Uncle Mao tells fortune.
Cai is a tortoise used for divination. Because it is produced in Cai, it is called Cai.
"Gathering wealth" means building a house for this turtle.
The "knot algae" and "knot" are the column arches of the house, and the "knot" carves the column arches into the shape of mountains. "Bamboo" is a short column on the beam, and "algae" is aquatic plants. The short columns on the beams are carved with aquatic plants.
Confucius said: People say Zang Wenzhong is wise. Zang Wenzhong built houses for turtles, carved beams and painted buildings, and worshipped turtles as gods. Can he still be called a wise man?
As mentioned earlier, Confucius' concept of sacrifice and worship, what you want to sacrifice and worship, must be that you have respect for him, a heartfelt respect, a support and a dedication. Instead of praying for his blessing, I hope he will bring you benefits. Ghosts and gods can't bring you peace and blessings, nor can they beg for children and wealth. Do your best, listen to your destiny and rely on yourself.
Interpretation of The King of Empowerment
In the previous chapter, Confucius commented on Yan Zi. Yan Ping is good at making friends with others and respects them for a long time. He said that one's rare place is to always maintain a respectful attitude towards friends, so as not to cause trouble.
This chapter evaluates another celebrity. This famous man is Zang Wenzhong, who was about 100 years earlier than Confucius and should be in the same era as Guan Zhong.
Say the original text first. Confucius said in the long chapter 18: "Zang Wenzhong lives in Cai, and the mountains are covered with algae. How could he know? "
Let me introduce Zang Wenzhong in detail first. He is a doctor of Lu, and he belongs to the same country as Confucius. They are all Lu, 100 years earlier than Confucius, and his contemporaries should be He Guanzhong. This man was also quite famous in the history at that time. If you are a nobody, you are not worthy of Confucius' personal comment and will be passed down to future generations.
He served four monarchs: Duke Zhuang of Lu, Duke Min, Duke and Duke Wen. Under the pressure of Qi at that time, Qi was very powerful and was the overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period. He still managed to bring peace and stability to the country and made great achievements in internal affairs and diplomacy, which was highly praised by the world.
Such a talented person deserves a comment from Confucius. Why not speak highly of him? There's a reason.
Explain the nouns again.
Cai is a tortoise used for divination. Nan said, it's called a turtle. It's an animal that lives in the sea. The turtle here belongs to Cai, and Cai is Cai's country. It's in that position between Nanyang, Henan and Xiangyang, Hubei.
So I think it is wrong to interpret it as a tortoise, just a tortoise.
What does it mean to gather wealth? Is to build a house for this turtle, let it live, worship it and pay special attention to it.
The "knot algae" and "knot" are the column arches of the house, and the "knot" carves the column arches into the shape of mountains. "Bamboo" is a short column on the beam, and "algae" is aquatic plants. The short columns on the beams are carved with aquatic plants.
In other words, Zang Wenzhong took special care of this turtle and gave it the most generous treatment, which was similar to that of the emperor.
Confucius thought that everyone said Zang Wenzhong was wise, but since Zang Wenzhong built a special house for the tortoise, when the tortoise was worshipped as a god, it showed that he was not so wise. How can his behavior be called wisdom!
Why do you say that?
This should be described in combination with the previous ones. In fact, as I said before, Confucius' concept of offering sacrifices to the gods is what you worship, and you have respect for it, which is heartfelt respect, support and dedication. Instead of praying for its blessing, I hope it will bring you benefits. Ghosts and gods can't bring you peace and blessings, nor can they beg for children and wealth. You need to do your best, listen to your fate and rely on yourself.
Many people think that the ancients were superstitious, but they are not. Confucianism is not superstitious. Let's talk about Confucius first, stay away from ghosts and gods. He avoids talking about things he can't see and things he can't explain clearly, and he doesn't preach anything.
Some people will say, isn't the official also offering sacrifices to heaven, land and ancestors? Actually, ancestor worship is a political activity, not a superstitious activity. Sacrifice is a kind of respect for heaven and earth and ancestors, expressing our gratitude to him. With heaven and earth and ancestors, we have a good living environment and our existence.
Not to pray for heaven and earth to bless me, but to worship my ancestors and ask them to bless me. This is not the right starting point. One is to pay tribute to them, the other is to beg for protection. These are two concepts.
If there is an immoral sacrifice, it becomes an immoral sacrifice. "Book of Rites Quli" says: "Sacrifice is not where it belongs, and it is called lewd sacrifice. There is no blessing in prostitution. " It's just that you shouldn't sacrifice. If you go to sacrifice, it's called lewd sacrifice. No reward, no use. If you sacrifice, it's for nothing.
Do you remember? He said, "Unless it's a ghost, it's very flattering to worship it." You are not the ancestor of your family. I am flattered by your sacrifice. This is not good for you. We have talked about it before, so I won't go into details here.
