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Chinese traditional culture has a long history and has influenced the development of the people at the bottom of China for thousands of years. What numbers indicate auspiciousness in traditional Chinese culture? In fact, it is neither 6 nor 8, the numbers of auspiciousness have their own words, how should we know them?
(Chinese Character Numbers)
1. Which numbers are auspicious?
If you want to talk about the most auspicious number, it may be "nine", nine first appeared on the oracle bone inscription, it can be seen that it has a long history, in the "Book of Changes" there is such a sentence, "The first nine, the hidden dragon should not be used." Others think, "Because of its yang, it is called nine." Therefore, nine is a very auspicious number in traditional culture.
In the view of "Zhou Yi", the yang is nine, which represents the yang. China pays attention to the harmony of yin and yang, believing that only heaven and man are one, and the human body, everything in the world pays attention to the word yin and yang, which is a balance between man and time. Yang is often seen as a positive influence and effect, so the yang represented by nine is a very auspicious number.
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Nine is sometimes used as an imaginary number, such as the "Nine Orders of the Princes" in the "Historical Records", which refers to many orders to the princes, and the Tang Dynasty praised virtue, which is also said to be "nine virtues." "Therefore, nine is a positive number," nine, the number of yang, and the outline of the Tao. "The way of heaven is based on nine systems. ”
Nine is also used in our daily life, such as the Double Ninth Festival in early September, as well as the 19th and 29th, which are used to indicate the season, which shows that "nine" has long been in our daily life. We often say that ninety-nine is one, and we can see the auspicious meaning of the number nine.
(Nine-nine-nine)
In addition to nine, there is also "one", all say "one life two, two give birth to three, three give birth to all things", one is the root of everything, is the starting point of the universe, all things in the universe are actually born from the "one", that is, the so-called "Tao", in the Taoist classics, one also has the meaning of new life and perfection.
"But in the beginning, the Tao stands in one, divides the heavens and the earth, and turns into all things. All that belongs to one is from one. ", "Dongting One Lake" and so on, all express the auspicious meaning of one. Not to mention that many idioms contain one, but also rich in the meaning of good wishes, smooth sailing, a word, a talent, etc., these actually reflect the blessing of numbers.
(Hajime Michisei)
If one is among them, then three is also an auspicious number, after all, it is "three begets and all things". In our daily life, three is more of a virtual word. But in traditional culture, the status of three is higher, we often say "three kings", "three emperors", "three clear", "three qi" and so on, in Taoist thought, heaven and earth qi are also three.
Therefore, when it comes to auspicious numbers, many of them are debatable in our traditional Chinese culture. So why are the six and eight, which everyone likes very much now, not really auspicious numbers? You must know that "Six Six Shun" and "Eight Directions to Wealth" are all representatives of Geely.
(Auspicious numbers)
2. Why are "six" and "eight" not auspicious numbers?
First of all, in the hexagram of the Book of Changes, the yin is called "six." The book wrote, "On the sixth day of the first month, the frost is hard and icy. "It can be seen that the meaning of six in the hexagram is not good." "If you explain it, if you calculate the hexagram with six, it is yin, if you are divining a certain thing, maybe the result of this thing is not good."
If it is a marriage, then it may not be a positive relationship. After all, what no one wants to do is not favored, and six is not a good hexagram in the hexagram. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" said, "will change in six", that is, "six" is a yin number, is a change, the so-called "six is the change of yin, nine is the change of yang." ”
(Yinya)
If nine is the number of the most yang in everyone's opinion, then six is also the number of the most yin. Once the hexagram touches six and nine, it will definitely change. For example, in "Dry Chisel Degree", it is said, "Ninety-six is change." So from the perspective of hexagrams, from the perspective of traditional culture, six is not a real auspicious number.
And "eight" is not an auspicious number recognized by everyone, because eight is also a yin number in the "Book of Changes", "I Ching" says, "Yin is more than eight", so if eight appears in the hexagram, it can be said that the yin is more authentic. Moreover, the original meaning of "eight" is separate, and from the perspective of the glyph structure, "eight" is like dividing something into two halves.
(Bagua)
Because "eight" and half "points" are cognate relationships, for example, it is mentioned in "Wenyuan", "Eight, divided into two tones, the real text is the same word." Later, Gao Hongjin's "Chinese Character Examples" further proved that the original meaning of "eight" is the meaning of separation, which is to express separation with pictograms, and later generations borrowed the number "eight" to refer to it.
So from the current point of view, "eight" is the meaning of "separation", although now, eight is used as a number for most of the time, but still some people think that eight has the meaning of parting. Coupled with the meaning of yin in the Book of Changes, many people believe that eight is not an auspicious meaning.
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From these two perspectives, whether it is six or eight, it is not an auspicious number, but in fact, in modern society, it is these two numbers that have been endowed with many beautiful meanings. Everyone thinks that "six six major shun" and "eight directions come to wealth", which is also because the pronunciation of eight is similar, so everyone bets their best wishes on the body of "eight".
Moreover, words are given meaning with human use, and if human beings do not use this Chinese character, it does not matter whether it is a good meaning or a bad meaning. And six and eight, although they seemed unlucky in the past, in modern people's use, these two are auspicious numbers, and people are more keen to use them.
(Fortune from all directions)
3. "Four" and "seven" turned out to be auspicious numbers?
Chinese who are keen on homophonic terriers often think that "four" is an unlucky number, because "four" and "death" are pronounced closely, and many people are very taboo about this. Even many real estate projects will skip "four" directly, change it to "triple A" or directly change it to "five".
In fact, four is also our traditional Chinese auspicious number, such as what we often say "four beauty", "four constants", "four seasons of wealth" and so on. Four in the Book of Changes refers to "the shape of a quarter." All the genus of the four are from the four. "The direction is divided into four directions, and heaven and earth are also divided into four directions, so four is actually a traditional auspicious number, as well as "four heavenly kings", "four beauties" and the like.
In fact, all this just proves that four is not an unlucky number.
(Four Seasons Fortune)
Some people say that "seven" is "qi", and it is often used with four, saying that it is "angry with you." "This is obviously a no-brainer, because seven is a very auspicious number in all respects. "Shuowen Jie Zi" believes that seven, the yang is also positive, and the yin and yang family believes that seven is the dividing line from yang to yin.
For example, after a person dies, there are the first seven and the full seven, and the first seven means that the deceased will return to the place where he was alive on the seventh day after death. After the full seven is forty-nine days, the soul of the deceased is completely dissipated. In our traditional Chinese culture, seven is the harmony of yin and yang and the five elements, which is also the state of harmony called by Confucianism.
At the same time, seven also symbolizes goodness and beauty, and in Western culture, seven is also auspicious. So the number seven itself is auspicious, but it is not a homonym that annoys you.
As can be seen from the above, in fact, each number has its own auspicious method. The meaning of numbers is given by humans, so as soon as we think those numbers are auspicious, we start to make a difference. In fact, numbers are just numbers, and what we should do for ourselves is the most important thing, rather than indulging in digital culture.
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