Chapter 198: I Ching Wisdom
The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, after all, how to say it? Even the king personally invited Gongzihua, couldn't he ask him to be Wanru's teacher?
Gongzihua, as a proud disciple of Master Sun Qing, of course he understands the meaning of today's hexagram. So he wanted to escape all this, but Confucius said, "Don't take possession."
The divination function of the Book of Changes from the day it was born, it is mysterious and vague, if you meet a person who says that he can divination, then he will involuntarily feel that this person suddenly becomes mysterious.
As the most holy Confucius, because he liked the "Book of Changes" and compiled the three uniques, when he advised the world:
Don't take it for granted!
Since divination is one of the functions of the Book of Changes, why did Confucius advise us not to occupy it?
Gongzihua naturally understands the truth of this, just like today he took a hexagram, so he began to hesitate, whether to accept the third lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion as an apprentice?
Confucius said not to divination, which has three meanings:
The first point is that one should not fully trust the results of divination, which is the wisdom of the I Ching.
The second point is, if the result is a big murder and unfavorable, should we still do it? The truth is actually very simple, that is, the result of the divination will affect you, and you will feel very bad.
Third, why is divination always regarded as superstition?
It's because only a few people know it, and most people think it's very mysterious and can't understand it.
In fact, the wisdom of the Book of Changes tells us that the purpose of divination is to help us avoid evil and reduce damage.
Gongzihua thought of this, and he suddenly felt that he must accept this apprentice, and she would be his closed disciple.
"Today is also fate, but the "Book of Changes" is boring, so don't Miss San feel bored?" Gongzihua smiled, turned his eyes, and looked at Wanru with sincere eyes.
"Wanru, why don't you hurry up and call Master?" Qin Yu saw that Wanru was still stunned, so he prompted.
Suddenly, Wanru felt that there was an extra master, and she was really a little uncomfortable.
"Master!"
Well, actually, Wanru really feels a little awkward. The king didn't say it in advance, and suddenly found her a master today, and she was really a little flattered.
"Hmm!" Gongzihua nodded lightly.
"It's just the gossip of the Book of Changes, and it has become sixty-four trigrams, I'm afraid that I'm stupid and can't learn it. In the future, I failed to live up to my husband's teachings. β
Wanru is actually quite worried that she won't be able to learn, after all, this Gongzihua is also Master Sun Qing's favorite disciple no matter how he says, and his reputation is also very famous among the vassal states.
When Gongzihua heard this, he smiled slightly:
"Sixty-four hexagrams are also gossip, many people think that gossip is gossip, and sixty-four hexagrams are sixty-four trigrams, but in fact, there is no such thing.
The sixty-four trigrams are the eight trigrams that overlap with each other, and in the end, there are a total of sixty-four conditions. β
"Uh, to learn the Book of Changes, you really have to figure out the eight hexagrams first, don't say it, even I have a headache?" Qin Yu laughed at himself first, relieving the dull atmosphere.
The mention of this "Book of Changes" itself is very boring content, but fortunately, it is still full of the king's pampering atmosphere for Miss Wanru from time to time.
"Hehe, I'll explain this in detail later." Gongzihua has studied the Book of Changes for more than ten years, and from the moment he saw Wanru, he also began to think about the Book of Changes and fate.
Perhaps, this is a hexagram that he will never be able to unravel.
It makes sense that the Book of Changes ranks first in the group classics, and it is the common origin of all the sons and hundreds of schools, called the source of the group classics.
If all the knowledge in the world were to be explained clearly in one sentence, many people would probably shake their heads.
In fact, it can really be summed up in one sentence and encompasses all knowledge.
That is: one yin and one yang is the Tao.
"I Ching" believes that yin and yang are born from Taiji, and there is yang in yin, yin in yang, yin into yang, yin into yang, and yang into yin.
One yin and one yang is the Tao, which does not mean that one yin and one yang are called the Tao when combined, but that the changes of nature.
Everything in the world is nothing more than four words, which are naturally conceived.
But there is a truth behind natural conception, and that truth is eternal.
If that truth will change, then there will be different tricks every day, and what order will there be in society? Can we still have faith in nature?
One yin and one yang is the Tao, telling us that natural changes are the way of yin and yang.
"Who added the words yin and yang?" Wan now wants to test her master's level.
Qin Yu sat there, smiling but not answering, just see how his senior brother Gongzi Hua answered?
"It was added by Confucius, and Confucius 'is easy to have Tai Chi, and it is to give birth to two instruments'. This tells us that one contains different things, and this three ladies should be easy to understand. β
Gongzihua looked at his apprentice, Wanru, but Wanru didn't answer, after all, the first time he came into contact with this kind of truth, he couldn't understand it.
"Well, I'll give you an analogy." Gongzihua glanced around the main hall, and then said,
"It's things like positive and negative, up and down, high and low, light and heavy...... It's the opposite two. Of course, when many people think of relativity, they think that there are no absolutes in the world.
Actually, there is no such thing, we say that everything in the world is relative, there is absolutely no absolute, and this sentence itself is very absolute.
This tells us that there are exceptions to everything, and this is a very important concept in the I Ching. β
Gongzihua has explained in great detail, and he hopes that Wanru can understand the truth.
Of course, he didn't understand, did Wanru understand?
"Hehe~~~" Qin Yu laughed first.
"It seems that it is right to ask Senior Brother to be Wanru's teacher!"
"Wanru has been taught." The third lady looked at Gongzihua, she felt that Gongzihua was really a talent at the moment, and he deserved to be the proud protΓ©gΓ© of Master Sun Qing.
"It's just that I don't believe that the Book of Changes can unify the things under the world with only sixty-four hexagrams? Is it that easy? Wanru then asked.
"Pull a hair and move the whole body!"
Regarding the answer given by Gongzihua, Wanru still felt that it was too abstract.
"It's easy to say, each hexagram of the sixty-four hexagrams has six lines, and when the sixty-four interacts with the sixty-four, there are four thousand and ninety-six variations.
We often say that the hexagram has changed again, and the hexagram has changed again, which means that the hexagram is constantly changing. β
This answer is acceptable, but it could be explained in more detail.
"The fate of people is also dynamic and changes at any time. Maybe someone will meet you and say, 'It's been a long time, you haven't changed'
In fact, in my concept, this is a curse. Shibei should be impressed for three days, but after three days of not seeing each other, he will change his appearance. And it's getting better and better, and this person is cute.
So to say, 'long time no see, no change', it proves that this person is too little to grow, never changed. β
Gongzihua gave this example in an entertaining manner, and Wanru laughed when she heard it. At least the biggest difference between Gongzihua and Master Sun Qing is this, Gongzihua is not as literate as Master Sun Qing, but is concise and to the point.