Book of Changes Great Wisdom

Chapter 12 The Great Wisdom of the Book of Changes 12
The minister then told the example of Fan Chunren recommending Zhonggu, and then said: "Fan Chunren was falsely accused by Zhonggu and did not blame him. This kind of heart is rare for ordinary people. Fan Chunren recommended Zhonggu, completely abandoning personal grievances and wholeheartedly serving the country. Talent selection, this kind of mind is even rarer. The most rare thing is that Fan Chunren has been humiliated many times, but never complained, and his character and personality have not changed in the slightest. Comparable. If His Majesty can appoint him, it will be the blessing of Song Dynasty."

After hearing this, Zhezong couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I know too little about Fan Chunren's deeds. This is my fault. Fan Chunren is worthy of being a loyal minister. I will rely on him more in the future."

Therefore, Fan Chunren was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and none of the officials raised any objections.

A clear distinction between grievances and grievances is the most effective way to correctly deal with the mistakes of others. It can make others understand their mistakes and correct them convincingly.For the mistakes we have made, we also need to deal with grievances and grievances clearly, stick to those correct "mistakes", and correct those mistakes that have been corrected.

Life wisdom
Right is right and wrong is wrong.If you are right, you must stick to it; if you are wrong, don’t hesitate to correct it.Only when you have a clear view of right and wrong, can you improve yourself and teach others.

Ben Gua pays attention to self-image
Small words and righteousness
Ben: Heng, small profits go a long way.On the ninth day of the ninth day, he bent his toes and abandoned his car.Sixty-two beards.Nine three Benru, Ruru, Yongzhenji.June [-]th Benru, Boru, Baima Hanru; bandits, marriage.Sixty-five Ben in Qiuyuan, bundled up with silk; stingy, finally auspicious.There is no blame for going to Jiubai Ben.

The hexagram Ben symbolizes ornamentation.Prosperity is smooth, which is beneficial to the weak.

On the ninth day of the ninth day, he groomed his toes, abandoned the car and walked on foot.

Liu Er trimmed his beard.

After nine three modifications, polish it again, and you can get auspiciousness for long-term things.

June Fourth was so elegantly groomed, and the white horse sitting on it was so pure and flawless. The people who came in front were not bandits, but married couples.

Sixth Five-Year decorates one's own home. Although there is only a bunch of silk, it is difficult to manage the house, but it will eventually be auspicious.

The upper nine is decorated with white, and there will be no disaster.

Xiang said: "There is fire under the mountain, Ben."A gentleman who governs the common people with clarity does not dare to break the prison.

It is undeniable that today's society pays more and more attention to everyone's external characteristics.However, in the "Ben Gua", it is believed that: "Ben is in Qiuyuan, and the silk is limited." Although "Qiuyuan" refers to the homeland, its deep meaning refers to people's inner morality.

The people we make friends with should be gentlemen with high moral character, not those villains who are high-sounding and have ulterior motives.Conversely, "Ben Gua" also warns us that although grooming appearance is important, the most important thing is to pay attention to one's own moral cultivation.

Wang Ji was born in the time of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. He was upright by nature, dared to speak and act, and once served as an admonishing doctor.He is a gentleman with high moral character and self-image.

After he resigned, he bought a house in Chang'an City. The husband and wife got up early and went to bed late, worked hard and thrifty, and lived a fulfilling life.

One summer, the scorching heat was unbearable, and Wang Ji finally became thinner and thinner due to exhaustion.The wife saw it and felt pain in her heart, always trying to find some delicious food to replenish his body.

There is a big jujube tree planted in his neighbor’s yard, which grows very luxuriantly. A large branch of the branch has stretched over the wall to Wang Ji’s yard, and the tree is full of bunches of red dates, which looks very luxuriant. tempting.

