What do the five elements, five elements and six animals in the three-character classic refer to?

What do the five elements, five elements and six animals in the three-character classic refer to?

What do the five elements, five elements and six animals in the three-character classic refer to? I believe everyone is familiar with Saint Amethyst, which contains a lot of knowledge. Then I will take you to know in detail what the five elements, five elements and six animals in the three-character classic mean.

What do the five elements, five elements and six animals in the three-character classic refer to? 1 five elements: wood, fire, earth, gold and water; The five permanent members: benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith; Six kinds of domestic animals: horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and tapirs.

The original sentence is:

Fire and water, wood, gold and earth. These five elements depend on numbers.

Benevolence, courtesy, wisdom and faith. The five permanent members should not be confused.

Horses, cattle and sheep, chickens and dogs. These six kinds of animals are fed by people.

Explanation:

The five elements are gold, wood, water, fire and earth. This is an abstract concept used by China in ancient times to refer to all things in the universe, based on the number one, two, three, four, five and their combinations.

If all people can take the five unchangeable laws of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith as the standards of doing things and being a man, society will always maintain peace, so everyone should abide by them and not neglect them.

Animals include horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs, which are collectively called six livestock. These animals are as wild as Liu Gu. Later, it was gradually domesticated by people and became a necessity of human daily life.

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Other phrases of amethyst

1, three talents: heaven, earth and man, that is, heaven, earth and personality.

2, three lights: As the saying goes, "Get up early with three lights, get up late with three panic." It means that if you get up early in the morning, you can see the sun, the moon and the stars, and you can do things calmly and orderly; If you get up late, people's spirit, spirit and spirit will easily panic. The ancients called the luminous objects in nature three lights, namely the sun, the moon and the stars.

3. Sidu: In ancient China, the four rivers that flowed into the sea alone were called "Jiang, He, Huai and Ji" (Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huaihe River and Jishui). These four rivers are the representatives of the folk river gods in China.

Five Mountains: The general name of the five famous mountains in China, namely Mount Taishan in Dongyue, Mount Huashan in Xiyue, Mount Hengshan in Nanyue, Mount Hengshan in Beiyue and Mount Songshan in Zhongyue. As the saying goes, "When the Five Mountains come back, they don't look at the mountains", and there is also a saying that "Mount Heng walks, Mount Tai sits, Mount Huashan stands, Mount Songshan lies, and only Nanyue flies alone".

5. Eight tones: In ancient China, eight musical instruments were made of gold (bells and cymbals), stone (chimes), silk (harps and harps), bamboo (flutes and cymbals), bamboo (gongs and cymbals) and earth (cymbals).

6. Nine clans: great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather, father, self, son, grandson, great-grandson, great-grandson, and now more generally refers to relatives.

What do the five elements, five permanents and six animals in the three-character classic refer to? 2 common sense in the three-character classics.

Original text:

Know a number, know an article. One and ten, ten and a hundred, hundreds and thousands, thousands and thousands. Three talents, heaven and earth people, three light people, sun, moon and stars. Three cardinal guides and five permanent members: the meaning of monarch and minister, the closeness of father and son, and the harmony of husband and wife. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, these four seasons, luck is endless. East, west, north and south, this square should be in the middle. The five elements of fire, water, wood, gold and earth depend on the figures. It is said that benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust are the five permanents and cannot be confused. Rice, millet and millet are all eaten by people. Horses, cattle, sheep, chickens and dogs, these six animals are all fed by people. It is called anger, sorrow, fear, love and lust, and seven emotions. Wooden earth lattice, wooden stone gold and silk and bamboo are eight tones. Great-great grandfather, father and body, body and son, son and grandson, son and son, to Xuanzang, are nine families and human relations. Father and son respect each other, husband and wife follow each other, brothers respect each other, brothers respect each other, young and old respect each other, friends respect each other, gentlemen respect each other and ministers are loyal to each other. These ten meanings are the same.

