The 65th line of the I Ching's "Great Hexagram" is: "Ji Fu Jiaoru, Wei Ru, auspicious." "It mainly talks about the use of integrity to establish prestige. In order to further interpret this story, the following two historical stories are listed in order to vividly illustrate the philosophy.
"Dayou Hexagram" diagram
1. Detailed explanation of the six and five lines of "Dayou Hexagram".
I Ching "Dayou Hexagram" 65 words "Ji Fu Jiaoru, Wei Ru, auspicious." The "cohesion" in is an adverb of degree, which is equivalent to trying to do your best. "Fu" means integrity. "Tufu" means honesty and trustworthiness. "Such as" refers to the appearance and state. "Jiaoru" refers to the appearance of communication. "Weiru" refers to the appearance of prestige.
The meaning of this line is: to communicate with integrity, to show prestige, auspicious. In other words, it is very auspicious to establish prestige with integrity, and its effect is also very obvious. In order to further confirm the philosophy of this line, the following shares two stories of Zhuge Liang's integrity and prestige:
Second, Zhuge Liang kept his word and let the soldiers take vacations
This is a story that happened when Zhuge Liang was preparing to attack Longxi, when he ordered his men to count the soldiers and prepare for the expedition. At this time, Changshi Yangyi reported that there were now 40,000 people in the army who were on leave according to military regulations, and they should go back on vacation.
Zhuge Liang statue
If the ordinary leaders heard Yang Yi's words, they might ask the soldiers to put wartime first and not take a vacation for the time being, but Zhuge Liang agreed to let these soldiers go home on vacation on time. Just as the 40,000 men were packing their bags and preparing to leave, the Wei army suddenly attacked.
As soon as Yang Yi saw it, he suggested that the 40,000 people should be allowed to finish the battle before leaving. Zhuge Liang said: "Use soldiers to order generals, take faith as the foundation, gain profit and dishonesty, and the ancients regretted it." No matter how tight the military situation is, we can't break our promises. "When the soldiers saw this, they were a little hesitant.
Zhuge Liang said to them: "Your parents, wives and children are all leaning on the door, how can I leave you behind?
Zhuge Liang's film and television image
This story inspires us: we should be like Zhuge Liang, treat interpersonal interactions with the principle of honesty and trustworthiness, respect the superiors, be gentle with the subordinates, and move others with their own honesty and trustworthiness, so that others will also become honest and trustworthy, which will inevitably increase personal prestige.
3. Zhuge slashed the horse with tears
I believe that many readers know this story, and the following will be "integrity" as the main line, and then share this historical story:
It is said that Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan six times, outwitted the three counties, and defeated Cao Zhen, the governor of the Wei army, and the Wei State was shocked. Cao Rui, the lord of Wei, had no choice but to use Sima Yi again. Sima Yi sent troops and immediately won the victory, and the army approached the Shu army. Zhuge Liang, who knew the art of war, checked the military map and knew that the street pavilion was the throat of the Shu army, and if the street pavilion was lost, the throat of the entire Shu army would be choked, and the whole army would be endangered. Therefore, he was very cautious in the appointment of the street guards.
Zhuge Liang has a subordinate who joined the army, named Ma Tan, who is the same father and son as Zhuge Liang. Although he is only a shallow learner, he can speak well. He saw that Zhuge Liang was worried about the street pavilion guard, so he volunteered to go to the street pavilion. Zhuge Liang said that he was not competent, and Ma Jian actually made a military order, willing to guarantee the life of the whole family. Zhuge Liang saw that he was talking about the truth, and made a military order, so he had to send him there, in order to maintain stability, Zhuge Liang sent an old general Wang Ping as his deputy.
Zhuge Liang, who has clear rewards and punishments
Ma Tan took 25,000 elite soldiers to the street pavilion, and when he saw that the street pavilion was dangerous, he didn't believe that the Wei soldiers would go to the street pavilion. When arranging the formation, Ma Jian did not listen to Zhuge Liang's instructions in advance, and insisted on arranging the army on the mountain, Wang Ping said that it should be placed at the intersection of the mountains, and Ma Jian moved out of the "Art of War", quoting scriptures, and Wang Ping had nothing to say.
Wang Ping couldn't, so he had to lead part of the team, leave the mountain ten miles to the village, and send someone to report to Zhuge Liang. When Zhuge Liang heard the report, he was shocked: "Ma Jian is really talking on paper, I'm afraid it will inevitably be a disaster for Changping!"
Sure enough, Sima Yi's army came to the street pavilion and surrounded Ma Yan's army on the mountain. The army was surrounded, and the sergeants could not even drink a sip of water, so Ma Tan had to lead the troops down the mountain, and as a result, they were killed in pieces. Fortunately, Wei Yan and Wang Ping responded, and Ma Jian fled for his life.
The street pavilion was lost, and Zhuge Liang's entire army was in danger. It's a pity that Zhuge Liang was cautious all his life, and at this time, in the face of Sima Yi's army, he had to get out of the dangerous chess and perform the empty city plan that has been passed down through the ages, but fortunately, he deceived the treacherous and cunning Sima Yi with his composure and wit, which made the army retreat to Hanzhong smoothly.
Zhuge Liang's army returned to Hanzhong, Ma Jian knew that his sin was inevitable, knelt in front of the tent, and hoped that the prime minister would be pardoned. Some generals also interceded for Ma Yan, Zhuge Liang said: "Sun Wu can win the world, because the law is strict, now the world is strife, if there is no clear law and severe punishment, how can the army be unified to fight?"
So, with tears in his eyes, Zhuge Liang asked Ma Jian to push out and behead him. Zhuge Liang beheaded Ma Tan, and at the same time thought that he was not using people properly and should be punished, so he wrote to the lord and asked to degrade himself to the post of prime minister. This historical story illustrates the importance of "integrity" in both positive and negative ways:
Zhuge tears and slashes the portrait of the horse
First, Zhuge Liang abided by the common sense that there was no joke in the army, and endured the pain to behead his beloved disciple Ma Jian in order to clearly order military discipline and further establish his own prestige; second, it was Ma Jian who talked about the army on paper, because he did not abide by his promise and made mistakes in arming defenses without authorization, which not only led to the loss of military important places and put the Shu army in danger, but also buried his own life because of his dishonesty.
Fourth, the life enlightenment of historical stories
The six or five lines of the I Ching's "Great Hexagram" and the story of Zhuge Liang's insistence on honesty inspire people: rewards and punishments are clear and serious, and there is no favoritism, even if the rewards and punishments are inappropriate, they will have a more positive effect. On the contrary, if the rewards and punishments are not clear, and the rewards and punishments are arbitrarily rewarded and punished with personal feelings, they are harmful.
It is precisely because of Zhuge Liang's governance of the country and the army, and the clear rewards and punishments, that there is a situation in which Shu and Wei and Wu divide the world. In a modern society that stresses the legal system, we must all the more take the law as the criterion, enforce the law seriously, and distinguish rewards and punishments clearly, so that the people can be convinced. Otherwise, it will be difficult to move an inch.
Bronze statue of Zhuge Liang
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