Guiguzi "The First" / He Yongqi

[Interpretation • He Yongqi]

If the ancient Yue is ancient, the saint is also in the heaven and earth, the first of all living beings, and the view of yin and yang. Knowing the gateway of survival and death, planning the beginning of the end of all kinds;

Therefore, the saint is also in the world, from ancient times to the present, and his way is also the same.

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Note: Here, Guiguzi expounded on a theme that is the importance of "shutting down"! The core of the lecture is the actual role of shutting down. For example: what is 捭阖?—— how to use it?—— what effect it brings is ??—— and the requirements when "using".

First, what is the Strategy, the Attack, the Defense, the Strategy, the Strategy——, the Strategy,

The general summary of the sloppy: referred to as "strategy", commonly known as - attack and defense!

Second, how to use the ??—— answer: hunters, layout, sets, catches, the goal of the lock is to "profit". Fame and fortune, reputation, and personal connections, as well as financial gains, material interests, and relationships, all have the skills to close them. The end: the realization of multiplied "profits".

Third, what can the ??—— bring? Answer: You can win more with less, you can turn the crisis into safety, you can settle down, you can retreat with your whole body, and you can achieve a multiplied harvest.

Fourth, the matters to be paid attention to when shutting down; the elements are: the hunter, the "bureau"; the "hidden", the "Zhou", and the "secret", the front and back hands are connected, and the calm is calm.

If you don't hide your ?——, the "bureau" will be exposed, and if you don't do ?—— carelessly, you will fail! Concealment, secrecy and circumference are the core elements of hunters and "bureaus".

The "bureau" must be interlocking, and success or failure is prepared with both hands. Hunt others with the right hand, and hunt with the back hand... It is the way to retreat, and it is necessary to have both offense and defense, so that we can "settle down and survive."

Guiguzi's "Tao" is different from Lao Tzu. Lao Tzu's Tao comes from nature and is called "Heavenly Dao". Guiguzi's "Dao" comes from his observation of yin and yang and "Dao", as well as reflection. Guiguzi is-sophistry!

Guiguzi is the Tao of wisdom. His "Tao" is used exclusively for "doing things". It can be said that Guiguzi's "Tao" is at the level of wisdom, and it is used on "people". It can affect the fate of "people and countries"! Whether it rises, declines, becomes strong, or dies, it is all in the fold.

The "humanity" mentioned by Guiguzi is not humanity at the level of justice, what Guiguzi refers to is the "law of doing things". That is to say, it is the method and skill that people use in their work. It's a lot worse than doing! It's all about skill. The skill is not as good as that of people, and the efficacy is hundreds of inferior! Dexterity is the key. Give me a fulcrum, and I can pry the whole earth.

The way lies in strategy, which is the flexible grasp of "skills" by wisdom; what is used to do it?—— set up a "bureau" and set up a set to seek "profit". What are the "benefits"?—— war profits, national interests, affairs interests, conveniences, fame, prestige, and snobbery.

Seeking affairs is closely related to people, and the Tao of Guiguzi can be summed up in two words - "捭阖", that is, opening and closing, attacking and defending.

The "on/off" here is not so simple; it is the orientation of "planning", including the strategic planning of fortune, situation, and situation.

The situation is used to make a difference, and there are different ways to deal with the situation at different stages. The key depends on whether you can use it, and how you use it.

No matter how far the situation goes, it can play a role. However, at different stages of the situation, the result of the situation will be ever-changing. We can change the development trajectory of the "potential", so as to turn the "harm" into "benefit". The same thing is put on different people, and the reaction is different. Some people think that "this is a bad thing", and some people think that "this is an opportunity", which is "the gap between what is planned and what is not".

"Planning" can see the "benefit" in the "bad thing", which can intercept the opportunity (profit) for you in the declining trend.

Take this new crown epidemic as an example, of course, it is a bad thing, but someone sees "profit" in the "bad thing", he quietly hoards important resources, and finally uses "panic psychology" to seek "huge profits". It's certainly unethical, but you can't deny that it's a "great opportunity to make money." A mask, the cost of three yuan, 50 yuan is hard to find! This is not a strange oil! Opportunity. You can create a multimillionaire in a month, and you may not be able to achieve this effect after 20 years of hard work.

In addition, the way to close can not only make profits for you, but also help you "stop loss". Let's put it this way, if one thing is ten parts, and you lose three parts, you use the technique of smashing. Then, you will be able to stop the loss or turn the tables (with a chance of turning the defeat into a win).

What if you don't give up? Then in a word: Die! Watch your family business be swallowed up by the market! You... Powerless. This is the importance of "shutting down" in planning, and it is much different from using it without it.

