Coincidentally!My name is Liu Bian

Chapter 204 Talking about the Five Virtues from beginning to end

Liu Bian opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, Sun Zhu said first, "You want to watch "Zou Zi"? - Are you serious? Do you really want to watch it?"

Sun Zhu looked at Zhou Yu with surprise on his face, as if he was meeting Zhou Yu for the first time.

Zhou Yu's smile froze, as if he remembered something, and said expressionlessly: "Brother, don't forget the homework assigned by Mr. last year. It not only included "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, but also mentioned the Yin and Yang theory of "Zhu Zi Lue" ? "

One of the most important books on the "Yin-Yang Theory" is "Zou Zi".

So, is it very likely that the teacher will take the exam "Zou Zi"?

Sun Zhu's expression froze when he realized this, with a miserable look on his face, and he said depressedly: "Why do you have to remind me!"

The corner of his mouth curled up, and Zhou Yu said warmly: "Brother, it's useless to escape. Why don't you review it a few more times?"

"I can't stand it!" Sun Zhu shook his head and said through gritted teeth, "My dear brother, why does the "Yin Yang Family" exist?Yin is not yin, yang is not yang, don’t you think this is very mysterious?Only liars who practice fraud will always talk about metal, wood, water, fire and earth——"

"Oh?" Zhou Yu tilted his head, "Brother, don't you remember this?"

"I just remember a little bit." Sun Zhu felt distressed, "If the teacher wants to ask more questions, what should I do?"

"Brother, I can only memorize it by rote." Zhou Yu actively gave Sun Zhu advice, "At least if you master "Zou Zi" well, you can guarantee a passing grade..."

"Is there no other way?" Sun Zhushi refused, not appreciating this method at all.

At this time, Liu Bian cleared his throat and said abruptly: "How about we practice?"

"Huh?" Sun Zhu and Zhou Yu were stunned for a moment, then looked at Liu Bian consciously.Sun Zhu raised his eyebrows and asked first, "Practice? How to practice?"

"It's very simple." Liu Bian shook the book in his hand, "I will pick a few points in the book and you will answer them. For example..." He opened "Zou Zi" and asked the first question:
"Who is Zou Zi?"

Sun Zhu was stunned and didn't react for a moment, but Zhou Yu replied without thinking: "Zou Yan was a native of Qi State at the end of the Warring States Period, a representative of the Yin Yang family and the founder of the Five Elements."

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Zhou, you got the answer right!" Liu Bian turned over a page of Zou Zi and asked the second question:
"What school of thought does Zou Zi advocate?"

Sun Zhu took the lead and said loudly: "Yin and Yang! Five Elements!" - Brother Zhou just said it!

Sun Zhu looked at Liu Bian happily.Liu Bian nodded and said: "That's right! So, what are the "Five Elements"? "

"Don't tell me, let me do it!" Sun Zhu asked Zhou Yu.After Zhou Yu nodded in agreement, Sun Zhu said in a bumpy voice, "The five elements also refer to the "five virtues"! "Five virtues" refer to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—"

"That's right!" Liu Bian asked the third question, "What is the "five elements mutually reinforcing each other"? "

Sun Zhu wiped the thin sweat from his forehead, and counted with his fingers: "Wood makes fire! Fire makes earth! Earth makes metal! Metal makes water! Water makes wood! Metal overcomes wood! Wood overcomes earth! Earth overcomes water! Water overcomes fire! Fire overcomes metal." !”

"Bah bang bang—" Zhou Yu clapped his hands and applauded, praising without hesitation, "Brother got the answer right! It's really amazing!"

Liu Bian rolled his eyes and complained silently: What is this? ——You have judged and affirmed that Sun Zhu is right. It shows that your understanding of "the mutual generation and restraint of the five elements" is not inferior to Sun Zhu's, right?
Unfortunately, Sun Zhu didn't notice this. Instead, he smirked at Zhou Yu and said with a smile: "I thought I didn't remember."

"Next question!" Liu Bian rolled his eyes and decided to increase the difficulty, "Tell me about the content of "The Five Virtues End and Beginning." "

Sun Zhu: "..."

To put it lightly, Sun Zhu fell silent.

It seems that Sun Zhu's understanding of "Zou Zi" really only has a passing grade?
Sun Zhu couldn't answer, so Liu Bian turned his eyes to Zhou Yu, and said clearly: "Senior brother Zhou, you answer."

Zhou Yu pondered for a while, and glanced at Sun Zhu.

Sun Zhu patted Zhou Yu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You don't have to think about it for me. You know me, I have never been interested in the "Yin Yang Family". "

Zhou Yu smiled to show his understanding.

After pondering for a while, Zhou Yufang said: "The "Five Virtues" are the five virtues represented by the five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. "End and beginning" refers to the repeated circulation of the five virtues.Simple analysis: "The Five Virtues End at the Beginning" is a concept that can help everyone quickly grasp what historical changes are and the rise and fall of dynasties! ""oh?for example? "Liu Bian said.

Zhou Yu said: "Take the Pre-Qin Dynasty as an example. The four dynasties of Yu, Shun, Xia, Yin, and Zhou are divided according to the five virtues, which are earth, wood, metal, fire, and water. Among them, wood wins. Earth, metal beats wood, fire beats metal, and water beats fire. At every stage of development, there is a struggle between the two forces of yin and yang, which is exactly in line with the theory of "the five virtues are mutually reinforcing and inhibiting each other"!Next, there is the regularity of the Five Virtues, which is cyclical and contradictory in accordance with the cycle of "starting from earth, ending with water, and migrating to earth." These two properties promote the "transfer of the Five Virtues" and determine the "transition of the Five Virtues". "Rise and fall"! "

Sun Zhu: "..."

