Xie Jiayao heard Guo Songtao and Xiao Beiyou discuss Hetu and Luoshu, she felt that the content contained in Hetu and Luoshu was too rich, and she became more and more interested in Hetu and Luoshu. Cultural content, they look like two Rubik's cubes of ancient wisdom. ”

Xie Jiayao asked: "Beiyou, listening to your discussion with Master, it seems that you also know a lot about Hetu and Luoshu, when did you learn this knowledge?"

Xiao Beiyou replied; When the north tour was on the Bauhinia Mountain, he had often contacted an old man under the mountain, the old man was knowledgeable in middle school, he taught the north tour to learn poetry, and also taught the north tour to read the ancient classics, and sometimes talked about the early cultural concepts of the north tour, the north tour was from the old man to learn some river maps, Luo Shu knowledge, in addition, when the north tour was in the hanging temple, Master Shi had taught the north tour to read the ancient classics, learn Confucianism, Taoism, and interpretation, and also heard about the river map at that time. The knowledge of Vena and the knowledge of the North Tour are all scattered knowledge, if it were not for Master Guo's guidance this time, the North Tour would soon forget all these scattered knowledge. ”

"Beiyou is very clever, very sensitive to new knowledge, and also has some knowledge base, he will not feel bothered to talk about the river map and Luo Shu in the north tour, he can accept it quickly, now, the specific legend of the river map and Luo Shu The old man will not say much, I will talk to you about the old man's experience of exploring the river map and Luo Shu over the years, and the old man will summarize the significance of the river map and Luo Shu into three aspects. That is, it reveals the orientation and order of things, shows the number and meaning of things, and shows the rules and changes of the Heluo schema. Guo Songtao said.

"Master, why are you talking so abstractly and so hard to understand, what is the direction and order, the number of symbols and the righteousness, the rules and the change?" Xie Jia asked.

The old man is trying to say carefully, don't worry, the old man thinks that an important significance of Hetu and Luo Shu is to reveal the direction and order of things. For example, in the river chart. 'One and six live together in the north. Because the sky is born of water, the earth is sixty percent, the second and seven are friends living in the south, because the earth is two born of fire, the sky is seventy percent, and the third and eight are friends living in the east. Because of the three days of wood. Eighty percent of the earth, four and nine of them live in the west. Because of the earth, four are golden, and the sky is ninety percent, and five and ten are in the center. Because the heavens give birth to the earth, the earth is ten percent. Here, heaven and earth correspond, the specific number is arranged in the north, south, east and west, and the five elements of water, fire, wood, metal, and earth are connected, this is the wonderful elephant number diagram of the unity of direction and order; The sum of the diagonal lines is fifteen, which shows the structural order of the nine palaces, namely the first palace of Kan, the second palace of Kun, the third palace of Zhen, the fourth palace of Xun, the fifth palace in the middle, the sixth palace of Qian, the seventh palace of Dui, the eighth palace of Gen, the ninth palace of Li, a total of nine palaces, this Qimen nine square grid is a typical example of the unity of orientation and order. Guo Songtao analyzed.

"The arrangement of the spells in Hetu and Luoshu is indeed clear and orderly, but what impact does this have on the formation?" Xiao Beiyou asked.

"If you carefully analyze the orientation and order of the number arrangement of the river map and the Luo Shu, and then use it to analyze the formation, it is not difficult to find that the direction and order of the number arrangement in the river chart are very similar to the defensive formation, which is based on the square and strives to maintain stability, and its internal dynamics are also to make the outer square more stable. Different from the river chart, the orientation and order of the number arrangement in Vena are very similar to the formation of steady progress, the outer circle is square inside, the outer movement is static inside, and the internal stability is to make the external offensive stronger. In this way, the combination of Hetu and Luoshu is the combination of square and circle, the integration of movement and static, and the combination of formation, it is the unity of stability and dynamics, the unity of attack and defense, which is worth thinking about. Guo Songtao said.

