Chapter 2126 The Flower War (Thirty-four)

In addition to the Bagua, the Chinese also have an inscrutable chart, the Luo Shu. The Chinese mathematical system is based on the Luo Shu.

Luoshu presents a nine-square grid, with the number five located in the center of the nine palaces, and the other eight palaces arranged around it. The numbers of the eight palaces correspond to the Bagua. It is said that Fuxi drew it based on the pattern on the back of the turtle. As for Luoshu, The dragon and horse that haunted Luoshui were given to Dayu.

We noticed that the number "five" plays an extremely important role in various classification subjects, such as the five elements, wood, fire, earth, metal and water. These five numbers can also represent musical notes, such as Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu. The earliest Guqin only has It had five strings, and later King Wen of Zhou added one, and King Wu added another, and it became a lyre.

The sum of the two qins should be ten strings, but Zhuangzi said it was 25. Is he wrong? If it is multiplication, then 25 is correct, but why is multiplication used here?

"Nine-Nine Songs" has existed at least since the Warring States Period, and children memorize it as a rhyme. This reminds Nick of his arithmetic career in school, which was not a happy memory for him.

"Nine" and "Five" both represent the Supreme, among which "Five" is regarded as "Tai Chi", the origin of all things, so "Nine-Five Supreme" also represents the emperor.

"Five" represents the need hexagram in the Book of Changes, and its preface hexagram states that things must be nourished when they are young, and need is the way to eat.

It can be understood as a young child. He needs to eat to grow up. If a young child does not give him food, he will not grow up.

When a child is still young, he is ignorant and needs teaching, so the first hexagram he needs is the Meng hexagram.

Teachers are needed to educate children, but there will be disputes before that. Which teacher should be hired and what should be learned? Or perhaps the lawsuit was caused by solving the problem of eating. During the growth period, everything needs more nutrition, so a fight took place. , and to cause a dispute, a lot of people must be involved, so the hexagram "Shi" is preceded by the hexagram "Litigation".

The Yi hexagram has many similarities with the Need hexagram in terms of hexagrams. The so-called six lines, Nick's understanding is the sixty-four innate hexagrams. The six bars of each hexagram, some are "——" which represents Yang, and some are "— —"This represents Yin.

In the ninth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, which was the second year after the "Battle of Tribute", Wang Yangming arrived in Nanjing and was called the Minister of Honglu Temple. This position was responsible for entertaining foreign guests, a bit like a diplomat, and he was also responsible for various banquets. , sacrificial activities. The Department of Rites is a very important department, because Confucius respected etiquette, and it is a courtesy to return gifts when others give them.

It is difficult for the Chinese to understand and accept the tributary system and tributary trade. "It is a joy to have friends come from afar." Those who come from afar are guests and friends. How can guests and friends talk about interests?

Sima Qian wrote in the opening chapter of "Historical Records" that "all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit." The elegant class who regard money as dung is certainly worthy of admiration, but whether it is Tao Yuanming picking chrysanthemums under the east fence or Su Dongpo's family, they all have a certain amount of wealth. , reading is still a right that only a few people have.

Buddhism provides a different kind of learning opportunity than Confucianism, and is not monopolized by the church like in Europe. This is due to the generous donations of believers.

Buddhism is indeed very rich. They can build gorgeous temples and paint murals with precious pigments. It is precisely because of this that in order to protect themselves during times of war, Japanese temples will hire monk soldiers, thus forming a powerful force.

Indirectly exacerbating social and political unrest.

Chinese Buddhism has also become different after being localized. The warrior monks in Southern Shaolin will not call on nearby believers to resist the Qing army in order to protect the temple and allow their temples to be destroyed. If the Greeks saw the Romans destroying

How would you feel if you saw their temple?

When the ultimate goal of personal practice in Buddhism is to break off reincarnation, enter Nirvana, and "have no thoughts," it will naturally get rid of the shackles of karma, that is, beyond cause and effect. As long as you can maintain this state, you will no longer fall.

Entering reincarnation, or what Taoists say is "jumping out of the three realms and no longer in the five elements."

The eminent monk Huineng is a Zen sect. In addition to the teachings of "directly pointing to the human heart and becoming a Buddha by seeing one's nature," another characteristic of Zen is meditation. This must be meditation that originated in India, because their cross-legged postures and shapes are the same.

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Taoism also has meditation, and this idea of ​​meditation is rooted in Zhuangzi. Wang Yangming, from the standpoint of Confucianism, also proposed the realm of "mind is like a mirror", which is similar to Shenxiu's idea of ​​"the body is a bodhi tree, and the mind is like a mirror stand.

Wipe it diligently at all times to avoid dust."

There is a word in English called turkey farm, which means a place for idle people. Not only Wang Yangming was very idle, but other officials working in Nanjing were also very idle. When they had time, they studied Wang Yangming's teachings and listened to his lectures.

Then they compared what Wang Yangming said with Zen Buddhism and found many similarities.

The Zen disciples of Hui Neng's lineage have enlightened people, saying that for those with excellent qualifications, as for those with poor qualifications, it is better to sit in meditation honestly.

Although Wang Yangming's "seeking inwardness from the outside world" also involves sitting meditation-style ascetic practice, his teachings are still different from those of Zen and Taoism. But Nick can't tell what the difference is. He only recorded a meeting between Wang Yangming and Zheng Defu.

Just a conversation.

The grapes composed of fireworks slowly dispersed, replaced by butterflies dancing gracefully, just like the butterflies in Zhuang Zhou's dream.

Immediately afterwards, countless spiral columns of flames rose into the sky. The spiral fireworks were dazzling and kept burning for several minutes.

Then hundreds of colorful lanterns appeared, with fruits, flowers and fans of various styles painted on them. This is a lamp similar to the principle of a hot air balloon. It was invented by a man named Zhuge Kongming during the Three Kingdoms period, so it is called

Kongming lantern...

"Read it," said Bonaparte.

"Ahem." Georgiana pretended to have a dry mouth, then took a sip of wine and swallowed it before continuing to read.

After a while, a huge blue firework took off. It looked like a blue rose. After the blue flame took off, there was another loud noise, but there were no new fireworks in the sky. It seemed that this gorgeous

The fireworks show has ended.

Nick was a little strange, but like most people, he didn't care.

Guangzhou is very lively today, and the streets are full of beggars. They sing "Lotus Falls" at the shop owner's door. The impatient boss will give them something and send them away to prevent them from blocking the door and hindering his business.

Many of these shops also have notes saying "No monks or nuns allowed to enter" posted at the door.

Alchemy is actually another way of begging. This is another confusing point. Why are some monasteries so rich?

Why leave the comfort of temples and Taoist temples to "travel in the clouds"?

Nick hoped someone could explain it to him, but he had a feeling his tutor Juren wouldn't know the answer.

At this time Nick walked into a store because he saw a mirror, and it was a bronze mirror.

He bought it almost as a joke. There is a peach pattern on the back, which represents longevity.

Just as he was playing with it, a figure suddenly appeared in the mirror.

That man was the one who punched Nick and attacked him with others. He shouted "Brother" in the maze-like alley.

Nick immediately chased after him, blending in with the crowd and following him.

But before they had gone far, there was a sudden commotion on the street. Everyone was running. The young man in front also noticed something was wrong. He turned around and saw Nick, and he also recognized this "yellow-haired spy".

So he got into the alley again. When Nick ran over, he was already at the corner of the alley and was about to lose sight of him.
Chapter completed!