Tuesday, April 27, 2021

如何無中生有? How to make something out of nothing?

 



老子《道德经》的第一章,道可道,非常道,名可名,非常名,无名天地之始,有名万物之母。。。

这里的''就是老子称为父(父亲的父)就是大自然的规律,这里的''就是老子称为母,也就是万物,因为有了大自然的规律 (也就是无和父),就会有了万物(也就是有和母)。因此老子说,无名天地之始,有名万物之母。老子说大自然的规律就是自自然然的存在, 不是神创造出来的,就好比说地球有地心引力是自自然然的存在的,’无中生有’有了大自然的规律,万物就可以因为大自然的规律而生。就好比知识是看不到的,但是我们用知识去发明出很多看得到的机器,知识是’无’而机器是’有’, 因此无中生有

老子的''是怎么写呢? 首是头,就是用头脑去想而了解道理,然后跟着道理去航行。指导(導)是道的下面有寸,寸是手来指导。

我说了很多关于易经阴阳的道理,但是总还是觉得不够。所谓阴中有阳,阳中有阴。单数是阳,阳是动 (变化无穷),双数是阴是静。我们的手指是一个拇指和四个手指,那就是阴阳。这样我们的手才可以灵活的应用,如果把拇指切掉,我们手大部分的功能就不见了。



我们一只手有五个手指,那是阳。但是我们有一双手,那就阳变阴, 一双手如果合起来,就是五个手指,变成十个手指,五为单数是,十为双数,是阴。我们的四只手指里面都是三个节,三为阳,阳为动可以变化无穷。所以我们的四个手指里的三个节是可以变化无穷,因此我们的四个手指是灵活的,可以演奏美丽的音乐。而钢琴是阳因为看得到,但音乐却是阴,看不到的。

一个鼻子都是有两个洞(鼻孔),那是阳中有阴。一个嘴巴有两个唇,上唇和下唇,人有一个头,两个脚。一个阳一个阴才可以平衡。我们头上面有七个孔,身体下面是有两个孔。七为阳;二为阴。

那让我们来说说七,七是单数,那是阳,七是变化( 动)的数字。之前我有说过易经理的24,复。复卦六爻,第一爻为阳,其他五爻为阴,表示阴气剥尽阳气复生。复是复兴康复。23卦是剥卦,剥极而复。《易·复》:“反覆其道,七日来复,天行也。”  意思是说, 在轨道上反复运行,七天回来重新开始,这是天的运行法则。


坤卦



震卦



复卦上卦三爻为坤卦, 上卦三爻为震卦

易经64的每一个都是由上和下组成。上一定有三个爻下过也有3个爻;三爻和三爻加起来就是六个爻,复卦上卦三爻为坤卦, 上卦三爻为震卦, 六个爻走完了,第七个爻的话就是一个开始,所以它是一个重复,重新开始。

易经12消息里农历十月也就是亥月立冬,也就是易经坤,坤全部都是阴爻。到了农历的11月,下面初爻就变成阳爻,也就是说那一月开始,天地慢慢的又回复了阳气,那就是易经的复, 就是子月大雪, 那个时候大地已经慢慢地回复了阳气.





周易的成书应该是在周文王过世的那个期间(《易经》已经存在了很长的时间。) 那已经是3000多年的历史但是我们今天所用的阳历的开始其实才2021年, 但中国古人老早已经把一周定为七天。

易经一个卦有六个爻, 走完六个爻就开始才重现了7, 所以古人说六六大顺,逢七必变 ,我们21世纪有三个7,  因此变化无穷。 2020庚子年流年飞星图是7入中, 因此变得不得了。

我们的细胞是人死后七七49天之后才完全在我们的身体灭亡, 因此死者家属都要戴孝7749天。

动物和人的怀孕周期都是七的倍数,鸡孵蛋7x3=21, 猫怀孕7x9=63天,兔子怀孕期是7x4=28, 老虎怀孕期7x15=105, 人类怀孕期7x40=280. 七日节律是如何形成的?它是受太阳和月亮的共同作用形成的,因为农历一个月有28天,一个月有四次潮汐,28除以47, 因此新冠肺炎一般被接受的潜伏期的期限是7x2=14.

