How does Zhuge Liang judge what wind is blowing now?

Solve the mystery of Zhuge Liang borrowing from the east wind

Zhang Zhichun

The long historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms was rated as the best book in the world by Mao Zonggang and Jin Shengtan. After it was put on the * * screen by CCTV, it became a household name, known to all women and children, and everyone was eager to see it.

There are thousands of Qian Qian in the Three Kingdoms, among which Zhuge Liang is the most wonderful. The best and most fascinating story about Zhuge Liang is to borrow an east wind and an arrow from a grass boat in the Chibi War. In particular, the scene in which Zhuge Liang wears his sword and sets foot on the seven-star altar in Nanping Mountain, casting spells to borrow the east wind, makes readers and audiences almost unable to tell whether Zhuge Liang is a man or a fairy demon. No wonder Mr. Lu Xun criticized the writer Luo Guanzhong in A Brief History of Chinese Novels. "As for writing people, it is also quite lacking, so that he wants to show Liu Bei's length and thickness. This is like a fake. It seems that Zhuge Liang's wisdom is close to a demon."

No one has ever explained whether the description of Zhuge Liang's borrowing style in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a gain or loss, a story made out of nothing, a mythical exaggeration, or a well-founded story. The author tried to solve this eternal mystery without superficial.

Let's take a look at the descriptions of this event in Chapters 48 and 49 of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Cao Cao's northern army was not used to water warfare, so Pang Tong offered a series of tricks to connect all the warships together. Zhou Yu wanted to break Cao Cao with fire.

On the evening of November 15th, 13th year of Jian 'an, there were few moon stars, and Cao Cao was writing poems on a warship, full of ambition. When the account was put forward, the counselor said, "If God hadn't helped me, I would have found Feng Chu's wonderful plan. When the iron rope is connected to the boat, it will cross the river like a flat ground. " Cheng Yi said, "The boats are firmly tied. But if he attacks it with fire, it will be difficult to avoid and cannot be prevented. " Cao Cao said with a smile, "Although Cheng Zhongde has long-term concerns, he still can't see the place." Xun You said, "What Zhong De said is true. Why did the Prime Minister laugh? " Cao Cao said, "Whoever attacks it with fire must follow the wind. It's the middle of winter, but there are west winds and north winds. Are there easterly and southerly winds? I live in the northwest, and everyone else is on the south bank. If he uses fire, he will burn his own soldiers. Why should I be afraid? If it was Koharu in 10, I would have been ready! " It can be seen that Cao Cao has fully considered the right time and place.

Zhou Yu used Pang Tong to give Cao Cao a series of tricks. At first he thought it was no problem to attack Cao Cao with fire. But when he was standing on the top of the hill on the south bank and watching Cao Yingshui Village, suddenly the wind was strong and the waves in the river beat against the coast. A gust of wind blew the flag horn across Zhou Yu's face, which made him suddenly wake up: there were only west winds and north winds, but no south winds and east winds. How can we attack with fire? So I suddenly turned around and fell to the ground, spitting blood and unconscious. After that, I was ill in bed and really began to worry.

Zhuge Liang went to visit, and the screen retreated. He wrote a secret letter in sixteen words: "If you want to break Cao Gong, attack him with fire. Everything is ready, only the east wind. " After writing, he handed it to Zhou Yu and said, "This governor is also the source of the disease." Zhou Yu was surprised and thought that Kong Ming was really a god. He knew what I was thinking, so he had to tell the truth. Nye smiled and said, "Sir, you know the source of my illness. What medicine will you use to treat it? This matter is at stake, please advise. " Zhuge Liang said: "Although Liang has no talent, he met a stranger and taught him to escape from armour for eight days, which can call the wind and rain. If the viceroy wants a southeast wind, he can build a seven-star altar on Nanping Mountain. It is nine feet high and has three floors, surrounded by 120 people holding flags and banners. Bright on the stage, borrow three days and three nights, only one night strong wind, great things can be achieved! It's just that things are in front of us and can't be delayed. " Zhuge Liang said, "On November 20th, Jia Zi offered a sacrifice to the wind. How about the 22nd?"

Hearing this, I was overjoyed Then he sent 500 able-bodied men to build an altar on Nanping Mountain, and drew out 120 people to hold flags and guard the altar at his command.

So on November 20, Kongming bathed and fasted, put on clothes and feet, and went to the altar to offer sacrifices to the wind. Kong Ming went to the altar three times a day and went down three times, but there was no southeast wind. It's already late at night. It's bright and the breeze is still. Until nearly midnight, I suddenly heard the wind and the flag was turning. When Zhou Yu went out to see the account, the banner floated in the northwest. At the moment, the southeast wind is very strong. After the southeast wind started, Zhuge Liang had already descended to the river, left Zhou Yu's camp and returned to Xiakou where Liu Bei was.

