History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 238 "Book of Changes" Sixty-Four Hexagrams

"Book of Changes", a total of sixty-four hexagrams...

Entering the Palace of Classical Books and reading the "Book of Changes" with Laozi, the two of them seemed to have fallen into a chaotic world.

The literary sage of the Great Zhou Dynasty and King Wen Jichang were sitting in the sky, looking alone at the vast vastness of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The sun rises and the moon sets, the stars and rivers change, and I sigh silently.

See Feng Yun and Lao Tzu coming.

King Wen seemed to have felt this for a long time and was not surprised at this time.

Feng Yun and Laozi bowed and asked about their virtues.

"Wang Wen'an."

King Wen of Zhou supported him.

"You two don't have to be like this."

Observing the Tao above Feng Yun and Laozi's head, he sighed: "Although he is close to the sage, he is not the later sage. He is the first sage who created the innate world."

First Saint?

Just listen to King Wen of Zhou sigh.

"There are no great or small saints, nor do they have dictatorships. They only fight for the Way. If you break the Way, you will be ahead of the others."

"But often the younger generations follow the steps of their predecessors and become saints."

"Later saints, like many previous saints, have found different paths, but different paths lead to the same destination. It is inevitable. We still need to break the path."

King Wen of Zhou looked around at the world...

In the eyes of Feng Yun and Laozi, this world is formed by the sixty-four hexagrams of Zhou Li.

The teachings of King Wen's life are all here for people to understand.

But King Wen of Zhou said: "Before this king, there were two sages of Yi Dao. One of them was the Nong Emperor who opened "Lianshan", Shennong."

"The second one is the Yellow Emperor and Xuanyuan clan who initiated the "Gui Zang"."

"But the first saint of Yi Dao is not me or the two of you."

"The origin of the sage is the innate Bagua of Emperor Xi."

"Innate Bagua, rumored to be Emperor Xi's interpretation of "He Tu", Yi Ye."

Easy, easy, is the solution to the difficult problem.

But even if it is an answer, this Yi has become a mysterious way.

King Wen of Zhou looked at Feng Yun.

"Feng family, after Nuwa Fuxi."

King Wen of Zhou Dynasty did not ask Feng Yun whether he had "He Tu" or "Luo Shu", he just sighed.

"Now I am just a wisp of Taoism. I am once again preaching Taoism to others. I will not stop the Tao of Zhouyi. However, my yearning for Taoism in my heart has never been less than that of me."

"It's a pity that two descendants of the sage's way are here, but they can't impart knowledge other than the "Book of Changes" to discuss the way."

Feng Yun felt slightly sorry.

And I seemed to be thinking.

"King Wen, I wonder if in your eyes, the world is square or round?"

Square circle...

King Wen laughed.

"When I left behind this "Book of Changes", although I was a sage, I never viewed this world. After my death, I turned into Dao Yun and was classified as the Queen of Dao Heaven. I may have explored a few things, but you need to ask about it when you are in Dao Heaven.

I am the king."

I nodded, but it was a courtesy.

This is also an answer - only the Holy One has the possibility of observing the radius of this world.

Feng Yun looked at this world.

He had the "River Map" handed down by Da Tingshi, and the ten-month calendar of Nuwa in Luo Shu. He had seen Nuwa create "Luo Shu" and was impressed by it.

This world is not based on the "River Map".

"King Wen, I wonder what your acquired gossip is?"

Fuxi created the Xiantian Bagua, and the Acquired Bagua came from King Wen. This matter was circulated, and Feng Yun also saw a lot of it in the historical materials of Da Ting.

King Wen did not hide this.

"Dayu controlled the floods and gained the convenience of the "River Map", so he wanted to add more to the "Luoshu". However, the whereabouts of the "Luoshu" were only recorded when Huangdi used the "Luoshu" to create the "Gui Zang".

"I originally wanted to travel through the sky to find the traces of Emperor Wa, but I was unable to climb. I stopped before the Yellow Emperor and could only sigh."

"Fortunately, from the Huangdi's question, when solving the problem, we can see the "Gui Zang" that has been preserved in the world, and find the tables in "Luo Shu". With "Luo Shu", we can form the acquired gossip, and then evolve into "Book of Changes", in order to understand the world

Human beings are endlessly changing.”