基督教圣经说,上帝造人也是用了七天,到了第七天就是休息 Sunday, 因此阳历一个星期有七天。中国的盛世也是700年发生一次。请看回我以前的YouTube来了解。

果实的成长也是有七个阶段。比如你吃了苹果,如果把苹果丟在土地上就会长根。根是一,然后再长出豆,豆为二。接着长出干,树干又长树支,干为三,支为四,再长出叶子,叶子为五,接着开花,花为六,花再接成果子,果子为七,因此为七个阶段。

我们一双手加起来一共有28个节。7x4=28, 所以我们的手可以变幻无穷。女人的月事是28天,28是有四个七。人的牙齿有28颗到32颗,28就够用了。彩虹有七个颜色。彩虹中间的颜色是青色。青色是最有力量的颜色,植物长出来都是青色。香蕉长出来是青色,然后慢慢的变成黄色,在提醒人们’人之初,性本善’。青色就是最有力量的颜色,’青’旁边加一个心字旁,就是情,人最重要是有情。美丽的女人叫倩。清澈的水叫清水。最好的天气叫晴天。最好的言语就是言加青,请。



老子骑青牛、出函谷,不知所终。老子骑的牛为什么是青牛呢?牛怎么可能是青色. 青色的含义就是生发、萌发,万物生长变化的开始。香蕉初长成为青色, 然后慢慢地变成黃色.



八卦里艮卦代表山,山也是不动。艮其实是我们的背, 背很难弯, 也代表不动. 艮上面加一点就是良心的良, 良心不动, 也就是初心, 因此人之初性本善,小孩子的心是最纯洁善良, 就好比豆是青色. 提醒我们要永远记得初心. 代表艮卜的动物是狗,因为狗守在门前,不让坏人进来,那是停止,也就是艮卜的山代表停止。因为古人看到山就走不过去,所以它也代表停止。山是不动。娘就是最善良的女人。对人来说最好的是食物, 沒了食物我们活不了, 食物的食是人下面一个良.



这就是古人的智慧.

The first chapter of Lao Tzu's "Tao De Jing", 道可道,非常道,名可名,非常名,the beginning of the nameless world, and the mother of all things. . .

The "nothing" here means that Lao Tzu called the father is the law of nature, and the "has" here means that Lao Tzu called the mother, which is all things, because there is the law of nature (that is, no and the father) , There will produce or create everything (that is HAS, there will be a mother). Therefore, Lao Tzu said that the beginning of the nameless world is the mother of all things. Lao Tzu said that the laws of nature are the existence of nature, not created by God. It is like saying that the earth has gravity and it exists naturally. With the laws of nature, everything can be created by nature. Born by the laws of nature. It's like knowledge is invisible, but we use knowledge to invent many observable machines. Knowledge is'nothing' and machines are'have', so nothing is born out of nothing.

How is Lao Tzu's "Tao" written? The first is the head, which is to use your BRAIN to think and understand the truth, and then follow the truth to navigate. Guidance is written in this way means that there are inches below the Tao, and the inches are hands to guide.

I have said a lot about the yin and yang of the Book of Changes, but I still feel that it is not enough. The so-called yin has yang, and yang has yin. The singular number is yang, the yang is movement (infinite change), and the double number is yin or stillness. Our fingers are one thumb and four fingers, which is yang and yin. In this way, our hands can be used flexibly. If the thumb is cut off, most of the functions of our hands will disappear.

We have five fingers in one hand that is Yang. But if we have two hands, then yang becomes yin. If one hand is put together, five fingers become ten fingers. Five is singular, ten is even, and is yin. There are three knots in our four fingers, and three are yang, which can change endlessly. So the three knots of our four fingers can be infinitely varied, so our four fingers are flexible and can play beautiful music. The piano is yang because you can see it, but music is yin and you can't see it.

A nose has two holes (nostrils), that is, there is in the yang has yin. A mouth has two lips, an upper lip and a lower lip, and a person has a head and two feet. With one yang and one yin then only can balance. There are seven holes on the top of our head and two holes on the bottom of our body. Seven is yang; two is yin.

