Contemporary Myth Reading Club Magazine 2018-11-30-Make the Past Serve the Present

-Sharing from group friend Mo Shuangwen.

I think these two articles filled me with joy at once, and then I went in step by step. Up to now, more than ten years have passed. I can only say that Tao Te Ching is a bit like Bach's music. It looks simple, and the more you look, the more complicated it becomes. This is the truth of many things in this world. It looks complicated, but it's easy to think about it in the end. It looks simple and more and more complicated. Bach is like this, and I think so is Tao Te Ching.

I'm afraid I'm a person with Weibo spirit and WeChat spirit. With 5,000 words, 8 1 article, Tao Te Ching has become the book with the circulation second only to the Bible in all languages in the world. How many people in the past dynasties lived on these five thousand words? I think five thousand words is particularly good. When I take a graduate student, I have to copy the Tao Te Ching at least twice for two years, which is not complicated at all. If it is more than 50 thousand words, it will be more troublesome, not to mention 500 thousand words.

Later, I found a 500,000-word book, five or six words were clear, but the more I circled the 5000-word book, the more I couldn't understand it. The more you look inside, the more you feel that you can always see new things. The book of life is important, not only because it is important, but also because of every life course. Because your course can always collide with it, which is why music is more important than words, and it is easier to accompany people, because music starts when words stop and starts when words are unclear. So you played the same melody at different ages, but you felt different connections. I think the book of life must have such a meaning. Different ages meet different things.

Primary school students reading and copying the Tao Te Ching are equivalent to idioms and famous sayings. When I copied the Tao Te Ching in my twenties, I found some words in it very interesting and cool. Thirty or forty years old may be confused, and sixty or seventy years old may even become healthy. Every stage of your life should correspond to it. Next, I will talk about what the Tao Te Ching is and why it has become my life book.

There is still a big difference between the right path and the lost path. The way to be greedy for fools is lost, but the way to quit wisdom is right.

Only those who give up everything and are abandoned by everything at the same time, only those who are indifferent to everything and only see their infinite life, can truly find their roots and have the privilege of peeping into all the details of life. This is a great and difficult step. Plato once compared this step to death. "Those who walk through this door, please give up all hope!" This sentence, which the poet Dante saw at the gate of hell, can also be written at the entrance of philosophy in another sense. Whoever wants to really think philosophically must give up all hopes, all pursuits and all desires. He can't ask for any reward, and he doesn't want to know anything else. He can only feel lonely and miserable. In order to get everything, you must give up everything first. This step is very heavy and difficult, just like the step when you step into the ocean and leave the last coast.

-Schelling

Don't try to find a way out of me from him.

I'm going anywhere alone today.

Today's canal is me. I'm not a canal today.

What should we do to reach an agreement?

-"Ode to Water" is a Zen poem by Zen master Dongshan.

Two fables (I)

Wang Anshi

? Too vain pursuit, fallen leaves and pine branches. Ancient and modern times

? If you see a peach blossom giving birth to a holy solution, you will have your own doubts.

Scott, an English novelist, devoted himself to poetry creation in his early years. After reading Byron's works, he realized that he could not make great achievements in poetry, so he abandoned his temperament to write novels. In this way, we can get rid of the temptation to open other knowledge for one kind of knowledge. Meng Min fell asleep and left. Guo asked him why. He replied, "What's the good of refuting it?" This can get rid of past failures.

A case of Buddhism analyzes the body named "I" as "helping the root dust", which is as unreal as the horn of a tortoise, as unreal as the commonly known "I" and as unreal as a mirror. This is a very small self. But at the same time, they also control everything in the universe, from mountains and rivers to mysterious and wonderful meanings, which are created by the wonderful and sincere hearts of circle and infinity, but this heart is inherent in me. Therefore, "the heart sees nature" and "the heart is the Buddha". This means that the "true self" that can really be called "me" is still in me, and everything in the universe is born from me, and "I" is equal to the creator. How dignified it is for human nature! Not only religious scholars, but also philosophers like Plato and Kant generally hold the same view. Our pre-Qin Confucian views also coincide. Confucianism originally meant "soft and weak". On the one hand, Confucianism inherited the traditional humility of "I bend my life, but I am tired of it, and I bend my life and follow the wall", on the other hand, it also regarded "I" as "harmony with heaven and earth". They said: "tangible and sincere, everything is prepared for me", "if we can make good use of human nature, we can make good use of things; If you can do your best, you can praise the education of heaven and earth and participate in it. " Their responsibility is to "make a heart for heaven and earth, make a life for the people, carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future, and be peaceful for all generations." How dignified the consciousness of "holding your head high and carrying forward the past" is!