"Master is very clever to combine the sum of the yin and yang numbers of heaven and earth from 1 to 10 and the number chart composed of 55 number points with the orientation formation, which is refreshing, and if you look at the river chart carefully, you will definitely be able to understand a lot, the river map has four layers from the inside to the outside, and there are five dots in the middle of the innermost layer, which are odd numbers in the middle of the 1-10 numbers, and the dynamics are very strong; The largest even number in the 10 numbers, in a square, is very stable, this is the second layer; the third layer, from the bottom to the left, there are one, three, two, four dots in order on the four sides, is square, the table xiàn stability; the outermost layer, from the right up to the left retrograde, there are nine, seven, eight, six dots in order to arrange the four squares, also square, further show xiàn its stability. Luoshu focuses on the outer circle and inner square, which is also worth analyzing and learning. Xiao Bei lobbied.

Guo Songtao continued: "The second important significance of Hetu and Luoshu is that the display of the number of images contains a wealth of righteousness, Hetu and Luoshu use white circles and black dots to express the number of the number, which is both a number and an image, and its schematic arrangement is the form of the table of the number of images. Specifically, the sun symbolizes the balance of yin and yang in the morning and afternoon or the spring and autumn equinoxes, and is similar to the upper and lower chords of the moon; the sun is the brightest at noon or the summer solstice, which is similar to the moon; at night or the winter solstice, the sun is hidden or the sunshine time is little and cold, and it is similar to the obscure moon. There is a deeper meaning behind the number of symbols, which means that heaven and earth are natural, male and female society, yin and yang correspond to each other, the five elements are mutually reinforcing, heaven and earth contain the vitality of the development of all natural things, the combination of men and women extends the descendants of human beings, the yin and yang of heaven and earth are the Tao, and the life of all things is virtue; Yin and yang are combined, all things are born; the sun and the moon are replaced, and life is easy. ”

Xiao Beiyou asked: "The relationship between the river map and the Luo Shu elephant number that the master talked about at this time mainly focuses on astronomy, and of course also talks about the yin and yang of heaven and earth, the changes of all things and the extension of human beings, so what is the significance from the perspective of formation?"

"Hetu, Luoshu's elephant number table xiàn the sun and moon calendar, at the same time, it is also closely related to the formation, white circle, For example, the arrangement of one to ten in the river chart, and the arrangement of one to nine in Luoshu, are all in accordance with the order of natural numbers, without repeating numbers, and there is no lack of a basic number in the sequence, which is in order, which contains the expectation of a virtuous and orderly virtue and government, and is an appeal to the stable political structure. In addition, when the numbers in the diagram are left or right, the symbolic schema that changes with it has a new meaning, which is also worth studying. Guo Songtao said.

"Master, the arrangement of the elephants of Hetu and Luoshu is regular, and the reason why there is regularity makes Hetu and Luoshu become secret maps in ancient times, so where did the rules in this secret map come from?" Xiao Bei lobbied.

"Legend has it that Hetu and Luoshu are the rules left by God and the principles that people must follow. Since it is a summary of experience, of course, it has the value of reference; since it is a rule, there is a need to abide by it, but the experience must be updated with the development of reality, and the rules must be flexible in the process of real development, so the rules are always changing, and the development process of Hetu and Luoshu reveals the wonderful relationship between rules and changes. Guo Songtao said.

"Master, what does this rule mean? What does it mean? The apprentice doesn't quite understand, can you elaborate on it?" Xiao Beiyou asked.

"The rules expressed in the Hetu and Luoshu elephant number schema are to be followed, and it is worth following, but this does not mean that it cannot be updated and changed, in fact, the ancient sages have already made changes to the Hetu and Luoshu, and the legend is that Fuxi created Zào gossip according to the Hetu, and Dayu founded the "Nine Domains" according to the Luoshu, which is the first change of the Hetu and Luoshu; Vena is used in astronomy, geography, philosophy, traditional Chinese medicine, psychology, sound law, etc., this is another change, in the future, the evolution rules of Hetu and Luoshu will be further changed, if Hetu and Luoshu can be successfully used in the formation, it is also a result of change. Guo Songtao said. (To be continued......)

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