Let's talk about seven. Seven is a singular number, that is Yang, and seven is a changing (moving) number. I have talked about Yi Jing’s 24 qua, Fu Gua, Review Gua. There are six lines in the Fu Gua, the first line is yang, and the other five lines are yin, which means that the yin qi is exhausted and the yang qi is revived. Recovery is revival and recovery. The 23 hexagrams are stripping hexagrams, stripping the extreme and returning. "Yi·Fu": "It is repeated, seven days come and go, and the sky moves." It means that it runs repeatedly on the orbit and starts again after seven days. This is the law of the nature.

Each of the 64 divinations in the I Ching is composed of upper divination and lower divination. There must be three lines in the upper divination, and three lines in the next; the three lines and the three lines add up to six lines. When the six lines are finished, the seventh line is a beginning, so it is a repetition and start again.

 

易经12消息卜里农历十月也就是亥月立冬,也就是易经坤卜,坤卜全部都是阴爻。到了农历的11月,下面初爻就变成阳爻,也就是说那一月开始,天地慢慢的又回复了阳气,那就是易经的复卜, 就是子月大雪, 那个时候大地已经慢慢地回复了阳气.

The 12 消息卜of the I Ching is the October month of the lunar calendar, Lidong which is also the Kun Qua in the I Ching. All Kun Qua are yin lines. In November of the lunar calendar, the first line below becomes Yang line, which means that from that month, heaven and earth slowly return to Yang Qi, which is the divination of the Book of Changes.

The book of I Ching should have been written during the period when King Zhou Wen passed away (even though I Ching has already existed much longer than that). It is more than 3,000 years old. But the solar calendar we use today actually started 2021 years ago, but the ancients in China have long set a week as seven days.

There are six lines in a hexagram in the Book of Changes, and 7 starts to reappear after walking through the six lines. Therefore, the ancients said that the six and six are smooth and change every seven. We have three sevens in the 21st century, so the changes are endless. The 2020 Gengzi year flying star chart is 7 in the middle, so it becomes incredible.

Our cells are completely destroyed in our body only seven to 49 days after death, so the family members of the deceased must wear filial piety for 7749 days.

The pregnancy period of animals and humans is a multiple of seven, chickens incubate 7x3=21 days, cats are 7x9=63 days, rabbits are 7x4=28 days, tigers are 7x15=105 days, and humans are 7x40=280. Tian. How is the seven-day rhythm formed? It is formed by the combined action of the sun and the moon, because there are 28 days in a lunar month and four tides in a month, 28 divided by 4 = 7 days, so the generally accepted incubation period for Covid19 pneumonia is 7x2=14 days.

The Christian Bible says that it took seven days for God to create human beings. On the seventh day, there is a rest Sunday, so there are seven days in a week in the Gregorian calendar. The prosperity of China also happened once in 700 years. Please look back to my previous YouTube to understand.

The growth of the fruit also has seven stages. For example, if you eat an apple, if you throw it on the ground, it will grow roots. The root is 1st stage, and then the beans grow out, and the beans is 2nd stage. Then the stem grows, the trunk grows branches, the stem is 3rd stage, the branch is 4th stage, and the leaves grow, the leave is 5th stage, and then blooms, the flowers is 6th stage, the flowers then bear fruit, and the fruit is 7th stage, so there are seven stages. .

Our hands add up to a total of 28 knots. 7x4=28, so our hands can change endlessly. A woman’s menstruation is 28 days, and 28 is four weeks. There are 28 to 32 human teeth, 28 is enough. The rainbow has seven colors. The color in the middle of the rainbow is green. Green is the most powerful color, and plants grow out in green. Bananas grow green and then slowly turn yellow, reminding people that 'being good at the beginning of human beings'. Green is the most powerful color. With a word of heart next to "green", it means love. The most important thing for people is to have love. The beautiful woman is called human + green = qian . Clear water is called water + green = . The best weather is sunny (Sun + Green=sunny). The best languageis to add green, please .

Laozi rode a green bull, out of Hangu, without knowing where to end. Why is the bull that I rode a green bull? How can a cow be green? The meaning of green is germination, the beginning of the growth and change of all things. The banana grows into green at first, and then slowly becomes yellow.

