() The following is some information about the Eight Array Diagram, for book lovers only.

There is a poem in the Du Gong Department that says: "The power covers three parts of the country, and the name becomes the eight arrays." The river does not turn, and the hatred is lost. ”

In the eighty-fourth episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lu Xun's camp burned 700 miles and Kong Ming skillfully arranged eight formations

However, it was said that Lu Xun had won a great success, led the victorious soldiers, and pursued to the west. Not far from Kuiguan, Xun saw the mountains and rivers in front of him, and a murderous aura rose to the sky; Sui Lema looked back at the generals and said: "There must be an ambush ahead, and the three armies must not advance lightly." "That is, retreat more than ten miles, and form a formation in an open place to resist the enemy's army; That is, he sent the sentry horse to visit. There is no military camp here, Xun does not believe it, dismounts and ascends to the heights, and the murderous spirit returns. Xun again asked people to look closely, and the sentry horse returned, and there was no one in front of him. Seeing that Rì was about to sink westward, the murderous aura became more and more murderous, and he hesitated in his heart, making his henchmen look at it again. There are ten piles of rocks on the riverside, and there are no horses. Xun was suspicious, so that the soil seeker asked. Suddenly, several people arrived. Xun asked, "Who will make a pile of rocks?" How to rush up in the pile of rocks? The native said: "The place name here is Yubelly Pu." When Zhuge Liang entered the river, he drove the troops here, took stones and lined up on the beach. Since then, there has always been a cloud of air, rising from within. After hearing this, Lu Xun got on the horse and led dozens of horsemen to see the stone formation, and immediately stood on the hillside, but saw that there were doors and households in all directions. Xun smiled and said: "This is a trick to confuse people, what is the benefit!" Then he rode down the hill and went straight into the stone henge to see. The general said: "rì twilight, please return early." "Xun Fang yù out of the formation, suddenly the wind blows, and in an instant, the sand and rocks fly, covering the sky and the earth. But when I saw strange stones, I saw them like swords; Horizontal sand and soil, overlapping like mountains; The sound of the river is surging, like the sound of swords and drums. Xun Da exclaimed: "My plan is also! "When you are in a hurry, there is no way out. When he was in doubt, he suddenly saw an old man standing in front of his horse and said with a smile: "The general is out of this formation?" Xun said: "May the elders lead out." The old man walked slowly with his staff, and walked out of the stone henge, and without hindrance, he was sent to the top of the hillside. Xun asked, "Who are the elders?" The old man replied: "The old man is Huang Chengyan, the father-in-law of Zhuge Kongming." When the former son-in-law entered the Sichuan, he laid a stone formation here, called the 'Eight Array Diagram'. Repeat the eight doors, according to Dunjia rest, life, injury, Du, Jing, death, shock, and open. Every rì every hour, unprovoked, comparable to 100,000 jīng soldiers. When he was leaving, he paid the old man and said: Later, there is a general of Eastern Wu who is lost in the formation, don't lead him out. The old man is suitable for the mountain rock, and when he sees the general entering from the 'Gate of Death', he expects that he will not know this formation, and he will be fascinated. The old man was so kind in his life that he couldn't bear to be trapped here, so he specially drew it from the 'birth gate'. Xun said: "Has Gong ever learned this formation?" Huang Chengyan said: "The changes are endless, and you can't learn it." Xun hurriedly dismounted and thanked him and returned. There is a poem in the Ministry of Later Du Gong that says: "The power covers three parts of the country, and the name becomes an eight-array map." The river does not turn, and the hatred is lost. Lu Xun returned to the village and sighed: "Kong Ming is really 'Wolong'!" I can't do it! So he ordered the class teacher. Left and right said: "Liu Bei's soldiers were defeated and poor, trapped in a city, and just took advantage of the situation to attack it; Seeing the stone henge retreat today, why not? Xun said: "I am not afraid of the stone henge and retreat; I expect that Cao Pi, the lord of Wei, is no different from his father, and now I know that I am chasing after the Shu soldiers, and I will take advantage of the weakness to attack. If I go deep into Xichuan, it will be difficult to retreat. After the order was broken, Xun led the army back. Before the retreat of the army, people from three places came to report: "Wei soldier Cao Ren out of the wet beard, Cao Xiu out of the hole, Cao Zhen out of Nanjun: hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the three roads, the starry night to the realm, I don't know what it means." Xun smiled and said, "As I expected." I have turned my soldiers away. ”