—— Zhu Guangqian

Read "One to Two or Three Miles"

-Group recruitment

"One Go, Two Li San" is really a good book. At first sight of this book, it was attracted by its plain cover. As a baby who walks out of the village, the smell of the country will never fade, and I don't want to fade. That's my root. Just like the opening sentence of "Far Mountain": I come from a far mountain, waiting for the smell of soil and Shan Ye. I will always remember driving a tractor and splashing mud, and lying on the grass when I was tired of playing in the field with my friends and smelling the flowers. The bitterness of childhood, now that I think about it, has also created my slightly stubborn and tenacious character.

At that time, I had a city dream, hoping that one day, I could stand in the city with my family. Now I have lived in Guangzhou for more than ten years, and I often look up at the sky here and see the smog. Sometimes, I want to escape from this city. "I want to find a place far away from the city and open a three-bedroom apartment." But in fact, no matter how dark and crowded the city is, it is still impossible to leave. I think maybe one day, I will go back to the village, renovate my old house and put some furniture in it. The most important thing in furniture is a big bookshelf, which is full of favorite books. Then, you should have a coffee table, wash some teacups, make a pot of black tea in your spare time and turn over a few pages. Make a henhouse in the small yard, keep some hens, don't sell eggs, and send some to the neighbors. It's good, too.

Double happiness comes to the door. "That spring, I gave up my small company and gave up the place where there was no passion collision for seven years." I picked up my camera and ran to where I wanted to go. Maybe all I want is freedom. "Oh my god ~ isn't this a trip to leave?

I have been busy with my work in recent years, and I am always in a hurry. I am a frequent visitor to the airport and high-speed railway station. I always keep a book in my suitcase, thinking that I can read it on the road. However, the journey is very tiring. As soon as I got on the plane and the high-speed train, I wanted to take a break and fell asleep soon. Books stuffed in suitcases often come back intact, as if they were on a business trip. Think about it, it's also a trip that "I haven't read a book completely for a long time", too. Not only financial distress, but also work pressure. Only by looking at other people's travel notes can we soothe the restless heart. In fact, maybe one day I will have this great courage, pick up the camera and take some photos for my wife, and then apply for some funds to travel with Lao Lizi.

Looking at the story of Huazai, a teenager chasing the wind, Huazai said: He likes riding a bike and taking photos. He is tired of seeing the mountains and rivers in his hometown, but he can't live without them. But where does he know: the scenery he is tired of is so beautiful and magnificent to us. In fact, this may be that you look at me and I look at you. In the end, everyone didn't cherish the beautiful scenery in front of them. Life may be such a contradiction, right?

Home is everyone's harbor. Every time I go home, my mother will get up early and spend most of the day cooking her favorite hometown snack. The familiar smell wafted from the kitchen, and my heart was filled with warmth in an instant. But do you know that when the children are away, mom's kitchen is deserted, and she may cook some noodles at ordinary times, not because the clever woman has no food, but because you are not with her. My parents are old, we are so far away from home, and they are very lonely. Don't just focus on work, often call your parents, or simply say hello.

I started watching "One Go, Two Li San" in March, and when I watched it, I remembered some past lives, perhaps because I was not far from home, and my lingering homesickness was just a faint touch. Thanks to Shuangxi for bringing such good photos and words, as if my head had been washed by a clear spring, it was much brighter.

The origin of my surname

—— Lin Yanhuai

My great ancestor, Prince Bi Gan of Yin, was the queen of the Yellow Emperor. His surname was Zi. Confucius said there were three benevolent people in Yin. As a business master, I protested, "I heard that saints have seven minds." Then I ordered a heart cut. My wife, Gui, got a bad job, avoided the forest stone house and gave birth to a son, named Jane after the place where she lived. The prince of Wu heard of the death of Zhou Xingshang and gave him the surname Lin. Lin Jian, my surname is Zuye.

From the Eastern Jin Dynasty to Taining, Lu Lin footballer guarded Jin 'an, the ancestor of Bamin. At the end of Tang Kaiyuan, the 16th Lin was named Jiumu.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, ancestors migrated from Fujian to the foothills of Pu Sang, Chaozhou Prefecture, which was famous for its ancient pagodas. The first generation of ancestors has lived in seclusion for more than 700 years, and my ancestors have lived for 23 generations.

Nearly take an examination of bloodline, although almost as above. However, if you study it carefully, it is difficult to rank. It is also a fallacy that the cover letter has a rare history and numerous oral traditions. Hey! Can the learned people in the world teach me?