In the bagua, the GEN hexagram represents the mountain, and the mountain does not move. Gen is actually our back. The back is hard to bend, which also means immobility. 艮上面加一点就是良心的良, 良心不动Gen is good of conscience, the conscience is not moving, that is, the original intention. Therefore, the human nature is good at first, and the child’s heart is the purest and kind. It's like a bean is green. It reminds us to always remember the original intention. The animal representing Gen Qua is a dog, because the dog is guarding the door and not letting bad people come in, that is a stop, the mountain of Gen Qua stands for stop. Because the ancients couldn't walk through the mountain when they meet it, it also meant a stop. The mountain is not moving. ( = +) Mother is the kindest woman. The best thing for people is food = +. We can't live without food. Food is a good thing for people.

This is the wisdom of the ancients.

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

易經的精 The Essence of I Ching




马云

第一卜


11卜泰


24卜复


老子


湖泊凹进去才能被水填满


大河遇到阻碍就会饶个弯
太极线(S线)是弯曲的

敦马喜来登事件时还以为他是全部人所拥戴的首相.


老子道德经【第二十二章】曲则全,枉则直,洼则盈,敝则新,少则得,多则惑….

意思是说委曲便会保全,屈枉便会直伸;低洼便会充盈,陈旧便会更新;少取便会获得,贪多便会迷惑….

曲则全,枉则直意思是说所有的山河都没有直线的, 他们都是弯弯曲曲, 那是大自然的规律, 大河就是弯弯曲曲,然后流向大海, 除非那是人造河, 所以风水学里面我们说弯曲有情。意思是说,你家前面的路或者是河如果是弯弯曲曲的,那要比直线的大道大河好!大河遇到阻碍就会饶个弯,但是它的目地是流向海洋。它的意志力是直线但表达方式是弯曲的。所以我们说话如果太直接,可能会得罪人。我们如果可以婉转一点,但是还是可以达到目的的话,那不是更好吗?

大自然的河水都要曲折地流向大海,如果河水是通行无阻的流向大海,河水很快就流到海里, 我们就没有水喝,那清水很快就变成咸的海水。要化大水,必须要疏通它,而不是阻挡它。因此人的一生都要曲折面对困难,不可能永远顺畅,很多事情是要阻挡也阻挡不了的。所以我们要勇敢的面对,一切将会迎刃而解.

知道太极线(S线)为什么是弯曲的吗? 它在提醒我们做人不可以刚直不懂得变通 ,做人如果直直不会转弯一成不变你就会很容易撞墙, 直话别人听不进去。 马路如果直直容易出车祸, 因为大家都会加速驾驶。 越弯曲的马路,司机越要小心驾驶。 因此在风水里我们说直水无情,弯曲有情, 面对直直的大道的屋子风水一般上都不好 。我们有时候说话要圆通, 别人才会听得进去.

洼则盈意思是说湖泊凹进去才能被水填满,少了也才会填满。如果今天我没有过去的我的缺,就是说如果我没有以前的经历和知识,就不会说出今天的道理和体会。如果我们谦虚,不要自满,这样才能够学习新的知识。不要自以为是, 觉得你什么都懂.

少则得,多则惑意思是说当您缺乏时,我们将不胜感激,但是当您有剩余时,您将不会珍惜它。小时候家里穷,大家都会很珍惜, 记得以前我们一支铅笔可以用很久啊,可以用到铅笔很短还在用,因为当时我们物质享受没有今天孩子这么的丰盛。当我们穷了,我们才会珍惜。当我们富有了,我们就不会知道珍惜,因为物质享受太多了。这就是易经里面的损和益卦(profit and loss, credit and debit)的意思。

敝则新意思是说如果没有以前的发现就不会有今天科学的发明。如果以前的人没有发现基本的原理,就好像如果以前的人没有发现binary code,就不会有今天我们先进的手机。binary code就是阴阳道理,一横是阳断线是阴。今天的发明是根据以前人的发现,今天的发明是建立在以前人的知识上。许多工程的应用是建立在牛顿的基本原理 F=ma2.

