Origin Chapter 102: Explain the Way of Heaven
"No hope at all?" Wang Xinran asked.
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "To answer these three questions, two conditions must be met. First, you must know the yin and yang gossip, you must know what each hexagram represents, and then you must be fully aware of the Tao of Heaven, the Tao of the Earth, and the Tao of Humanity. understanding and perception.”
"What do you lack in these two conditions?" Wang Xinran asked.
"I'm short of everything," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head with a wry smile, "Although my master is a Taoist, he only taught me and my senior brother about things like yin and yang, five elements, and gossip deduction, and he doesn't want us to come into contact with him. This kind of thing, after all, is now a scientific society, indulging in divination will be slandered and criticized by the public, and he wants us to live the life of ordinary people.”
Seeing Wu Zhongyuan's depression, Wang Xinran said with relief, "Don't frown, I have a solution."
Wu Zhongyuan tilted his head to look at her.
Wang Xinran took out her mobile phone and started taking pictures, "We have an advanced computer system that can run calculations with the help of computer programs..."
Wu Zhongyuan waved his hand to interrupt Wang Xinran's words, "It's useless, it's not arithmetic, the five elements and gossip are very emotional things, which need to be mixed with personal understanding, and there is no fixed correct answer."
"That's not to be afraid of," Wang Xinran said. "You don't understand. Some people understand. They say that the three stooges outperformed Zhuge Liang. We can send it back to the headquarters and ask them to convene experts in this field to discuss."
"Humph," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head with a wry smile, "Do you really believe that three cobblers can beat Zhuge Liang? This is all a **** fool. If three cobblers can beat Zhuge Liang, then Zhuge Liang is too much. It's worthless."
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan always said something discouraged, Wang Xinran frowned at him.
Lv Jiahui interjected at the door, "Xiao Wu, you have to believe in the collective wisdom. We do have experts and scholars in this area."
Wu Zhongyuan still shook his head, "It's not that I underestimate you, but the people who really understand the three ways of heaven, earth and people. You can't move."
Wang Xinran was also in a hurry, "This is not good, that is not good, if you can do it, do you still need to ask others?"
"I didn't ask anyone else," Wu Zhongyuan pushed Wang Xinran away, "Get out of the way, I'll do it myself."
"Can you do it?" Wang Xinran was speechless.
"No, I can be blinded." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Okay, let's be fooled. With three five-ring gossip, the chance of being right is lower than that of the middle five million." Wang Xinran said.
"It's not calculated like that. This should be a bit higher than the chance of winning five million. At least the lottery won't cheat." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"Okay, hurry up, I'm watching you." Wang Xinran smiled.
Wu Zhongyuan wiped off the dust on the stone platform, then stared at the bronze plate of the Heavenly Dao on the far right in a daze.
"Shouldn't it be easy first? Why did you suffer first?" Wang Xinran asked with a smile.
"The way of heaven is the easiest," Wu Zhongyuan said, "the hardest thing to guess is the way of humanity."
The word "Tian Dao" is located directly above the copper plate. Tai Chi does not need to be moved. The two instruments are yin and yang. The natural way of heaven is pure yang. There are two yin and yang fish. It is the yang fish, turn the inner circle and align the yin eye of the yang fish with the word "Tian Dao", this should be correct.
Then there are the four signs. The four signs are Laoyin, Shaoyin, Laoyang, and Shaoyang. Laoyin corresponds to Xuanwu, Shaoyin corresponds to White Tiger, Laoyang corresponds to Suzaku, and Shaoyang corresponds to Qinglong. .
This is not difficult. Shuangyin is directly eliminated, leaving Laoyang Suzaku and Shaoyang Qinglong. Laoyang Suzaku corresponds to the south, and Shaoyang Qinglong corresponds to the east. This should be Shaoyang, because the five elements of Qinglong belong to wood. , the corresponding season is spring, and the plan of the year begins in spring.
Next is the gossip. The gossip is Gan, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui, which correspond to Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Water, Fire, Mountain, and Ze.
This should also be simple, but Wu Zhongyuan hesitated. This is not about gossip symbols. It is a test of his understanding of the way of heaven, that is to say, in his opinion, what kind of form and attitude does the way of heaven exist in? of.
These are not recorded in the classics, and can only rely on personal comprehension and understanding. The so-called comprehension and understanding are actually more like an ethereal feeling.
In his opinion, it is the sky that corresponds to it, and it should be high above, comprehensive control and control.
Kun corresponds to the ground, a stable support and silent bearing, a virtue, forgiveness and tolerance.
