Sages have the ability to see the world, but they want to describe it properly, so they call it image. Sages have the ability to see the movement of the world, observe its communication, perform its rituals, and how to judge its good or bad, which is why it is called.
It is not hateful to say that the world is the best. It is said that the world is moving but not chaotic. Draw up before you speak, discuss before you move, and propose to change.
Detailed comments
This chapter can be divided into two sections: the first section, from "saints have a world view" to "what is so-called", talks about what is image and harmony; The second section, from "saying that the world is the best but not hateful" to "proposing to change it", discusses how to explain the image and mind. Although this chapter is very short, its content is very important in the Book of Changes. Explain sentence by sentence as follows.
Sages have the ability to see the world, but they want to describe it properly, so they call it image.
"Hu" was interpreted by Zhu as "a mess" and was generally good. "The best in the world" means that everything in the world is complicated.
"Imitating its description" means using gossip to simulate its description.
"It is appropriate to look like" means to take a picture with the right things.
For example, Shuo Gua Zhuan said, "Walking is a horse, and Kun is a cow." This is about taking pictures of Gan and Kun. Cattle and horses are "things" used to take pictures. Why treat elephants as horses and Kun as cows? This is based on the nature of gossip. The biography of divination says: "Gan Jian is also, Kun Shun is also." This is the essence of gossip. Horses travel thousands of miles every day, and if they are healthy, they will be taken as horses; Cows are born, so Kun was chosen as a cow. It can be seen that the image of hexagrams is actually like complex things in the world. Because gan can be a horse, a leader, a monarch and a father, that is to say, the image of hexagrams is omnipotent, so it can be like complex things in the world.
The "image" of the "image of the old saying" is about divinatory symbols.
In short, this passage means that the sage sees that everything in the world is the most complicated, so he uses gossip to simulate its description and takes pictures with appropriate things. This is called divination.
Sages have the ability to see the movement of the world, observe its communication, perform its rituals, and how to judge its good or bad, which is why it is called.
The "movement" of "the sage can see the world" is change. The hexagrams are about images, and there are six hexagrams in one hexagram. "Cohesive Biography" said: "People who are afraid of words are like people, and those who are afraid of words are also changing." It can be seen that, relatively speaking, hexagrams are static and changing. "The movement of the world" is universal. Everything in the world moves in this way, so it is said that "the world moves."
The word "meeting" means "gathering"; "Guo" means "Guo". In fact, "hui" refers to union, which is a qualitative change in dialectics; "Tong" is a quantitative change in dialectics. The Book of Changes says that "poverty means change, and change means communication", which means that quantitative change "poverty" means qualitative change, and qualitative change means communication. "Seeing it must pass" means observing that it has "meeting" and "passing" when it moves.
"Doing its courtesy" is actually doing things. Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties had different rituals, and later generations had different political systems. This is the "cause" of "changing things", that is, the "cause" of "misleading people all over the world".
"How to judge the good or ill luck of a copula" is to judge the good or ill luck of a copula with a written explanation.
The meaning of this passage is that the sage sees that the world is changing, not all the time, but in stages, cycles, joints, "meeting" and "connecting", and then performs a ceremony to judge whether it is good or bad with written explanations. That's why. That's the first section.
It is not hateful to say that the world is the best.
The meaning of this sentence is that the image of hexagrams should be like complicated things in the world, with right and wrong.
It is said that the world is moving but not chaotic.
This sentence means that things in the world change regularly, and the change you said can't be chaotic. Because only by observing the "meeting" and "communication" can we "perform its rituals", and chaos will not work.
Draw up before you speak, discuss before you move, and propose to change.
"Imitate before you speak" means to imitate before you speak. "Discuss before moving" is to discuss before moving. "quasi-revision" means changing "quasi" into "Book of Changes". That's the second section.
? Chapter VII Original text
"The crane is in the shade, and his son is in peace. I have a good title and I am invincible. " Confucius said, "A gentleman lives in his room, and his good words should be thousands of miles away. What is the situation? " ? Living in your own room, making bad remarks, thousands of miles away, is a violation. What's the situation? Words are outside the body, adding color to the people; The line is far from you, and it is far from you. Words and deeds are the basic principles of a gentleman. Cardinal's hair is also the Lord of honor and disgrace. Words and deeds, the reason why a gentleman moves heaven and earth unintentionally? "
People howl first, then laugh. Confucius said, "A gentleman's way is either out or out, or in silence or words. If two people are connected, their sharpness can cut metal. Words of one heart stink like moss. "
"on the sixth day, use imperata, no blame." Confucius said, "You can make mistakes wherever you make them. What's so strange about using it? " ? Be careful. Fumao is thin, but it can be heavy to use. Thinking is the past, and there is nothing to lose. "
"Diligent, the gentleman has an end, and it is also auspicious." Confucius said, "Work without cutting, merit without virtue, is extremely thick. Language also serves people because of its advantages. Deqiang, courtesy and respect. Modesty is courtesy. "
"Kang Long has regrets". Confucius said: "The monarch has no position, the monarch has no people, and the sage is in the next position without assistance, so he regrets it."
"Never leave home, no blame". Confucius said, "If there is chaos, it is considered rank. If you don't keep a secret, you will lose your position. If you don't keep a secret, you will lose your virginity. If you don't keep a secret, you will get hurt. Because the gentleman is careful. "
Confucius said, "Who knew the Book of Changes was stolen?" "Yi" said: "Take the negative and multiply it, leading to the enemy. Negative people are also villains. A man who takes advantage is also a tool of a gentleman. The villain took advantage of the gentleman's weapon and stole it. Slow down, be violent, steal, and think about cutting. Slow Tibetan thieves, smelting capacity to teach prostitution. Yi said, "If you take the negative and multiply it, you will lose." . Stealing is also a trick. "
Detailed comments
This chapter can be regarded as an example of Confucius reading the Book of Changes. Confucius took out one of the seven hexagrams to explain it as a demonstration of studying the Book of Changes. Some of these explanations of Confucius are consistent with the literal meaning of poetry; Some are different, just playing with it. This shows that when reading the Book of Changes, we should understand the original meaning of the Book of Changes, and when explaining it, we can look at the problem from another angle instead of sticking to the original meaning. Now a brief explanation is as follows.
? "The crane is in the shade, and his son is in peace. I have a good title and I am invincible. " Confucius said, "A gentleman lives in his room, and his good words should be thousands of miles away. What is the situation? " ? Living in your own room, making bad remarks, thousands of miles away, is a violation. What's the situation? Words are outside the body, adding color to the people; The line is far from you, and it is far from you. Words and deeds are the basic principles of a gentleman. Cardinal's hair is also the Lord of honor and disgrace. Words and deeds, the reason why a gentleman moves heaven and earth unintentionally?
"The crane is in the shade, and his son is in peace. I have a good title, and I was defeated by you. " This is the slogan of 1992 Zhongfu. Zhu's Original Meaning of Zhouyi said: "In 1992, middling was true, and in 1995, middling was also true. Therefore, there is a proud image of him and me. The crane is in the shade' means that it lives in nine places,' good sleep' means that it is right,' extinction' and' Yan' are the same. It is said that the sage is good, so although the good knight is unique to me, he is also in love. " This interpretation of the original intention of Zhu Shi is correct.
Confucius did not explain it according to the original text, but developed it and created new ideas. It was originally said that honesty can be empathetic, but Confucius played his own words and deeds and had a good influence, and bad words and deeds had a bad influence, so be careful what you say and do. That's the first section.
To be continued.
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