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In the Zhou Yi, it is said: A gentleman repairs the province with fear.
The meaning of this sentence is that a gentleman consciously cultivates virtue and saves because of fear in his heart.
Only when you are afraid can you stop doing something, and can you reflect and change. During the Warring States period, Lu Guoguo Xianggong Yixiu loved to eat fish, but could not be affected by fish. Others scrambled to give him fish, but he was determined not to accept it. He believes that if he accepts other people's fish, sooner or later he will be dismissed from his post and investigated, and he will no longer have a salary to buy fish to eat.
Tang Taizong Li Shimin was a rare Ming emperor in history, but he was an emperor who often harmed "fear". He once said, "When a man speaks as a son of heaven, he has self-respect and fearlessness, but he thinks that he is righteous and humble, and he always fears... Every thought and deed will fear the emperor and the heavens and the people, but he will always be afraid of the people, but he will always be afraid, and he will not call the heart of heaven and the will of the people." It was precisely with this spirit of fear and cultivation that he ruled the Tang Dynasty for more than twenty years, created the rule of Zhenguan, and laid a solid foundation for the prosperity and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
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In the "Zhou Yi", it is said: A gentleman hides his instrument in his body and waits for the time to move.
"Instrument" is human learning, ability, and talent. "Hiding the vessel in the body" means hiding deeply, not showing off and boasting. It is okay to have a device, but it is not to be without a device.
Gentlemen have outstanding talents and superior skills, and do not show off everywhere. "The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by the dog, and the dragon trapped in the shallow beach was played by shrimp." People need to grasp the situation and timing when doing things. If the timing is not right, don't get out of the way. If you don't have a chance, don't move blindly.
Preserve your strength and wait for time to move. Bring your talents or skills to work when necessary. Therefore, there is a "device" that depends on the timing. In history, many characters have the ability and talent, but they are not born at the right time and there is no good time, so they are buried. You have the ability, the opportunity has not arrived, the fate has not arrived, and it is useless. Although timing and opportunity are not subject to human will, we can always be vigilant and seize the opportunity when it comes. That's pretty awesome.
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In the "Zhou Yi", it is said: The upper and lower levels are impermanent, the rigidity and softness are easy, and they must not be a pawn, but only change is appropriate.
In ancient times, the Zhou Yi was called "Changing the Scriptures". It is a book about change. To this day, there is no book in the world that talks about change more comprehensively and vividly than the I Ching.
The ancients believed that the world is constantly changing, up and down is impermanent, one after the other, and the yin and yang are always changing. Therefore, we must not be rigid, and we must not draw the ground as a prison.
The ancients talked about easy, there are three easy to say, easy, simple, not easy. The Yi Chuan also says that God has no direction and is easy to have no body. This means that everything is fickle and has no fixed laws. Here, when it comes to personnel and self-cultivation, we must pay attention to a "change" word.
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In the "Zhou Yi", it is said: The heavenly path is profitable and humble, the authentic road becomes humble, the ghosts and gods harm Yingfu are humble, and the humane evil is good and humble.
"Surplus" will overflow for the sake of fullness; "humility" will be acceptable for dissatisfaction. The way of heaven is to make the surplus lose and compensate the dissatisfied; the tunnel is also to make the winner overflow and flow to the side of the non-profit; the nature of the ghost god is to damage the surplus and bless the empty; and the nature of man is to hate the full and like the dissatisfied.
Qian Gua is the only Gua Xiang in the I Ching. The Body Ofagles is tall, but it is underground, and its tallness cannot be displayed, and in this person, it is like a person with high virtue, but can consciously not show it.
Since the nature of the heavens and the earth and the gods is to lose profits and benefit from humility, the "humble" one is blessed. What he did was blessed and helped by the heavens and the earth, so that he could "prosper", which is why Chinese regard modesty as a virtue. In fact, the essential meaning of "humility" is a spirit of never complacency and eternal progress, which has nothing to do with the hypocrisy style of giving in to negativity and formal humility but arrogance in the bones. Humble is like the sea, already broad and broad, but it is located under the hundred rivers and accommodates the hundred rivers.
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In "Zhou Yi", it is said: Kang Long, there are regrets.
A dragon ascending by the clouds, it ascended to the highest, most extreme place, looking around dazedly, neither ascending the position, nor falling, so it had melancholy and regret instead.
People do not do anything carefully, to consider the final outcome and consequences, as well as the various possibilities and changes, resulting in failures and tragedies or tragedies. "Dragon, there is remorse", enlightening us, everything we do must know the advance and retreat, not only to move forward, but also to find a good way back for ourselves. Otherwise there will be danger.