Xun corresponds to the wind. The wind can be warm and warm, or it can be a manic hurricane. This is an invisible existence with both yin and yang attributes.
The shock corresponds to the thunder. The overall feeling is shock and coercion, rules and order, and destruction and punishment.
Hang corresponds to water. Water is the ultimate goodness, and it is also a great evil. It is the nourishment of femininity, and it is also a silent erosion.
Departure corresponds to fire, which represents destruction, and also means rebirth, burning and warmth.
Gen corresponds to the mountain, as the so-called benevolent Leshan, gives people the feeling of stability and solidity, trustworthy and worthy of trust.
Ze corresponds to water, but it is different from the water corresponding to kan. Ze refers to water that can be controlled and used by humans. This is first ruled out, because the way of heaven cannot be controlled by humans, and it is just a slogan. , In the face of natural disasters, people are very weak.
Mountains can also be ruled out, although there is less change in the pan. The wind is invisible and fickle, although it is elegant but less stable, it can also be excluded.
Lei can also be ruled out, because it is too violent and lacks generosity. Earth must also be ruled out, too lenient and benevolent are not in line with the way of heaven, and the way of heaven should coexist with grace and power.
The sixth thing to be excluded is the ridge, which is water, which is feminine and lacks yang qi.
What remains in the end is Gan and Li, that is, Heaven and Fire. The reason why he can't make up his mind is that fire has both the characteristics of destruction and rebirth, and it grows endlessly.
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between deliberation and indecision. Wu Zhongyuan doesn't know whether he is deliberating or bothering himself at this time. Simplifying complex problems has serious consequences, but thinking simple things complicated It will also cause unnecessary trouble to yourself.
After deliberation for a long time, he finally chose to do it. The reason why he excluded fire was because he felt that the characteristics and attributes of fire were more authentic.
Next is the most difficult one, the sixty-four hexagrams, the sixty-four hexagrams are derived from the gossip, and the sixty-four different hexagrams are the specific refinements of the three ways, he needs to learn from the sixty-four Find the one in the hexagrams that is most in line with the Tao of Heaven.
He can't remember exactly what the sixty-four hexagrams are, but he has this content on his mobile phone. When he was in school, he had downloaded the relevant documents when he studied the thirty-six methods of Kanyu and the ghost-drawing symbols left by the master. .
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan took out his mobile phone to check the documents, Wang Xinran knew that he was really a half-ass, sighed secretly, and shook his head helplessly.
The information stored in the mobile phone was incomplete. Wu Zhongyuan put down his backpack and began to rummage. When Lin Qingming was hospitalized, he gave Lin Qingming the ghost painting talisman and master's medical experience to relieve his boredom, but the 36 methods of Kanyu were still in his hands.
"Why did you take out the book?" Wang Xinran couldn't help laughing, "Can you do it?"
"It's definitely not possible, if it does, I don't need to be deceived." Wu Zhongyuan tells the truth, he never pretends to be forceful.
The sixty-four hexagrams are derived from gossip and are divided into eight categories, namely, the four-character head of wind, thunder and volcano, and the four-character meaning of heaven, earth and water. What he needs to do is to find the sixty-four hexagrams in these eight categories. Out of the hexagram to deal with the way of heaven.
This is an extremely tedious job. It not only needs to check and understand, but also needs to combine and compare. When he was tired from standing, Wu Zhongyuan sat down.
Seeing his posture, Wang Xinran knew that he couldn't think of a result in a short time, so he turned around and walked out of the stone room, and sat and rested at the door with Zhang Shukai and Lv Jiahui.
These sixty-four hexagrams are derived from the combination of gossip. The combination of two things represented by each two hexagrams has its own special interpretation, but the interpretation is the specific reference, and the specific reference needs to be attributed For the corresponding attitude, take the hexagram of Shangkanxiakun as an example, which is interpreted as "sincerely know each other and correspond with each other." This is an auspicious hexagram, which means being kind and friendly, and helping each other.
Whether the Tao of Heaven's attitude towards the world and all things is support and help, which requires him to carefully speculate, which is also the most time-consuming.
At first, Wang Xinran and others sat and waited, then took out dry food to eat and waited, and then fell asleep and waited, only Wu Zhongyuan frowned and scratched his head from the stone platform.
Wu Zhongyuan has no idea how long it took. He is a novice and can only use the elimination method. In the end, there are only three hexagrams left. meaning. There is also a hexagram of Shang Xun Xia Li, which means benevolence and friendliness, and friendly coexistence. The last hexagram is Shangxun and Xiakun, which means Dagen and Dazhi, watching and not moving.
