laitimes

【Traditional Culture】"I Ching" selects the essence of 64 sentences, and every sentence is a heavenly opportunity

author:Qin Chu issue number

@秦楚刊号

Please pay attention to the next issue.

【Traditional Culture】"I Ching" selects the essence of 64 sentences, and every sentence is a heavenly opportunity

1. Tianxingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement

Translation: The way of heaven is constantly running, and a gentleman should follow the way of heaven, and he must strive for self-improvement and hard work.

Life lies in hard work, struggle and self-improvement.

2. The terrain is kun, and the gentleman carries things with virtue

Translation: The terrain is good, and a gentleman should imitate the thickness of the earth to contain all things.

Character is a person's most valuable wealth, and people can conquer everything only with their own thick character. Like the earth, the earth carries all things, but it never complains.

3. Do not use the hidden dragon

Translation: Like a lurking dragon, when the ability or timing is not enough, don't act rashly, you need to lurk and recharge.

4. The flying dragon is in the sky, and it is beneficial to see the adult

Translation: Like a dragon soaring in the sky, it is conducive to the people of great virtue and the establishment of a grand cause.

Those who are interested in accomplishing meritorious deeds should go to meet adults to fulfill their ambitions.

5. It is not easy to be in the world, and it is not famous

Translation: Your will will will not be changed by the world, and you will not achieve a career for the sake of fame.

6. There is no boredom in the world, and there is no boredom when you don't see it

Translation: Hide in the world and not feel depressed, and not be recognized by the world and not feel depressed.

7. Happiness is done, and worry is violated

Translation: There is a way in the world, and when I think my heart is happy, I see it and do something, and if there is no way in the world, I think my heart is worried, so I hide and do nothing.

8. Be at the top without being arrogant, and at the bottom without worrying

Translation: Be in a higher position and not be proud, and be in a lower position without sorrow.

9. The belief of mediocre words, the prudence of mediocre deeds, the sincerity of idleness and evil, and the good world without cutting down

Translation: Always be faithful in your words, always be cautious in your actions, guard against evil and not let it invade your heart, preserve your sincerity in your heart, and contribute to the world without boasting about your virtues.

10. It is in harmony with heaven and earth, with heaven and earth, with the sun and moon, with the four seasons, and with ghosts and gods

Translation: Virtue should be like heaven and earth covering all things, holy light should shine on the earth like the sun and moon, action should be as regular and orderly as the alternation of the seasons, and good and evil should be as good as ghosts and gods.

11. In the house of goodness, there will be afterglow, and in the house of inadequacy, there will be aftermath

Translation: The house of accumulating virtue and doing good deeds will be auspicious and will be good for the descendants, and the family of those who accumulate evil and evil will be affected by the disasters for the descendants.

12. The gentleman respects the inside and the righteousness outside

Translation: In terms of inner cultivation, a gentleman is single-minded and free of distractions in his heart, and in terms of external performance, he handles things straightforwardly and appropriately.

13. Heaven and earth are closed, and the sages are hidden

Translation: When heaven and earth are closed, it is also a time when the sage is hidden.

14. To be upright, the holy merit is also

Translation: A child needs to be nourished and maintain an innocent and pure character, which is a feat that can only be accomplished by a saint.

15. I begged Tong Meng, and Tong Meng begged me;

Translation: It's not that I ask for a child, it's a child who asks for me. The first time I asked, I always answered all the questions, and if I asked again and again without being polite, I would not answer.

16、君子以作事谋始

Translation: A gentleman should straighten out all kinds of relationships before he starts doing things, and put an end to all kinds of disputes and troubles.

17. A gentleman overcomes difficulties with frugality and virtue, and cannot be honored

Translation: When heaven and earth are not handed over, and there is no communication between the upper and lower levels, a gentleman should carry forward frugality to avoid disasters, and should not be glorified by eunuchs.

18. The gentleman distinguishes things by the class

Translation: A gentleman should classify all things and distinguish them.

19. A gentleman promotes good by curbing evil and retiring his life

A gentleman should restrain evil, promote goodness, and conform to the good will of God.

20. The way of heaven is profitable and humble, the earth is profitable and humble, the ghosts and gods are harmful and blessed, and the humanity is evil and humble

Translation: The way of heaven detracts from the full and increases the insufficient, the earth becomes full and the flow is low, the ghosts and gods are full of evils and blessings and humble, humanity hates arrogance and likes to be humble.

21. Zhongzheng views the world

Translation: Observe this society and the world with an unbiased attitude.