 

今天的我是可以说出这些道理,是因为以前的我旧的我学习和经验。象棋是旧的。但一但是我们每一次下棋都是新的一局,因此敝则新

 很多人都说易经非常难懂,那是当然的,因为那是世界最古老的书比圣经和《可兰经》还久呢。要了解上古社会的人的想法和语言是非常不容易的,所以一般上易经的书都是非常的厚,要把易经64卦看完又了解不简单。我看了很多回,还是认为我了解的不够。但是我可以说我已领悟了它的精华。现在要把这些精华跟大家分享。 

易经是四书五经之首, 很多人说这本书是特别的难懂, 因为要读懂得上古人的智慧,是不容易的。但是这本书一直在影响着我们中华民族。研究了易经,我有一个体会,那就是我们的祖先对我们最刻骨铭心的教诲就是要居安思危。这原理就是从易经而来。未雨绸缪,要居安思危。所以中华民族就有了节省储蓄的习惯,友族很少有这种观念。储蓄的’儲’字为什么是一个有信用的’信’,还有一个’者’呢?因为有储蓄的人是有可以相信的人。古人造字是有一套逻辑的。从小我们的父母亲就会教导我们, 如果有了十块钱,就要把尽量的把三块钱收起来做储蓄。这个观念是来自那里?这个观念是来自于易经。易经里面我们常提醒我们的道理就是物极必反,否极泰来,乐极生悲,周而复始。因为易经是 Book of Change,讲的就是变化。球如果你丢到最高处,他就会往下, 但如果往下了,它也会弹回去。

 

因此第11是泰,第12,天下太平之后就可能会出现不平。第十六豫,豫是快乐,那不是很好吗?但它提醒我们要小心乐极生悲。第23卜是剥24卜郤是复,剥削了就会复兴。秋天叶子剥落了, 以保全整槐树可以继续生长: 到了春天,叶子又在长回来了, 这是大自然的规律。

 

易经一直在提醒我们,如果好的时候就要节制,不好的时候不要灰心,只要我们一直不断的充实自己,准备未来。易经里面最凶的第29习坎就是古人最怕的大江大浪大水卦, 水里面可能有有漩涡,我们看不到,以前的人如果走到黄河,长江,大水阻挡他前进,所以他们就最怕水.也在提醒我们,只要我们乐观面对,不断充实自己,接下来的过就是第三十卜的离,离卜就是火,就是两个太阳,也就是黑暗过后就是光明。所以新冠肺炎疫情之后就是复兴。

 

最近发生的马云的事件让我想起易经的乾,易经第一的乾95爻九五之尊,95飞龙在天,九五爻之后就上九爻是亢龙有悔。一个人如果飞龙在天之后,如果不懂得退下来, 继续往上飞的话就会亢龙有悔,意思是说一个人如果到了巅峰,他往往都不会看到事情的真相,因为下面的人都会一直在奉承他,他也很容易得意忘形.

历史一直在重复, 当一个人得意忘形高高在上的时候就会容易犯下很多错误,继续的往上飞,就会有后悔了。一个人在最开心的时候就是防备心最脆弱的时候,你完全没有防备,那些酒后喝醉的商人,他们将签署商业协议。所以第十六豫卜,豫是快乐,但易经提醒我们要小心乐极生悲。豫,鸣豫,野鸡叫,商纣王只顾享乐,身边都是小人,小人当道,身边像被一群野鸡包围着, 他所听到的都是奉承他的话因此后来商朝灭亡而周朝成立。

 

历史里有清朝的年羹尧,年羹尧当年因为战功赫赫而得意忘形,到了北京拜见雍正皇帝的时候骑在马上不要下来,在紫禁城里,只有皇帝可以骑在马上,但是年根尧却骑着马进宫因此得罪了雍正皇帝。敦马也不是这样吗?喜来登事件时他还以为他是全部人所拥戴的首相, 得意忘形,信心满满,结果翻了一个跟斗。

它也提醒我们 ,高处不胜寒 ,物极必反, 当一个物体往上抛到达了顶点一定会快速的下降, 能高就高, 应该底就要底, 大丈夫能屈能伸,刚柔并济, 外圆内方。 易经的第1卦乾为天卦的95飞龙在天之后就是上九的亢龙有悔, 告诉我们如果一个人高高在上位高权重, 就容易迷失自己不懂得下台, 更会忘记初心, 因为身边的人都会因为他位高权重而巴结他。 如果你霸占位子不下来,会有人把你拉下来。 所谓高处不胜寒, 如果你高高在山上, 敌人在下面你的一举一动他们都看得很清楚,  要侵略你是很容事。 因此易经强调中庸之道是永远不败的兵法。 如果敌人太过强大 ,孙子兵法强调三十六计走为上计,不可强攻。

 

所以易经一直在提醒我们,物极必反,不要得意忘形。论语有记录;子曰 :加我数年,五十以学易,可以无大过矣。意思是说孔子说如果能够给他多几年,不要等到50岁才来学易经,他就不会犯什么大过了。可见易经是一个难得可贵的经典。

 

The Essence of I Ching

 

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching [Chapter 22] Qu is complete, in vain is straight, depression is surplus, if it is new, less is worth, more is confusing....

