䷶
abundant
Below the character "豐 (feng)" is the "bean" that holds the sacrifice during the sacrifice, and above is the "bean" full of ears of grain.
The original meaning of the word "abundance" refers to the abundance of sacrifices.
01 Speak the text of the word
Let's start with the hexagrams. "Feng: Heng, Wang fakes, don't worry, it's advisable to be in the middle of the day. "The king is fake," that is, the king has come here. (For details, see "Family Hexagram": Wang Fake has a Home (click to jump); "Cui Hexagram": Wang Fake has a temple (click to jump)) "Don't worry, it is advisable to be in the middle of the day", that is, there is no need to worry, (the sacrifice) should be held at noon in the middle of the day.
"Elephant Biography": Thunder and lightning are coming, abundant. The gentleman was sentenced to prison. The hexagram of "Feng" is separation ☲, which is fire and lightning, and the upper hexagram is earthquake ☳, which is the vibration of thunder. Therefore, the hexagram of "Feng" is thunder and lightning. "Breaking prison" is to judge a case and a prison lawsuit. "Inflicting punishment" means using punishment. From the hexagram of "Feng", it is associated that a gentleman should be like the power of "thunder" and the light of "electricity" to decide on cases and impose punishments.
"Biography": Feng, Daya. Bright to move, so abundant. The king is fake, and he is still great. Don't worry about the middle of the day, it is better to shine on the world. In the middle of the day, the moon is eclipse, the heavens and the earth are full and empty, and the news is in time, and the situation is in the hands of people? The situation is in the ghosts and gods? "Ming" is lightning, and "movement" is thunder. Therefore, it is said that the hexagram meaning of "Feng" is abundant and "big".
"The king is fake, and Shang Da is also" explained that the sacrificial scene where the king came in person must be a grand scene. "Don't worry, it's better to shine on the day, and it's better to shine on the whole world" explains that the reason why the sacrificial ceremony is held at noon in the middle of the day is because the sunlight at this time shines directly on the ground and can shine all over the world. Once the sun passes the middle of the day, it will turn westward, and once the moon is full, it will begin to eclipse.
The sun and moon are always moving in such a circular motion. "Even heaven and earth are full of profits and losses, and they will disappear and grow with time, so how can people live forever and how can countries continue to prosper? This is a warning that our strength is only temporary, and we must not be arrogant and arrogant.
Selected Literature
接着来看爻辞。
1) The ninth day of the first month: When you meet your partner, although you are not to blame, you will still have it. "Elephant Biography": Although there is no blame for ten years, there will be disasters after ten years. "Match" is written as "fat" in silk books. "Fat" means benevolent. "Meet its generous lord", that is, meet a benevolent monarch. "Even if you don't have any blame", it doesn't matter if you wait for ten days. The metaphor "calamity is also over ten days", and if it exceeds 10 days, there may be calamity. "There is still a place to go", and there is a reward when you go. "Shang" is a fake word for reward,
2) Sixty-two: Feng Qiqi, the day and the middle of the fight, to get suspicious, there is Fu Faruo, auspicious. "Elephant Biography": If there is Fu Faruo, the letter is also a will. "Abundance" is big. 蔀 [bù]" is a straw curtain that covers the top of the trellis to shield from the sun. "Seeing the Fight in the Day", it is so dark that you can see the Big Dipper in the noon sun. It's like a total solar eclipse. "Suspicious disease", at this time, it will be suspicious to do things. "If you have Fu Fa Ruo, auspicious", but if you can treat people with integrity, you can remove the cover, and the suspicious problem will heal itself and be auspicious. The metaphor "faith to send aspirations", that is, to carry forward its ambition with integrity.
"The Book of Poetry, Xiaoya, the Turn of October": The sun and the moon tell the murderer, don't do it. The four countries have no government and do not use their own goodness. If you eat in the other month, you will maintain it as usual. This day is eclipsed, why not Zang. 㷸㷸 seismic electricity, not 寧不令。 Hundreds of rivers are boiling, and the mountain mounds (broken) collapse. The high bank is the valley, and the deep valley is the mausoleum. Those who mourn the present, Hu is not punished.
