Xie Jiayao said: "Master, you are too knowledgeable, the apprentice originally thought that you were only familiar with the art of war and formations, but I didn't expect that you also know so much about the martial arts of a great martial arts school like Shaolin Temple, and you have studied so many formations, what conclusion did you come to in the end?"

"There are a lot of ancient formations, just now, we have discussed a lot, the old man has made an in-depth study of various formations, and finally, the old man found that whether it is a square formation, a circle formation, a goose-shaped formation, a gossip array, an Arhat array, or a long snake formation, two dragons out of the water array, seven stars Beidou array, ten ambush arrays, etc., there is a common law, that is, they all imply Tai Chi, yin and yang, The relationship between the five elements and the number can be cracked with the help of some principles of the relationship between the five elements and the number revealed by the ancient Hetuluo book, and the various formations, as long as they are carefully studied and analyzed, they can generally find out the advantages and weaknesses of the formations. Guo Songtao said.

"Master, why do you talk more and more, what is Hetuluoshu? I've only heard people mention it before, but apprentices don't understand these at all, can you tell me more carefully?" Xie Jiayao said.

Xiao Beiyou said: "Master, are you talking about the river map that appeared in the Yellow River and the Luo Shu that appeared in the Luoshui as mentioned in the Book of Shang, the Analects, and the Book of Changes? These are two mysterious patterns handed down in ancient times, some people think that the concept of yin and yang and the five elements is derived from the Hetu Luoshu, as well as Taiji, Bagua, Zhouyi, Liujia and Feng Shui concepts can also be traced back to the Hetu Luoshu, remember Master Shi Taosheng when he taught Confucianism and Taoism to his disciples. I once said that there is a saying in the "Yi Zhi Ci Shang" that 'the river produces a map, Luo produces a book, and the sage is a sage', which is worth in-depth study, but I can't imagine that Master you have an in-depth study of the river Tuluo book, which is great, and the apprentice can learn from you. ”

"There are many legends about the Hetuluo book, and it is said that the original Hetuluo book refers to the texture on the precious jade or strange stones, and only the sage can understand its meaning. Afterward. Hetu refers to the figure or text engraved on a slip or painted on silk, and during the Han Dynasty, Hetu Luoshu became a part of the study of the weft and was considered to be the language of the gods. Before Song. The Hetuluo Book is only written in writing. At the end of the Five Dynasties and the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there was a famous hermit named Chen Tuan, who fused the Nine Palaces doctrine and the Five Elements Generation Theory from the Han to the Tang Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu Mu divided Chen Lu's 'Dragon Map' into two schemas, the Nine Palaces Diagram was called the 'River Diagram', and the Five Elements Generation Diagram was called the 'Luo Book', and the Southern Song Dynasty Zhu Xi's student Cai Yuanding thought that Liu Mu had made a mistake and changed it, calling the Nine Palaces Diagram 'Luo Shu' and the Five Elements Generating Diagram as 'River Diagram', which was to replace 'Figure Nine Book Ten' with 'Figure Ten Book Nine', and thereafter, ' Figure 10 Book 9 is called the general theory of the Tuluo Book after the Southern Song Dynasty. Guo Songtao said.

"It's still too mysterious, I don't understand it very well, what are 'Picture 10 Book 9' and 'Figure 9 Book 10'? Please Master speak more carefully, the apprentice is slow and doesn't understand. Xie Jiayao said.

"This involves the mysterious relationship between the river map and the Luo Shu and the five elements, the eight trigrams, the so-called 'picture ten books nine' that means that the river map has ten groups of numbers to form a pattern, and Luo Shu has nine groups of numbers to form a pattern. ”

"Master, the apprentice knows that this pattern is very complicated and not so easy to understand, if you can explain it in detail, Beiyou and Jiayao will be easier to understand. Xiao Bei lobbied.

