History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 17 Weiji Hexagram

Feng Yun understood that this was telling him that only the two of them could know what he said today.

Immediately, Feng Yun told Uncle Zong about his gift...

After hearing this, Uncle Zong followed what Feng Yun said and said, "The general trend of the world is that if it divides for a long time, it must unite, and if it unites for a long time, it must divide. Are the rituals of the Great Zhou Dynasty really the rules of heaven and earth set by man, and do people follow the rules?"

Today is the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the word "unify the world" has not appeared, so Zongbo cannot understand the most mysterious part of this sentence.

However, this did not prevent Uncle Zong from uttering the word "bold" angrily in his heart, but he also felt that what he said was reasonable, so he read it for a long time.

Just listen to Feng Yun's explanation for Zongbo: "In ancient times, tribes lived in scattered places, and each had a surname. However, they all respected Fuxi Shennong and the Five Emperors of Xuanyuan, and their surnames were their clans... These were combined, and the law of the jungle at that time was Everyone follows the rules."

"Under the rule of the Five Emperors, it was still a tribe, and people's hearts were scattered. In Xia, it was a country, and it was unified again. At this time, the words of the king became the rules, and the subjects behaved accordingly."

"The Shang Dynasty established an official system, and this system was the rules..."

"The 'rituals' of our Zhou Dynasty are the same..."

……

After Zongbo finished listening, he remained silent for a long time.

Feng Yun was uneasy, because with today's words, he brought in modern thoughts. As a man from the future, he had a vision of China for 5000 years, and brought Zong Bo a dialogue that shocked the world.

"you……"

Uncle Zong closed his eyes, opened his mouth slightly, sighed, shook his head and said: "I wanted to accept you as a disciple, but... I found that I can't teach you. Your thoughts are beyond the scope of what I know."

Uncle Zong's brows were beating, which proved that he was thinking hard about every word Feng Yun just said.

However, he couldn't absorb it.

He is a person under the Great Zhou system through and through, and everything about him comes from the Great Zhou system.

Uncle Zong opened his eyes, which were bloodshot. He smiled and shook his head again: "If I had heard this when I was young, I would definitely bring bacon to see you."

"Haha, your words are too comfortable. They are not the words of any family nowadays. They are novel and novel... In the end, they are full of hope and infinite vitality. They are all for the country and the people."

"And these people are not scholar-bureaucrats, princes, common people, or slaves, but tens of thousands of people who grow among mountains and rocks, among trees, on the banks of streams, in cities, and on the earth."

silence……

After saying this, Uncle Zong fell silent.

Feng Yun's back felt cold. What was he saying just now? His words were obviously telling Uncle Zong that even if Da Zhou was overthrown and Zhou Li was overthrown, he, Feng Yun, would agree and accept it as a matter of course.

There is no gentlemanly integrity to die for the country.

Uncle Zong lowered his eyes and said, "Are you afraid now?"

"No, it's not that I'm afraid... I just feel that what I said was inappropriate." Feng Yun shook his head, and the anxiety in his heart calmed down.

"Yun has not yet reached the crown, and he is discussing etiquette with Uncle Zong. Why should he be afraid?"

"Haha, you, are you taking advantage of your youth and weakness and my temperament?"

Uncle Zong couldn't help but soften his attitude towards Feng Yun.

"But you still know that it is not appropriate, and you are somewhat stable. Remember, you are now an official under the Zhou rites. If you are a wanderer, that's it. Now that you are a ceremonial official, but you don't behave politely, how can you be worthy of what you get? "

Feng Yun bowed his hands.

"Uncle Zong, please forgive me. I am a ceremonial official, and the salary and education I receive are indeed what I deserve."

Uncle Zong's face gradually became normal, he stroked his beard and said: "Well... you, you."

"You are also a sincere person, so you have told me everything...but the general trend of the world is that if we unite for a long time, we will break up, and if we divide for a long time, we will unite. Don't say it again."

"What you said, if it were in the Central Plains, I might be in trouble."

"Even if the court is adjacent to Dongyi, everything must be done according to etiquette." Uncle Zong sighed: "As you said, today's heaven is the Zhou rite, and you are the people on the earth. The rules set by heaven, you You have to behave yourself.”

Uncle Zong stood up and patted Feng Yun on the shoulder.

"You are not suitable to learn "Zhou Rites" for the time being, so don't read "Etiquette". I won't teach you this for the time being. You can read by yourself... The boxes in this inner room are full of good books. The boxes are famous. If you want to see it, come to me and I will open it for you."