Feng Yun nodded, that’s why.

Unexpectedly, King Wen didn't even get all the "Luoshu" together, so he only got part of it.

"I wonder how high Emperor Wa is in Dao Tian..." Feng Yun sighed.

But King Wen could only shake his head.

"The Third Patriarch laid the foundation for the human race, so he was naturally at the forefront of the Dao Heaven. The Three Emperors pioneered the human race. Maybe you have to go to the top of the Dao Heaven to see it. As for how many floors there are, you can know about them when you see Huang Di.

Already."

"The kings, saints, or emperors of our later studies are all between the three ancestors and the three emperors. Among them, the one closest to the three emperors is probably the Yellow Emperor."

After saying that, King Wen was not sure because he did not see Daotian after that.

"I have no choice but to show you the Book of Changes. The surviving book of "Gui Zang" is not with me, and its content is not in my Taoist rhyme."

"In other words, apart from the "Book of Changes", I don't have any acquired gossip. You two still want to go to Dao Tian to meet me before you can meet me."

Fools are afraid that their hearts are higher than their eyes, but their hands are not up to speed, and they will be troubled by looking too much... This is not selfishness or independence, this is the rule of Dao Tian. All the inheritance of the human race is in Dao Tian, ​​and is guarded by the sages.

King Wen's figure is faint and slowly blends into the small world represented by "The Book of Changes" here.

Feng Yun and Laozi bid farewell to King Wen. They both sat opposite each other, looking at the heaven and earth, and contemplating the mysteries of the Book of Changes.

The sixty hexagrams of the Book of Changes all passed slowly through the conversation between the two...

…

The sun rises and the moon sets.

Since March, the summer solstice has passed, and we have experienced minor heat, severe heat, the beginning of autumn, the end of heat, white dew, and the autumnal equinox has arrived.

It's getting colder.

However, Feng Yun had reached twenty years between Xiaoshu and Dashu, and now he has passed it again unknowingly.

Time flies.

Feng Yun was quiet for three months, and exchanged "Book of Changes" with Laozi in the Palace of Classical Books of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The harvest was so rich that it is hard to describe it. All we can know is that Feng Yun has an outline of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes. If something happens to him, he can find solutions from it.

.

But the emperor was looking hard at the remaining four pieces of copper books, hoping to discover some secrets from them.

That night.

Feng Yun and Laozi both closed their eyes and rested in their respective side halls.

Reading "The Book of Changes" this time was actually exhausting and nerve-wracking, and I needed to recover quietly.

But the holy path between the two of them has been of great benefit.

"Huh..." the wind blew.

Feng Yun lowered his eyes slightly and looked helplessly at the sky.

I have a feeling in my heart that there seems to be something abnormal under the sky this week, and the difference lies with the emperor.

"Mr. Lao Dan took action, but he wanted to repay the kindness of the Book of the Palace of Classical Books of the Great Zhou Dynasty." Feng Yun had no intention of getting involved.

This is Lao Tzu's choice, and he respects it.

When he wanted to repay, it was still too early.

He hasn't read all the books in the Great Zhou Dynasty Book Palace yet. When he does, he will look for an opportunity to repay this kindness.

Be loyal to kindness, be ruthless to hatred, put people first, stick to this heart, and you will have certain answers to your own good and evil matters.

Close your eyes...

The Guan Gua of "The Book of Changes" - The wind is coming down from the ground, and you can follow the wind into the world!

The art of observing the world at a glance!

Feng Yun lowered his eyes, his eyes were hazy, as if there was a cunning figure of a wild beast, attacking the two of them, one of them saved him and was thrown to the ground, the other panicked and seemed to want to escape, but was scratched in the heart and torn apart by it.

bite.

Feng Yun's ears twitched slightly.

"Woo..." It sounded like a fox, but more like the sound of an evil spirit.

Smell again.

"Someone, save me!"

The emperor's voice caused great panic, and the door of the secret pavilion was opened in a hurry.

"Emperor!"

The evil spirits are fleeing, as if there is a silver light shining.