Translation:

Learn to add and subtract numbers and read written articles. So from one to ten, then ten tens is one hundred, one hundred is one thousand, and ten thousand is ten thousand. Three talents refer to heaven, earth and people, and three lights refer to the sun, moon and stars. The three principles are: the words and deeds of kings and courtiers should conform to etiquette, father and son should love each other, and husband and wife should live in harmony. Speaking of spring and summer, there are autumn and winter, all year round, never stop. As for the north and south, there are also west and east, corresponding to the four directions, and the benchmark is in the center. I usually see it. Water and fire, plus wood, gold and earth, interact with each other, and everything is regular. Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith are called the five permanent principles, which should not be confused. Rice, millet, beans, wheat, glutinous rice and sorghum, collectively called Liugu, are food for human consumption. Horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs and pigs are collectively called six animals, which are animals raised by people. Joy is called joy, anger is called anger, sorrow is called sorrow, fear is called fear, love is called love, hate is called evil, and lust is called lewdness. Eight materials used for musical instruments in ancient times, namely melon, mud, leather, wood, stone, metal, silk thread and bamboo, are called "eight tones". Great-grandfather, great-grandfather, father gave birth to himself, son gave birth to himself, son gave birth to grandson, great-grandson, great-grandson was born from his own children. From grandfather's uncle to his great-grandchildren, they are called "Nine Families", which represents the succession relationship between the order of the elders and the family lineage. Father and son should pay attention to respect each other, the feelings between husband and wife should be smooth, brothers should be friendly to each other, brothers should be respectful to each other, the order of generations should be paid attention to between the young and the old, friends should be faithful to each other, kings should respect their officials and officials should be loyal to the king. The above eleven principles are: father's kindness, filial piety, husband's harmony, wife's obedience, brother's friendship, brother's respect and friendship.

We need to talk more about the common sense involved in the above:

First, "three talents"

The "three talents" come from the tenth chapter of the Book of Changes: "The Book of Changes is a book, and everyone knows it. There is heaven, humanity and tunnels. Three talents and two, so six. Six are not, and three talents are also. " We usually use "heaven, earth and man" in divination, for example, in the study of names. For example, each hexagram in the eight diagrams is composed of three hexagrams, each hexagram represents a talent, and each talent has two possible changes (heaven-yin and yang; Ground-soft and hard; People-benevolence and righteousness), so there are eight shapes, sixty-four hexagrams are 20% of the hexagrams, two hexagrams are combined with three hexagrams, two hexagrams are one, five is the top, three are four people, one is the status. In addition, there is the application of "three talents" in traditional Chinese medicine: in "Bian Que Shen Ying Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Dragon's Exquisite Appearance and UFO", it is said: "Heaven, earth and people are also three talents, and Yongquan is the same as Xuan Ji and Baihui. Baihui is at the top and should be angry with God; Yongquan is under the soles of your feet, so it should be all right; Xuan Ji is in the chest, and man should be in charge of God. Those who gain live, those who lose die, and those who are three talents. " This shows the importance of these three points.

Second, the "four seasons"

Speaking of the "four seasons", let's briefly introduce 24 solar terms, which is divided into: beginning of spring, Rain, Smelly, Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Long Summer, Xiaoman, Mango, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer, Great Summer, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, White Dew, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow and Winter Solstice. In ancient China, each solar term had three corresponding phenological phenomena, which were called "seventy-two phases" and were completely recorded in Yi Zhou Shu Shi Xun Jie.

Third, the "quartet"

The Application of East, West, North and South in Ancient Astronomy —— Four Elephants in the Stars and Twenty-eight Nights

In ancient times, in order to observe the astronomical phenomena and the operation of the five stars of the sun, the moon and the moon, the 28-star official was selected as the observation symbol, which was called "Twenty-eight Hostels". It is divided into four groups according to the four directions of east, west, north and south, and each group has seven nights, which match the images of black dragon, white tiger, suzaku and Xuanwu respectively, and is called "four elephants" (not the same concept as the "four elephants" in Yi Zhuan! )。

Twenty-eight nights:

Black Dragon (Qinglong)-Dongfang Qi Hostel

Jiao (Jiao Mujiao), Kang (Kang Jinlong), Bian (), Fang (Fang Ri Rabbit), Xin (Fox), Wei (Tail Fire Tiger) and Ji Shuibao.

White tiger-seven nights in the west

Kui (Wood Wolf), Lou (Golden Dog), Zhou (pheasant), Zan (chicken), Bi (), Gou (monkey) and Shen ().

Suzaku-Seven Nights in the South

Jing (), Ghost (Ghost Golden Sheep), Willow (Swertia japonica), Star (Star Horse), Zhang (Zhang Yuelu), Wing (Winged Fire Snake), Pheasant (Pheasant).