"The Close" is the beginning of Guiguzi, and the Wisdom of Guiguzi is all condensed on the Seal. The way of shutting down is the soul of Guiguzi, which is mainly manifested in his "wisdom", the role of wisdom in things, situations, and situations. It can not only use the "momentum", but also "build momentum......

"Potential" can be created, and in order to achieve a certain goal, he can create "potential". Of course, this "potential" is an illusion, pay attention, but it can influence people's instinctive "judgment". The environment affects "people", right??—— Guiguzi said: This atmosphere can be "momentum", real estate momentum, commodity momentum, drug misleading (misleading is also momentum); these "momentum" are created with an intention to deceive people and "seek" profits.

See, he has only one intention to deceive you with a false appearance: to turn the "money" in your pocket into his. Coaxing people to death does not pay for their lives, Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer. Guiguzi said: "potential" can be created, and in order to achieve the goal, you can create "potential".

Use the created "potential" (illusion) to influence the judgment of others, and so... You will be able to achieve your goal.

Didn't Zhuge Liang use the "empty city strategy" to scare Sima Yi away??—— Zhuge Liang was powerless to stop the defeat, there were no soldiers available in the city, and there were all old and weak women and children. How could he stop Sima Yi's 100,000 iron cavalry? Even if he quickly dispatched troops to help, it would be too late. What to do??

Zhuge Liang created a "momentum" and confused Sima Yi with an illusion. See?? This led to a result, Sima Yi missed the opportunity, he could have captured Zhuge Liang alive. This is the "benefit" brought by "building momentum".

Guiguzi said: Things, potentials, and situations can all be created! If you can create them, you can break them, solve them, and change them, and the key is that you need a way to "deal with" them. The way to deal with these difficult things that trap people is to deal with them.

If "Dao" represents Lao Tzu, then "捭閖" is the representative of Guiguzi. The crystallization of Lao Tzu is the Tao, and the crystallization of Guiguzi is the Xuan, referred to as strategy, commonly known as attack and defense.

You have learned what you can do??—— the answer is: suffer less losses, be less deceived, and turn disadvantages into advantages. It can be said that the country can be said to be home, and it can be said that ... Sleep in the world! Anything can be done.

According to Guiguzi's saying, everything goes out, everything goes in, and everything is determined by "shutting down".

Lao Tzu and Guiguzi, the sources of their "Tao" are different. Lao Tzu's "Dao" is heavy on the sky, and Guiguzi's "Dao" is heavy on yin and yang. Guiguzi's "humanity" is the softness of yin and yang and "Tao", and in the end: it constitutes Guiguzi's thoughts, "捭閖".

If we compare it with yin and yang and "Tao", Guiguzi's understanding of "yin and yang" is more profound than that of "yin-yang". Because, Guiguzi has been using "yin and yang" and "dao" to explain "捭阖". This shows that his understanding of yin and yang and "Tao" is relatively profound!

Perhaps, Guiguzi was inspired by "yin and yang" and "Tao"! This prompted him to write "The Way of the Close."

The crystallization of ancient Chinese "wisdom" and "doctrines" are mainly concentrated in the following items: First, "Yin, Yang" and "Tao" and "I Ching", which are the treasure house of ancient wisdom. Inexhaustible, inexhaustible, many of the wisdom ideas of ancient China come from the reflection on "Yin and Yang", "Tao" and "I Ching". Guiguzi's shutting is no exception; he is the result of condensing by directly absorbing the nutrients from the tree of wisdom.

For example, yin and yang, what is yin and yang??—— yin and yang are two different "potentials". Just like the Pisces in the Taiji diagram, it consists of a white fish and a black fish, which is yin and yang (representing the two "potentials").

But beware, one yin and one yang are dead. That is to say: the two "potentials" of yin and yang, if there are only two of them, then they are dead. Everything and the universe froze in an instant! It was dead.

So how to "come alive"??—— the answer is "interaction". The interaction of yin and yang makes them "alive" and alive. Wake up from the "ice" and the whole world is active, giving birth to life—— "movement" is the key! Only the interaction of the two "potentials" of yin and yang makes them active.

Lao Tzu's Tao has the following steps: observation...... Enlighten...... Enlightenment...... Enlightenment...... Answer. Therefore, at the request of Yixi, Lao Tzu wrote down the way of life, and then ...... Lao Tzu sent a letter to Guguan and left...... Lao Tzu, the old man, is very free and easy, and when he talks about "not fighting," his merits will not be buried! If he is not virtuous, the people's hearts will not be disturbed; and if he is not expensive and rare, the people will not be stolen. What a good story!

Note: Lao Tzu not only expounds the "Tao", the key is: he should also "Tao". Lao Tzu's free and easy is that although Lao Tzu has obtained the "Dao", he is also expounding the "Dao", but... He didn't force you to be like him. Where is Lao Tzu's "Answering the Dao" embodied?