The four pieces of copper books fell to the ground.

At this moment, Dazhou's luck and malice suddenly changed, and they pressed against the evil spirit. However, as soon as they heard the buzzing sound, the person who had fallen to the ground was reduced to a blood mist.

In the blood mist, there is a vicious plague, which breaks out and rushes straight into the sky.

"Wow..." The baby died.

"Beautiful Li!"

The emperor screamed, but fainted.

"Buzz buzz..."

In the Great Zhou Ancestral Hall, the Nine Provinces Cauldron enshrined in it continued to vibrate, and luck surged out to suppress the world. For a time, it competed with the ferocious plague energy. However, under the cover of it, the shaking sky of the Great Zhou Dynasty stabilized again.

The scholar-bureaucrats and strangers around me are not too sensitive yet and don't know why.

But the Emperor's Palace is now in an uproar.

Just when the evil spirit is about to escape.

I sighed, followed by a near-sage power, hitting the demon in an instant.

Yaoxie whimpered, shocked and surprised.

I don't seem to understand why I would take action.

But if he doesn't wait to think about it, if he doesn't run away, Da Zhou Qiyun will know his substitute technique, and he may not be able to escape.

The demon turned into black mist, carrying a mouthful of scarlet blood, and surged out.

But within it, there was something vaguely silvery, hanging in it.

I am also surprised that this evil spirit is so strong.

"I am the guardian of the Palace of Classics and History. I also have the authority to look after the books in the cabinet and keep them for the emperor."

Taoism returns to its original state!

The demon was so frightened that the moment I took action, he abandoned the silver light and flew out, leaving the land of Fenghao.

The power of Laozi, swept away by the silver light, returns.

"One volume of inheritance?"

Frowning and saying no more, I put it away until the emperor came to ask.

On the other side, Feng Yun opened his eyes and saw that the magic of the world had dissipated, but he also knew what the evil spirit was.

"King of Baiyue?"

When we were in Chu, the evil spirit among the plague was that of the King of Baiyue.

at this time……

"It turns out that he wants to bring the aura of plague and cause chaos in Zhou Tian, ​​but why did he come to Zhou Tian!"

The strange plan of the King of Baiyue cannot be explained by Feng Yun.

He thought that maybe the King of Baiyue had this plan before he arrived in Baiyue Kingdom.

"Witch Temple..."

Yes, from the beginning, the Baiyue Kingdom was going to build a witch temple. Feng Yun was the Prime Minister of Baiyue and governed the Baiyue Kingdom in an orderly manner. This matter was not stopped by the King of Baiyue...

"I need to talk to Mr. Lao Dan about this matter. Why is this King of Baiyue acting like this? What does it have to do with that ugly female witch?"

Before Feng Yun could leave, he heard that the servant was coming to look for him.

It should be the emperor who came to invite me to go.

Feng Yun took a break and could only wait for me to return before making further inquiries.

…

The next day, before I returned, Manwa brought news to Feng Yun.

"Fengzi, there is a letter from An Di. Gongzi Ju assassinated Gongzi Huai. Now Gongzi Huai has fled to An Di to seek refuge."

Gongziju, Gongzihuai?

After King Shang of Chu committed suicide, he ordered his son to assume the role of filial piety and take charge of Chu State on his behalf. He could only succeed to the throne after the approval of several powerful people in Chu State.

And Prince Huai went to Andi to study the Taoism of Humanity.

"If you live in a young master, you don't have the heart of a king, and it's mostly just petty calculations."

"Selfishness, even brothers cannot avoid it..."

No wonder Zhi Sheng Ancestor would think - How can the human race understand the selfishness of people's hearts?

Come as the topic.

With the establishment of the Chao Ancestors, people who were scattered in the wild gathered together in one place, and gradually extended into clans, tribes, and even today's country. The human race was born from this gathering.

The ancestor of the Sui people lit the fire again, bringing a bright direction and civilized order to the human race. Perhaps from then on, the leader holding the torch was truly imprinted in everyone's heart.

And as Zhishengzu brought production to the human race, it provided the tools that the human race needed to satisfy their desires... The growth of desire made the human race develop faster, but it was inevitable.