"What's your future? I just hope you remember that it was Da Ting who raised you, and the foundation of Da Ting is the Feng clan."

Uncle Zong sighed.

He really couldn't teach Feng Yun... It's a pity, it's a pity.

But he is not prepared to suppress Feng Yun. Who can say clearly about the future.The general trend of the world cannot be changed by one person. Before King Wu conquered Zhou, there were many people such as King Wen and Boyikao as the foundation. When he conquered Zhou, there were countless heroes to help him. After he conquered Zhou, there were various clan members who stabilized...

The general trend is not a temporary rise and fall, but a long-term accumulation, even several generations.

"The Book of Changes is no longer available in the Great Court. If you want to resign and study abroad, I won't stop you. You can rejoin the Great Court as an official when you return."

"From today on, you will be the Sergeant of Ceremony in the Palace of Classics. I will have your Sergeant Rabbit Talisman brought to you later. You can study in peace and become a stranger as soon as possible."

Having said that, without checking whether Feng Yun had cataloged the books in the inner room, Uncle Zong waved his hand, regained his temper, opened the doors and windows, and left.

Today I was supposed to give Feng Yun some guidance on his studies, but instead he was shocked. Uncle Zong felt that he was getting old and that the future would still be dominated by young people.

Not long after, some guardians came to the door and took away the books Zongbo needed.

Feng Yun's eyes moved and he talked with Uncle Zong. Under the blend of knowledge, his faceplate changed again.

——Career panel

Name: Feng Yun

Talent: Cultivating Tao - "Zhouyi - Four Hexagrams"

Alien rank: Not in the mainstream
Main occupation: Literary-Shou Zangshi

Position: Senior Sergeant
Sub-occupation: Master
Occupational Attributes:
Wen Qi: 45+5
Fame: 23+3
Management: 50+4
Politics: 38+1
Occupational magic: 10 seal scripts, 10 yin and yang lines, 1 Weiji hexagram
Secondary skills: none
"Weiji Gua..."

The properties of the panel increased again. Feng Yun gently raised his hand and wrote the word "wind" in mid-air. The breeze rose gently and blew the curtains in the room, but it quickly disappeared.

"It's like a duckweed without roots, only superficial."

Feng Yun gave this answer. The seal script technique is only an auxiliary force, and it cannot be used alone to defeat the enemy.

Perhaps Feng Yun can write poetry, but Feng Yun does not have the emotion and sufficient literary support in the poem, and cannot exert the power of the poem.

"Yin Yang Yao!"

Two beams of light, one black and one white, flowed at Feng Yun's fingertips, slowly splitting and combining.

"Wei Ji Gua - the art of filling and deficiencies."

"The lower ridge and the upper ridge are separated from each other, which is a sign of falling short of the success."

Literary education is not that simple. You must feel and understand it personally before you can gain something. If you rely on the classics that are passed down to future generations, you will not be able to get the recognition of literary education, or you will have a guilty conscience and it will be difficult for you to achieve literary power.

And this Weiji hexagram was a strange technique that he acquired through the technique of cultivating the Tao, what he felt and understood from the "Book of Changes", and combined with his conversation with Zongbo today.

Swing like an arm!

"As I said to Uncle Zong just now, his departure is just like the separation of fire and water."

But Feng Yun has no regrets. He has his own way. As long as he keeps going, he will have his own glory. There is no need to look up to Uncle Zong and live by his way.

"In Weiji hexagram, water and fire are separated. Although it is a failure, it is also a new beginning. There are countless uncertain things in the future. This is why it is placed at the end of hexagram 64."

The hexagram in his hand is composed of six yin and yang lines, and Feng Yun can feel the power contained in it.

"go with!"

The hexagram flew out and landed on a branch outside the window, on a sparrow about to swallow its larvae.

Fall short.

At the critical moment, the bird's beak was slightly away from the larvae, allowing the larvae to escape a fatal attack.

The sparrow was confused and continued to fly, but still fell short, always just a little bit behind.

However, soon, the power of Weiji Gua disappeared, and the sparrow swallowed the insect in one gulp and flew away...

This is the power of Weiji Gua, which can make it always one step away from success.

"Although it is not a killing technique, it has infinite uses. If the strength is increased, the strange technique can envelope an army and make it lose."

Feng Yun stood up and collected the "Etiquette" on the low table. He went to take out the "Book of Changes" and sat back at the head seat on the low table.

It turns out that the art of cultivating the Tao is not just about going through it in his mind and memorizing the essence. He also needs to understand these essences in practice and implement them in order to gain power faster.

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(End of this chapter)