Every living individual is The One
Traditional culture allows each of us to have our own barcodes
Or look up at the stars, or look down at the geography, or taste the five sounds and five colors...
We are among them.
Perhaps, this is the unity of heaven and man.
<h1>Zodiac signs and genus</h1>
Zodiac signs, also known as the twelve phases. Xiang genus, which people today have become accustomed to call "genus phase".
The mysterious and erudite mathematicians of ancient China took twelve kinds of animals to match twelve branches: the son is a rat, the ugly is a cow, the yin is a tiger, the 卯 is a rabbit, The Tatsu is a dragon, the mi is a snake, the noon is a horse, the sheep is not a sheep, The Shen is a monkey, the unitary is a chicken, the 戌 is a dog, and the Hai is a pig.
To this day, we take people born in a certain year, just like a certain thing, such as a child born in the year of the zodiac, ugly year of the zodiac cow, so the name - zodiac.
According to the research of Zhao Yi, a great historian of the Qing Dynasty, the theory of the twelve phases of belonging began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it seems that the Han Dynasty did not say anything before. (The Examination of the Rest of the Heavens, vol. XXXIV)
Among the documents that can be seen today, the Eastern Han Dynasty Wang Chong's "On Balance" in the "Material Potential" and "Speech Poison" chapters talk about the four elephants (Eastern Canglong, Northern Xuanwu, Western White Tiger, Southern Suzaku) and the Twelve Zodiac Signs.
<h1>Twelve, the great number of heavens</h1>
To discuss specific genera, it is first necessary to understand that twelve is an inherent "number" that cannot be ignored.
The "Left Biography" records the seventh year of the lamentation:
The king of Zhou also made ceremonies, and the upper things were only twelve, thinking that the number of heavens was also great.
In astronomy from ancient times to the present, the universe is divided into twelve times— dividing the ecliptic into twelve equal parts to correct each solar term.
The star, or Jupiter, moves once a year, about twelve years a week, called the Izumi.
At the age of one year, the twelve suns and moons will be in the east, called the twelve days.
Beidou pointed to determine the month, and there were twelve more buildings.
There are twelve stars in the sky,
There are twelve fields on the ground,
The sons of the Yellow Emperor were divided into twelve surnames
The Son of Heaven should marry twelve daughters
Chinese medicine also has twelve meridians, twelve viscera, and twelve genera
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Bone dagger unearthed in Hemudu
<h1>Chickens sing unitary songs</h1>
The branches of heaven and earth, the five elements of yin and yang, weave a network of symbols with deep cultural meaning.
The unitary chicken belongs to Yang, which belongs to gold in the five elements, the orientation belongs to the west, and the bagua belongs to the hui gua.
Let's start with the directions.
Sub (rat) noon (horse), table due north and south.
On the western stone railing of the Di'anmen Bridge, there are rats carved; on the side of the Zhengyang Gate, there are horses.
卯 (rabbit) 酉 (chicken), for the sun and moon gate, indicates the heavenly gate due east and west.
The unitary chicken, along with the Shen monkey and the dog, belongs to the West.
Chickens, which belong to the True West.
Let's look at the time.
Unitary chicken, in August. why?
The August day is called unitary, the unitary is also, and the time and things are all shrunk. (Jin Shu Le Zhi Shang)
Unitary, 綇, has the meaning of contraction and convergence. Because the August of the lunar calendar has come to autumn.
Corresponding to the white dew and autumn equinox in the twenty-four solar terms.
A little more specific time: unitary time, five to seven o'clock, the chickens begin to return home.
Chicken crying, in ancient times, was the time when the gate of the pass was opened, so there was an opportunity for chicken and dog thieves to show their skills.
Look up at the heavens
The Twenty-Eight Stars are equipped with twenty-eight species of animals, which correspond to the Twelve Earth Branches.
Unitary corresponds to the Western Seven Lodges: Stomach Pheasant, Pleiades Chicken and Bi Yue Wu.
Respecting heaven, Fengtian, and Fatian, first know the influence of the "great number of heavens" so that we can position ourselves in traditional culture and slowly navigate.