What are the four images?

Question 1: What are the four images? The term "Four Images" first came from the "Book of Changes", which states that "Tai Chi generates two phenomena, and two principles generate four images." The four images are the sun, taiyin, shaoyin and shaoyang. The sages also used the term "four images" in astronomy, but this is completely different from the concept in "Yi". When the sages observed the stars, they chose twenty-eight stars near the equator of the ecliptic as coordinates. There are seven constellations in the southeast, northwest and northwest. Each of the seven constellations looks like an animal when connected. For example, the seven places of Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, and Ji in the east are like dragon horns, Difang is like dragon body, and Wei is like dragon tail. When they are connected, they look like a dragon rising in the sky. So the sage The east is called Canglong; the southern ones are Bing, Gui, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi and Zhen. Willow is the bird's beak and star is the bird's neck. The Zhang is a crop, the wings are like feathers, and together they look like a flying bird, so the sages called the south the Vermilion Bird. In addition, in the north there are Dou, Niu, Nv, Xu, Wei, Shi and Bi, which resemble a slow-moving turtle. Because it is located in the north, it is called Xuan. Because he has scales on his body, he is called a warrior. Collectively known as Xuanwu. In the west, there are Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Xi, and Shen Qisu, like a tiger leaping forward. The white tiger is an extinct giant caterpillar. The "Book of Mountains and Seas? The Classic of Western Mountains" records that "there are many white wolves and white tigers in Yushan." The images of these four animals are called four images, also known as four spirits.

"Four Symbols" are used as orientations. It has been recorded in the "Book of Rites? Qu Li" of the pre-Qin Dynasty: "The red bird in front of the line and the Xuanwu in the back, the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right." "Shu": "The front is south and the back is To the north, to the left, east, and west, there are Zhuniao, Xuanwu, Qinglong, and White Tiger. Here, Zhuniao means Zhuque. The concept of "left east and west" is different from when we look at a map. The current map is all up, north, down, south, left, west, right and east. The map of the ancients was upside down, with north and south going down, so it became "left, east, right and west." Feng Shui masters apply the "Four Symbols" to the terrain, using the images and actions of the "Four Symbols" to metaphorize the terrain, and attach good and bad fortune to it. "Three Kingdoms? Biography of Guan Ren" records: "Ge followed his army to the west and passed Jian's tomb in Guanqiu. He leaned against a tree and mourned, and his spirit was unhappy. This is the reason why in the world, Ren said: Although the trees are luxuriant, they can keep their shape for a long time. Although the inscription on the stele is beautiful, There is no heir to guard. The black dragon has no legs, the white tiger is carrying the corpse, and the red bird is crying. The four dangers are prepared, and the family will be destroyed in two years. "This is based on the four images. It was judged that Guanqiu Jian's clan would be exterminated within two years. Guo Pu also preached this in the "Burial Sutra". He said: "The Sutra says that the earth has four forces, and the Qi comes from all directions. Therefore, the left side of the burial is a green dragon, a white tiger, a red bird in the front, and a Xuanwu in the back. The Xuanwu hangs down. On the head, the red bird is dancing, the green dragon is meandering, and the white tiger is tame. The situation is reversed, and the law is broken. Therefore, the tiger squatting is called holding the corpse, and the dragon is jealous of the master. , Earth Gui measures its position, jade scales are far and near. If the branches are used as dragons and tigers, they will come and stop at the foot of the mountain. They should be like elbows and arms. It is called an embrace. If the water is used as a red bird, the weak and strong will correspond to the shape. Avoid turbulent currents. , called weeping."

The "Four Symbols" have a profound impact on folk customs. If we go to Beijing's Zhongshan Park to see the altar of sacrifice, we will find that the colors of the earth in the altar are different. Because the east is the green dragon. The earth color is green; in the west is White Tiger, and the earth color is white; in the south is Suzaku, and the earth color is red; in the north is Xuanwu, and the earth color is black. The earth color in the middle is yellow, symbolizing people. These soils were specially transported from the four prefectures and counties during the Ming and Qing Dynasties to express tribute from all directions and to bring peace to the world.

Question 2: What are the Four Elephants in Zhu Xian 3? Introduction to the Four Elephants Dungeon

The Four Elephants Palace Dungeon *** has five challenge difficulties including death difficulty. Players can form a team. After entering, you can freely choose the most suitable difficulty and continue to challenge the death difficulty. Suzaku, Xuanwu, White Tiger, Qinglong and the mixed twins each guard a level. They have unique characteristics and skills, and can carry out real-time locked attacks on players, testing the wisdom of everyone in the team.