It is said that the composition of the "Eight Arrays" is based on the four places of Qiankun Xungen, which are the main formations of heaven and earth, as the main soldiers. The northwest is dry land, and the dry is the heavenly array. The southwest is Kundi, and Kun is the ground array. The southeast is the Xundwelling, and the Xunzi is the wind gust. The northeast is the Genju, the Gen is the mountain, the mountains and rivers are out of the clouds, the cloud array, and the water, fire, gold and wood are the dragons, tigers, birds and snakes and the four strange arrays, as the odd soldiers. The array is the green dragon (array) on the left, the white tiger (array) on the right, the Vermilion Bird (array) in front, and the Yuanwu snake (array) in the back. Eight formations were also distributed in the general formation, and the total formation was 8864 formations, plus 24 formations of guerrillas. There are 32 formations each of yīn yang, 24 yang, and 24 yīn. There are 24 formations of guerrillas, and after 60 formations, all marches, formations, joint battles, doubts, filling vacancies, and logistics are all in the guerrillas. There are hymns to praise the power of the "Eight Formations": "The formation between the formations, the formation between the teams; The former is the last, and the latter is the first; There is no fast running, no retreat and no reluctance; Four heads and eight tails, with the contact place as the head; The enemy rushed into it, and both ends were saved; Odd and positive are born together, and the cycle is unprovoked; The beginning and the end are corresponding, and the mystery is unpredictable; Anticipate things like a god, and respond to changes on the spot. "The method of eight formations, in one formation, two formations obey each other, one battle and one defense; Chinese and foreign weight, rigid and soft joints, each other virtual and real, host and guest succession, longitude and latitude changes, because of the base, odd cause of the breakthrough, multi-cause interaction, logistics guarantee. ”

The "Eight Arrays" are the Sky Covering Array, the Ground Carrying Array, the Wind Lifting Array, the Cloud Hanging Array, the Dragon Flying Array, the Tiger Wing Array, the Bird Flying Array, and the Snake Pan Array.

Heavenly Array Praise: Heavenly Array Sixteen, Outer and Inner Circle, Four for the Wind, Its Image Heaven, for the Lord of the Array, for the First of the Soldiers. Make good use of the three armed forces, and their shape is not biased.

Ground Array Praise: The ground array twelve, its shape is square, the four corners of the cloud master, the enemy is difficult to do, its body is unpredictable, the use is infinite, dúlì is not possible, and it is matched with the yang.

Wind Raising Array Praise: The wind has no positive shape, attached to the sky, changed into a snake, its meaning gradually mysterious, wind can drum things, all things surround it, the snake can be around, and the three armies are afraid.

Cloud Hanging Array: The cloud is attached to the ground, the beginning is invisible, into a bird, its shape is formed, the bird can be prominent, the cloud can be obscure, ever-changing, the sound of gold leather.

Long Fei Array Praise: Heaven and earth rush behind, the dragon changes into it, with claws and feet, and a back and chest. The latent is unpredictable, the movement is infinite, the formation is impressive, and the name is a dragon.

Tiger Wing Array: Heaven and earth rush forward, become tiger wings, and the tiger will fight, and its power will be full. Huai yīn uses it, becomes infinite, and the meeting under the wall is unpredictable.

Bird Soaring Array: The bird will fight, must soar first, the momentum is in the sky, and the birds are hidden. After the trial, there will be slander, one man will assault, and the three armies will not be in charge.

Snake Pan Array Praise: The wind is a snake pan, formed by the sky, surrounded by potential energy, and xìng can bend and stretch. Among the four odds, it is neighbors with tigers, and then it becomes Changshan, and it is trapped from head to end.

The earliest historical record of the "Eight Formations" is a military formation created by Zhuge Liang, and its earliest historical records can be traced back to the "Biography of Zhuge Liang" in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms #8226; Subsequently, the "Book of Jin" "Constant Temperature Biography" contains: "Zhuge Liang made eight arrays under the flat sand in the belly of the fish, and the base stone is eight lines, and the lines are two zhang apart. Wen saw it, and said that this Changshan snake is also powerful. Neither civil nor military can know it. ”

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