Examples of divination in Zuo Zhuan

Life tells me, "when we meet a locked door, we should not just stare at the lock." Because if the key is inserted in the lock, the door will open and can't be opened, because the key to the lock is somewhere else. "Understanding Zhouyi, I think, is the same. If you keep spinning in the algorithm of Zhouyi, you will only spin yourself. Only by jumping out to see its contemporary works and its development context can we grasp some essence. As a key work to understand the traditional culture of China, Zuo Zhuan is a key with great reference value. Through the events recorded in it, we can get a glimpse of the mainstream ideas of the upper class in Zhou Dynasty. Fortunately, there are many examples of divination, and the most impressive one is the prediction of the battle of Hanyuan in fifteen years. Next, I will outline the background and process of the event, then analyze Shi Su's divination results, and finally explain the follow-up results of the event and some thoughts on Zhouyi.

In the fifteenth year of Lu Xigong (645 BC), an important event in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period-the battle between Qin, Jin and Han. The war is like this: Qin Mugong, one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period, helped Yiwu (Jin), the son of the State of Jin, escape from the motherland when he was in difficulties at home, helped him return to China to succeed him when the opportunity came, and generously donated food when Jin was in power and faced with famine. However, Jin repeatedly betrayed his faith, saying that he would cede territory and deny people, and refused to lend a helping hand when Qin was in famine. In this case, the State of Qin flagrantly launched a war of aggression and vowed to give the State of Jin some color to see, so the State of Jin had to stand up and defend the country. In the atmosphere of Jin's unity, some people seem to have very different views. For example, He Qingzheng and Jian Zheng, doctors in the state of Jin, believed that war was the result of death and lack of help. Sure enough, getting great help was at stake, but he finally arrested Kim and won the war. Coincidentally, the arrested Kim was locked up with the doctor who strangled him before. Jin was moved by this scene, blaming his father and saying, "If your predecessor took over, I would not be as good as this husband." Han Jian slipped back, choking 1 "turtle, like also; Oh, count. Things are born with images, and images are born with nourishment, and they are counted. Is it possible to count the failures of predecessors? It's Zhan, why not use it? " "Poetry" said: "The evil of the people, bandits descended from the sky, hated each other, and their jobs were contested." "This leads to the example of the super great god in our divination-Sue. The Soviet historian once used the traditional yarrow algorithm in Zhouyi to calculate a divination when he wanted to marry his daughter Ji Bo to Qin Mugong in Jin Xiangong, and the result was called "girl's eye".

According to Zhu's terminology, "Zheng Guimei" means that the first hexagram belongs to Mei, and then the sixth hexagram belongs to Mei changes from yang to yin, so the change of mind becomes the thirty-eighth hexagram. In Zuozhuan, the divination results of Zhouyi are basically explained by "so-and-so divination", but unfortunately, Zuozhuan only records the conclusion, but does not record how divination came about. Back in the Book of Changes, we can find the slogan corresponding to "Looking back at my sister": "The women's basket is worthless, and the scholar sheep is bloodless and unprofitable." The woman has a laundry list, but the basket is empty. The man killed the sheep, went in with a white knife and came out with a white knife, and no blood came out. There is no benefit. "Therefore, as you can see from here, Jin Xiangong will not bring any benefits by marrying a woman. According to the knowledge in class, I can only interpret this hexagram here, but Su, the master of Zhouyi, is different. He made a prediction that I admire, which not only told the overall good and bad luck, but also accurately pointed out the future events and times of Jin State.

