Minister Ji Zi said to people after seeing it: "Ivory chopsticks must not be matched with earthenware, but with bowls engraved with rhinoceros horns and white jade cups; With a jade cup, you can't hold vegetable soup or bean soup, but you should hold delicacies to match it. After eating delicacies, I don't want to wear coarse clothes, but gorgeous clothes; I don't want to live in a shack anymore. I want to take a luxury car and live in a tall building. In this way, the goods of the Shang country can't satisfy his desire, and he will plunder the rare treasures of distant countries. In the long run, the country will be in danger. " Sure enough, Zhou Wang's greed grew bigger and bigger, and finally he died and set himself on fire.
In the Book of Changes, it is said that "knowing a few is strange", "several" refers to subtle changes in things, and it is the man of God who can know "several". From the details of things, we can infer the future development and changes, and we can see micro-knowledge, which is "knowing a few", and behind knowing a few is the philosopher's accurate grasp of heaven and earth.
Second, it is said that Zhou Wenwang got sixty-four hexagrams on the basis of Fuxi's eight diagrams and used them for divination. Legend has it that under the rule of Zhou Wenwang, people lived and worked in peace and contentment. If there is a crime, they just need to draw a circle on the open space and leave the prisoner inside. This is "drawing the ground as a prison". Prisoners who dare not escape will stay in the "prison" as long as they are sentenced, because King Wen's divination is particularly accurate. As long as you are trapped by him, you will know where you have gone, and catching it back will increase your punishment.
Being able to "draw the ground as a prison" is because of people's self-discipline or fear, so instead of restraining people's hearts, it is better to restrain people's hearts and attack them!
Third, a rich boy was killed by a horn. The fortune teller said to him, "One day, you will be killed by the horn!" "
Rich children think what he said is ridiculous, but they are afraid it will come true, so when the day approaches, they stay at home and even move upstairs to take strict precautions. That afternoon, the rich children stayed alone in the attic. When they are bored, they open the window and look from the windowsill, thinking that they will be fine after the afternoon!
At this time, he suddenly felt itchy in his ears, so he took off his hairpin and pulled out his ears. At this time, a strong wind blew, and the window slammed shut, hitting his hair pin and penetrating his brain. He is dead! It turns out that hair clips are made of horns.
This story is used to show that fate is predestined. In the eyes of people who believe in fate, life has an inevitable and unchangeable essence. The reason why life is "life" is precisely because it will not change because of human intervention.
Fourth, virtue can change life. In the early years of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty, there was a businessman named Wang Xing in Suzhou who was in his thirties and had no children. One of his uncles who is proficient in fortune telling is also in Suzhou. One day, my uncle saw Wang and said that Wang was going to have a disaster soon.
Wang Yizhi admires his uncle's mental arithmetic. After listening to this, he immediately packed up and went back to his hometown in Anhui. On the way, because the river swelled, he couldn't sail, so he had to stay in an inn for the time being.
One evening, he went for a walk by the river and saw a child jumping into the river. Wang immediately shouted to the fishermen in the river, "I will give him twenty taels of silver if anyone can save this woman and child!" "
* * * and the child were rescued. When asked, it turns out that * * * has a poor family and keeps a pig. I was going to sell it to pay the rent, but the buyer came to the door and her husband went out, so * * * decided to sell the pig. Unexpectedly, it was fake money, and he had the idea of suicide for a moment.
Hearing this, Wang couldn't bear it, so he gave her twice the pig price. * * * I will tell my husband when I get home. The husband suspected that she was lying and took her to Wang. When I arrived at the inn, Wang had closed the door and slept. Her husband asked * * * to knock at the door.
The king asked in the room, "Who?" * * * said: "I am a woman who jumped into the river, and I came to thank you!" " Hearing this, Wang said seriously, "It's so late, it's not appropriate to meet. If you have the heart to thank me, it's not too late to come with your husband tomorrow morning! " Hearing this, * * *' s husband quickly said, "We came together." Wang heard that the couple came together before getting dressed.
No sooner had I opened the door than I heard a bang in the room. Looking back, the original earth wall of the guest room collapsed because of the rain for days, and his bed was crushed to pieces. Wang got a fright. If he hadn't got up in time, he might have died. Wang not only escaped this disaster, but also had a smooth life in the future. He had eleven sons, who lived to be 96 years old, without illness or disaster.
The ancients believed that "a person's life is predestined", but also believed that "goodness can accumulate happiness and virtue can change life". The so-called "human heart is the greatest feng shui, and kindness is the best feng shui".