It means "If you bend, you will be preserved, and if you are in vain, you will straighten out; the concave will be full, and the old will be renewed; if you take less, you will get it, and if you are greedy, you will be confused....

“曲则全,枉则直”means : All mountains and rivers have no straight lines, they are all twists and turns, that is the law of nature. The big river is meandering, and then flows to the sea, unless it is a man-made river, so in Feng Shui we say that bending is affectionate. It means that if the road or river in front of your house is crooked, it is better than a straight avenue and a big straight river!

The big river will bend when it encounters obstacles, but its purpose is to flow to the ocean. Its willpower is straight but its expression is curved. So if we speak too directly, we may offend people. Wouldn’t it be better if we could be tactful, but still achieve the goal?

Do you know why the Tai Chi lines (S line) is curved? It reminds us that being a person cannot be too straight forward and do not know how to be flexible. If a person is straight and does not know how to make a turn, stand still, you will easily hit the wall. If the road is straight, it is easy to get into a car accident, because everyone will speed up. The more curved the road, the more careful the driver must drive. Therefore, in Feng Shui, we say that straight water is ruthless, curved water is sentimental. Houses facing straight roads are generally not good in feng shui. Sometimes we have to speak well without delivering our points straightly, so that others can listen.

“洼则盈”means : Only when the lake is recessed can it be filled with water, and when it is not full filled, it can only be filled. Otherwise, it will be overfilled. If today I don’t have the lack of my past, that is, if I don’t have previous experience and knowledge, I won’t be able to tell the theory and experience of today. If we are humble, don't be complacent, then only we can new knowledge. Don't be self-righteous, think you know everything.

少则得,多则惑means when you are lacking, we will appreciate but when you have surplus, you won’t cherish it. When I was young, my family was poor and everyone would cherish it very much. I remember that we could use a pencil for a long time. We could use a pencil for a very short time, because at that time our material enjoyment was not as rich as today's children. When we are poor, we will cherish it. When we are rich, we will not know to cherish, because there are too many material comforts. This is the meaning of loss and gain in the Book of Changes.

“敝则新”means that if there were no previous discoveries, there would be no scientific inventions today. If the people in the past did not discover the basic principles, just like if the people in the past did not discover the binary code, there would not be our advanced mobile phones today. Binary code is the principle of yin and yang, a horizontal line is yang and a broken line is yin. Today's invention is based on the discoveries of the previous people, and today's invention is based on the knowledge of the previous people. Many engineering applications are based on Newton’s basic principles, F=ma2.

Today I can say these truths because of my previous learning and experience. Chess is old. But every time we play chess is a new game, so “敝则新”.

Many people say that the Book of Changes is very difficult to understand. Of course, That is true because it is the oldest book in the world older than the Bible and the Quran. It is very difficult to understand the thoughts and language of people in ancient society. Therefore, the books of I Ching are generally very thick. It is not easy to understand the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching. After reading it many times, I still think that I don't know it enough. But I can say that I have understood its essence. Now I want to share these essences with everyone.

The Book of Changes is the first of the four books and five classics. Many people say that this book is particularly difficult to understand, because it is not easy to understand the wisdom of the ancients. But this book has been influencing our Chinese nation. After studying the Book of Changes, I have realized, that is, our ancestors taught us the most unforgettable lesson to be prepared for danger in times of peace. This principle comes from the Book of Changes. Take precautions and be prepared for danger in times of peace. So the Chinese people have the habit of saving savings, and other races rarely have this concept.Why the Chinese word is "chu" for savings is a “trust" word and another "person" word? Because people who have savings are those can be trusted. Ancient man-made characters have a set of logic. Since childhood, our parents will teach us that if we have ten dollars, we should save three dollars as much as possible. Where did this idea come from? This concept comes from the Book of Changes. In the Book of Changes, we often remind us that the truth is that the extreme of things must be reversed, if the extreme happiness and peaceful may follow by sorrow, the extreme of happiness generates sorrow, and it repeats itself. Book of Change is about change. If you throw the ball to the highest point, it will go down, but if it goes down, it will also bounce back.

