Chapter 83: The Ganshi Star Sutra and the Three Books of Heaven, Earth and Man

PS: "The Book of Stars of Ganshi" is the world's earliest astronomical work. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The Astronomical Chronicle is the second oldest astronomical work in the world, after the Babylonian Catalog from 1800 BC. On the basis of long-term observation of celestial phenomena, during the Warring States period, the Chu people Gande (now Hubei) and the Wei people Shishen (now Kaifeng, Henan) each wrote an astronomical work. Later generations combined these two works and called them "Ganshi Xingjing".

1. "The Book of Stars of Ganshi"

The Ganshi Star Sutra is the world's earliest astronomical work. The Calamite Star Sutra is the second oldest astronomical work in the world, after the Babylonian Catalog from 1800 BCE. On the basis of long-term observation of celestial phenomena, during the Warring States Period, the Chu people Gande (now Hubei) and the Wei people Shishen (now Kaifeng, Henan) each wrote an astronomical work. Later generations combined these two works and called them "Ganshi Xingjing".

1. Overview

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the development of production, astronomy also had many achievements. "Lu has Zishen, Jin has Bu Yan, Zheng has Pi Zhan, Song has Wei, Qi (one says Chu or Lu) has Gande, Chu has Tang Yu, Zhao has Yin Gao, Wei has Shi Shenfu are all in charge of astronomy, and they all have pictures and scriptures." (Book of Jin. Gander and Shishenfu each made astronomical observations in their own countries, and each published his own works in the world. Gander's book is called "Astronomical Astrology", and Shi Shenfu's book is called "Astronomy", both in eight volumes. During the Han Dynasty, these two works were published separately. Later generations combined these two works and named them "Ganshi Xingjing". At that time, Gander and Shi Shenfu systematically observed the movements of the five planets of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and initially grasped the laws of the movements of these planets. The names of 800 stars were recorded, of which the positions of 121 stars were determined, and gold was found. Wood. Water. Fire. The laws of motion of the five planets. Later generations called the record of Gander and Shi Shenfu's determination of stars "Ganshi Star Catalog" (also known as "Ganshi Star Classic"). It is the world's first stellar catalog. It was about 200 years before the first European star catalog compiled by the Greek astronomer Ibaches in the second century BC. The "Ganshi Xingjing" was lost in the Song Dynasty, and some fragments were preserved in the "Kaiyuan Zhanjing" in the Tang Dynasty, and its outline was preserved in the bibliography of the "Junzhai Reading Chronicles" of Chao Gongwu in the Southern Song Dynasty.

2. Gander

Gande, also known as Gan Gong, was a native of the State of Qi (one said to be the State of Chu or the State of Lu) during the Warring States Period; Shi Shen, also known as Shi Shenfu or Shi Shenfu, was a native of Wei during the Warring States Period. They are all astronomers who have achieved excellence. Gander wrote eight volumes of "Astronomical Astrology" and Shi Shen wrote eight volumes of "Astronomy", and later generations combined these two works into one. It is called "Ganshi Star Sutra". "Ganshi Xingjing" is China, but also the world's earliest astronomical work, but it was lost after the Song Dynasty, today can only be seen from the Tang Dynasty astronomy book "Kaiyuan Zhanjing" some excerpts of it. These excerpts show that Gander and Shi Shen systematically observed the orbit of the five planets of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. discovered the pattern of the five planets; They also recorded the names of eight hundred stars. The positions of one hundred and twenty-one stars were determined. Later generations will Gander and Shi Shen determined the star record called "Ganshi Star Catalog", this is China, but also the world's earliest star catalog, than the Greek astronomer Ibaches surveyed and compiled the first European star catalog about 200 years earlier, many astronomers in later generations in the measurement of the sun, moon, planets position and movement, all use the data in the "Ganshi Star Classic", therefore, "Ganshi Star Classic" in our country and the world astronomical history occupies an important position.

