1. What is "Tui Bei Tu"?
It is said that the Tuibei Diagram was created by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang in the Tang Dynasty of my country to predict the national destiny of the Tang Dynasty. Because Li Chunfeng was addicted to calculations and couldn't stop, he actually calculated China's fate for more than 2,000 years after the Tang Dynasty. Until Yuan Tiangang pushed his back and said: "The secrets of heaven can't be lost any more, so go back and rest!", which is the 60th chapter. As mentioned, the Tuibei Tu gets its name.
Because of its accurate predictions, Tuibeitu frightened the rulers of all dynasties and has been listed as a banned book. To this day, it still cannot escape the blacklist of banned books in mainland China. (Elegantly called: Breaking Feudal Superstition ^_^) We can only get a glimpse of its mystery on some websites in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The push-back picture we saw online today is the version that Jin Shengtan criticized during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The original version is still preserved in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and it is no different from what we see. (Doubters can go to the National Palace Museum in Taipei)
Unlike "The Centuries" written by the famous Western prophet Nostradamus, Tuibei Tu does not disrupt the order of history, and predicts They are all related to the rise and fall of the country, so they are more valuable for research and more accurate. The most gratifying thing is that it is exactly the opposite of the pessimistic world predicted by "Century". He predicted a harmonious future world where the world is one family, which is encouraging.
2. Who are Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang?
Li Chunfeng is a real person, and his biography can be found in "Old Book of Tang" and "New Book of Tang". He was born during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. He was well versed in books and mastered the study of astronomy, calendar and yin and yang. He once presided over the casting of the armillary sphere and compiled the "Linder Calendar" to replace the outdated "Wuyin Calendar". He was a great astronomer. However, he was described as a prophet in history books, and in novels he became a half-immortal who could go from yang to yin and judge the underworld (although the story is known to everyone in "Journey to the West", it was first seen in "Journey to the West"). Notes of the Tang Dynasty "Chao Ye Qian Zai"). Such a story is recorded in the "Biography of Li Chunfeng" in the old and new "Book of Tang". Since it is very closely related to "Tuibei Tu", we quote the more detailed records in the "Old Book of Tang" as follows:
In the early days of Taizong, there was a "Secret Note" that said: "After the third generation of the Tang Dynasty, the heroine Wu Wang ruled the world." Taizong secretly summoned Chunfeng to inquire about his affairs. The omen has been fulfilled. However, he has been in your majesty's palace for no more than thirty years. The whole country will kill all the descendants of the Tang family. "The emperor said, "Kill all those who are suspected." Chun? Feng said: "Heaven's decree, there must be no reason for you to avoid it. If the king does not die, there is a lot of fear of killing innocent people. And according to the above elephant, it is now completed. It is back in the palace and is already His Majesty's family. Thirty years later, and again When you are old, you will be kind. Although you will eventually change your surname, it may not harm your majesty's descendants. If you kill him now, he will be reborn. If you kill him, you will kill your majesty's descendants. "Nothing left behind." Taizong stopped at his words. (The main idea of ??the original text is: In the era of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, a "Secret Note" appeared in the society, which said: "After three generations of the Tang Dynasty, there will be a female protagonist, King Wu, to replace her in the world." Emperor Taizong summoned Li Chunfeng and asked him to He investigated the matter carefully. Li Chunfeng said: "I calculated from the celestial phenomena that the omen of this matter has been formed. This person has been born and is in your majesty's palace. Counting from now, she will be here in just thirty years. He ruled the world and almost killed all the descendants of the Tang Dynasty. "Taizong said, "Kill all the suspicious people in the palace. What do you think?" Li Chunfeng said, "Since this is God's will, there is no way to escape. The person who should be king cannot die. No matter how many people you kill, they will only be innocent people. And according to the celestial signs, this person is already in the palace and is your Majesty's dependent. In another thirty years. , she is older, and her heart has become softer at that time. Even if she replaces Tang's world, it may not be too harmful to His Majesty's descendants. If Your Majesty kills her now, God will definitely give birth to a new one. Young. This person is young and may have a more vicious temper. If this is the case, all of his descendants may really be killed." Taizong thought this was reasonable, so he gave up.)?
