The I Ching. Kun Gua. Xiang Chuan Yun: "The terrain is kun, and the gentleman carries things with thick virtue."
This is the high degree of Confucius's outline for The Kungua, which is usually quoted by the world along with the Xiangchuan of Qiangua, "Tianxingjian, a gentleman who strives for self-improvement".
Because generations of literati and inkers are accustomed to quoting, these two elephant biographies written by Confucius for The Two Trigrams of Qiankun have become famous quotes.
I always weakly doubt one point: although these two famous sayings are frequently quoted, can they be correctly understood by the public by leaving aside the Qiankun and Liang gua of the I Ching?
About "Tianxingjian, a gentleman with self-improvement" has been explained in detail in the previous article, this one shares the understanding of the boiling history asked about "terrain Kun, gentleman with thick virtue". Reading The Qiangua, you not only understand the I Ching, but also confucian culture
Everything has to start with the words of Qiangua and the words of Liu Yao.
Kun Gua Gua Gua Words:
Kun: Yuan Heng, Li Mu Ma Zhi Zhen. A gentleman has a longing, first a fan, then a winner, and a profit. Southwest Depeng, Northeast Mourning Friend, An Zhenji.
Kun, that is, the earth.
The earth will always be the beginning, prosperous, as soft as a mare and adhere to the right path.
Such a meek gentleman who tirelessly tries to pursue something other than the right path can easily go astray. However, if you follow the master or adult who is guiding the direction, then this is the most advantageous.
In a word, it can be summarized as follows: There are gentlemen like Kunde, who are not suitable for leadership, and are the best candidates to follow the leadership.
So what is kunde?
In a word: the earth will always be the beginning, prosperous, as supple as a mare and adhere to the right path.
In order to understand the words well, we need to understand the words of the Six Words of the Three Trigrams.
On the sixth day of the first year, frost and ice.
Carelessness: On the sixth day of the first year, stepping on the slight frost, you should know that the solid ice is about to appear.
Literally, the frost of late autumn has fallen under your feet, which means that the cold of deep winter is coming.
Since the harsh winter is coming, it means that the necessary preparations should be made for the deep winter.
From the point of view of the words, this is the point, see the micro- understanding, when the feet are stepping on the late autumn white frost, you should make the necessary preparations for the deep winter.
This is the focus of the sixth grade of the first year.
Sixty-two, straight side is large, not used to no disadvantage.
In the eyes of the ancients, the heavens are round, as big as the earth, straight and large, upright, tolerant of all things, nurturing all things, and square behavior, then even if it is not false study and study, it can be naturally obtained, and everything is not disadvantageous.
There is a prerequisite for this realm of not being accustomed to it, and this prerequisite is to be well versed in the way of "walking on frost and solid ice".
Six three, including Chapter Kezhen. Or from the king's business, nothing will end.
Liu San emphasized that Tao Guang cultivated obscurity, and implied obscurity in front of the king, and any merit and achievement were given to the king. This is the way of the courtiers, and having such a way of courtiers and serving the king will eventually achieve something.
Why did it jump directly from "not accustomed to no profit" to the realm of "containing chapters and being virtuous"?
On the one hand, this is because of the factors of the layout of the words, and more importantly, because: to give up the credit in hand and the benefits that are at hand, which requires great courage, and it is impossible to go through the tempering of "June 2".
June Fourth, inclusive, blameless and unprofessional.
This is an upgraded version of "containing chapters and being virtuous", which not only needs to contain the beauty of chapters and cultivate obscurity, but also needs to be like a tight sac, secluded, cautious in words and deeds.
Only in this way can we avoid harm even if we are not praised.
Six five, yellow clothes, yuan ji.
It is auspicious to be able to perform the same duties as the earth and the garment, and to be humble to others.
裳, ancient costume tops and bottoms, dry for clothes, for the king's way, Kun for the clothes, for the subjects, so the clothes symbolize the ability of Kun de to be humble to treat people.
On the sixth, the dragon fights in the wild, and its blood is yellow.
After experiencing the "Six-Five, Yellow Dress, Yuanji", yin was extremely prosperous, trying to turn the yang, so he fought with the dragon in the wild, and the result was that both sides were defeated, and his blood was yellow: the blood of the heavenly blue and yellow.
With six, Li Yongzhen.
The completely different development direction from the "Upper Six" is that the combination of rigidity and softness is conducive to forever maintaining the path of heaven and earth.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > can now sum up the six yao of Kun Gua:</h1>
The starting point of the Kungua model is to see the micro-knowledge, and then to be as upright as the earth, to embrace all things, to nurture all things, and to act squarely.
On this basis, we need to pay special attention to Taoguang and obscure, and do not compete for any merit. Immediately after the need to further taoguang obscure, to tighten the mouth of the deep hidden, in order to avoid harm.
After entering the period of development, it is necessary to obey the way of the lord like the earth, and to be a corporal, so that you can seek good fortune.
After a long period of suppleness, we must pay attention to preventing the rash idea of soaring in the depths of our hearts, the reckless idea of the dragon fighting in the wild, and maintaining the right path of heaven and earth with rigidity and softness, which is the best practice.
From the perspective of Liu Yao, Kun Gua has always emphasized suppleness, emphasizing the same magnanimity and righteousness as the earth, which completely confirms the gua words "Yuan Heng, Li Mu Ma Zhen" - the earth will always be the beginning, prosperous, as soft as a mare and adhere to the right path.
Therefore, Confucius summed up Kun Gua as follows: Terrain Kun, gentlemen with thick virtue.
Combined with the words of gua and the words of the word, this sentence can be understood as: the earth has perfect kunde, and the gentleman should imitate the virtue of the earth, supplely adhere to the right path, and nourish all things endlessly.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > contemporary society is in a fast-paced era, trapped in fast-paced we often because of life or work and restlessness, the source of this emotion we are very clear, but how to resolve it? Kun Gua may have given us a good idea and direction, and Cook Shi asked his personal understanding as follows:</h1>
First of all, let yourself have the way of thinking of "walking on frost and solid ice to the end", so that you can make necessary psychological preparations and behavioral preparations for the "cold winter" in different periods;
Secondly, not to fight an unprepared battle, whether it is life or work, we need a period of loneliness that cannot be crossed, and we must survive this period of silence;
Moreover, when we have started a career, we still need to pay attention to adhering to low-key and forbearance, and avoid the situation of "the dragon fighting in the wild, its blood is yellow" to the greatest extent, of course, the "dragon" here may be our competitors, or it may be our unrealistic desires in our hearts, and even our own uncontrollable bad temper;
Finally, try to cultivate the mind and vision of "the terrain is kun, and the gentleman carries things with thick virtue".
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