"The heavens and the earth are mysterious and the universe is vast." What's the next sentence?

The next sentence of "the heavens and the earth are mysterious and the universe is vast" is "the sun and the moon are full of prosperity, and the night comes out" in "Thousand Characters".

Qian Zi Wen is a rhyming style composed of 1000 Chinese characters compiled by Zhou Xingsi, assistant minister of Liang Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (before Sui and Tang Dynasties, words that didn't rhyme or contradict were called "pen" instead of "text"). Liang Wudi (502-549) ordered 65,438+0,000 non-repetitive Chinese characters to be selected from Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works, and ordered Zhou Xingsi, an assistant minister riding a horse outside Yuan Dynasty, to compile them.

The full text consists of four sentences, which are neat, clear and brilliant. Qian Wen Zi is an influential children's enlightenment book in China. It has simple sentences and is easy to recite and remember, and has been translated into English, French, Latin and Italian.

"The heavens and the earth are mysterious and the universe is vast." Briefly describe the original state of nature in heaven and earth.

The original meaning of "sky" is: the sky overhead. The explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: Canon is supreme. Erya: Spring is sky, summer is sky, autumn is sky, and winter is sky. "Tian" is often used as a noun, indicating the emperor, the emperor of heaven, the sky, the meteorological state and so on. In ancient times, it also referred to the king. As an adjective, it has the meaning of nature, nature and top.

Speaking of the word "heaven", there is an example in "plum blossoms are easy to count": someone went to a fortune teller to measure words and wrote "heaven". The fortune teller said: You have to do a great thing, because "heaven" is divided into "one" and "big", and you need the help of two people, because "heaven" is also divided into "two" and "people". "Heaven" means "one" above and "person" below, that is, a person holds heaven on his head. This person is very big. who is it? During the Three Kingdoms period of Pangu, Xú Zhēng wrote the "Three Five Calendars", which recorded a legend: In Archaean, heaven and earth were indistinguishable, and the whole universe was like a big egg, which was chaotic and could not tell up and down, left and right, east and west, north and south, so Pangu, the ancestor of mankind, was pregnant with it. After 18,000 years of gestation, Pangu lived in a chaotic "egg". When he was conscious, he couldn't wait to open his eyes, but it was dark around him and he couldn't see anything. In desperation, he pulled out a tooth, turned it into a powerful axe, swung it up and chopped it around hard. When the "egg" is broken, two gases are released: one is light and clear, and the other is heavy and turbid. Light and clarity are rising and becoming the sky; Those with heavy turbidity keep falling and become the ground. The sky is vast. But Pangu didn't sit back and relax, because he was worried that heaven and earth would be reunited. So Pangu stood upright and grew between heaven and earth. Every time Pangu grows ten feet, the sky rises ten feet and the earth is ten feet thick. Eighteen thousand years later, the sky became extremely high, the earth became extremely thick, and Pangu's body became extremely long. In this way, Pangu coexisted with heaven and earth for1800,000 years, and finally exhausted all its strength. Pangu wanted to create a vibrant world with his body, so he fell down with a smile and dedicated his body to the earth. The moment he fell, his left eye flew into the sky and became the sun, bringing light and hope to the earth; His right eye flew into the sky and became the moon, bringing light to the night. The liquid in his eyes spilled into the sky and became a million stars at night. His sweat turned into a lake on the ground, his blood into a running river, and his hair into grasslands and forests. The gas he exhaled turned into breeze and clouds; The sound turned into thunder. When Pangu fell, its head turned into Mount Tai in Dongyue, its feet into Huashan in Xiyue, its left arm into Hengshan in Nanyue, its right arm into Hengshan in Beiyue and its abdomen into Songshan in Zhongyue. Since then, there has been sunshine and rain on the earth, rivers, lakes and seas on the earth, everything breeds and human beings begin to multiply. Therefore, Pangu became a great hero in China national legends.

The original meaning of "land" is: a simple tomb in ancient times. In Shuo Wen Jie Zi, it is explained as follows: at the beginning of vitality, the clear yang is light for the sky, and the turbid yin is heavy for the earth. "De" is a polyphonic word, and it is an auxiliary word. Read dì as a noun, meaning earth, land, territory, place, distance and so on.

"Xuan" can be seen from Oracle Bone Inscriptions (), "Xuan" originally refers to a rope twisted with silk. The original meaning is: red and black, with red in black. The explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is that black and red are mysterious. It is black purple and black red, which refers to the color of the sky. When "Xuan" is used as an adjective, it is black and red, generally referring to black, deep and thick, extending to darkness; When used as a noun, it refers to heaven, Taoism and the north, and it is also another name for September of the lunar calendar.

"Yellow" originally means: locusts. The explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is that the color of the earth is also. The Yellow and Five Elements belong to the soil, and their ability to reconcile is relatively strong. As an adjective, "yellow" means yellow, beauty, etc. When used as a verb, it means mature, broken, broken, etc. When used as nouns, there are gold seals, gold and pigments, which refer to the abbreviations of children, the elderly and the Yellow River respectively.

