Book of Changes Great Wisdom

Chapter 14 The Great Wisdom of the Book of Changes 14
Xiang said: There is thunder under the mountain, Yi.A gentleman should be cautious in speech and diet.

The topics of frugality and abstinence have been popular for thousands of years.Han Fei in the Warring States Period once said that "there is no misfortune greater than desire"; Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms also said "prevent treachery for government, and avoid extravagance for frugality"; , the mind has no limits. If the mind has no limits, then what it does is unknowable.”

The reason why the ancients praised prudence, extravagance and abstinence should have its broad educational significance. The hexagrams in "Yi Gua" also say: "Gentlemen should be cautious in speech and diet." The "diet" here also advocates caution in extravagance and abstinence.

Everyone knows that "it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality".It is easy for a person to fall into extravagance if he does not restrain himself when he has the conditions, but it is even more difficult for him to gradually return to frugality from extravagance when he has no conditions.Therefore, no matter when and where we are, we should not indulge ourselves in extravagance and expand our desires.

Life wisdom
Don't regard luxury as fashion, let alone fill your mind with endless desires, because this will only make us sink and degenerate.

Blindly cause disaster

Small words and righteousness
Major demerits: Long and long;There is no blame for borrowing white grass on the sixth day.Ninety-two dry poplars give birth to weeds, and the old man gets his daughter-in-law; there is no disadvantage.Nine three ridges, fierce.Ninety-four Donglong, auspicious; have it, stingy.Ninety-five years of dry Yang Shenghua, the old woman won her husband; no blame and no reputation.The above six offenses are related to the destruction of the top; fierce, no blame.

The Daguo hexagram symbolizes a great leap.The beam is bent, which is good for taking action and making things smooth.

On the sixth day, the ground is paved with pure white thatch to display sacrifices, and there is no harm.

In [-], the withered poplars sprouted new shoots, and the old man married a young wife, and everything was disadvantageous.

The ninety-three beams are bent, and there must be danger.

Ninety-four beams uplift, you can get auspicious.But when the unexpected happens, things are bound to be tough.

The withered poplars in the Ninth Five-Year Plan bloomed new flowers, and the old woman married a young and beautiful husband. Although there were no disasters, they were not praised.

Shangliu wading blindly across the river, flooding his head, will be dangerous, but in the end he will be rescued without any disaster.

The elephant said: It is a big mistake to destroy the trees with the water.A gentleman is independent and fearless, and escapes the world without boredom.

The ancients said "pass, pass", and pass means pass and excess, and it is extended to excessive, excessive, and negligence.

There are also views on "Guo" in "Da Guo Gua", and Jiusan said "Dong Wei, fierce".This hexagram says that if you are too strong and have nothing to rely on, it emphasizes that you will not get help if you are too conceited, and will often lead to danger, which is what we call blindness and disaster.In [-], there was a description of how to avoid such "faults": "Donglong, auspicious; if you have it, you will be stingy."He thinks that if you are too rigid, you should use softness to supplement it, and emphasizes that if you want to avoid "passing", you must use rigidity with softness.

Everything is the same, if you are too conceited, you will show a strong side in the way you do things.Acting blindly like this will inevitably lead to failure.

Life wisdom
Self-confidence is good, but blind self-confidence without the guidance of correct theory is not advisable.

Get out of trouble at a small place in the Kan hexagram
Xi Kan: You Fu, Wei Xinheng;On the sixth day of the sixth day, learning the hurdles, entering the hurdles, is fierce.Ninety-two hurdles are dangerous, seek small gains.The hurdles of six or three years are dangerous and pillowy, and they enter the ridges.Do not use.Sixty-four bottles of wine, two guis, and a urn, and the promise is made by oneself, and there is no blame in the end.If the ninety-five hurdles are not profitable, it is only flat and there is no blame.The upper six series use emblems, placed on thorns, not allowed at the age of three, fierce.

The hexagram Kan symbolizes dangers and difficulties.If you have the virtue of integrity and can maintain it in your heart, you will be prosperous and smooth, and you will be rewarded for your actions.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, there are many dangers and difficulties, and he falls into the depths of the trap, which must be dangerous.

Ninety-two encounters danger in a trap, and seeking escape from a small place will surely succeed.

Liu San came and went in danger, and the trap was dangerous and deep.Once you fall into the depths of the trap, it is not suitable to display your talents for the time being.

On June [-]th, a bottle of thin wine, two baskets of light food, put them in earthen jars, and receive letters through the window, and there will be no disasters in the end.

The Ninth Five-Year pit is not yet full, the hill has been leveled, and there is no disaster.

On the sixth day, the prisoner was tied up with ropes and imprisoned in a bush of thorns. He could not be released for three years, and there must be danger.

Xiang said: When the water arrives, learn to hurdle.A gentleman acts with constant virtue and learns to teach.

People pay more and more attention to details, and there are more and more books about details on the market.So what details are we talking about?Details are just small things that are often overlooked in our daily life.

The "Kan" in "Kan Gua" means disaster and danger. This hexagram mainly talks about how to get out of trouble and danger.Ninety-two said: "There are dangers, seek small gains", pointing out that when encountering dangers and difficulties, seeking escape from small things will surely succeed, which is what we call paying attention to details.

People say that details determine destiny, and Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms period also escaped a catastrophe because of paying attention to details!

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that after Liu Bei defected to Cao Cao, the two heroes in troubled times had their own plans.Liu Bei set up a vegetable field in the backyard of his residence to hide his strength and bide his time; Cao Cao tried to find out Liu Bei's reality many times.

One day, Cao Cao sent someone to invite Liu Bei to drink while Guan and Zhang were away.Liu Bei had no choice but to come into the mansion to meet Cao Cao.

