Sun Tzu, Dragon and I-Ching …….CHANGES孙子兵法, 龙, 易经………变

Fuxi 伏羲 氏

Korea flag韩国国旗

There is a I-Ching bagua in Korea flag and the blue and red at the center of the flag are the yin and yang of the I-Ching bagua.

不丹国旗Bhutan flag
There is a dragon in the Bhutan flag.

During my feng shui seminar recently at Public Bank, I asked the audience a question that is why there is a three-line in the gua of the bagua (Eight Diagrams) and not two, four, five or six lines.

Let me explain what is the line in the bagua Eight Diagrams again. In Chinese, we call it “Yao”, I said before that I-Ching has existed approximate six thousand years ago by Fuxi when mankind during that time did not know how to write or read and hence there was no text. There are only symbols. Some call the I-Ching as “a book from heaven without words” because there was no word.

The three lines in the Eight Diagrams represent <天人地> heaven (sky), human and earth (land). We, mankind is staying in between the sky and land. We are in between the “change’” and “no change”. This is because the sky on top of us is constantly changing. Now is sunny day but later it may be a raining day. But the piece of land that we stand does not change. Human being in the middle of the heaven and the Earth, we must know how to face the “change” and “no change” and that is the most difficult thing for human being to learn. Basically, the natural nature of human being, we do not like changes. Do you like your lover to leave you? But in fact we cannot control it as life is impermanent. One day, your loved one will leave you or you will leave them earlier.

In the history of mankind, humans are to find the answer in between “change” and “not change”, struggling in making decision on whether to develop and not develop. If we develop; the beautiful natural surroundings will be undermined by humans. However, without development; the world would stop.

A lot of knowledge that we learn today is originated from the I-Ching <易经>, include has Feng Shui, Chinese Medical Studies, Taiji and even the Sun Zi Bing Fa, Art of War of Sun Tzu. 孙子兵法. Sun Tzu said right time, right people and right place is originated from I-Ching <天人地> (heaven, human and earth).

I-Ching is in fact a philosophy about changes and it is the fact of the universal that never change and it is always there.

The word I 易in I-Ching is the Chinese word of lizard or chameleon and it means “Changes” as chameleon always change its color. It is in fact in line with the Buddhism belief <无常> impermanence; transiency. Chinese love the dragon and it is considered as the most auspicious animal. In the olden day, the Emperor was considered to be the avatar of Dragon. Only the Emperor is allowed to use the items with the shape of dragon. In the I-Ching <易经>, the words dragon also always appears such as <飞龙在天>, <潜龙勿用>, <群龍無首>. As the matter of fact, Dragon is actually the representative of <变> changes, because Dragon always vagrant, change and move about.

In the actual fact, does the Dragon exist? No one has seen Dragon! In fact, Dragon is combination of a various animals. Dragon’s horns are the horns of goats. Dragon’s ear is the ear of ox. Dragon’s eyes are the eyes of Tiger. Dragons claw is claw of eagle, Dragon’s nose looked like the nose of Lion. Dragon’s teeth are like the teeth of horse and nevertheless, dragon’s tail is the tail of the gold fish.

我最近在我的风水讲座会上问听众一个问题, 那就是为什么《易经》的八卦都是由三个爻形成, 而非二, 四,五或六爻形成?

让我再解釋何为爻yao, 我曾说过《易经》原自于整六千年前的伏羲 氏, 当时人类并没有文字, 他们靠的是符号. 《易经》里的阳爻__和阴爻- -就是那样来的. 因此有人稱《易经》为无字天书, 因为开始时它只有符号. 而《易经》的八卦都是由三个爻形成是因为它代表着<天人地>三才.

人是顶天立地, 我们站着这片土地上, 而天就是在我们头上; 天是无时无刻都在变化的, 现在天晴, 等一會就下雨. 但我们站着的这片土地没有变, 人在天和地的中间, 我们必须知道如何面对变和不变, 那是最艰难的学问. 人类的天性并不喜欢变, 试问你喜欢你心爱的人离开你吗? 但很无奈的生离死别, 生命无常,有一天, 你心爱的人会离开你或你会先走一步. 在人类的历史里, 人类也在变和不变中找寻答案, 在发展和不发展中挣扎. 如发展;那美丽的大自然就会被人类破坏. 如不发展;那世界就会停頓下來.

很多学问是原自于<易经>, 包括了风水学, 中医, 太极拳, 甚至于孙子兵法, 孙子兵法里的天时, 地利, 人和就是原自于《易经》的八卦的三个爻, 它代表着<天人地>三才, 缺一不可行也.