With the assistance of Fan Li and Wen Zhong, King Gou of Yue spent twenty years under his command and destroyed the State of Wu. Fan Li knows that those who practice can share hardships, difficulties and happiness. So Fan Li did not quit and led his family to go out of the Three Rivers and into the Five Lakes. Later, he settled in Tao and became extremely wealthy. When Fan Li left, he wrote to his colleagues to persuade him to leave quickly.
Wen Zhong did not understand Fan Li's departure, believing that the King of Yue could not be so desperate, and when he read this letter, he woke up like a dream, and from then on he pretended to be ill and could not go to the government. King Yue's suspicions became more and more exposed, so he sent someone to give Wen a sword and said, "Sir taught me to cut down the Seven Techniques of Wu, I only use three of them to destroy the Kingdom of Wu, and the other four techniques are still hidden in Mr. Wang's chest, please sir follow the previous king and try out the Yu Fa!" The sword given by Wen Zhongjian was the same skeleton sword that King Wu had given Wu Zixu to commit suicide. Wen Zhong sighed and killed himself with a feeling of great sorrow and indignation.
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In "Zhou Yi", it is said: Heaven and earth do not pay, no. Heaven and earth intersect, and all things are connected.
No and Tai are both gua xiang in the I Ching. No's guaxiang is the intersection of heaven and earth, and Tai's guaxiang is the intersection of heaven and earth.
The qi of heaven and earth does not communicate with each other, and all things do not give birth, which is the great evil of the trifecta. Only when the qi of heaven and earth intersect, can all things grow and the world prosper. That's the big luck. This enlightens us that we must learn to communicate when doing things. The ancients clouded "The stone of his mountain can attack jade." ”
Heaven and earth communicate, and all things can grow. When people communicate with each other, society will be full of vitality. Communication is a broad usage, such as when we read and study, but also a kind of communication and dialogue. Therefore, no matter how we behave and do things, we should not limit ourselves to our own "small universe", we must communicate with family and friends, communicate with the ancients, communicate with people of different ages, and communicate with nature. Only in this way will our world be fuller and more colorful.
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In "Zhou Yi", it is said: There is no peace, no return, no hardship and no blame.
Those who do not turn into hills without flat land, those who do not go and do not come back, should adhere to purity in the midst of hardships and hardships, and there will inevitably be good results.
The first two sentences say that the world changes all the time, and the flat land will become a hillside at some point. That is to say, although the hardships and hardships of life cannot be avoided, they can be transformed into a flat road.
The I Ching allows us to maintain patience and chastity in the midst of hardships and hardships, and in doing so we will surely have good results. Coincidentally, the Analects record that Confucius was trapped and had run out of food, and he told his disciples that "gentlemen are poor, and villains are poor." "A gentleman is in a difficult situation, can insist on himself, survive the past, while the villain does not know how to adhere to the principle, and when he encounters difficulties, he will only defect and escape."
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In the Zhou Yi, it is said: The bend of the inchworm is to seek faith. The sting of the dragon and the snake to survive also.
The body of a small insect such as a ruler is bent in order to elongate; a thing like a dragon snake, the body is to lie dormant, so that it can continue to survive. This means that for future development, you may wish to temporarily grievance and accumulate strength by the way.
"Zhou Yi" sees the ups and downs of life in the rise and fall of the world from the animals such as inchworms and dragons and snakes. As the saying goes, no one has a thousand days, and no flower has a hundred days of red. People can't be permanently beautiful, and of course, they can't be unlucky all their lives. This requires us to be able to flex and stretch, to learn to bend and stretch in hardship, and to learn to sting in danger, just as animals hibernate to avoid the cold winter. If you can do this, even if you are in deep trouble, there will be no danger.
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In the "Zhou Yi", it is said: A gentleman condenses his life in the right position.
People have not only a destiny, but also a mission. Positive condensation refers to the right position, finding your own direction, and condensing your strength to complete your mission.
Orthopedic concentration includes two aspects, one is to put the posture and concentrate the mind, and to be impartial, with a thick and upright appearance, which is used as a metaphor for the mentality and posture in meditation. Zeng Guofan once set up a twelve-point meditation for himself: every day, no matter when, meditate for four moments, and concentrate on life in the right position, such as the town of Ding.
The second is to stand in the right position with mindfulness and righteousness, gather strength, do things steadily, and complete their mission. This is our attitude and meaning of doing things, each of us should be in the right position, gather strength, and complete the mission of life on our own.
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