This is the high tolerance of Confucius' outline of Kun Gua, which is usually quoted by the world as "Heaven is healthy and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement".
Because scholars of all ages are used to quoting, these two biographies written by Confucius for Gankun hexagrams have become famous sayings.
There is always a weak question: although these two famous sayings are frequently quoted, can they be correctly understood by the public without quoting the two hexagrams in the Book of Changes?
The "Heaven is powerful, and gentlemen strive for self-improvement" has been explained in detail in previous articles. This paper shares the history of cooking and asks about the understanding of "the terrain is vast, and a gentleman carries things with morality" When you read Gangua, you not only read Yijing, but also read Confucian culture.
Everything has to start with hexagrams and six hexagrams.
Kun gua gua ci:
Kun: Li, Zhizhen. A gentleman has friends, fans first, winners later and interests. Friends in the southwest, friends in the northeast, Zhen Ji.
Kun, the earth.
The earth will always be in the early Yuan Dynasty, full of prosperity, obedient and sticking to the right path.
Such a submissive gentleman can easily go astray if he tries to pursue something outside the right path. However, it is most beneficial if you follow the owner or adult who guides the direction.
In a word, hexagrams can be summarized as follows: Everyone has a gentleman like Kunde, who is not suitable to be a leader and is the best person to follow the leader.
So what is Kunde?
Bottom line: The earth will always be the beginning, prosperous, obedient like a mare, and stick to the right path.
In order to better understand hexagrams, we need to understand the hexagrams of Kun hexagrams.
On the sixth day, frost and ice.
On the sixth day, you should know that hard ice is about to appear when you step on the slight frost.
Literally, the first frost in late autumn is under your feet, which means that the cold in late winter is coming.
Since the severe winter is coming, it means making necessary preparations for the deep winter.
Judging from the wording, this is the point. Obviously, if you step on frost in late autumn, you should make necessary preparations for the end of winter.
This is the focus of the composition on the sixth day.
62. If a square is big, there is no harm in not learning.
In the eyes of the ancients, the sky is round, the earth is straight, upright, tolerant, nurturing and upright, so even if you don't study hard, you can naturally gain something and everything is good.
There is no harm in not learning, and this realm has a premise. This premise is to understand the way of "sticking frost through ice".
Six or three, including Zhang Kezhen. Or from the king, there is no end.
Sixty-three emphasizes keeping a low profile, holding the beauty of its seal in front of the king, and giving any credit and achievements to the king. This is the way of courtiers. With this way of courting and serving the king, you will eventually achieve something.
Why did you jump directly from "no learning and no profit" to the realm of "keeping chastity with chapters"?
On the one hand, it is because of the layout of the language, and more importantly, it takes great courage to give up the credit and easy-to-get benefits that have been gained. Without the "June 2" training, all this is impossible.
June 4th, bag, no regrets.
This is an upgraded version of Including Zhang Kezhen, which requires not only the beauty of composition, but also low-key, treading on thin ice and being cautious.
Only in this way, even if you are not praised, you can avoid injury.
65. Huang Shang was born in Yuanji.
Being in a high position, I am very lucky to be able to do my best and be humble to others like the earth and the petticoats.
Dress, a kind of ancient costume, is worn under the coat, which is dry for clothes, monarch and Kun for clothes and ministers, so the dress symbolizes that Kunde can be humble and treat others.
On the sixth day, the dragon fought in the wild, and the blood was mysterious yellow.
After the "Sixth Five-Year Plan, Huang Shang, Yuanji", the cathode was full, and it wanted to turn to Yang, so it fought against the dragon in the wild, resulting in both losses. His blood is mysterious yellow: sky blue and rehmannia blood.
Use number six, Li Yongzhen.
The development direction completely different from "Shang Liu" is to combine rigidity with softness, which is conducive to maintaining the chastity of heaven and earth forever.
Now, we can sum up the six concepts of Kun Gua: the starting point of Kun Gua mode is to see the micro-knowledge, and then we can be as upright, tolerant, nurturing and upright as the earth.
On this basis, we need to pay special attention to keep a low profile and strive for no results. Then we need to further hide our strength and hide ourselves as deeply as possible to avoid being hurt.
After entering the development period, we need to abide by the official road and respect the corporal as the earth in order to get good luck.
After a long period of obedience, we must pay attention to prevent the reckless thoughts from rising in our hearts. Combining rigidity with softness is the best way to maintain the right path between heaven and earth.
From the perspective of six hexagrams, Kun Gua always emphasizes softness and the generosity and integrity of the earth, which fully confirms the words in the hexagrams "Yuan Heng, the festival of Lima"-the earth will always be prosperous and smooth like a mare, and stick to the right path.
Therefore, Confucius summed up Kun hexagrams as: the terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with morality.
Combining divination with rhetoric, this sentence can be understood as: the earth has a perfect Kunde, and a gentleman should follow the virtue of the earth, meekly adhere to the right path, and nourish everything endlessly.
Contemporary society is in a fast-paced era. Trapped in a fast-paced society, we often feel uneasy and uneasy because of our life or work. We all know the source of this emotion, but how to resolve it? Kungu may have given us a good idea and direction. My personal understanding of the history of cooking is as follows: first, let myself have the thinking mode of "going through frost and ice" and make necessary psychological and behavioral preparations for the "cold winter" in different periods;
Secondly, if we don't fight an unprepared war, whether we live or work, we need an insurmountable period of loneliness and precipitation, and we must survive this period of silence;
Furthermore, when we have started our business, we still need to keep a low profile and avoid the situation of "enter the dragon, blood fans yellow" to the maximum extent. Of course, the "dragon" here may be our competitors, our unrealistic desires, or even our uncontrollable bad temper.
Finally, strive to cultivate the mind and vision of "the terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with morality".
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