22, the new virtue

Translation: Every day I improve my morality.

23. Heaven and earth nourish all things, saints nourish virtuous, and all peoples

Heaven and earth nurture all things, and the sages, as rulers, nurture the people by nurturing the sages.

24. A gentleman cultivates virtue with reflexivity

When a gentleman suffers hardships and obstacles, he should seek self-reliance and strengthen his moral cultivation.

25. In the middle of the day, the moon is eclipsed, the heaven and the earth are empty, and the news is in time

Translation: The sun will move west at noon, the moon will be in deficit when it is full, and the changes between heaven and earth will occur with the changes of time.

26. A gentleman will move if he sees goodness, and change if he has a fault

Translation: When a gentleman sees a good thing, he immediately does it, and if he has a mistake, he immediately corrects it.

27. A gentleman teaches as a friend

Translation: A gentleman should talk to his friends about unclear truths and learn unfamiliar things.

28. Slow hiding and stealing, smelting and prostitution

Translation: If you are not careful, you will be asked to steal it. A woman dresses up too glamorously, which is tantamount to seducing people to tease herself.

29. The book is not exhaustive, and the words are not exhaustive

Translation: Words cannot fully write the meaning that words can express, and words cannot fully express the meaning of the mind.

30. The world has the same end but different paths, the same and a hundred considerations

Translation: People all over the world have different paths, but they all end up the same, and people have different thoughts, but the final result is the same.

31. Virtue is thin and respectful, wisdom is small and big, strength is small and heavy, and it is rare

Translation: Morality is shallow but the position is honorable, wisdom is small and plans for great things, strength is small but bears heavy responsibilities, and there are few who do not suffer from calamity.

32. A gentleman will not be flattering, and he will not be blasphemous

Translation: A gentleman does not flatter and curry favor with a person of high status, and does not despise or despise a person of low status.

33. If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be able to do it for a long time

Translation: When we encounter poverty, we must learn to change, and if we change, we will be able to reach it, and if we are able to reach it, we will be able to do it for a long time.

34. A gentleman enters morality and cultivates

Translation: Improve moral cultivation and expand meritorious achievements.

35, Kang Long has regrets, and he can't last long

Translation: The dragon will regret flying too high, because it will not last long after it is full.

36. Good is not enough to become famous, and evil is not enough to perish.

Translation: Without the accumulation of good deeds is not enough to achieve good fame, and without the accumulation of evil deeds is not enough to destroy oneself.

37. The gentleman hides in his body and waits for the time to move, why is there any disadvantage?

Translation: A gentleman has a talent and a weapon, waiting for the opportunity to act, where is there any disadvantage?

38. The bend of the inchworm is to seek faith, and the sting of the dragon and snake is to survive.

Translation: The inchworm caterpillar retracts its body to stretch, and the dragon serpent hibernates to preserve itself.

39. The world has the same end but different paths, the same and a hundred considerations.

Translation: All things in the world have the same goal but different ways, and the truth is the same and there are a hundred kinds of thinking.

40. If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful, and if you are general, you will be long.

Translation: When things develop at the extreme, they will change, and if they change, they will open up and unimped, and they will survive for a long time.

41. Rigidity and softness push each other, and change in it.

Translation: Masculine and feminine go hand in hand, and change is in it.

42. Those who are helped by heaven are obedient, and those who are helped by men believe in them.

Translation: The object of divine assistance is those who obey the way of heaven and earth, and the object of human assistance is those who pay attention to the way of integrity.

43. Labor is not felling, merit is not virtuous, and it is thick.

Translation: It is a very generous attitude to work hard without boasting about oneself, and to have merit without thinking that one is meritorious.

44. The two of them are of one heart, and their profits are gold;

Translation: Two people can have the same mind, just as a sharp sword can cut through metal, and words with the same mind are as fragrant as an orchid.

45, Lotte knows his fate, so it is not good.

Translation: Happy to know his destiny, so there is nothing to worry about.

46. Looking up at astronomy and looking down at geography is the reason why we know the darkness.

Translation: Looking up at the sun, moon and stars in the heavens, and looking down on the earth, mountains, rivers, and fields, one can know all kinds of things that are hidden and revealed.

47. Clusters are clustered by likeness, and things are grouped by groups.

Translation: All kinds of things are gathered according to categories, and all things are divided into different groups according to categories.

48. Heaven and earth are humble, and the universe is fixed; the humble and high are in Chen's position, and the noble and lowly are in the position; the movement is constant, and the rigidity and softness are broken.