Autumn is here, and many mature jujubes fall off with the wind. The wife sees that it is a pity that they fall on the ground, so she picks them up, thinking that they are just good for her husband, so she washes them and serves them to him.Seeing his wife bringing a plate of jujubes, Wang Ji ate it relish without thinking too much.Seeing that her husband eats so deliciously, the wife feels even more proud, and sometimes she simply picks them from the tree and feeds them to Wang Ji.For several days, Wang Ji ate dates every day.

One day, Wang Ji suddenly asked his wife, "Ma'am! These red dates are so delicious, where did you buy them?" Unexpectedly, he waited for a long time but his wife did not reply, so he looked up at her and saw her weaving. While pursing his lips, he was smiling.

Wang Ji felt that his wife's expression was quite mysterious, so he asked again.This time, because the voice of the question was a little louder, the wife hurried over from the loom, covered Wang Ji's mouth, and said quickly, "Don't be so loud, sir, these are dates from the tree next door."

"What! How dare you be so bold to steal other people's things? Wouldn't this insult the reputation of our Wang family!" Wang Ji became more and more angry as he said.He has always been upright and open-minded. He did not expect his wife to do such an inappropriate thing, which made him intolerable.All of a sudden, he became angry and slapped his wife, and in a fit of anger, divorced her back to her natal home.But Wang Ji didn't know that his wife was originally for him, and he wasn't even willing to eat a date.

The neighbor and the Wang family have always gotten along very well. They asked Wang Ji's wife why they hadn't seen him for many days.When he heard that it was caused by his own jujube tree, he picked up an ax to cut down the jujube tree.Wang Ji hastily stepped forward to stop him and said, "It's definitely not your Zaoshu's fault, but my incompetence in managing the family. How offensive it is, it's really my fault."

The neighbor said: "You husband and wife have always had a deep relationship. How can you divorce her because of a few jujubes in my family? Isn't this the fault of my jujube tree? Even if your wife doesn't pick it, I will give you some. How can you care about these small things when you get along with neighbors. If you don't take Madam back, I will definitely cut down this tree." People from the neighbors rushed to intercede.Seeing the sincere advice from neighbors and villagers, Wang Ji agreed to take his wife back.

After a few days of self-reflection at her natal home, the wife also felt that she was wrong. When her husband came to pick her up, she was very grateful and confessed to her husband.As soon as the two discussed it, they came to the neighbor's house together, apologized, and expressed their deep gratitude.Neighbors were also moved by Wang Ji's behavior.Since then, the relationship between the two has become closer.

A person with a beautiful appearance makes people look at them more; a person with a noble heart makes people care more about them.In comparison, it is not difficult for us to see which is more important.Of course, while we pay attention to cultivating inner moral character, we should not forget the external image. After all, the external image is the most intuitive image we show to people.As long as the relationship between the two is balanced, we will be more popular.

Life wisdom
The inner beauty is the beauty that we are most worthy of cultivating, and it is also the beauty that people appreciate most.Only by correcting one's bad conduct and paying attention to self-image at all times can you be respected and appreciated by more people.

Enough is enough
Small words and righteousness
Peeling: unfavorable to have.On the sixth day, the bed is stripped to the feet, contemptuous; chaste and fierce.Sixty-two strip the bed to distinguish, contempt; chaste and fierce.There is no blame for the six-three stripping.June [-] to peel off the skin of the bed, fierce.Sixty-five round fish are favored by palace people, and there is no disadvantage.If you don't eat the fruits of the upper nine, the gentleman will get a husband, and the villain will peel off the hut.

The hexagram peeling off symbolizes peeling off.It is inappropriate to act.

On the sixth day of the sixth day, if the big bed is denuded, the legs of the bed must be damaged first, and if the legs of the bed are damaged, there must be danger in divination.

The [-] denuded big bed has already damaged the head of the bed, and if the head of the bed is damaged, it must be dangerous to occupy it.

Although Liusan was in denudation, there was no disaster.

The June [-]th denudation of the big bed has already damaged the bed, and the situation is very dangerous.

Sixth Five-Year guides the harem concubines to file in to receive the favor of the monarch, and there is no disadvantage.