September 30th, the year of Wuzi (2008+00.28)

I read "All my life worships Yang Ming" 2011207.

—— Lin Yanhuai

1, contemporaries, perhaps it was not until Wang Yangming's philosophy of materialism and idealism in high school that he read Wang Shouren, which was refuted as an example: "When you didn't see this flower, it died with your heart. When you come to see this flower, the color of this flower will be understood for a while. You will know that this is not outside your heart. " Therefore, Wang Shouren was criticized as a master of idealism, and high school students didn't like this "big boss" very much (not to mention that textbooks misinterpreted this point. As a popular education, they tried their best to instill in "young crops" that materialism is a correct world outlook and idealism is a wrong world outlook, which is obviously a robber).

2. Yangming's "fire" has been recognized by young people. Recently, it should be because the author of those things in the Ming Dynasty wrote Yangming as a "god". But for a master of Confucianism who has his own unique views, it is obviously not the mainstream to know his "arrogance" deeds.

My knowledge of Yangming comes from my hometown. Xue Kan, a disciple of Yangming, built "Shan Zong Academy" in his village to spread Wang Xue, so Lingnan at that time became a grand occasion of academic circles. Xue Kan, one of Yangming's disciples, has a high reputation. But in modern times, few people mentioned it except Lingdong area. People talk about Yang Ming's disciples, namely Xu Ai, Wang Longxi and Wang Gen-Han Yu was the first to have a great influence on Chaozhou Confucianism, followed by Yang Ming.

4. Yang Ming's biography is the main carrier of his philosophical thought. Because it is a quotation and a letter, its text is relatively simple. But it is about "philosophy", so it is still difficult to understand at first reading. Especially some people who read Empresses in the Palace under the influence of "Shi Ming" seem to have a psychological gap at first. If they lack the foundation of "Four Books" and Song Studies, then, however, the more you read, the more interesting it becomes. Not only tasteless, but also incomprehensible.

Master Qian Mu's Introduction to Yangming Studies is not only an introductory reading for interested people.

6. "Worship Yang Ming all my life", at first glance, I want to abandon it and think it is a routine of "governor". There are many humorous words and the choice of historical materials is a bit arbitrary. However, I couldn't resist my love for Yangming. I watched all the way, and the back was "quite serious". The author's most brilliant point is that he did not use his own ideas to understand Yangming, but directly quoted Yangming's poems, articles and quotations, thus constructing a model of Yangming's "cultural concept" (it is really difficult to use the word "philosophy") in the reader's mind, which is quite rare for readers to read and understand some of Yangming's thoughts in a more "mindfulness" way. The reason for the author's skill or writing ideas, as an introduction or a book with a little "biography" meaning, is obviously too thin and "one-sided" (the word "one-sided" is not good). As far as Yangming studies are concerned, it is too simple to simply explain "mind is reason, conscience is conscience, and knowledge and action are one", and finally mention "four sentences teaching". But what is worthy of recognition is that it is simple and clear. I think people who are struggling with the phrase "flowers bloom and flowers fall" should get some enlightenment from this book.

7. For readers who have come all the way from Shi Ming Er, it is a good choice to read this book, let go of their mentality and get to know Yangming from another angle from "God" to "Man". If you are serious about studying history and want to go deep into Yangming studies, this book is still not recommended. There is a book on the market called Wang Yangming, a great scholar. Last time, I turned it over a little in the book mall. It seems to be a more comprehensive version. But there were typos in online comments, so I gave up the idea for the time being. But I ordered another book, the story of Wang Shouren. Now I seem to be in a state of repeated reading. If I like a person or a book, I will never buy a book that is out of print. This is bad for me to be an ordinary reader rather than a researcher, both in efficiency and effect. As before, I read three biographies of Hu Shi by myself, and this time I published Who else but me: Hu Shi (I). Hey, hey, hey. ...

Mo Bao's master was a little touched when he saw Yan Huai's Reading Wang Yangming's Tutorial. He casually said a few points: first, his life course is indeed full of hardships, which is based on experience; Second, he learned bamboo, which shows that he is stupid and unwilling to give up the truth, which is also the personality factor of later enlightenment. When I lived in Wulitang Village, Wuhua, it was also a barren bamboo forest, so I also read a passage of Yangming at that time and realized something, especially convinced that "my heart is bright"; Thirdly, Yangming is the result of the collision of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, especially the combination with Zen, which describes "the body is disgusting without goodness"; Fourth, the integration of knowledge and practice is the final result. A real gentleman is born as a man and then enters the WTO. Knowing what it is and then practicing it reminds me of the meaning of Xu Fancheng's phrase "Confucianism is better" in his later years. He studied Indian spiritual yoga and Nietzsche. @ Lin Yanhuai

Reading and Sharing of "Gao Yi Dao Duan"

Eleven?