Lao Tzu's "Answering the Dao" is embodied in the "Dao", which is my life's pursuit, and it condenses all my life's possession! Now, I leave "it" to you, and I am gone......

- Lao Tzu is very warm and free-spirited! He doesn't want to keep the Tao Te Ching. At the request of Yixi, the general of Hangu Guard, Lao Tzu wrote down "The Way of Life" for him, and finished writing...... Lao Tzu left. This was later known as the Tao Te Ching.

- Hehe, I have to say that Lao Tzu's thoughts are full of deep wisdom, he said: Great wisdom is foolish!

What Lao Tzu advocates here is that whoever has great wisdom does not flaunt his wisdom and lives his life in obscurity.

"Great wisdom and foolishness" means that you should pursue the truth and keep learning to improve yourself (increase wisdom). In dealing with things, it is enough to act with the attitude of a fool. Ignorance is recklessness, which is not wisdom.

Yin and Yang belong to metaphysics (theology), and metaphysics urges (reflection) to generate wisdom. For example, the philosophical champion of the Athenian period, Socrates, whose wisdom came from reflection on theology.

Socrates' thinking: Why do people live, what is the meaning of life??—— where do they go after death?—— what is the soul??—— these are all questions that Socrates pondered. Metaphysics makes people reflect, and in this way, people condense wisdom in reflection.

If there were no metaphysical and theological questions, Socrates would not have thought about it! Where does wisdom come from??—— Socrates' rational and logical thinking has promoted the development of society.

"I think, therefore I am", this is the spirit of philosophy's exploration of "truth and knowledge", which is important in thinking and reflection, and condensing "wisdom" from reflection.

"I think, therefore I am", that is: if there is nothing worth thinking about?—— then I might as well die! This is "philosophy", the "spirit" of the search for truth. It will not be satisfied with the status quo and will climb all the way up until it reaches the "truth". This is a never-ending spiritual exploration, and seeking truth and knowledge is the ultimate goal of philosophy.

For philosophers, the meaning of life is to "think", and their desire for truth transcends everything, even "life". Socrates was willing to die for his learning, and he did die for it.

Socrates not only pioneered "rational logical thinking", he also set an example! What example ??—— truth, worthy of your death.

If the ancient Yue is ancient, the saint is also in the heaven and earth, the first of all living beings, and the view of yin and yang. Knowing the gateway of survival and death, planning the end of all kinds of beginnings, reaching the psychology of people, seeing the change of the Yan, and guarding its door, so the saint is in the world, from ancient times to the present, its way is also the same.

As mentioned earlier, this is a declarative essay, and it is Guiguzi who is emphasizing the importance of "shutting down", which is equivalent to the current "introduction".

It is divided into two parts: first, he said: the reason why the saint is more prominent than the common people is that the saint observes and reflects on the law of yin and yang. Note: This "yin and yang" is a paradigm name, yin and yang did not exist in the beginning, and the ancients came up with the concept of "yin and yang" by observing the celestial phenomena.

For example, during the day and at night, the ancients came up with the concept of yin and yang by observing these two natural phenomena.

In terms of the attributes of yin and yang, the ancients also defined yin and yang: yang represents "heat", positivity, progress, light and justice, and yin represents cold, darkness and deceit. Compare from the words: sunshine, heat, kindness, positivity, initiative, these are the attributes of "yang", which makes people feel good and thriving.

Yin represents coldness, treachery, evil, malaise, darkness, and negativity, which are the attributes of "yin". Yin gives people a bad feeling, making people loose and decadent.

The above is the summary and characterization of yin and yang by the ancients. You see, the ancients not only got the concept of "yin and yang" through the observation of heaven and earth, but they also defined the attributes of "yin and yang", which is the origin of yin and yang. Reflection on metaphysics and theology gives birth to (condenses) wisdom. Reflection condenses wisdom, knowledge is ever-changing, and knowledge will be updated once in ten or five years, but the "reason" remains unchanged. What philosophy seeks is the truth, and the truth is unchangeable.

The pursuit of truth in ancient Greek philosophy is as follows: We pursue truth, the highest truth! Socrates, these philosophers, they had a concept that "truth is in the highest!". This is also the direction of philosophy, all the way up the "climb".

The reflections of the philosophers on metaphysics and theology condensed wisdom. Some people say, "The end of philosophy is theology," and I don't know if it's true?—— but it's true that "the beginning of philosophy is theology."

Guiguzi said: The reason why the sage is more prominent than the common people is because the sage attaches importance to the observation and reflection of yin and yang. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is good at thinking, good at reflection and thinking after observing yin and yang. In the observation and reflection of yin and yang, the sage was inspired! Thus condensing wisdom and bearing the "fruit" of wisdom. For example, the "way of thinking" has a linear rule, otherwise your answer will be varied.

