"Half a winter solstice, as there is no change. When the sun first moves, everything is not born. " These two poems are from Shao Kangjie's Solstice Winter Fu. The Journey to the West's opening part expounds the law of the change of heaven and earth and the mystery of the growth of all things. In the first paragraph, the author Wu Cheng'en quotes Shao Kangjie's poems, which shows that Wu Cheng'en admires and recognizes Shao Kangjie very much. So, who is Shao Kangjie?
Shao Kangjie, whose real name was Shao Yong, was a famous philosopher and Yi-ology scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, and was known as a sage inside and a king outside. Han nationality, Fu Yaoren, Kang Jie, posthumous title,No. Anle, Mr. Yichuan Weng, later known as Mr. Baiyuan. My ancestors were from Zhuoxian County, Hebei Province, and moved to Huixian County, Henan Province with my father since childhood. When he was a child, he was very ambitious. When he grew up, he studied Hetu, Luoshu and Fuxi Bagua under the guidance of Li Zhicai. He realized the Tao himself and created the "innate learning", thinking that everything evolved from "Tai Chi". He is a hermit, but he is not an official. He wrote articles on observing things, congenital pictures, Yichuan's collection hitting the soil, and Huang Ji Jing Shi.
The winter solstice in Shao Kangjie refers to the second month, which is 1 1 month in the lunar calendar. The children's time is from eleven o'clock in the evening to one o'clock in the morning, and the children's half is exactly twelve o'clock in the evening. The unchanging nature of heaven means that everything in the universe is in a state of readiness. One yang refers to the alternation of yin and yang between heaven and earth, and the yang is being generated. "Half a winter solstice, as there is no change. When the sun first moves, everything is not born. " At twelve o'clock at the foot of the mountain, everything in the universe has reached a moment that is neither moving nor quiet. With the help of the qi of one yang, the yogi meditates and stops, reaching the ethereal realm where he can't stop thinking.
Shao Kangjie used Fuxi's Eight Diagrams principle to evolve the Tao of Tai Chi Yin and Yang, and then realized the highest state of monasticism from the changing law of heaven and earth. Therefore, Wu Cheng'en quoted his poems from the beginning to illustrate the general trend of heaven and earth and the way of the change of Yin and Yang.
Read Journey to the West and create a classic. Smell it, it's a boutique.