As for " Another participant in "Tui Bei Tu", Yuan Tiangang, has a mysterious identity and is a hermit. There are records that he is Li Chunfeng's "master" (see "Neng Gaizhai Man Lu"), but his reputation is not as famous as Li Chunfeng. (How can he be called a hermit if he is too famous^_^) However, it would be a big mistake to think that Yuan Tiangang is only in a secondary position. (I will narrate it in the end) The most famous story about Yuan Tiangang is undoubtedly recorded in "New Accounts of the Tang Dynasty" written by Liu Su of the Tang Dynasty. The story goes that when Yuan Tiangang passed through Lizhou in the early years of Zhenguan, he met the family of the governor's samurai Qi. At that time, Wu Meiniang was still a child, wearing boy's clothes, and was taken out by the wet nurse. Yuan Tiangang was shocked when he saw it, and said: "Dragon eyes and phoenix necks are extremely noble. But if she is a woman, she should be the emperor."
3. Is "Tui Bei Tu" a descendant? Forgery
The accuracy of "Tui Bei Tu" is unbelievable, so many people on the Internet believe that Tui Bei Tu is a forgery by later generations and was written based on history that has already happened. But the problem is that Tuibei Tu has been recorded in the "Five Elements Category" in "History of Song Dynasty·Yi Wen Zhi". The earliest document in which the term "Tui Bei Tu" appears is Zhuang Jiyu's "Jilibian" by Zhuang Jiyu of the Northern Song Dynasty, and then by Yue Yue of the Southern Song Dynasty. "History" by Ke (grandson of Yue Fei). This shows that this book already existed before the Song Dynasty.
Some people say that "Tuibei Tu" was created collectively by countless authors from different periods, and was written like a story based on the history that has happened in the past dynasties. Well, let’s take a step back and say that even if this is the case, Jin Shengtan, a great literati of the Qing Dynasty, annotated the entire book. (The original annotation is in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, and photocopies can also be seen online, as well as the recommendation we see now. The back picture is exactly the same) Then we only need to look at what happened after Jin Shengtan to verify the accuracy of "Tui Bei Picture". In addition, we must know that Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang are not famous at all if they do not recite the book. Even if future generations want to write fake works, there is no need to rely on their names. Therefore, we can believe that this book was indeed written by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang.
There are also some objections. For example, there are several versions of the push-back picture. A gentleman said that he had seen it in a magazine in Germany, but it was different from what we saw. Haha, if someone can really translate an obscure and difficult book like Tuibeitu into a foreign language while keeping it consistent with the original text, then this translator can definitely become an ambassador to the universe and directly translate alien languages. Besides, the Tuibei diagrams we see now are basically the same. They all have sixty symbols, which is exactly the number of Zhou Tian. If there is any discrepancy, it is probably just a clerical error in the thousands of years of copying.
Having said all this, if you still cannot accept "feudal superstition", then I think you should at least study it as a cultural phenomenon, just like you treat the Dream of Red Mansions, take it seriously, it After all, it is also the rich heritage of our Chinese civilization. No matter how bad it is, you can still read it as a brief history of China.
Okay, everyone can’t wait, here is the grand review version of "Tui Bei Tu" by Jin Shengtan! Before I read it, I said a few words and recited the 60 images in the picture. Except for the introduction of the first image and the conclusion of the last image, which are not prophecies, there are 58 prophecies, which are calculated from the Qi of the Tang Dynasty (the 2nd image) It has been predicted that the world will be unified (image 59), and each image is connected to each other without any disorder. Among them, the 33rd image was fulfilled during Mr. Jin’s lifetime. In order to break the "story solitaire theory", we will study in detail the push-back diagrams after the 33rd image, which is the future for Mr. Jin, to see how it is fulfilled. The first 33 images will be briefly discussed. However, Mr. Jin’s review was very simple and failed to fully describe the subtleties of the first 33 images, so everyone can figure it out on their own.