Sun Zhu opened his mouth wide and stared blankly, completely stunned by Zhou Yu.

Looking at Liu Bian again, he flipped through the book calmly and echoed without changing his expression: "Senior Brother Zhou remembers the concept of "Zou Zi" very clearly?
Okay, let's turn from theory to practice and talk about the impact of the "Five Virtues of Ending and Beginning" on the current era?

Next, would you like Mr. Zhou to use Zhou, Qin and Han as examples to comment on "the five virtues end with the beginning"? "

Zhou Yu was at a loss for a moment, and said slowly: "Qin destroyed Zhou, and Han destroyed Qin. This is the theory of "the mutual restraint of five virtues"... Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty was the virtue of fire, while the Qin Dynasty was the virtue of water——

"Zou Zi" says: The Yellow Emperor has the virtue of earth; the lineage of the Yellow Emperor in the Xia Dynasty, so Xia has the virtue of wood; Shang conquers Xia, and Shang has the virtue of gold; Zhou conquers Shang, and Zhou has the virtue of fire.The person who will replace the Zhou Dynasty in the future will definitely be the water virtue that can overcome fire.

Then, the Zhou Dynasty was really replaced by the Qin Dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty became Shuide!Moreover, it is said that the first lord of Qin, Duke Wen of Qin, harvested a black dragon when he went hunting!Black represents water virtue and is the auspiciousness of the Qin Dynasty!Moreover, the big river is named "Deshui"; the clothes and flags are also black, and the country is governed by the unkind and unkind Legalists!
Later, the Qin Dynasty fell, and Han Emperor Gaozu unified the world and founded the Han Dynasty. According to the mutual restraint of the "Five Virtues at the End of the World", "water ends in water and migrates to earth." The virtues of the Han Dynasty should be earth virtues, not water virtues. Virtue!Xi sighed that something went wrong: in the early years of the Han Dynasty, there were only four imperial temples inherited from the Qin Dynasty: white, green, yellow, and red, but the only one missing was the Black Emperor Temple. So the emperor of the Han Dynasty regarded himself as the Black Emperor, built the Black Emperor Temple, and brought the Han Dynasty to the Black Emperor Temple. The virtue of the dynasty is defined as water virtue.

However, the big man is a native of virtue.

Therefore, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Qing, Hu Sui, Sima Qian and others once again suggested that the moral character of the Han Dynasty was changed from water virtue back to earth virtue, which was still yellow.

However, soil is "migration".

Therefore, looking at the entire Han Dynasty, first the Western Han Dynasty replaced the Qin Dynasty, then Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, and then Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu founded the Eastern Han Dynasty and re-continued the Han Dynasty. Until today, the Han Dynasty is in chaos in all directions. If the "morality" is not revised, ”, I’m afraid that Tu De will still “migrate” instead of Shui De that will “end”——”

Zhou Yu wanted to analyze further, but Sun Zhu covered his mouth with his hand!

"Brother Zhou!" Sun Zhu was sweating and looked at Zhou Yu with warning eyes, signaling Zhou Yu to stop.

What are you talking about? ——You can talk about the rights and wrongs of the Han Dynasty without fear of being spotted!
Sun Zhu admonished him with his eyes.

Zhou Yu blinked and stood there quietly.

After a while, Sun Zhu took back his hand, as if begging for mercy, and raised his hand and said: "Spare me! Spare me! I'm almost surrounded by you... Sure enough, you said, "I know a little bit about one or two." Are you trying to comfort me? "

After saying that, Sun Zhu knelt down, bowed his head and counted the ants.

Zhou Yu glanced at Liu Bian, and hurriedly went to comfort Sun Zhu, begging for mercy: "Brother, the following words are all made up by me, don't you believe it?"

Sun Zhu: "..."

Sun Zhu immediately jumped up and stammered: "Huh? Are you making it up?"

Zhou Yu nodded sadly.

Sun Zhu took a long breath, punched Zhou Yu's chest, and scolded: "If you use these words to fool the teacher, watch how the teacher will skin you!"

Zhou Yu knew he was wrong and said: "I was negligent. I must read "Zou Zi" hard when I return, and I will never make any mistakes again."

Out of the corner of his eye, Zhou Yu caught a glimpse of Liu Bian deep in thought.

At that time, Liu Bian heard Zhou Yu's mysterious insights and tried to expand on them:

Why did the "Yellow Turban Uprising" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty fail? ——The slogan of the Yellow Turbans is "The sky is dead, the yellow sky must stand." Among them, "yellow sky" naturally represents the virtue of earth, but the Han Dynasty was mistaken for the virtue of water, so it failed!

Later, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in history also failed!The reason is: Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao both claimed to be descendants of Yu Shun, and attempted to inherit the Fire virtue of the Han Dynasty with Tu De - the Liu family of the Han Dynasty claimed to be descendants of Tang Yao, and Tang Yao should belong to the Fire virtue...

Frowning, Liu Bian still wanted to think about whether he should change his "virtue" when he succeeds to the throne in the future to prevent troubled times... "Junior Brother He? Junior Brother He?" Sun Zhu's voice rang in his ears. , "What are you thinking about?"

(End of this chapter)