Entry method: Heyang Yao Dunmu 170, 175

Entry conditions: Ascend to level 120 or above

Activation requirements: 3-6 people

Copy limit: Each person can only enter once per day.

Difficulty selection: The owner who creates a copy can choose the difficulty in First Entering the Jianghu, Returning to the Storm, Three Lives of Journey, Four Saints Crisis, and Five Thunder Jedi.

Recommended configuration and preparation: 2 Xianhehuan, 2 Buddha Huaiguang, 1 Tianyin (more invincible, able to save people in groups) Taihao or Ghost King or Jiuli (the best is to be able to resist) Incense burning Invincible.

If the equipment is not relatively strong, the three camps all have good attack methods, such as Wangqingshui, Kuangshen, and Buddha. Bring good attack talismans.

Question 3: One Yuan, Two Poles, Three Talents, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Combinations, Seven Stars, Bagua, Nine Palaces, and Ten Directions. What is this one Yuan - refers to Tai Chi

Liangyi - The two poles of yin and yang

The place of talent - heaven, earth and man

The four elephants - blue dragon, white tiger, red bird, black basalt

The five elements - gold, wood and water. Fire. Earth

Liuhe - Up. Down. Left. Right. Heaven. Earth

Seven Stars - Tianshu. Tianxuan. Tianji. Tianquan. Yuheng. Kaiyang. Fluctuating Light

Bagua - Qian. Kun. Kan. Li. Zhen. Gen. Xun. Dui

Nine Palaces - Qian Palace. Kan Palace. Gen Palace. Zhen Palace. Zhong Palace. Xun Palace, Li Palace, Kun Palace, Dui Palace

Ten Directions - Heaven, Earth, East, South, West, North, Gate of Life, Position of Death, Past, Future

Question 4 : The representative meaning of the four elephants. Qinglong was originally the God of the East in ancient mythology and one of the four elephants of the Taoist Eastern Seven Constellations. It is the eastern seven constellations of the twenty-eight constellations (Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, Ji). It looks like a dragon, is located in the east, belongs to wood, and is green in color. It is generally called Qinglong, also known as Canglong. Volume 44 of "Tai Shang Huang Zhai Yi" calls Qing Long Dong Dou Xingjun as: "Spica Star Lord Tianmen, Kang Su Tingting Star Lord, Di Xiu Tianfu Star Lord, Fang Xiu Star Lord, Heart Star Lord Uranus" , Osu Tianjixingjun, Jisu Tianluxingjun. "As for its image, Volume 7 of "The Essential Collection of Taoist Tongjiao" says: "The spirit of an Eastern dragon with horns exhales clouds and gloomy energy, shouts thunder and makes a sound, flies to the eight extremes, travels around the four underworlds, and comes to stand on my left. In addition, Taoism also uses it in terms of alchemy. For example, Volume 72 of "Yunji Qi" quotes the four gods' elixirs from the "Ancient Sutra": Qinglong is the mercury of Eastern Jiayi wood. It can be clear when it is clear, and it is not turbid when it is stirred. , close can't be taken away, far can't be let go, hidden and changing, so it is called dragon. Originally the four spirits worshiped in ancient China, they evolved into the guardian gods of the four directions through Taoism. The ancients used the ecliptic of the sun as a reference to divide the stars into twenty-eight constellations, and each group of seven constellations was named after the four spirits. The east corner, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei, and Ji were green dragons; the south well, ghost, and Liu, Xing, Zhang, Yi and Zhen are Suzaku; Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Xi and Shen are white tigers in the West; Dou, Niu, Nu, Xu, Wei, Shi and Bi are Xuanwu in the north. The four spirits, blue and white, are derived from the five directions, five elements and five colors. "Book of Rites? Qu Li Shang": "In front of the line is the red bird, then behind is the Xuanwu, with the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right." Taoism has extended its theory and served as the guardian deity of Laojun. For example, "Baopuzi Zaying" calls Laojun "left" There are twelve green dragons, thirty-six white tigers on the right, twenty-four red birds in front, and seventy-two black dragons in the back." There is a door god at the gate of Taoist temple, a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right. Taoist practice also has the art of preserving gods. It is believed that contemplating the images and names of gods can obtain the protection of gods. For example, "Secrets of the Seven-Six Purple Courts of the Arctic": "There is a green dragon on the left named Meng Zhang, a white tiger on the right named Supervisor, and a Suzaku in front. My name is Ling Guang, and later I have the Xuanwu name Zhi Ming. I hold a banner during festivals, carry bells and drums on my back, and welcome tens of millions of people around me. "The gods from the four directions are the main objects to think about the gods outside the body, but the image names are mentioned. Waiting is not consistent. In the Zhaijiao dojo after the Song Dynasty, there is a saying that the twenty-eight nights are used together to subdue demons and eliminate demons. Qinglong is the name of the star. It is the general name for the seven Eastern constellations (Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji) among the twenty-eight constellations. Its shape is like a dragon, also known as Canglong. Its color represents the east. "Secrets of the Seven-Yuan Purple Court in the Arctic" contains: "On the left is Qingyou named Meng Zhang, on the right is a white tiger supervisor, in front is a redbird named Lingguang, and behind is a Xuanwu named Zhiming. I am in front, behind, left and right.” There are many legends about dragons, and there are many theories about the origin of dragons. Some say they were introduced from India, and some say they were transformed from Chinese stars. India itself is said to be about the dragon god, but the status of dragon in India is not high, and there is also a real thing-python. In the era when the Five Elements theory was popular, stories about the green dragon slowly began to spread; the Five Elements masters assigned five colors to the southeast, northwest, and southeast according to the yin and yang and the five elements, and each color was assigned a mythical beast and a god; The east is cyan, with the dragon, the west is white, with the tiger, the south is vermilion, with the bird, the north is black, with the martial arts, and yellow is the central color. Among the gods in the four directions, according to the Book of Mountains and Seas, "'Zhurong in the south has an animal body and a human face, riding on two dragons.'; 'In the west, there is a snake in the left ear, riding on two dragons.'; 'There is Jumang in the east, He has the body of a bird and the face of a human, and he rides on two dragons.

