Virtual surplus wheel is not fixed.
This is a five-line poem "Xiao Man" written by Ouyang Xiu, a poet in the Song Dynasty, which depicts such a picture: "In the Xiao Man season, the nightingale crows freely on the lush willow branches, and the bright moon illuminates the sky in the Wan Li. At this time, I like to watch the wheat in front of the ridge, swaying in the wind in early summer, and watching the ground fall red with a smile. " ……! When the "Xiaoman" solar term of the lunar calendar comes, I can't help but think of the scene in this poem ...!
? "Spring rains shake the spring and clear the valley, full of midsummer, and summer and summer are connected." Today is Xiaoman in the 24 solar terms. Its arrival marks the excessive rain in the south; The grain of wheat in the north is just beginning to be full. So the proverb says, "Little people, little people, the river is almost full." It means that the small amount of rain began to increase gradually, especially in the south, and the rivers were small and full. "Xiaoman" in the north does not refer to precipitation, but refers to the fact that summer crops such as wheat have begun to be full, but they are not yet fully full.
? Among the 24 solar terms, "Xiaoman" is the most special. Because this is a solar term full of philosophy. Little people are full without loss, full without profit, full without overflow. China's traditional Confucian doctrine of the mean, taboo "too full" and "too full", there are "full recruit damage, modest benefit" and "extremes meet". Therefore, there is a unique phenomenon in the naming of the 24 solar terms. There is a slight summer heat, a great summer heat, a light snow, a slight cold, a severe cold, a small full but not full. Life is full, enough.
It can be seen that "dzogchen" is not the perfect realm pursued by the ancients. As the saying goes: "When the water is full, it will overflow, and when the month loses, it will be profitable." It is natural that things will go downhill when they develop to the extreme. And "little man" means that you will be immature, and you can "continue to grow and increase", which contains upward space and strength. It can be seen that "little fullness" is also enlightening the world. Don't be complacent when you are full.
The ancients said: "Full loss, modest benefit." Although the word "Xiaoman" is a solar term, it contains a profound philosophy of life. Life is small. If you are not satisfied, you will leave regrets; If it is too full, it will incur losses; Xiaoman is just right. The words "virtual surplus" and "virtual surplus" mean that the lack of the moon is virtual and the full moon is surplus. Both of them, like emptiness and fullness, symbolize the ups and downs of things, ups and downs, ups and downs and so on. In a person's life, only by correctly understanding, understanding and applying the relationship between "empty and full, deficit and overflow" can we really be comfortable and leave no future trouble.
Among the 24 solar terms, "Xiaoman" is also a solar term full of hope. Farmland in northern China is mainly dry land, and wheat is the main food crop. During the Xiaoman solar term, the seeds of summer crops such as wheat in northern China have begun to be full, but they are not yet mature, which is about the late stage of milk ripening, so it is called "Xiaoman". The name Xiaoman has two meanings, which can mean that there is excessive rain in the climate, and it can also mean that the wheat is full but not completely full. It is this kind of "not full" that can give people infinite reverie and hope. "Small and full, the wheat is almost full." The ancients named it "Xiaoman", expressing a kind of joy that the harvest is coming soon. At this time, the wheat is changing from green to yellow. However, in a few days, the golden wheat waves will roll in the fields with the breeze, dressing up the earth as a golden ocean far away from the sky.
At this time, I remembered a scene in the poem, "I love long-headed wheat most, and I am red with laughter in the wind"!
(Essay on Midsummer Xiaoman in the Year of Renyin)
-Prose Collection "Dusk of a Year"