The hidden meanings of these three hexagrams all coincide with the Tao of Heaven, representing three different attitudes and inclinations. The first is to ensure the eternity of oneself, the second is to be kind to all things in the world, and the third is to stand by and watch only Don't care.
These three hexagrams made Wu Zhongyuan think about it, hesitating, what exactly is the way of heaven? What is the attitude of heaven towards all things in the world?
The way of heaven should exist forever, and the first hexagram should be right.
But there is a saying that God has the virtue of good life, and the way of heaven should be kind to all things in the world. This is also true.
The possibility of the third hexagram is also very high. There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching, "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs." This sentence does not mean that God treats people as pigs and dogs, but that God sees Come on, there is no essential difference between all things in the world and pigs and dogs, which corresponds to the idyll in the third hexagram.
After pondering for a long time, Wu Zhongyuan finally made a decision. He chose three. The reason is very simple. He believes that three are correct. Son, you have to do the opposite like a stubborn donkey.
Turn the copper plate and slowly move Shangxun and Xiakun towards the heaven. The rings of the copper plate can only be moved forward, not backwards. There is only one chance, and there is no way to change it if it is wrong.
After aligning the hexagram with the heaven, Wu Zhongyuan tried to move the copper plate in the tunnel, but he couldn't move it. At this moment, the stone chamber suddenly began to vibrate slightly.
"It's over, my answer is wrong." Wu Zhongyuan was secretly shocked.
Feeling the shock, Wang Xinran and others eagerly stood up, only to see the bronze ice mirror in the middle of the stone chamber slowly sinking.
"You're completely ignorant?" Wang Xinran was overjoyed. The bronze ice mirror was a punishment mechanism, and it sank to the ground, indicating that Wu Zhongyuan's answer was correct.
Wu Zhongyuan turned around in surprise, "I only moved one."
"Then what's going on?" Wang Xinran pointed at the sinking bronze ice mirror.
"I don't know." Wu Zhongyuan ran out with his backpack.
After more than ten seconds, the bronze ice mirror completely sank into the ground, the stone slab turned over, and the ground returned to level.
Wang Xinran was the first to react and urged, "You answered the first question correctly, go and answer the second one."
"It should be right." Wu Zhongyuan is also very happy, not only because he answered the question correctly, but more because he understands the Tao of Heaven while answering the question correctly. Can't do, can't reward, can't punish, to put it bluntly, there is no way of heaven, since you don't do anything, just treat it as if it doesn't exist.
It feels really good to solve the problem. Wu Zhongyuan excitedly walked to the stone platform and started to turn the tunnel copper plate. The tunnel and the heaven are corresponding. This is simple. Fourteen hexagrams choose Shang Kun to go down, what is authentic, authentic is to give an equal response, it will not be rewarded because you are good, and it will not be punished because you are bad, pay and get are always proportional, evil and punishment It is always proportional. It is about fairness and equality. Only with fairness and equality can all things in the world exist for a long time.
Going to the corresponding position, Wang Xinran was a little nervous, "What's going on?"
"Don't worry, it's definitely right," Wu Zhongyuan said. "These organs are very well designed. He may also be afraid that I will be fooled, so he set a delay to ensure that I am not fooled."
As soon as Wu Zhongyuan finished speaking, there was a slight vibration in the stone room. Just at the place where the bronze ice mirror sank, a stone platform was slowly raised. On top of the stone platform was a transparent object, about the size of a computer mainframe. There is a colorless liquid, shaped like a fish tank.
The four of them stared at the transparent object in confusion. When the stone platform stopped, Wu Zhongyuan walked over to take a closer look, and saw that the square object was completely sealed and filled with colorless and transparent liquid. There are eight inner corners, and each corner has a yellow silk thread sticking out. These silk threads converge in the center of the square utensil, and together they involve a round object the size of a pigeon egg.
"Crystal?" Wang Xinran looked at the transparent box.
"No," Lv Jiahui observed with a strong flashlight, "there are bubbles inside, it should be made of Liuli."
"What kind of device is this?" Wang Xinran changed her angle and looked left and right.
"There seems to be a connection between the bottom of the box and the stone platform." Zhang Shukai said.
At this time, the attention of Wang Xinran and others was all attracted to the glass water tank. Only Wu Zhongyuan noticed the writing on the right side of the stone platform, wiped off the thick dirt on it, and the writing was revealed.
There are three lines of handwriting, 'This mountain-based elixir is left by the ancient alchemist. This is the only one that survives. It has the power of gathering Qi and removing turbidity, and has the magical effect of straight Jin Ziqi. It is now given to Mr. Take it within the hour...'