From this point of view, the saint is still a "person" at the level of wisdom, at least smarter than the common people. I think it's the same as Socrates, if Socrates were in China, he would be a saint.

Although "saints" are people at the level of wisdom, the wisdom of saints varies from one saint to another. For example, Lao Tzu has the wisdom of Lao Tzu, Confucius has the wisdom of Confucius, and Guiguzi also has his wisdom. It can be seen that although the saints all have wisdom, they are all wisdom in different fields, and they have their own strengths.

Guiguzi said: The reason why the sage is more prominent than the common people is because the sage is good at observing and thinking (reflecting). After observing and pondering, one realizes the essence of knowledge! Then, the saints can use the wisdom they have realized to benefit the people. The doctrines and ideas of the pre-Qin princes existed independently. Each of their doctrines has followers to learn and imitate.

Most of the wisdom of the pre-Qin princes came from keen observation and independent thinking! This condensed wisdom (specialization, creating limits).

The ancients had an advantage: they were open-minded in seeking advice, good at thinking, and drawing inferences from others. The point is: the ancients lived and learned.

Confucius's Tao comes from "rites", which is also a set of theories of governing the world developed from "rites" after his personal experience.

I think Confucius's theories contain a lot of personal colors! This is also what Confucius aspired to, a kind of society. He was also working for these ideals, such as Confucius, who often traveled around the world to preach his theories. He desperately aspired for the establishment of the era of "rites"! For this reason, Confucius constantly ran and shouted in this direction.

I also admire Lao Tzu more, because Lao Tzu's Tao is realized from "heaven", which is more in line with nature and human nature. For example, parents in the past did not understand this, and they were always very strong towards their children, which stifled their children's nature and pure natural temperament. Such a child will lose a lot in his later life. Creativity, imagination, expressiveness, and happiness are lost traits that cannot be remedied in the future. If school education is rigid, it will indirectly solidify the student's thinking, which will have a certain impact on his future pursuit.

Lao Tzu's Tao pursues pure nature, and Lao Tzu hopes that everyone will return to the state of a baby. If you have few desires, you will have no worries and troubles! If you are carefree, you can imagine abundantly! There are no restrictions or obstacles. Lao Tzu is guarding everyone's "nature".

Lao Tzu said: When you are hungry, find something to eat, drink when you are thirsty, sleep when you are tired, and do what you like when you wake up, so that you will be happy...... (Rule by inaction, rejoice with the people).

Lao Tzu opposes "promising"; the core point is that "promising" stifles people's "nature", so "only free people can have an explosion of creativity". The solidification of thoughts and thinking makes people always slower than others and cannot keep up with the "pace of the times".

This example is too stark! The Qing Dynasty's ideological solidification and arrogance caused the gap between the Qing Dynasty and the rest of the world to widen and widen. When the collision really happens, it's like waking up from a dream! There's no time to make up for it.

The lesson is painful! Cixi will certainly never forget this shame for the rest of her life! Hehe, it seems...... Women, not suitable to lead the country, because women are too emotional. (Women are easily emotional, and once emotional, they lose control.) ）

Someone will retort and say, "Some big company bosses are just fine!", and you have to see that behind her, there is someone supervising (what about abandoning supervision?).

In general: men and women think a little differently. Men have an advantage in "rationality" and women have an advantage in "sensibility". For example, a woman is easily moved, easily emotional, especially in the face of emergencies, it is difficult for her to make "judgments". That's about what it looks like.

After observing yin and yang, the sage will get one thing, and that is wisdom. With wisdom, you know what to do, what not to do, and how to avoid it. The point is that the saints will do things with wisdom.

After observing yin and yang and enlightening the Tao, the sages knew many things, such as "knowing the gateway to existence and death" (the cause of success or failure), "planning the end of all kinds" (the method of planning), and "reaching the truth of people's hearts" (making people understand and understand and have less troubles);

"See the change of the Yan Yan, guard its door" (the state of affairs and the situation are constantly changing; you must know that it has a main line, and if you grasp the main line, you can restrain it).

"Guarding the gate" means that 10,000 longitudes and wefts surround you! You are still as stable as Mount Tai, because you know which one is the "main line." You're guarding the main line, so you're in danger. Don't panic, feel calm!

There are changes in the situation, tense, and situation, and the slamming is to tell you that there is a main line. You just have to grasp the "main line". As soon as the main line is dialed, the situation and momentum will fall, you don't have to be afraid.

Summary: Whether it is a person or a thing, it is inseparable from the left and right of "potential". It is to teach you how to make "things". The business of seeking people is also the situation of the "bureau".

Guiguzi has a sentence in the chapter that I think is very classic: You can say (shui) people, you can talk about your home, you can talk about the country, and you can sleep in the world. Ha ha~~~

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Author: He Yongqi