Confucius made great contributions to the compilation of classics. Confucius saw that there were more than 3,000 poems in The Book of Songs, and he said that it was too difficult for our descendants to learn 3,000 poems, so he struck the table. How many songs are there in The Book of Songs now? Yes, 305 songs. He read Spring and Autumn Annals, and he thought, Oh, this Spring and Autumn Annals is no good. I have to write a new Spring and Autumn Annals. When he saw the Book of History and the Book of Rites, he felt something was wrong and revised it. Did he see the Book of Changes before he revised it? Do you know that?/You know what? He didn't change a word, and he wrote ten articles praising her and explaining her. This is called ten wings. "If Zhong Ni is not born, it will exist forever." If it weren't for Confucius, we might not really understand the Book of Changes by now.
The importance of the Book of Changes can be illustrated in four sentences. The first sentence is called "the head of the group classics". First, it means that it is more important than all other classics; It also refers to the function of its source. It can be said that all China's classics originated from the Book of Changes. The second sentence is "the source of culture". The source of China culture, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and medicine, and every cultural faction, is the Book of Changes. For example, Chinese medicine, as we all know, stresses yin and yang and dialectical treatment. The concept of yin and yang comes from the Book of Changes, and the seven-day return also comes from the Book of Changes. Chinese medicine generally prescribes seven pairs of medicines; The third sentence is "the sea of wisdom", full of wisdom. By studying, we can increase our wisdom. The fourth sentence is "the treasure of life". We will tell you the wisdom in this respect.
The origin of the Book of Changes is not simple. Among all the classics in China, there is a phenomenon that classics are written by saints and have great energy. Only when they are written by saints can they be called classics. We know that Tao Te Ching is good, right? It was written by Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu is a saint, so the Tao Te Ching has great energy, and the energy written by saints is great. What about the classics written by many saints? We have a saying that it is better to read a true scripture than to read thousands of miscellaneous books. This true book refers to the Book of Changes, which is better than other miscellaneous books.
Historically, many people spoke highly of the Book of Changes. For example, Sun Simiao, a medical sage, said, "I don't know the Book of Changes, but I can't tell you how to cure too much." A doctor who has never studied the Book of Changes cannot be said to be a really good doctor. "I don't know what is easy, but I can't be a general" was said by Yu Shinan, a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty. If you don't know the Book of Changes, you can't be a prime minister or a commander in chief. These words can be changed from another angle. "If you don't know easy, you can't talk about military affairs" and "If you don't know easy, you can't talk about education". These words are valid. Then let's look back. How many of our doctors have read the Book of Changes and Huangdi Neijing? Very few. How many of our educators have read the Book of Changes and learned "divination"? Very few, and very few. Therefore, our education, medical care and real estate are all on us. How can we overthrow these three new mountains? So there will be a lot of gains after listening to today's class. Later, I will tell you how to solve the problems of these three mountains easily. In many ways, this tells us that the Book of Changes has produced many outstanding talents in the 5,000-year history of China.
Now let's see what the Book of Changes does.