"To be careful to say that we can only talk about it by numbers, the river chart is ten sets of numbers, and its total number of points is fifty-five, of which one, three, five, seven, and nine are the number of days, two, four, six, eight, and ten are the number of places, and the number of days is twenty-five, and the number of places is thirty, and the sum of the two numbers is fifty-five. The number of days in the river chart is odd and yang, and the number of places is even, yin, and yin and yang. According to the ancient Heluo experts explained, the number of the upper, lower, left, right and middle five groups of the river map is closely related to the five elements of fire, water, wood, metal and earth, and the generation and transformation of the five basic material forms of metal, wood, water, fire and earth, and even the development and generation of all things can be inspired from this map, from which it can be defined that one of the ten natural numbers is the number of births, and six, seven, eight, nine and ten are the numbers, so as to obtain the principle of the five elements and the way of heaven and earth. Guo Songtao explained carefully.

"The apprentice somewhat understood, Hetu is ten sets of numbers, the total number of points is fifty-five, twenty-five plus thirty, singular and even numbers correspond, singular white dots, even black dots, in the middle are five white dots and ten black dots, this seemingly simple combination of numbers, in fact, is very mysterious, reminiscent of musical scores. Xie Jiayao said.

Xiao Beiyou looked at Xie Jiayao with amazement, he thought: "A master of playing the piano is so sensitive to numbers, and can connect numbers with musical scores, although Jiayao still doesn't understand the subtlety of Hetu numbers, but being able to say the basic rules is already very remarkable, and it is really happy to be able to fall in love with her!"

Xiao Beiyou said: "Master, what you said about the river map, Jia Yao already has some understanding, and the apprentice also knows that this number is strange and positive, corresponding and coordinated, mutually reinforcing, contradictory and unified, it is really very mysterious, so, is the Luo Shu also very mysterious, please master advise?"

"Vena also has a very mysterious mathematical relationship, in such an early time, can have such a mathematical arrangement, it is very surprising, there are multiple wonderful relationships in Vena Shushu, such as, equal and relationship, nine groups of numbers, the sum of the three numbers on the vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines are all equal, and the sum is fifteen; Six, six minus one equals five, the left side of four, three, eight, that is, eight minus three equals five, and the right two, seven, six, that is, seven minus two equals five, obviously this feature is the same as Hetu, reflecting that Vena and Hetu have a certain internal relationship. If we pay attention to the analysis, it is not difficult to find that the difference between the number five and the other two numbers is equal in absolute terms, the vertical five minus nine equals five minus one, or nine minus five equals five minus one, the horizontal five minus three equals five minus seven, or five minus three equals seven minus five, the right diagonal five minus two equals five minus eight, or five minus two equals eight minus five, and the left diagonal five minus four equals five minus six, or five minus four equals six minus five. Obviously, in Hetu and Luoshu, the relationship and symmetry of the magic number are the most significant features, and the Hetu and Luo Shu contain the arithmetic and logical relationship of "sum" or "difference" between the basic natural magic numbers, and these magic number relationships are involved in every formation, as long as you analyze carefully, you can know the mystery. Guo Songtao explained very patiently.

"Master, the apprentice remembered that Master Shi Taosheng once recited two sets of mantras, one is 'one is one of the six Gongzong water, the second seven is the same fire, the third eight is the friend, the fourth nine is the friend gold, and the fifty is the earth. The second is: 'Carry nine shoes one, left three right seven, two four for the shoulder, six eight for the foot, five in the center. "It turns out that this is Hetu and Luoshu, it's really amazing!" Xiao Beiyou said excitedly.

"It is also recorded in the literature: 'Yitu and Shuyi are six waters, two seven fires, three eight woods, four nine golds, and fifty earths. In the drawing, the left turns and grows together, and in the book, it turns right and restrains each other. Isn't that unusually mysterious?" Mr. Guo added.

Xie Jiayao was very happy to see that the master and apprentice cooperated very tacitly, she thought: "Grandpa's erudition and Beiyou's sensitivity are what I am most surprised and admired, before, I would never have thought that my grandfather and Beiyou knew so much, talked so happily, discussed so mysteriously, and had such similar personalities, or my mother was clever, taking me and Beiyou to Guo's mansion!"

Xiao Beiyou listened to Guo Songtao's explanation, he admired General Guo even more, he thought: "I thought that Master Shi Taosheng was the most knowledgeable, after I went down the mountain, I am afraid that it will be difficult for someone to continue to teach me martial arts, Taoism and Zen theory, I didn't expect that General Guo is so familiar with the very advanced Hetu Luoshu, the apprentice can meet a new master like General Guo, if Master Shi knows, he will be very happy!" (To be continued......)