3. Astronomical achievements

The book records in detail the operation of the five stars, as well as their appearance and haunting patterns. and recorded Europa with the naked eye (Gander, noted by Sitzerzong, 1981). but not internationally recognized).

The book records the names of more than 800 stars and divides their star officials, and its system has had a profound impact on the development of later generations.

Gander also discovered Jupiter's moons with the naked eye, more than 2,000 years before the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered the star with an astronomical telescope in 1609.

The book mentions solar and lunar eclipses as the phenomenon of celestial bodies occult each other. (To commemorate the discovery of Shi Shenzhi, there is a crater on the moon named after him)

But people don't know that heaven and man were united in ancient times, so the Star Book is actually a sacred book that records the cultivation method of the power of the stars in the Kunlun divine power and speculates on the absolute fate, but now people don't know the correct way to read it, so they regard it as an ordinary heavenly book.

2. Three books of earth, heaven and man

Legend has it that the Book of the Earth, the Book of Heaven, and the Book of Man are collectively known as the Three Books of Heaven, Earth and Man.

1, "Book from Heaven"

The three books of heaven, earth and man were conceived by heaven and earth when Pangu opened the sky. The avenue is fifty, the sky is forty-nine, and there is only the last one that escapes. And the one that escaped was the Book of Heaven, which was later obtained by the Kunlun gods and refined into the 'God List' in the myth of the gods.

2. Book from the ground

The Book of the Ground is a small fragment of the chaos when Pangu opened the sky, and was later obtained by Yushi Tongjun Zhen Yuanzi.

Zhen Yuanzi (Zhen Yuan Daxian), the full name is "Zhen Yuanzi of the World", the ancestor of the earth immortals. Its stunt is the sleeve of the Qiankun, living in the Wanshou Mountain Wuzhuang Temple. It is called the Three Sages together with the Holy Venerable Bodhi Ancestor of the Human World, the founder of Taoism, Hongmeng Ancestor. In terms of qualifications, the Jade Emperor is also his junior, and he must also pay three points of respect to him. Taoism is profound and profound. The ginseng fruit he planted matures once in 9,000 years, and when he smells the ginseng fruit, he can live to be 360 years old; If you eat one, you can live for 47,000 years. Zhenyuan Daxian has three locks of beautiful hair, looks like a child, has no weapons in his hands, and only has a jade dust deer. In the fight with Sun Wukong, a jade deer can withstand the power of a thousand golden hoop sticks, only two or three rounds, he cast a spell in his sleeve, and put Tang Seng and his apprentices into his sleeves, and his skills are really powerful. But the great immortal is open-minded, extraordinary bearing, when the Monkey King invited the Bodhisattva to save the ginseng fruit tree, he regardless of the previous suspicions, and generously held the ginseng fruit meeting, with the ginseng fruit banquet of the immortals and Tang monks and apprentices, quite a great immortal bearing.

3. Book of people

As for the book of people, I don't know, it's life and death.

The Book of Life and Death is a book that records the past, present, and future of the beings of the Three Realms according to their merits, karma, and cause and effect, and the evolution of the fate of the original Book of Heaven.

4. The function of the three books

The Book of Heaven has recorded everything from the beginning of human beings to their extinction. It is as if a powerful computer has already recorded the data of human beings from beginning to end, which cannot be changed or changed, which is fate.

The Book of the Earth records all things in heaven and earth, all things in the world, and it can change things, but it cannot change people's will, let alone the Book of Heaven. But things often change people, and if things change, then people's will seems to change as well.

The Book of Man cannot change anything. We know that even the most powerful computers will have vulnerabilities, and "Book of People" is like a hacker, it is an opportunity for human beings, and it is this opportunity that makes "Book from Heaven" changeable.

However, beings who have jumped out of the Three Realms and are not in the Five Elements, or whose power completely surpasses the Three Books, are not bound by the Three Books. (To be continued.) )