He Tu and Luo Shu are two mysterious patterns handed down from ancient China. They have always been considered the origin of Heluo culture and the source of Chinese civilization. They are known as the "Universal Rubik's Cube". According to legend, during the time of the Fuxi clan in ancient times, a dragon and horse emerged from the Yellow River in Mengjin County, northeast of Luoyang, carrying a "river map" on its back and dedicated it to Fuxi. Fuxi developed Bagua based on this, which later became the source of "Book of Changes". It is also said that during the reign of Emperor Yu, a magical turtle emerged from the Luo River in Luoning County, west Luoyang, carrying "Luo Shu" on its back and dedicated it to Emperor Yu. Dayu succeeded in controlling the floods based on this, and then divided the world into Kyushu. Based on this, a nine-chapter law was formulated to govern society, which was handed down and included in the Book of Documents, named "Hong Fan". "Yi Xici" says: "The river produces pictures, Luo produces books, and the sages follow them." This refers to these two things. On the river map, the black dots and white dots arranged in a numerical array contain endless mysteries; on the Luo Shu, the sum of the three numbers on the three vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines is equal to 15, which is very strange. In this regard, Chinese and foreign scholars have conducted long-term exploration and research, and believe that this is the crystallization of the spiritual thinking of Chinese ancestors and the first milestone of ancient Chinese civilization. The two books "Book of Changes" and "Hong Fan" have an important position in the history of Chinese cultural development and have had a profound impact in the fields of philosophy, politics, military science, ethics, aesthetics, and literature. As the source of Chinese history and culture, Hetu Luoshu has made an indispensable contribution.
Hetu Luoshu is the source of Chinese culture, Yin Yang and Five Elements. It was first recorded in "Shang Shu", followed by "Yi Zhuan", and was recorded by hundreds of schools of thought. Tai Chi, Bagua, Zhouyi, Liujia, Nine Stars, Feng Shui, etc. can all be traced back to this point. The Xingyi Tomb unearthed in Xishuipo, Puyang, Henan in 1987 is about 6,500 years old. The images of green dragons and white tigers painted with shells in the tomb are lifelike, almost the same as in modern times. The river map has four images and 28 places. The shape and meaning of its arrangement are consistent with the stars on the top and geography on the bottom, and it is known that when buried, it will be excavated. A jade piece from the belly of a turtle from Hanshan, Anhui, unearthed in the same year, is an image of Luoshu and dates back to about 5,000 years ago. It can be seen that at that time people were proficient in the physics of heaven and earth, as well as the numbers of Hetu and Luoshu. According to expert research, the star chart in the Xingyi Tomb dates back to 25,000 years ago. This shows that Shao Yong and other sages believed that "Hetu and Luoshu are ancient star maps", and their words are true.