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This is a book of19th century Japan. The author is Takashima Tunxiang, and it is reported that he is very good at divination. Later, he recorded his life's divination activities as "Duan Yi on Takashima", which was interpreted purely by the Book of Changes, without too much association, and the content of the analysis was not divorced from the letters.

The recorded examples are very accurate, and of course the effect of shooting first and then drawing the target is not ruled out.

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Yi-ology has a thousand years' history, and there are many schools, including Xiang Mathematics School in Han Dynasty, Yi-li School in Jin Dynasty, Taoism School, Calligraphy School, Zhuzi School, Mind School and Pu-xue School in Qing Dynasty.

Takashima did not form a faction, so this book will not be mentioned in the elective courses or books usually introduced by universities at present. He advanced step by step from the Confucian point of view, analyzing scriptures and divination images.

This book is like a teaching handout, based on clarity, slightly expanded, not too extended.

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His pure understanding of Pu Bu's affairs stems from his great trust in Zhouyi. And this kind of trust comes from the word "sincerity and interest-free" in divination, which can be abbreviated as sincerity and justice, and God will be calm.

This process is unwise, everything is born, and the only thing is the change of yin and yang.

In the state of ignorance, we can become one with the nature of heaven and earth in order to obtain natural enlightenment, that is, the change of God, which is manifested in the words of divination.

Some people say that the specific divination method is to restore the ancient occupation method of the Han Dynasty, that is, to take yarrow as the occupation, while Takashima himself said that "fake paper twisted instead of yarrow", so it is more important for him to be "sincere without interest" and the form of divination is dispensable.

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The example of this book,

1, in order to make great efforts to say the meaning of a hexagram first, most of them take jun, father and son, husband and wife as righteousness.

2. Then make a brief analysis of Empresses in the Palace.

3. The metaphor of the total divination.

4. The meaning of each passage and the judgment of divination.

5. For example, if someone asks that local business is difficult to do and wants to move to Tokyo to find another job, please make use of the future.

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Take 94 hexagrams as an example.

The slogan is: it's not strange to jump deep. "Biography of the Elephant" says: Jump deep, and you can enter without blaming.

Literally, it doesn't matter that you may soar or stay in empty space. "Xiang Chuan" said that it is better to enter.

Takashima explained that,

If you ask a merchant, there may be a factor of wave distress in selling goods by sea. It may also be that prices have skyrocketed for a while.

Today may be a daily limit or a drop, but what you buy will go up.

Seek fame and become famous in one fell swoop. Good luck.

Recently, the mayor of Kaohsiung, China, South Korea's Yu campaign is very good, if it is to be occupied.

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This book is very interesting, no matter ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, 200 years apart, everyone asked the same question:

When friends come, please take advantage of the ups and downs in business to win. ...

When an important person arrives, please take advantage of his luck. ...

A friend or relative came and his wife was pregnant. Please invite a man or a woman, and you will get ...

The president of a club invited him to be lucky and he won. ...

One year in Meiji, an envoy in Britain fell ill, and his friends were worried, so I asked Yu Yi to take it with me, and I got it. ...

Friends are here, and there is a product that can be profitable recently. Please make a divination to determine the profit and loss and get it. ...

Some people buy ancient paintings for divination.

A thief entered the house and asked how to find him.

Someone asked about the House of Representatives in the 28th year of Meiji.

Someone asked about the results and consequences of the Sino-Japanese War in the twenty-seventh year of Meiji.

Takashima had a good reputation, made friends with dignitaries and successfully predicted the entire Sino-Japanese War, which made him even more famous.

But most books are still based on the doubts of ordinary people. If you have any questions, you can ask Yu Bu.

And so on, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, ask about fame, business, illness, lost property, home, boys and girls.

Open the book, even though thousands of miles apart, time spans a hundred years. Because of these problems, relatives, friends and presidents, although they don't know their names, are lifelike, just like colleagues and celebrities on TV.

This book is effortless to read, like a letter from an elder, with a slightly primitive style. Show a Meiji era, which can be placed in Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Some people, the same people, the same hesitation.

? Takashima respected Confucianism, talked about Confucius' thoughts crossing the ocean, and praised Wen Tianxiang's songs of benevolence and righteousness with King Wen as his moral strength. This connection between cultural strength and * * * origin makes us think more about current international relations from a cultural perspective.

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Extra staff.

This book claims to have 800 cases, which may be abridged, but only 503 cases have actually been published. I did the math.

Quasi.