The upper nine fruits are huge but not eaten, the gentleman who picks the food will be carried by a cart, and the villain who picks the food will peel off the house.

Xiang said: The mountain is attached to the ground, peel it off.The upper part is thicker and the lower part is Anzhai.

In fact it is.It is a natural law that everything goes from prosperity to decline.If we can't follow the laws of nature and do things moderately, we will naturally be ruthlessly "peeled" by the world just like the fate of "peeling" which is the theme of "Peeling Gua".

Since ancient times, retiring at the right time has been the secret of self-preservation in the officialdom. However, some people do not understand this truth and want to obtain higher official positions and wealth. Such people are often "stripped".

There are countless people in history who know how to stop when enough is enough and retreat when the time is right.At that time, Fan Li's achievements were unmatched: he served Goujian, the king of Yue, worked hard, devoted himself to it, and made foresight for Goujian for more than 20 years. Finally, he destroyed the state of Wu and washed away the humiliation of Kuaiji.He led his troops to cross the Huai River to the north, approached Qi and Jin, and commanded all the countries in the Central Plains. Goujian thus became the hegemon, and Fan Li was called the top general.

After returning to the Yue Kingdom, Fan Li realized that he was too famous to live in peace for a long time, and he also knew very well about Gou Jian's character: sharing adversity is okay, but sharing peace and happiness is too difficult.

So he quietly wrote a letter to bid farewell to Goujian, saying: "I heard that when the monarch is worried, the courtiers should work hard to share the worries. When the monarch is humiliated, the courtiers should die. In the past, the king was humiliated in Kuaiji Mountain. The reason why I did not die was for the great cause of revenge. Now The disgrace has been washed away, and I request that I be punished for humiliating the king in Mount Kuaiji, and that I be sentenced to death." Goujian said, "I will share and own Yue with you. Otherwise, I will punish you."

But Fan Li was soberly aware that "the king acts according to the law, and the ministers act according to their will", so he loaded the pearls and jades on a boat, and sailed away secretly by boat with his servants, and finally did not return to Yue.So Goujian marked Kuaiji Mountain as Fan Li's fiefdom.

After Fan Li left Yue State, he sent a letter from Qi State to the doctor Wenzhong, saying: "Flying birds are exhausted, good bows are hidden; cunning rabbits are dead, lackeys are cooking. The king of Yue has a long neck and a beak that is as sharp as a bird's beak. Share weal and woe, but not share joy. Why don't you leave?" Wen Zhong read the letter and excused his illness not to go to court.

Later, someone slandered and said that Wenzhong was about to cause chaos, so the King of Yue gave Wenzhong a sword and said, "You taught me seven strategies to conquer Wu, and I defeated Wu with three of them, and four more. With you, go to the former king to try these strategies for me." Wenzhong committed suicide.

When things develop to a certain extent, there will always be a time to end.As long as this law is not violated, our interests will not be harmed.Wenzhong's wisdom is almost the same as that of Fan Li. However, his death is only due to his failure to understand the "Peeling Gua" thoroughly, and it is just that enough is enough.

Life wisdom
When dealing with people, we must accurately analyze the development laws of things, do not do things that violate the laws, and do not force things that we know cannot be achieved.You know, "enough is enough" is also a great wisdom.

Fu Gua

Small words and righteousness
Re: Heng, there is no disease when you go in and out, and there is no blame for friends coming; repeat the same way, and come back in seven days.Pros and cons.The ninth day is not far away, no regrets, Yuanji.Come back on June [-], Kat.Six or three repeated frequently, Li Wugui.On June [-]th, Bank of China returned alone.Sixty-five Dunfu, no regrets.The upper six fans are complex, fierce, and there are disasters.If you use a teacher, you will be defeated in the end; if you use your country, the king will be fierce; as for ten years, you will not be able to conquer.

Fu Gua symbolizes return.Prosperity is smooth, there is no disease when you go out or in, and there is no disaster when friends come. You go back and forth according to a certain pattern, and it only takes seven days to go back and forth, which is good for taking action.

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