A classic about the changes of all things, analysis of the twelve zodiac signs and eight trigrams
We all know that the five elements and eight trigrams are inseparable from the twelve zodiac signs. In Feng Shui, the twelve zodiac signs and the eight trigrams are inseparable and complement each other. So you know the classic about the change of all things, what kind of analysis does the orientation map of the twelve zodiac signs and Bagua chart have?
Qian Gua: In the northwest, there are three mountains of Xu (Qianhai), corresponding to men and women born in the year of Xu (Dog) and Hai (Pig).
Kun hexagram: In the southwest, there are three mountains of Wei, Kun and Shen, corresponding to men and women born in the year of Wei (sheep) and the year of Shen (monkey).
Zhen Gua: Dongfang, containing the three mountains of Jia, Mao and Yi, corresponding to men and women born in the year of Mao (Rabbit).
Xun Gua: The southeast contains the three mountains of Chen and Xunsi, corresponding to men and women born in the Chen (Dragon) year and the Si (Snake) year.
Kan Gua: The north contains the three mountains of Renzi and Gui, corresponding to men and women born in the year of Zi (Rat).
Li Gua: South, Hanxu Qianhai and the Three Mountains, corresponding to men and women born in the year of Wu (Horse).
Gen Gua: In the northeast, there are three mountains of Chou Gen and Yin, corresponding to men and women born in the year of Chou (Ox) and the year of Yin (Tiger).
Dui hexagram: The West contains the three mountains of Geng, You and Xin, corresponding to men and women born in the year of Chou (Ox) and the year of Yin (Tiger).
The Eight Diagrams and the Chinese Zodiac
The "Book of Changes" and the Eight Diagrams were a cultural and ideological theoretical system widely used by all strata of society in ancient China. Rulers and military strategists used it to strategize. To govern the country and bring peace to the country; the people use it as a tool for health preservation and business profit... The difference in the actual application level of "Zhouyi" and Bagua lies in the depth of each person's understanding of the meaning of "Zhouyi" and Bagua. Anyone who is proficient in the "Book of Changes" and Bagua should be regarded as a sage or a hero, with the ability to understand the heaven and the earth.
For thousands of years, the arrangement and combination of Bagua diagrams are as strict and logical as mathematical axioms and cannot be changed. There are explanatory texts from different periods and different schools of thought regarding people's interpretation and understanding of "The Book of Changes" and the Bagua Diagram. The origin of the Bagua Diagram has always been a mystery since ancient times. No one can come up with scientifically based facts to analyze the complete origin of the Bagua Diagram. In "Book of Changes·Shuo Gua Zhuan", there is an explanation of the totem attributes of the specific positions of the hexagrams in the Bagua chart.
For example, "Qian is a horse, Kun is an ox, Zhen is a dragon, Xun is a chicken, Kan is a hog, Li is a pheasant, Gen is a dog, and Dui is a sheep." There is also "Qian is the head, Kun is the sheep." "It is the belly, Zhen is the foot, Kan is the ear, Li is the eye, Gen is the hand, Dui is the mouth" and so on, if the totem attributes of the above Bagua diagrams are combined together, there will be "Qian, horse head; Kun, ox." Abdomen; Zhen, dragon’s feet; Xun, chicken buttocks; Kan, pig’s ears; Li, pheasant’s eyes; Gen, dog’s hand; Dui, sheep’s mouth.” The totem attributes of the Eight Diagrams are quite clear and specific.
What does the totem image of Bagua represent? In the 1980s, UNESCO promulgated a three-dimensional plan map of the earth's surface drawn by scientists from all over the world through decades of cooperation, using the most advanced satellite, infrared, and acoustic wave instrument surveys and long-term accumulation of databases. The three-dimensional plan view of the earth's surface shows the topography and landforms of the seafloor and land on a three-dimensional map. It is precisely this map that represents mankind's most profound scientific understanding of the earth's geographical structure.
The images of horses, cows, sheep, dragons, chickens, hogs, pheasants, and dogs referred to by the Bagua totem attributes can all be reflected in the three-dimensional plan view of the earth's surface. The totem images correspond to the geographical structure of the earth. Therefore, the Bagua map is also connected with the geography of the earth, finding a new angle for revealing the mystery of the Bagua in ancient Chinese civilization. Detailed analysis:
1. The horse, cow, sheep, and deer totems graphically reflect the entire outline structure of the earth’s continental plates. Specifically, the North American continent is the head, the South American continent is the forefoot, and the North American continent is the front foot. Baffin Island in the north and the Northeastern Islands form the horns of the sheep and deer totems, while the North American continent and Greenland form the horns of the cow. The Eurasian continent, the African continent, and the Oceania continent are the outline images of the human body.