Xuanwu-Seven Hotels in the North

Dou (unicorn), ox (bull and Taurus), female (mother bat), virtual (virtual sun mouse), dangerous (dangerous moon swallow), room (fire pig in the room), wall (water in the wall).

Fourth, the "five elements"

The theory of five elements is a philosophical thought created by ancient people in China. It takes gold, wood, water, fire and earth as the basis of the changes of all things in the universe and natural phenomena, and combined with the "Yin and Yang" theory developed by Taoism, it is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, numerology, physiognomy, divination and other fields. When it comes to "Five Elements", people will definitely think of the word "fortune telling", and when it comes to "fortune telling", they will think of Zhouyi, the head of the group classics. However, be sure to pay attention! ! ! In fact, Zhouyi has nothing to do with the five elements! ! ! The Book of Changes is the Book of Changes and the five elements are the five elements. There is nothing about the five elements in the Book of Changes. They are two completely independent systems. Later, people combined them for divination. Besides, Zhouyi is by no means a Taoist book! ! !

Verb (abbreviation of verb) "Liugu"

Here I want to discuss the concepts and differences between "five grains" and "six grains"

Say "five grains" first. In ancient times, there were two definitions of "five grains", one was "rice, millet, millet, wheat and rice" and the other was "hemp, millet, wheat and rice". The difference between them is that the former is "rice" rather than "hemp". Note that the "beam" in the Six Classics is not mentioned in the Five Classics.

Let's talk about "six valleys", which are described as "rice, sorghum, paddy, wheat, millet and millet" in Saint Amethyst. Seeing this, many people will definitely have questions. What's the difference between five and six? This requires an in-depth analysis of "millet", "millet" and "beam". "Millet"-sticky millet is the so-called yellow rice; "Liang"-that is, "millet", popularly speaking, is millet; "Xiaomi"-what is it? There has been a huge controversy since ancient times, and there is no clear conclusion! Some scholars think that "millet" is a kind of "millet", some scholars think that "millet" is "millet" (the same as "beam"), and some scholars think that "millet" is sorghum. When we look back at "five grains" and "six grains", there are both "millet" and "millet", which shows that they are not the same. Liang (with millet) is not mentioned in the two versions of "Five Grains", but as an important grain since ancient times, it is impossible not to appear in the definition of "Five Grains", so it is very likely that "Millet" is Liang (with millet). However, it is clearly recorded in San that "Liang" (the same as "Su") is one of the six valleys, so "Ji" in the six valleys cannot be equated with "Liang" (the same as "Su"). So many scholars think that "Ji" is sorghum, which is extremely accurate.

The author thinks that when we say "five grains", "millet" is "beam" (the same as "millet"), and when we say "six grains", "millet" is sorghum.

Six, "seven emotions"

"Seven emotions" first came from The Book of Rites: "What is human feelings? Those who are angry, sad, afraid of love and evil desires can learn. " The seven emotions here are joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, hate and lust. This is everyone's mood, but we must control it. In Huangdi Neijing, the content related to emotion is mentioned many times. Among them, General Theory said: "I know that all diseases are born of qi. Anger leads to qi stagnation, joy leads to qi stagnation, sadness leads to qi stagnation, fear leads to qi depression, cold leads to qi exhaustion, shock leads to qi disorder, fatigue leads to qi consumption, thinking leads to qi stagnation, and nine qi are different. What disease? " As the etiology, these emotions and cold and heat are too strong, persistent or unbalanced, which will lead to the dysfunction of viscera and blood, thus showing the great influence of excessive emotions on "qi" There is an old saying in China that "all diseases are born of qi", so let's have a snack, instead of being happy with things or sad for ourselves, and be optimistic about everything.

Let's talk about the "six desires" that are often inseparable from the "seven emotions". The "six desires" first came from Lv Chunqiu Zhong Ji Chun Guisheng: "The so-called life is full of six desires." This "six desires" was later interpreted as "life and death, ears, eyes, mouth and nose" by Gao Yin of the Eastern Han Dynasty. What needs to be emphasized here is that the so-called "six desires" in Buddhism that we often say at ordinary times are quite different from this! The six desires of Buddhism refer to lust, appearance, dignity and posture, speech and sound, fluency and mutual desire. At present, there is no strict definition and explanation of the word "secular desire", and each has its own view. Every scene has its own usage, so just manage your "secular desires".

Put another picture of eight tones. Can you guess what kind of "sounds" these instruments correspond to?