Translation: When the sky is high above and the earth is under people's feet, the position of heaven and earth represented by Qiankun is determined; when the list of those under people's feet and those who are high above are listed, the status of the superior and the inferior is arranged; when motion and stillness are regular, masculinity and femininity are clearly separated.

49. When it stops, it stops, when it does, it does not lose its time, and its way is bright.

Translation: The current situation requires that it be stopped, and the current situation requires action to act, whether it is moving or being still, it does not violate the appropriate timing, and the future is bright.

50. Profit and loss, go with the times.

Translation: The derogation and gain of things change with time.

51. Do not perpetuate its virtue, or accept shame.

If you don't maintain virtue for a long time, you will suffer humiliation from others.

52. The sun and the moon can shine for a long time, the four seasons can change and become for a long time, and the saint can be formed for a long time in the world.

Translation: The sun and the moon can shine on the world forever by following the path of heaven, the four seasons change repeatedly and can permanently generate all things, and the saints will always maintain good morals, and the world can follow the teachings and form beautiful customs.

53. Rigidity and softness are intertwined, astronomy is also, civilization ends, and humanity is also. Observe astronomy to observe the changes of time, and observe humanity to transform the world.

Translation: The intermingling of robustness and softness is the literary brilliance of God, and the splendid and righteous articles are the literary brilliance of human beings. By observing the literature of the heavens, we can know the law of the changes of the four seasons, and by observing the literature of mankind, we can promote the education of the world.

54. Civilization is healthy, righteous and upright, and a gentleman is upright.

Translation: Civilized and strong in nature, righteous and in harmony with each other, this is the pure virtue of a gentleman.

55. The gentleman respects the inside with the straight, the righteousness with the outside, and the righteousness is upright and the virtue is not lonely.

Translation: A gentleman is respectful and upright in heart, and behaves appropriately and dignified in appearance, and if he is respectful and behaves appropriately, he will spread his virtues without isolation.

56. There will be more than celebration in the house of goodness, and there will be more than disaster in the house of bad things.

Translation: A family that accumulates good deeds will inevitably leave behind many good fortunes, and a family that accumulates evil deeds will inevitably leave behind many calamities.

57. A gentleman learns to gather, asks to discern, is wide to live, and benevolent to act.

A gentleman accumulates knowledge through study, discerns truth through discussion, occupies an appropriate position with a broad mind, and does all things with a loving heart.

58. A gentleman enters virtue and cultivates his profession - he is faithful, so he enters virtue;

Translation: A gentleman should enhance virtue and practice meritorious deeds – if he is faithful and faithful, he will increase his virtues, and if he embellishes his words out of the sincerity of his heart, he will retain his merits.

59. Change is not lived, the flow is six voids, the top and bottom are impermanent, the rigidity and softness are easy, not the pawn, but the change is adaptable.

Translation: Change runs and never stops, flows between the six lines, there is no fixed standard between the upper and lower exchanges, the masculine and feminine are easier for each other, you can't be attached to any classical norms, only change is the law that suits it.

60. The way of establishing the sky is called yin and yang, the way of establishing the earth is called softness and rigidity, and the way of establishing people is benevolence and righteousness.

Translation: The truth of heaven has two aspects: yin and yang, the truth of the earth has two aspects, and the truth of man has two aspects: benevolence and righteousness.

61. A gentleman is benevolent enough to grow up, Jiahui is enough to be courteous, good is enough to be righteous and righteous, and chaste is enough to do things.

Translation: If a gentleman uses benevolence as the ontology, he can be the leader of the people, if he seeks a good rendezvous, he will be in accordance with courtesy, if he is beneficial, he will be in accordance with righteousness, and if he adheres to discipline, he can do good things.

62. The husband is also quiet, and his movement is also straight, and he is born with greatness. Fu Kun, its quiet is also beautiful, and its movement is also clear, and it is to be born with a wide range of people

Translation: When you are at rest, you are single-minded, and you move all the way forward, so you can be born. Kun is closed when it is stationary, and it opens when it moves, so it can be widely born.

63. The gentleman's residence is to observe its image and play its words, and to move is to observe its changes and play with its occupation.

Translation: A gentleman usually looks at the image of the hexagram when he has nothing to do, and plays with the words of the image, and when he has action, he looks at the changes of the hexagram and plays with the occupancy of the hexagram.

64. A gentleman is too respectful in his deeds, too mourning in mourning, and too frugal in his use

Translation: A gentleman can be too small in life, too respectful to others, too sad in mourning, and too frugal in his use.

Read on