<易经>就是在讲解一个自古以來不变的道理, 那就是所谓的<变化无常>.

易由蜥蜴而得名, 而蜥蜴能夠变色，俗稱「变色龙」，指天下萬物是常变的, 和佛学里的<无常>是同样的道理. 华人喜欢把龙当作最吉祥的动物. 古代皇帝就是龙的化身, 只有皇帝可以使用龙. 《易经》也常有龙的出现如<飞龙在天>, <潜龙勿用>,<群龍無首>等. 《易经》的龙其实代表<变>, 因为龙总是变化莫测. 神龙见首不见尾!

其实龙有存在吗? 没有人见过龙! 其实龙是由各种动物来形成, 龙角是鹿角,龙耳是午耳, 龙眼为虎眼, 龙爪是鹰爪, 龙鼻是狮鼻, 龙齿为马齿, 龙尾更为金魚尾.

Our fingers have told us the secret of the universal long ago.

在《易經》里单数为阳, 双数为阴. 我曾怀疑马来西亚政府也会用《易經》因为马来西亚人民身分证号码的最后一个号码如果是单数那这个人是男性, 而马来西亚人民身分证号码的最后一个号码如果是双数那这个人是女性.

其实我们的手指已经把宇宙的这个密秘告诉我们了, 看看你的手指, 我们只有一个母指, 单数为阳, 但母指里有两个关节, 双数为阴; 因此阳中有阴. 而另外的四个手指, 四为双数, 双数为阴, 但这四个手指都是三个关节; 因此阴中有阳. 世界上所有的东西都是由阴阳组成的, 必须要阴阳互相配合才行, 失一不可. 一个人不可以太阳太刚烈, 或太阴太柔弱. 在风水学里, 太阳的地方不利我们, 太阴的地方也对我们不利. 如果你住在太热的地方, 你感到不舒服, 同样的地如果你住在太冷的地方, 你也会感到不舒服. 人类最适合住在不太热也不太冷的地方, 那就是阴阳互相配合, 因此风水学也是环境学. 学太极拳的师父们最了解其中的道理了, 因为太极拳是柔中带刚, 其实太极拳也原自于《易經》. 《易經》不是仅仅是本占卜的书, 它包罗万象. 它告诉我们一个重要而简单的道理, 那就是阴阳必须互相配合. 如果世界上只有阴, 女性而没阳, 男性那怎能传宗接待呢?

《易》字是由日和月形成, 象徵阴阳. 整六千年前的伏羲氏, 当时人类并没有文字, 他们已知道世界上所有的东西都是由阴阳组成的, 后来科学家发现这世上的东西都有阴阳之分,由最小的原子里的质子proton and 负离子electron到最大的宇宙太阳系里的太阳和星球, 都有阴阳之分.

In I-Ching, the odd numbers are regarded as Yang, even numbers as yin. I always wonder whether is the Malaysian Government apply I-Ching too as the last number of the identity card number of the Malaysian is odd for man, while even number is for a woman.

As the matter of fact, our fingers have told us the secret of the universal long ago. Look at your fingers. There is only one mother thumb and 1 is yang but in the thumb there 2 joints and 2 is ying. It means there is yin inside the yang and it is the “balancing”.

Whereas, the rest 4 fingers are yin but all have 3 joints in them. You can find yang inside the yin and again it is balancing.

All things in the world are made up of Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang must complement each other. A person neither can be too stubborn (yang), nor too soft (yin). In Feng Shui, a place where the hot Sun is always shining at is unfavourable and it causes too much of yang energy. If you live in a very hot place, you feel uncomfortable. Vice versa, if you live in a very cold place, you will feel uncomfortable as well. The most suitable place for human living to live is a place neither too hot nor too cold, and that is compatible with Yin and Yang. Feng Shui is in fact subject about the environmental science. Tai Chi masters are those who know how that goes, because Tai Chi is in compliance softness with rigid. Tai Chi is also originated from the theory of I-Ching. I-Ching is not just a book of divination, it covers quite a lot. It tells us an important and simple truth, that is, Yin and Yang must complement each other. If there are only men in the world, without women, how can we have the reproduction?

The word I 易in I-Ching is formed from the Chinese words yin and Yang日 Sun and 月 Moon. 6,000 years ago Fuxi knew everything in the world is formed by the positive and negative energy. Later scientists discovered that the distinction between yin and yang, everything in the world, by the smallest of the proton and electron in Atom to the largest in the solar system the Sun and the planets of the universe, are all made up of the yin and Yang.