Among them, the Eurasian continent represents the backs of horses, cattle, sheep, and deer; the African continent represents the breasts of horses, cattle, sheep, and deer; Western Siberia of the Asian continent represents the tails of horses, cattle, sheep, and deer; and Oceania represents the tails of horses, cattle, sheep, and deers. Tie the rear hooves of horses, cattle, sheep, and deer. "Qian, the horse's head; Kun, the cow's belly; Zhen, the dragon's feet; Dui, the sheep's mouth." The attributes of the Bagua totem are reflected in the geographical shape of the earth.
2. The pig (pig, beast) and dog totems graphically reflect the geographical structure of the African continent as the head, Eurasia as the body, and Western Siberia as the tail. The African continent is the head of a pig or dog, southern Africa is the nose, northern Africa is the top of the head and ears, the Red Sea between the African continent and the Asian continent and the Arabian Peninsula in Asia are the mouth; Europe in the Eurasian continent is The front body of pigs and dogs, Scandinavia is the leg of pigs and dogs; Asia constitutes the rear body of pigs and dogs, and Western Siberia is the tail. The pig (pig, beast) and dog totems face south and back to north, and are prone.
"Kan, Boar's ears; Gen, Dog's hand;" The attributes of the Bagua totem can also be reflected in the earth's geographical environment.
3. The chicken and pheasant (bird) totems pictographically reflect Oceania as the head, the Asian Nanyang Islands as the neck of the chicken and pheasant (bird) totems, and the Indian Ocean section of the mid-ocean ridge system and submarine mountains as the chicken and pheasant totems. The connection between the neck and abdomen of the pheasant (bird) totem. The Eurasian continent and the eastern Asian continental shelf are the body, and the African continent and eastern Asian Western Siberia are the bird's wings. The chicken and pheasant totems also show consistency with the geography of the earth.
Among the various forms of money spent in ancient times, there were astronomical pictures or words such as the zodiac, the heavenly stems and the earthly branches, the Eight Trigrams, the Four Symbols, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations. There are even sentences such as "the sky is round and the earth is round" and "six laws and nine chapters" that reflect our country's simple primitive cosmology. Among the ancient coins with the zodiac and Bagua patterns, it is based on the twelve earthly branches (Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai) and the twelve zodiac animals (rat , ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig) correspondingly form the money surface, and the image is vivid and vivid. The legend of the twelve zodiac signs was created by Dongfang Shuo in the Han Dynasty. The use of the twelve zodiac signs in the lunar calendar also began in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This information can be found in Zhao Yi's "Yu Cong Kao" of the Qing Dynasty. The use of stems and branches to record years is said to have started in the era of Yao and Shun. The origin of the twelve zodiac signs is closely linked to ancient astronomy. Our ancestors divided day and night into twelve hours. At the same time, while observing the sky, they determined the twelve zodiac signs based on the living habits and activity hours of the twelve animals. The backs of zodiac coins are mostly Bagua and stars.
The Eight Trigrams are Qian, Kun, Qi, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen and Dui formed into a circle of hexagrams and symbols. It mainly symbolizes the eight natural phenomena of heaven, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountains and lakes, especially the two hexagrams Qian and Kun, which occupy an important position in the Bagua and summarize the natural phenomena in the universe. They were regarded by ancient Chinese as Considered to be the original source of all phenomena in nature and human society. At that time, Taoists used Bagua as a symbol of good luck, and the ancients also used Bagua to represent the eight geographical directions. And Xingguan is the ancient people’s name for the stars.