'" What's more interesting is that the dragons in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are all ridden, while the snakes of the same kind are held, manipulated, or wrapped around the neck, showing the difference between the two; but in the Five The five gods of Fang are different from the four gods of Sifang, so I won’t go into details here. Suzaku, Xuanwu (black turtle and snake, Wu means turtle and snake), Qinglong, and White Tiger respectively represent the twenty-eight constellations of Sifang. Dragon is the seven constellations in the East - Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Wei and Ji. The shape of these seven constellations is very similar to the shape of a dragon. It can be seen from the meaning of their words that Jiao is the horn of a dragon. Kang is the neck, Di is the base, but the root of the neck, the room is the shoulder, the heart is the heart, the tail is the tail, and the Ji is the end of the tail. There is also the part of the dragon's heart that some people call "big fire". It is related to sunshine and rain, and because the green dragon belongs to wood, it is also the year of Jupiter. After the rise of Taoism, these four spirits were also given human names to facilitate human beings to call them. The green dragon is called "Meng Zhang" and the white tiger is called "Supervisor". , Zhuque was called "Lingguang", Xuanwu was called "Zhiming", and in many dynasties, some monarchs took Qinglong as their reign name, such as Emperor Wei Ming of the Three Kingdoms, and there is also a record in historical records about the Xia Dynasty. Mu De's dynasty, so he has records of the auspicious omen of "the green dragon is born in the suburbs". In ancient China,... >>

Question 5: Tai Chi gives birth to Liang Yi. What is the meaning of "Tai Chi" and "Four Symbols"? Wuji means "no boundaries" and Tai Chi means "ultimate limit", which refers to the center of the universe and the source of all things.

< p> The two yin are yin and yang. Yin is soft and yang is solid. Yin and yang are born in Tai Chi.

The two yin are different. There are yin and yang, and the four images are born. From the yang, the sun is born, and the shaoyang is born.

The four images have yin and yang, and the Bagua refers to them. > Qian Kun Dui Gen Li Kan Xun Zhen, represents

Heaven, Earth, Zeshan, Fire, Water, Wind and Thunder, each two words are opposite to each other.

In Baguazhang, Bagua refers to. Eight directions. When practicing Baguazhang, you should walk in all eight directions.

Question 6: What are the four images? What does Xuanwu mean? Xuanwu is composed of a turtle and a snake. In ancient times, the snake represented the subdued dragon or the dragon from the lower realm, which meant the true dragon emperor. The turtle represented longevity and meant long live the emperor. Xuanwu represented the true dragon emperor and long live the emperor. Do you know why the four images of emperors' tombs often lack Xuanwu?

Question 7: What does the Feng Shui of the house mean when the two rituals in Fantasy Westward Journey arise? Ascend Questions Four Seasons