We can simply tell you about the thinking method of Yijing, so that you can experience the wonderful use of Yijing. The simplest thinking in the Book of Changes is called Yin and Yang thinking, and the most basic thinking in the Book of Changes is Yin and Yang. Don't underestimate the word yin and yang, this word is very useful. For example, Yin and Yang are day and night. Everyone says, every day, is it night at the end of the day? What about after the evening? It's daytime, it's alternating day and night, it's yin and yang, right? This phenomenon exists in nature. Will this happen to us and in our lives? Think about it. When your work is difficult to carry out, the leaders don't pay attention to you, and the masses don't understand you, think about it in the dark or during the day. If it's night, what's next? One day. This is the law of nature, right? But what will happen to many of us when we encounter difficulties? I can't figure it out. He thinks that my night has arrived, and it will always be night, so he will choose a tall building to say goodbye to the world. There are such people every day, and there are such people every day. He didn't know that there was another day after the night. He thinks that his life will always be a night, because he has no concept of day and night, and there is no concept of yin and yang, which will change. So even if we know this little concept, hundreds of thousands of people commit suicide every year. As long as we have listened to our class and learned the concept of day and night alternation, I believe the suicide rate will be reduced by at least half. (warm applause)
We also see men and women here, right? Men are strong and women are soft, right? We have an idiom in China to illustrate the relationship between rigidity and softness. It's called softness ... rigidity. (Many people at the bottom replied, "Be tough with softness") If you haven't listened to my class, everyone will be tough. After listening to my class, I hope that the word "soft is strong" can be forgotten in everyone's mind forever. Because the viewpoint in the Book of Changes is that yin has yang, yang has yin, yin and yang accompany each other, and rigidity and softness are combined, the correct answer to this idiom to explain the relationship between rigidity and softness should be "to help rigidity with softness". We lesbians are more careful, while gay men are more careless, which is exactly what you can make up for, so don't always say to your lover, "Why are you so careless? Why can't you be as careful as me?" Because that's what he is. We gay men are brave, strong and brave, so if someone knocks at home in the middle of the night, I don't know if it's a thief or a bad guy. At this time, gay men should bravely open the door. Don't hide under the covers and say, "Wife, open the door quickly, I'm afraid!" " (Laughter) Stiffness and softness complement each other. It's very heavy to carry things, so men usually carry them, right? Gay men should take the initiative to do these things, so this combination of rigidity and softness is very important to our family life. But let's see, now people all over the world don't know how to combine rigidity with softness, only know softness. (Laughter and applause) If we can understand this principle of combining rigidity with softness, the family will become warmer and more harmonious. Husband comes back late, so you should care about him. "Husband, are you tired from work? I'll pour you a glass of water and I'll wash your feet, okay? " Isn't it? You have to help him. Forget it. "Hum, you didn't come back so late. Did you go anywhere with honey? " (Laughter) This is Dick's thinking, always thinking about bad things. This is basically what we are now. This is the application of combining rigidity with softness.
There are many such applications, dynamic, large and small, good and evil. Because time doesn't allow, I can't say them one by one. But when you listen to them, you will feel the function of this yin-yang thinking, which is very helpful to us. I ching is not just yin and yang thinking, but his thinking is eight-sided, which is called gossip thinking. If a person has gossip thinking, it should be said that he is very wise. We chess players all know that if you can see the three or five steps in chess, think about it. He is good at playing chess, isn't he? If we can see the eight steps in advance, maybe you will be the champion of Nanning. Few of us can see so many steps. Each of us represents eight aspects. I am one side, my opponent is one side, my wife is one side, my children are the other side, and my friends are the other side, so for everyone, first of all, your positive side represents four aspects, and your negative side also has four aspects. When solving a problem, if one aspect cannot be solved, you can find other aspects to solve it. We good people often don't use this gossip thinking, but bad people do. Have you ever found out who a bad guy would look for if he bribed the director and the director ignored him? He will find the director's wife, who will ignore him. Who will he find right away? The director's children, the director's friends. Bad guys are good at it, but we good guys may not be able to do it. If you want to solve the problem, you should ask the director, who won't agree. After that, we can't continue. This means that we don't know how to use it and can't use it flexibly. I hope that good people will use this kind of gossip thinking more, and bad people had better not use it. This kind of gossip thinking is very useful Why do I know that Chairman Mao knows the Book of Changes? Chairman Mao has a song "Three Disciplines and Eight Notices", so these eight articles are very interesting. It's great to know about March 8th. Our accumulation method is also the 38 th, 3 rd programs and 8 th principles. This song compiled by Chairman Mao is called "Three Disciplines and Eight Notices", which abides by the March 8th principle. Be careful when we see a 38-year-old in the field in the future. This man must know the Book of Changes. If not, learn from others.
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