Shi Suzhan said, "It's unlucky. He said, "If you cut a sheep, you won't die. It's okay for a woman to carry a basket. It is impossible for the western neighbors to blame them. "Go home to your sister" and "Zhang Jing" are still not in phase. "Li" in "Li" is also "Li" in "Li", because thunder is fire. In order to defeat Ji, Che asked her about it, and the flag was burned, which was not conducive to division and was defeated by Zongqiu. Guimei and Gong Jing are lonely, but my nephew follows my aunt. Six years later, he fled to his own country and abandoned his home. The next year, he died of sorghum deficiency. First of all, Su Shi's official conclusion is "unlucky", that is, it is unlucky to marry his daughter this time. Then discuss that men kill sheep without blood, and women carry baskets, which are bare, and it is difficult to explain. "West Neighbor Complaint Language" means that the State of Qin resents the State of Jin, which is "irreparable", and there is no mention of similar intention in the words. I don't know how Shi Su deduced it. If understood literally, it can also refer to the separation caused by marrying a daughter. This separation may be the separation between the daughter and her parents, or the separation between Qin Jin and China, and "no phase" means "no help". These two sentences were probably made by Shi Su. "divination changes, that is, divination changes, which is both thunder and fire." Judging from the internal and external divination, Guimei's divination is "anti-earthquake", and the public divination is "anti-earthquake". Guimei's six hexagrams changed from yin to yang, indicating that the divination has changed. From this, we can understand the truth of truth, but it is not clear why it is also equivalent to the truth of truth. However, if you use your imagination, you can paint a picture. Shui Ze's hometown is experiencing thunder and lightning, and the flames are blazing. "Victory or defeat of Ji" means the surname of Sheng, that is, the State of Qin defeated the State of Jin named Ji. The literal meaning is easy to understand, but this sentence is logically divorced from the previous sentence. It is not clear why the visual war scene means that Qin will defeat Jin. "Asking about the car" should mean that the car is broken. It seems reasonable that "car" is derived from the rumble of ancient cars. "Burn its flag" and burn all the military flags. "Not conducive to separatism", not conducive to crusade and war. "Defeated by Zongqiu", this Zongqiu, looking at other people's explanations, some people say that Zongqiu is another name for Hanyuan in the "Battle of Hanyuan". Some scholars believe that the reason why "Zongqiu" here is not "Hanyuan" is to rhyme. Traditional divination is witchcraft, and the origin of poetry is also a witchcraft term. Only rhyming is convenient for people to remember. Of course, what really surprises me is that if the words "West Neighbor" and "Winning for the History" are typed out, the location of the war "Zongqiu" directly typed by Shi Su in this sentence still makes me feel very metaphysical. Of course, there are many magical things behind.

If we read the later contents of Zuo Zhuan, we will know that Jin was released, but his eldest son, Prince Cong, was taken hostage. Prince Cong became a hostage at the age of eleven. At the age of sixteen, he heard that his father's days were numbered, so he left his wife Princess Qin in the State of Qin and fled to the State of Jin. At the age of seventeen, his father died, and the successor was Jin Huaigong. However, Zhong Er, the son who competed with his father Yiwu for the throne, stayed outside. Although Duke Huai of Jin ordered all Zhong Er followers who were living abroad to return to China not to kill, at this time, the State of Qin once again provided financial support for Zhong Er to return to the State of Jin. Zhong Er used his prestige and financial resources to drive away the prince of Qin. The prince didn't escape far, but he was in the sorghum field. Today, his life ended near Linfen, Shanxi. After Zhong Er ascended the throne, he was called Emperor Wen of Jin, the Five Overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period. Back in the second half of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Shi Su, "Gui Mei" and "Gong Jing" are lonely, and the arc of the palm of your mouth "means that Gui Mei marries a woman, and Gong Jing is lonely, and the enemy wooden bow will be lovely." My nephew followed his aunt. Six years later, he fled to his country and abandoned his home. "This means that the prince lived in Qin with Ji Bo, the wife of his aunt Qin Mugong. Six years later, he abandoned his wife and fled back to his own country." In the second year, he died of sorghum deficiency, and in the third year, he died of sorghum.

After reading Su Shi's divination results and subsequent events, I really doubt whether Su Shi will cross. Before studying Zhouyi, I had read The Battle of Hanyuan, and I didn't understand its meaning at that time. I was surprised to read this part again after a semester of Zhouyi class. The content of Shi Su's prophecy has exceeded the limit of logical reasoning, so he must have reached the realm of understanding the spirit of heaven and earth. Without ten years' efforts, it is impossible to predict the good or ill luck through Zhouyi. Shi Su has accurately predicted the good or ill luck of the event, and also accurately stated the time, place, people and events that need years of practice. Although the value of Zhouyi is not only divination, the profound philosophy behind it and the life code it represents can give us more wisdom, but the divination cases recorded in ancient books such as Zuo Zhuan are the most shocking. They are true or false, or right or wrong, but it is these that make the boring study of the Book of Changes more interesting.