Desire and selfishness grow together with the world of human race and cannot be cut away.

The human race keeps moving forward because of desire, but it also destroys itself time and time again because of desire.

"Little people want to nourish people, but they don't nourish the human race."

Feng Yun said this sentence again, and now after thinking about it, there is a new truth.

"More desires nourish the human race and nourish people's hearts, but they harm life."

"Knowing life, can people in the world know life?"

There are many similarities between Feng Yun's and Lao Tzu's moral principles. Their core is the hope that people can live comfortably without too much suffering, but their directions are quite different.

The solution to desires and selfish pursuits is one of the differences.

"Man baby..."

Feng Yun calls Manwa.

Manwa saw that Feng Yun was thinking, so she didn't dare to disturb him, so she only responded after hearing the sound.

"Fengzi, please make arrangements."

Manwa followed Feng Yun from Baiyue, experienced the events of Chu State, and came to Zhoudu.

Feng Yun sighed.

"Why do you follow me, Manba?"

Feng Yun asked, while Manwa smiled naively.

"Fengzi, Manwa can't explain clearly, Manba just wants to follow you all the time."

Everyone is selfish, and their pursuit is also a kind of selfishness. When pursuing selfishness, whether you can keep the good and evil in your heart is a change in human nature, just like the change of yin and yang.

But everything has a reason.

Feng Yun still remembers that first of all, Manwa was a righteous man among Baiyue.

At that time, Feng Yun was about to take action, but the various tribes in Baiyue did not listen to orders and blocked it because of their own interests.

It was the spontaneous righteous men like Manwa who helped Feng Yun take the first step in governing Baiyue.

"Man, you have righteousness in your heart. This is your virtue."

"Righteousness?" Manwa seemed to be thinking about something, but it was difficult to understand.

"You have learned Zhou Yan... My understanding of righteousness is reflected in the great court, and my awareness is reflected in Baiyue. You can understand this and write it down."

A book flew out from the green branches between Feng Yun's bun and fell into his hand.

"Nations"!

I handed it to Man Wa, who borrowed it from me and was very moved.

This is exactly what "The Kingdoms" is originally about. Understanding this book is no less than Feng Yun's personal complaint.

"You can read the book here."

Feng Yun stood up, feeling blessed and feeling that I had returned to the palace of classics.

After leaving the house, I entered Laozi's side hall shortly after.

"Mr. Lao Dan, how is the emperor doing?"

Lao Dan was sitting on the table. On the table was the silver object from yesterday. It turned out to be a silver sharp horn. It looked like an acupuncture stone.

There is also a witch doctor aura that Feng Yun is familiar with.

"This thing comes from the ugly women and ten witches." Feng Yun concluded in one word.

Sit opposite Lao Tzu, separated by a low table.

I don't believe in anything.

With a flash of green branches, Feng Yun took out a mysterious treasure called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Feng Yun copied the contents of Nv Chou and the Ten Witches on the Mountains and Seas from An's place in Baiyue, and drew and recorded them in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Feng Yun would naturally not miss these ancient wizards.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas..." I was slightly stunned.

"At this time, I only know that Fengzi has a book called "The Kingdoms", which is about Xuan Dao."

"But I don't know that Feng Yun still has this ancient historical material and compiled it into a book."

I was surprised and praised him, and looked at him respectfully.

His eyes are shining.

"When I was in the Classical Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I saw scattered pictures of mountains and seas that were copied by others. After inquiring about them, I found out that most of them were in the south and were hidden deep in a country. So even though I was interested in them, there were not many.

Explore.”

When I took this Shan Hai Jing map, I felt an inexplicable power.

On top of the "Book of Mountains and Seas", divine light pours out, highlighting each picture's unique Taoist charm.

I'll stay still.

These Taoist rhymes were filled in by Feng Yun based on the records of each picture. They are extraordinary rubbings. They all carry the power of mountains and seas, otherwise they would not be able to summon strange beasts.

At this time, Lao Tzu felt as if he had stepped into the world of mountains and seas and was in contact with those mountains and seas.

a long time.

When the sun sets and the moon rises, I wake up...

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