Xingguan, legend has it that she is the mother of the stars in the Big Dipper, also known as Doujun. Her honorific title is Doujun of Danyuan Starry Sky. She is the goddess in charge of lifespan and good and bad luck in the world in Taoism. The star official spends money, one side is the natal star official, and the other side is the heavenly stems, earthly branches or twelve zodiac signs, which reflects human beings' desire for peace and happiness. A common star official spending money has the pattern of star officials, servants, turtles and cranes under the tree on the front, a bright moon hanging on the treetops, and the twelve zodiac animals in an intricate arrangement on the back. It is made of bronze, black with red rust color, and has a thick body. , the casting is exquisite, and it was made in Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
The shapes of these ancient coins include one with each zodiac sign, and some with the twelve zodiac signs combined into one coin. The perforations are either square or round, and some have double-sided wheels. In the past, people generally believed that wearing the twelve zodiac coins that are the same as one's own zodiac sign, that is, "natal money", can eliminate disasters, turn bad luck into good luck, and pray for peace. It reflects people's understanding of the relationship between nature and human beings.
The "Gua" of Bagua is a knowing word, from Gui to divination. Gui refers to Tugui, who began to use clay to make pillars to measure the shadow of the sun. Bu means to measure.
Li Hachigui measured the sun's shadow, that is, he summarized and recorded the observed sun's shadow from the four directions and four corners, which formed the image of Bagua.
The most basic unit of Bagua is Yao, which is mostly a special symbol describing the changes of the sun’s shadow. There are two types of Yao: Yin and Yang. The Yang Yao represents sunlight and the Yin Yao represents moonlight. Each hexagram has three lines, representing the three talents of heaven, earth and man. The heavenly part of Sancai includes the movement of the entire celestial body and meteorological changes. These studies of astrology were called astronomy in ancient times. Earth refers to the method of calculating the annual cycle by observing the sun's shadow, and using the principles of the earth to understand the entire process of growth and collection. The Ministry of Human Resources refers to the combination of astronomy, geography and personnel in order to produce and live according to these laws. The order of each hexagram is from bottom to top. The last horizontal line is called the first line, the middle line is called the second line, and the upper line is called the third line.
Bagua represents eight basic objects: Qian is the sky, Kun is the earth, earthquake is thunder, Xun is the wind, Gen is the mountain, Dui is the lake, Kan is the water, Li is the water. For fire, it is collectively called the Jing hexagram. A group of two of the eight Jing hexagrams is composed of sixty-four hexagrams.
The Xiantian Bagua talks about confrontation, that is, the eight types of objects represented by the Bagua are divided into four groups to illustrate the confrontation between yin and yang. In "Zhou Yi Shuo Gua Zhuan", the two hexagrams Qian and Kun are in opposition, which is called the positioning of heaven and earth; the two hexagrams Zhen and Xun are in opposition, which is called Lei Feng Xiang Bo; the two hexagrams Gen and Dui are in opposition, which is called Shanze Dengqi; the two hexagrams Kan and Li are in opposition and are called Shanze Dengqi. Water and fire are incompatible with each other to represent the confrontation between these different things. According to the content of the above-mentioned Zhi diagram, the Xiantian Bagua can be divided into three cycles:
The first cycle: going left from Kun Gua, indicating the first birth of a yang in the winter solstice, starting from the north; going right from Qian Gua, It means that the first yin of the summer solstice is born, starting from the south. This cycle refers to the innermost circle of the innate Bagua chart, which is composed of the first line of the hexagram. This cold and one hot period represents the movement of the sun in its annual cycle.
The second cycle: It consists of the lines in the hexagram. The half circle of yang lines indicates that the sun rises from the east during the day and passes through the south to the west; the half circle of yin lines indicates the night after the sun sets. This is recorded Image of the sun's daily cycle.
The third cycle: It consists of the upper lines of the hexagram. A half circle of yin lines represents the first half of the moon's movement, which is the new moon; a half circle of yang lines represents the second half of the moon's movement, which is the quarter. It can be seen that this image is a unified year, month, day and time cycle.
Zhongtian Bagua Diagram
The astronomical basis of the Zhongtian Yi comes from the sundial view of the local law. The sundial view is determined by "seeing the shadow of the sun in the day and studying the polar stars at night." The history. By referring to the Eight Diagrams of Zhongtian, we can understand the relationship between the Eight Diagrams of Zhongtian and the seasonal palaces.
The Eight Diagrams of Houtian Bagua Diagram
The Eight Diagrams of Houtian are popular, describing the cycle, such as the flow of water, to express the dependence and mutual root of yin and yang, the mother and child of the five elements. The Houtian Diagram is a collection of laws derived from the passage of the four seasons and the growth of all things.