Cao Cao said, "It's not easy for you to learn how to grow vegetables!" Cao Cao said, "It's not easy for you to learn how to grow vegetables!" A bottle of boiled wine.So the two sat opposite each other and drank happily.

When the wine was half drunk, suddenly the clouds were deserted and a shower was approaching.The entourage pointed out the "long dragon" hanging in the sky to them. Cao Cao took advantage of the problem and asked, "Do you know the changes of dragons?" Liu Bei said, "I don't know much about it." Cao Cao said, "Dragon can be big or small. , can rise and hide; the big one exudes clouds and fog, the small one hides the shape; Since then, traveling all over the world, I must know the heroes of the world. Please try to talk about it!"

Liu Bei pretended to be dull, and said humbly: "I have mortal eyes, how can I know a hero?" Cao Cao said: "Don't be too modest!" Liu Bei still pretended to be confused: "I have your protection, except you. Besides, where do I know any heroes!" Cao Cao said: "Then, you must have heard some names that can be called heroes."

Liu Bei had no choice but to adapt accordingly, so he cited Yuan Shu in Huainan, Yuan Shao in Hebei, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Sun Ce in Jiangdong, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Lu, Han Sui and others.But they were all denied by Cao Cao.Liu Bei had no choice but to say: "Except for these people, I really don't know."

Cao Cao said: "The so-called hero refers to a person with great ambitions, good plans, the opportunity to hide the universe, and the ambition to swallow the world!" Liu Bei said: "Then, who is qualified to be called such a hero?"

Cao Cao pointed at Liu Bei and himself, and said, "It seems that the only heroes in the world today are you and me!"

Knowing that fate was at stake at this time, Liu Bei deliberately pretended to be shocked and dropped the spoon and chopsticks in his hand to the ground in a hurry.Just at this time, the heavy rain was approaching, and the thunder was rumbling.Liu Bei then calmly and calmly bent down, picked up the spoon and chopsticks, and said unhurriedly: "The thunderclap is so powerful that I lost all my spoons and chopsticks." Cao Cao really thought that he was afraid of thunder, so he was obviously not a real hero, so he no longer doubted Liu Bei.

Every detail may seem insignificant on the surface, however, sometimes it is the key to the success or failure of the whole thing.

Life wisdom
There are so many tiny details in everything we do, capture them, and capture success.

Li Gua wins steadily
Small words and righteousness
Li: Lizhen, Heng.Livestock cows are auspicious.On the ninth day of the ninth day, it is wrong, respect it, and there is no blame.Sixty-two Huangli, Yuanji.In ninety-three days, if you don't play drums and sing songs, you will be groaning and fierce.Ninety-four: suddenly come, burn, die, abandon.On the sixth and fifth day, there will be tears and tears, and if there will be a sigh of relief, auspicious.On the ninth day, the king used to go out to fight, and there was a good one who lost his head, but he was ugly when he got a bandit, no blame.

Li Gua symbolizes continuous movement.It is conducive to accounting and prosperity.Raising cows will bring good luck.

On the ninth day of the ninth day, handle affairs cautiously and solemnly, with a respectful attitude, and there will be no disasters.

Six-two yellow attached to things, good luck.

On September [-], the sun is about to set and hangs in the western sky. If you don’t hit the tiles and sing, you will have the lament of old age and poverty, and you will be in danger.

When the unfilial son of September [-]th suddenly returned home, his family burned him, put him to death, and abandoned him.

The tears shed on June [-] were like torrential rain, sad and moaning, but auspiciousness will be obtained in the end.

When the kings of the Shang Nine went out to fight with troops, there were people who were rewarded and subdued by the chief evil, and even if they were not their accomplices, there was no disaster.

Xiang said: Ming two works, leave.My lord shines in all directions with Jiming.

In daily life, inadvertently, we often hear people shouting: "Hold on, hold on, don't worry!"

What is "stable"? "Stability" is a kind of persistence without haste; "Stability" is also the foundation of progress.

"Li Gua" said on the ninth day of the first day: "If you behave wrongly, respect it, and have no blame", it is just admonishing us to behave calmly and calmly, and avoid impatience, so that we will not fail.Therefore, the importance of winning while maintaining stability has become more prominent.

Hong Kong entrepreneur Pao Yukang is known as the "Ship King" in the world's shipping industry.His success is entirely due to his business strategy: cautious, prudent, calm, and never take risks for temporary profits.He once said to people: "My motto is: I would rather make less money than take a temporary risk."

What he seeks is long-term stable income, which is actually a stable business method with an eye to the future.

Ordinary ship owners like to rent out their ships to others in pieces, and charge once for each trip. The contract is only short-term, because the rent will be higher.However, when encountering the trough period of shipping, it is very likely that the scattered chartering method will not be able to rent out the ship, so it is necessary to bear certain risks.Bao Yugang is different from them. He would rather rent out the ship for a long time at a lower rent, with small profits and long-term lease. He was ridiculed by his colleagues because he didn't know what a ship was before he started shipping, and he adopted such a strange management method. For "fedgling fools" and "landlubbers who don't know how to ship".

But over time, the benefits of doing so will appear. In 1956, war broke out between Egypt and Israel, and the Suez Canal was forced to close.The backlog of goods shipped from Western Europe to the Americas and other parts of the world is serious, and the sea freight business is very busy.Others persuaded Bao Yugang to take the opportunity to join in and make a fortune.Bao Yugang, who had a discerning eye, did not listen to this advice, and still shipped goods to regular customers in Southeast Asia according to the old charter, avoiding direct competition with powerful Western ships.

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