The phrase "heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow" comes from the Book of Changes. Six hexagrams of Zhouyi said: "Dragons fight in the wild, and their blood is mysterious and yellow." The last sentence of "Classical Chinese Kun" also said: "Heaven and earth are mixed, and the heavens are mysterious and the earth is rehmannia." "Heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow" is the color of heaven and earth after creation. Before that, it was an indefinite period of inseparable yin and yang and chaotic heaven and earth. From infinity to Taiji, and from Taiji to Yin and Yang, everything in the universe was created, and heaven and earth were formed, which were called "two instruments". The "four images" produced by the "two instruments" are said to be "four seasons" and "rigid and soft yin and yang", but they are actually spring, summer, autumn and winter; Four images give birth to gossip, which means doing, changing, leaving, shaking, losing, worrying, rooting, and Kun. Good or bad luck is judged by "gossip", avoiding good luck and achieving great things. From the beginning of the world to the appearance of human beings, to the appearance of characters, the development of civilization, the formation of social structure, the orientation of the country and so on. From disorder to order is a slow process, which is also the overall context of Zhou Xingsi's Thousand Characters. When you study or read A Thousand Words, you will have a feeling of walking slowly from ancient times to reality.

In fact, the phrase "Heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow" summarizes the visual impression of heaven and earth, and simply points out the color of heaven and earth, and thus associates it with the lofty mystery of the sky and the vastness and solidity of the earth. If it is simply understood as "the color of the sky is dark black and the color of the earth is yellow", it is too mechanical. If you want to truly understand heaven and earth, you still have to understand it from the Book of Changes. Zhouyi said: "The metaphysical is the Tao, while the metaphysical is the device." Those who are light and clear ascend to heaven, and those who are heavy and turbid fall to the ground, meaning the world of the material world. On the cultural level, the material world belongs to the metaphysical world, and the understanding of the metaphysical world of Tao is subject to the level of human wisdom. For those who "understand": "The metaphysical is the sky, and the metaphysical is the earth." Gankun is called heaven and earth. For the pure yang characteristics of heaven, the Book of Changes describes it like this: "Heaven is healthy, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement." As for the pure yin characteristics of the earth, the Book of Changes explains it like this: "The terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with virtue." In short, it is not easy to understand "Heaven and Earth" and "Huang Xuan"!

The original meaning of "Yu" is: a beam with two ends extending into the sky. The explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: the house is also. As a noun, "Yu" means house, space, region, manner and appearance.

The original meaning of "Zhou" is: the central pillar supporting the whole building. The explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: the boat and the polar cover. In other words, the top of the ship is the top of the ship. "Week" is the general term of time, and also refers to the sky.

The word "universe" first appeared in the Dead Body of the Warring States Period: "Up and down, the universe, ancient and modern." This is the best correspondence with the modern concept of "time and space" found in China's classics so far. Later, Huainanzi also had a similar discussion. Liu An, the great-grandson of Liu Bang, when he was king of Huainan, invited many disciples to make an alchemy and engage in culture. Among them, eight famous disciples helped Liu An create Huai Nan Zi, which is worth reading, because it is the most systematic work on the unity of heaven and man since ancient times. Huainanzi said: "The past is the universe, and the four sides are the universe." "Up and down four directions" refers to space; "From the past to the present" refers to time. The "universe" actually contains space and time, which is now the concept of "time and space". The "universe" we understand now usually refers to the space in the sense of physical space, and there is no concept of time. "Up and down four directions" are three-dimensional, and this three-dimensional space is called "Liuhe". Zhuangzi once said: "Outside Liuhe, there are no saints; Within Liuhe, the sage said it. " "Being" means admitting that it does exist. "No matter" means not to discuss it for the time being, because we are not so smart, and even if we say it, we can't say it clearly. "No discussion" means no judgment. The explanation of "Lun" in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: Ye Yi. The interpretation of "Yi" in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: Yu Ye. This sentence is very interesting, that is to say, for people outside the three-dimensional space, we admit their existence without any discussion; We only discuss things in three-dimensional space, without drawing conclusions or evaluating them. We live in this "Liuhe" space, and what we talk about is within this range. I believe there must be other forms besides Liuhe, even if the discussion will not come to a conclusion, because we don't have that level and wisdom. How can we talk about things outside in it? I guess I just walked out of the edge of Liuhe, and Confucius lingered on the edge of Liuhe. In fact, he was still inside, so Confucius was a man and a half, because he was smarter than us, but he never crossed the edge of Liuhe. Laozi, Sakyamuni, they may have crossed and ran outside Liuhe. Tao Te Ching and Diamond Sutra are classics that two great sages taught us to travel through time and space, which have transcended religious boundaries. In fact, people may run away from Liuhe after death. Even if we say things within Liuhe, we don't have to wrangle. Let's talk about mainstream values, actively adhere to and advocate truth ... and talk about some positive things about joining the WTO, which makes people full of yang, full of vigor and awe-inspiring.

The original meaning of "flood" is: a soaring river formed by the turbulence of many mountain streams. The explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: Yi Shui also. "Ying" is pronounced: Jiang, which means flooding.

The original meaning of "barren" is: barren. The explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: Wu Ye. It means overgrown with vegetation and desolate. When "drought" is used as an adjective, it means vast, lasting, empty and bad years. When used as a verb, it means waste, expansion, confusion, etc. Also used as a noun.

The Great Wilderness comes from Tai Zi Xuan written by Yang Xiong in the Western Han Dynasty, and there is a word called the Great Wilderness Era. As for the flood and drought years, I think the latest refers to Dayu's flood control period. Dayu managed water and decided Kyushu, which is the earliest example of managing nature in the history of the Chinese nation.

The "cosmic flood" refers to the early state after the formation of the earth before the appearance of human beings in ancient times. At that time, the crust was very thin and the temperature was extremely high. The orogeny caused floods, and the word flood is floods. Humans have not yet appeared, at least 5 million years ago, when the earth was still in a state of chaos and ignorance. The opening sentence is that the universe is boundless and the world is vast, which probably means this.