left and falling right, and passing through four corners (northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest) of four positive directions (east, south, west and north), according to the periodic law of the sun, moon and stars. With every breath, the sun moves with the changes of wind, summer, humidity, dryness and cold, which corresponds to the growth and convergence of the five paths of Yin and Yang. Five qi matches five elements: wood, fire, earth and gold represent the changes of five qi. This is the law of the rise and fall of the so-called celestial five-luck machine.
2. The ground observation department began to check its ground biochemical collection at four o'clock.
The natural gas in the underground comes from three Yin San Yang, which can be summarized as wind, heat, summer, humidity, dryness and cold. The six qi appear rhythmically in the changing climate every year: Jue Yin turns into the sky, turns into the wind, and initially dominates Yin Mao; Less yin is the sky, turns into heat, and dominates Tatsumi with two gases; The sky is too cloudy and turns wet, and the three gases dominate the afternoon; Shaoyang dominates the sky and turns into fire, with four qi dominating Shen You; Yangming thinks of heaven, turns into dryness, and the five qi dominate the sea; The sun dominates the sky, the sky turns cold, and finally dominates ugliness. Thus, every six qi corresponds to two months, and the six qi coincides with December. The ancients observed that wind, heat, summer, humidity, dryness and cold are the normal changes of natural qi, which is the so-called six qi in the earth. However, if there are too many or too few six kinds of gases on the ground, it will inevitably seriously affect the growth and accumulation of gases on the ground and produce natural disasters. Similarly, the six qi also have annual rhythm changes, and the five movements and six qi also have complex laws. The essence of six qi is the meteorological change caused by the celestial bodies running underground, so the six qi on the ground is essentially the expression of five qi in the sky, which is also the relationship between five qi and six qi.
Qi is invisible and unobservable. The ancients used the method of "observing qi by shape" to indirectly observe the activity of qi. "Form" refers to the tangible things in the land. The wise ancients indirectly understood the activities of the earth and gas by observing the wind direction. In ancient times, it was called wind horn technique, also known as nature. The specific observation method is that with the help of seasonal wind, the ancients observed the wind direction in the southeast and northwest and the climate, and found that the seasonal wind direction is closely related to the cold, hot, cold and warm atmosphere in the four seasons. The ancients observed that the qi of heaven and earth can emit different natural frequencies in different seasons during the ups and downs. The ancients used the vibration method of the law tube to measure the law of geogas change. Through the observation of natural five tones, the ancients found that five tones are also closely related to the functions of the five internal organs of the human body.
The ancients also divided underground tangible things into five elements: according to the five flavors of bitterness, sweetness, bitterness and saltiness, the yin and yang attributes of things were distinguished; Distinguish the ups and downs of things according to cold, hot, warm and cool; Then identify the five elements of tangible things, and indirectly understand whether the gasification state of the five elements of tangible things is normal or excessive. Finally, the ancients developed the theory of luck into the sixty-nail technique, which was one of the mathematical tools for the ancients to master the law of five movements and six qi.
3. The human viewing department observes the ups and downs of qi from the communication between heaven and earth.
The ancients believed that man and nature are one, and man is also a small world. The gasification between man and heaven is interlinked, and there is a law of communication, and they all follow the law of gasification in which yin and yang and five elements are mutually harmful. The human body changes with the changes of five movements and six qi in heaven and earth, resulting in corresponding changes in yin and yang, growth and collection. When the five movements and six qi are normal, the qi of the human body is harmonious, the yin and yang are hidden, and the five internal organs are peaceful and disease-free. Too much or too little of the five movements and six qi will cause natural disasters, which will also seriously affect the disorder of the qi of the five internal organs of the human body and produce diseases. Therefore, the changes of Yin and Yang Qi in human body indirectly reflect the active state and law of heaven and earth. This is also the method and thinking of the ancients' "observing qi by form".
"Observing Qi by Form" not only provides us with a method to observe the laws of astronomical phenomena, but also provides future generations with ideas and methods to understand and solve problems. Traditional Chinese medicine is particularly prominent in observing qi by form. The theoretical basis of TCM Tibetan images is the Yi principle of "there must be an exterior inside". The process of TCM syndrome differentiation treatment is to diagnose its internal pathogenesis and guide clinical medication through patients' exterior syndrome. Its essence is the treatment process of "observing qi by form". TCM uses the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements to judge the bearing state of the five zang-organs, make a diagnosis of excessive or insufficient five zang-organs, and guide medication to correct and treat the yin-yang bias of diseases. From this, we can understand that the theory of four qi and five flavors in traditional Chinese medicine is rooted in the theory of yin and yang and five elements, and in the ancient people's thought and method of "observing qi by shape". The law of combining yin and yang with human body: "How much qi is there" is manifested in the human body as three Yin San yang and six meridians; "Shape has ups and downs" is manifested in the ups and downs of the five internal organs of human body. There are three kinds of pathological changes of the five internal organs: nothing more than self-illness, mutual imbalance and mutual imbalance.