Isn't the "Ye Ye earthquake and lightning" in "The Book of Songs, Xiaoya, and the Turn of October" the separation of the lower hexagram and the shock of the upper hexagram in "Feng"? And the "fighting in the middle of the day" in "Feng Hexagram" is not the "solar eclipse" mentioned in the "Book of Songs"? Astronomer Chen Zunfei believes that this poem is the earliest record of solar eclipses in literature. According to modern astronomical calculations, this happened in the sixth year of King Youyou of Zhou, that is, in 776 BC.
In addition, according to the "Chinese Zhou Language", in the second year of King Zhou You, there was a major earthquake in Shaanxi. The landslides cracked, the floods came, hundreds of rivers suddenly boiled, and the mountains collapsed in an instant. Boyang's father sighed: "Zhou will die!" But the ancients did not dare to openly rebel against the royal power, and could only express their dissatisfaction with the governance of the country through these abnormal celestial phenomena.
3) Ninety-three: Feng Qipei, see the sun in the middle of the day, fold its right humerus, no blame. "Elephant Biography": Feng Qipei, not a big thing. Fold its right humerus, and it will never be available. The original meaning of the word "Pei" is abundant rain, and it should be a fake word for "旆" here. 旆 [pèi] is a dovetail-shaped decoration at the end of the ribbon on the flag. "Feng Qi Yan", which means an overwhelming flag, covering the sky. This is a metaphor for the darkness of the government. The metaphor says "don't do great things", which means that the momentum is great, but in the end it can't be done. "沬" is an ambiguous word, which means dim and dim. "Seeing in the middle of the day", that is, in the middle of the day, the sky is darkened by the overwhelming flags, and only the light can be seen. This is a metaphor for the darkness of the government. The humerus is the upper part of the arm from the elbow to the shoulder. "Right" is because ninety-three is yang, the right is yang, and the left is yin. "Breaking his right humerus", that is, breaking off the right arm that is the main force. The metaphor is not available after all, that is, it cannot be done. This is a metaphor for the murder of the sage.
4) Ninety-four: Feng Qi Qi, Japan and China see the fight, meet its lord, auspicious. "Elephant Biography": Feng Qiqi, not the right place. Seeing the fight in the middle of the day, it is unknown. When you meet the lord of the Yi, Ji; The straw mats covering the trellis shade the sun so that the Big Dipper can be seen in the midday sun. The elephant said that this was the "inappropriate" position of the 94th Clan, so it caused "uncertainty". This is a metaphor for the reign of the faint king. "Meet its lord" and the ninth day of the first month, the meaning should be similar, and "yi" is the meaning of flat. "Encountering the lord of the emperor" means encountering a fair and just monarch. So auspicious.
5) Six-Five: Coming to the chapter, there is a celebratory reputation, auspicious. "Elephant Biography": The auspiciousness of the sixth and fifth years, there is a celebration. "Come to the chapter", someone sent a poem article. "Celebrated", that is, have a good reputation.
6) Upper six: Feng Qi house, Qi Qi home, Qi Qi household, Huang Qi no one, three years old, fierce. "Elephant Biography": Fengqi House, Sky Soaring. It is a household, and there is no one, and it is hidden. "Enrich its house, enrich its home", expand its house, and lay the mats in the living room. "Peeping at its door, 阒 [qù] its nobody", but peeking at its door, it is so empty that there is no human figure, and it is so silent that no human voice can be heard. "Three-year-old is not fierce, fierce". I didn't even see anyone come for three years. This shows that there is danger. Could it be that the family took refuge and fled due to the decline of the family road? The symbol "Soaring in the Sky", a huge bird soars in the sky and no one is seen. "Self-hiding" means that the family is hidden in the house.
Although "Feng Hexagram" is talking about abundance and grandeur, it warns us from beginning to end: Prosperity is only temporary, people will not live forever, and the country will not be prosperous forever, and we must not revel in the grand scene, let alone be proud and arrogant. When the faint monarch is in power, although the momentum covers the sky, it will not become a big thing after all. Like a solar eclipse, darkness is only temporary. However, under the rule of royal power, people only expect to meet a benevolent, fair and upright monarch, but they dare not think about how to "reform the old and make the new" and establish a new and better system.
——The above is based on Mr. Feng Shi's lecture notes