 

Therefore, the eleventh divination is Tai Qua, and the twelfth divination is Pi Qua. After the world is peaceful, there may be injustice. Sixteenth Yu Qua, Yu is happiness, isn't that good? But it reminds us to be careful of happiness and sorrow as joy may beget sorrow. The 23rd divination is a divination of peel, but the 24th divination is a repetition. If it is exploited, it will be restored. The leaves are peeled off in autumn, so that the whole locust tree can continue to grow. In spring, the leaves will grow back again, this is the law of nature.

 

The Book of Changes has always reminded us that we must be temperate when we are good, and we should not be discouraged when we are bad, as long as we continue to enrich ourselves and prepare for the future. The 29th divination in the I Ching is the most fierce divination of the ancients, the great rivers, waves and water divination. There may be whirlpools in the water. We can’t see them. If the people in the past walked to the Yellow River or the Yangtze River, the water would block him and Yi Jing reminds us that as long as we face it optimistically and continue to enrich ourselves. The next qua will be the divination of the 30th Li Qua divination. Li Qua is fire divination, two Suns, that is, after darkness is over, there is light. So after the Covid 19 pandemic, there is a revival. Hope that it will be over soon.

 

The recent Ma Yun incident reminded me of the divination of the Yijing, the 95 yao of the first divination of the Yijing, the 95 flying dragon is in the sky, and the up 9 yao is Kang long regretful. If the flying dragon doesn’t know how to retreat and continue to fly upward, you will feel regretful. This means that if a person reaches the peak, he will often not see the truth of the matter, because the people below he will always flatter him, and he can easily get overwhelmed.

History has been repeating it all the time. When a person is overwhelmed with pride, he will easily make many mistakes. If he continues to fly up, he will regret it. Just now, we have spoken about the Yu Qua, the happiness qua. The time when a person is happiest is when his defense is the weakest. You have no defense at all, so the sixteenth Yu Qua, Yu is happiness, but the Book of Changes reminds us to be careful of happiness. Those businessmen after they have drunk with alcohol, they will sign the business agreement. King Shang Zhou only cared about pleasure, surrounded by villains, villains in charge, all he heard were flattery to him, so later the Shang Dynasty was destroyed and the Zhou Dynasty was established.

 

In history, there was Nian Gengyao from the Qing Dynasty. Nian Genyao was overwhelmed by his military merit. When he came to Beijing to meet Emperor Yongzheng, he rode on a horse and don’t get off. In the Forbidden City, only the emperor can ride on a horse, but Nian Genyao rode on a horse. He offended Emperor Yongzheng for this. The same happened to Tun Mahathir, wasn’t it? At the time of the Sheraton incident, he thought he was the prime minister supported by everyone. As a result, he turned over a somersault.

It also reminds us that the peak of the mountain is extremely cold, and the object must be reversed. When an object is thrown up and reaches the apex, it must fall quickly. When you have to be high, you stay high. When you need to stay at the bottom, you stay humbly at the bottom there too. A gentleman should be flex and stretch. The first Qua in 64 Qua of the Book of Changes (Yijing), after the 95 is the dragon flying in the sky is 96 the dragon will remorse, telling us that if a person stands high and has power and authority, it is easy to lose himself and do not know how to step down. Everyone will praise him because of his high weight. If you keep on occupying the seat when your time is over, someone will pull you down. The so-called high places are extremely cold. If you are high up in the mountains, your enemies will see your every move clearly from the below. It is very easy for them to invade you. Therefore, Yi Jing emphasizes that the golden rule is MODERATE. If the enemy is too strong, Sun Tzu's Art of War emphasizes that we avoid it and do not force an attack.

Therefore, the Book of Changes has always reminded us that the extremes of things must be reversed. The Analects has a record; Confucius said: Add me a few years, fifty years to learn Yi, there can be no big mistakes. It means that Confucius said that if can give him a few more years and don't wait until he was 50 to learn the Book of Changes, he will not commit any mistakes. It can be seen that the Book of Changes is a precious classic.