Do officials believe in tortoise shell divination? Huashan said he didn't believe it, which is superstition.
What are they used for? To confuse ordinary people.
For example.
What did Chen Sheng and Guangwu do with a group of people at the end of Qin Dynasty? Seeing no way out, he created a superstitious activity.
If you want to rebel, take a piece of cloth that says "King Chen" and stuff it into the stomach of a fish caught by others. Waiting for someone to cut it open, you will find a piece of paper, which says that this is an act of God, creating some mystery for yourself, and making people feel that Chen Sheng can be king, which is an act of God.
To put it bluntly, I borrowed people's superstition, and Chen Sheng's providence was king, so I followed him to live a good life.
What's another story? Even when Zhou Wuwang went to cut the tomb, he made a divination before he left, which turned out to be a sign of catastrophe.
If it is a good omen, I believe everyone has nothing to say, but what if it is a bad omen? Jiang Ziya is the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. He said, "What do hay rot and bones know?" ! "
So he burned the tortoise shell grass stick for divination and made great strides, resulting in the demise of the Shang Dynasty. So Jiang Ziya also don't believe this one.
Or it's good for me, I believe it. If it's not good for me, I don't believe it. I resigned myself to my fate.
However, Zang Wenzhong likes to do this, and he also left a story called "Sacrificing a humble abode", which is a big bird at sea. It is said that it is rare to live as big as a pony.
One day, a hermit lived outside the east gate of the capital of Lu, but it didn't fly for three days. Zang Wenzhong felt strange and encouraged Chinese people to worship birds and worship them as gods. Therefore, Zang Wenzhong always talks about things like this, and Confucius says he is not wise.
Speaking of which, I'll tell you a few more words. It is said that fortune telling and fortune telling are ingenious and magical. I really believe this kind of thing in recent years and have shown it to many people.
Because business was not good at that time, I found many great gods to tell fortune, visit fortune and change my life.
At that time, what they said was very reasonable, and many people followed suit, but it didn't help in the end.
It is far from saying that it will be good in half a year, or how long it will take. You have experienced this situation countless times.
In the last two years, I actually figured it out. This is really my destiny. I can't help praying for outside protection. God, Buddha, it's no use just asking and not doing anything substantial. Laziness is useless.
If we want to change our lives, we must take practical actions. Use actions, such as reading, speaking, sports and so on, to really improve our lives.
No matter how much you know, if you pray to God and worship Buddha all day, your health will not be good. You must exercise to get better.
If you want to acquire more knowledge, you need to read more books and read them. Replace your old knowledge with new knowledge learned from reading, put it into practice, and achieve results.
If we want to have a certain position in this society, we must do more things for others and pay more. In this way, if you are valuable to others, you will gain corresponding respect and status.
It's definitely not for me to sacrifice, pray all day, and do those fancy things to solve the fundamental problem.
I want to say one more thing here. Last night, I listened to Sister Meng's class in the video training camp the night before yesterday.
What makes me very happy is that I was mentioned twice by Meng Jie. There are a lot of lectures in her course. There are over 65,438+0,000 students here. As soon as I saw it, the broadcast volume was over 1 1,000.
The first time she mentioned me, she said that I wrote a self-introduction, "Who is he?" She told me it wouldn't work, because others didn't know who you were. What you say is of no value and significance.
To be like her, I later discussed it with Qiu Yan and changed it to: The more self-discipline, the more freedom, the more pay. As long as you stick to the day shift, why worry about your dreams? ...
She especially praised me for doing my homework seriously and iterating actively.
To tell you the truth, I was very excited after listening to it. Last night, I shared with my heart. My heart said, look, big brother, where are you the most dazzling star?
In fact, what I want to say is that we should put our efforts into practice, do things seriously, and actively communicate with others, such as Sister Meng, Uncle Cat, Brother Long, and so on. And communicate with them, communicate more or ask questions.
Because people are big coffee, the coffee table is higher than us, and the knowledge is higher than us. We should consult more modestly.
In this case, people who are close to cattle will become cattle people, and cattle people will promote 10 thousand sentences in one sentence. This is a more correct way of doing things.
The same is true for our comrades. Don't be whimsical, and don't expect me to ask for help to solve the problem. If I ask for help, my writing ability will be strong, my speaking ability will be high and my social status will come up. number
We should work hard, take the initiative to move closer to the cattle, follow the example of the cattle, and gradually improve our soft power. Only in this way can we achieve something, and it is unwise to only engage in superstitious activities.
Well, this chapter is over. It's a little obscure, but you can understand it if you understand it carefully.
Continue at 6: 30 tomorrow morning.
Zhang Zi asked, "Your third official, Wen Zi, is your son. You don't like it. Your third official is your son, and the management of your old son will be told to your new son. What should I do? " Confucius said, "Loyalty." Yue: "Is it benevolent?" Said: "I don't know, how can I be kind?"