It is clearly written in the book that Zhuge Liang once met strangers and taught for eight days, so he can call the shots. The so-called eight-door nerve is one of the highest-level "three types" in ancient divination. According to the research of academic experts today, Daoism can be divided into two categories, one is called mathematical Daoism, and the other is called magic Daoism. The former is a method of combining time and space, heaven and earth with people to predict and choose favorable time orientation by using astronomical calendar knowledge such as Yi Tong Bagua, Luoshu Jiugong and Liujiazi. It is mainly used for military soldiers to fight, choose the right time, place and person to help make decisions. The latter is intertwined with various spells such as Taoism and chanting, and has strong superstitious elements.

We might as well use the method of mathematical Taoism to analyze Zhuge Liang's borrowing from the east wind. Fortunately, the author clearly wrote the specific year, month, day and time when the southeast wind rose here, which provided the necessary conditions for future generations to research, because Daoism magic extracted the time information and incorporated it into the disk, and made a prediction through system identification, five elements and mathematical deduction.

According to the year, month, day and hour when the southeast wind blows, let's supplement the weather on both sides of the Yangtze River with Taoist methods!

According to the calendar, the 13th year of Jian 'an is AD 208, the annual branch is Ding Hai, the winter November is Renzi Month, the 20th is Jiazi Day, the 21st is Ugly Day, and the 22nd is Bingyin Day.

On the first day, there was no wind in Jiazi, and the southeast wind began to blow from the tail of Bingzi the next day after 2 1 am 1 pm.

According to the ugly winter on November 21st, after the Winter Solstice Festival, Fu Tou is Jiazi, belonging to the Winter Solstice Shangyuan, which should be counted by Yang Dun. Ding Chou belonged to Xu Jia on the tenth day, and Tian Ruixing turned to the seventh house, making the dead door run to the fifth house; Days Fuxing went to Jiugong, and days Ying Xing went to Erfu. Bazong put the white tiger on a plate and fell into Sanfu.

To measure the weather, the auxiliary star is the wind, the indomitable star is the fire, and both are the main air volume. At this time, Tianfu star falls in the ninth house, which is a prosperous phase, and the Lord has a southeast wind; Tianying stars fall in the second house, which is a prosperous phase and a large amount; From Jiugong, there is a new pattern of adding one, called white tiger madness and strong wind; Eight put the white tiger on the plate and fall into the third house, and there is also an east wind. In a word, it should be sunny and the southeast wind is strong at this time.

At the same time, Jiazi is empty in the middle of ten days, and the northwest is not dead. It is an isolated place. The Sixth Hospital, where the northwest general is located, has a fierce case of Jia Ding Jia Gui, which is very unfavorable to Cao Cao.

Furthermore, according to the principle of benefiting customers when the sun shines, Ding Chou is in the sun, and the forerunner is advantageous, so Zhou Yu first launched an attack, and with the help of the southeast wind, he took a fire attack and finally won Battle of Red Cliffs's victory.

It can be seen that Zhuge Liang's practice of casting spells at the Seven Star Altar to borrow the east wind is just a cover-up. In fact, he used the method of Daoism to predict the weather condition that the southeast wind will blow heavily from the early morning of 1 1 February 2 1. Of course, it is not excluded that Zhuge Liang combined magic with mathematical magic, and he himself is convinced that magic is also effective. At this point, we should not criticize the ancients, because there was no modern scientific and technological means to predict the weather at that time, and he could only rely on traditional astronomical calendar knowledge and even magic.

In order to research the weather in the thirteenth year of Jian 'an (Dinghai), November 21st (Renzi) and Dingchou in Chibi area, we might as well use the Najia method directly from Zhouyi to measure it.

According to the time divination method created by Shao Kangjie, it is concluded that divination has changed from hydrolysis thunder to god:

Hydrolysis of thunder (Gong Zhen)

Groundwater master (Kangong)

Six gods; Energy source of governing six fu organs

Wife's wealth, land,

Official ghosts are unitary gold, gold, gold.

turtle

Officer Jin Shen, I think so.

Parents love the water,,,

White Tiger

Children's afternoon fire o

& gt wives and wealth are ugly,

Fujishe

Afternoon fire of children and grandchildren,

Children and grandchildren died in the afternoon.

Gouchen

A wife's wealth, wealth, soil and the world.

Wife, wealth, land,

rosefinch

Brother Yin Mu,,,,

Brother Yin Mu,,,,

Qinglong-the patron saint of the East in Taoism

From this divination, 1, the wife is rich all over the world. Although the moon is in prison, there is ugly soil every day, and sometimes there is ugly soil, which is a prosperous phase and the main sunny day; 2, four children in the afternoon fire, although the month is broken, but the wife's wealth is ugly, and it is also sunny; 3, it should be the official ghost Jin Shenlei, but he is resting in the ground. Although he can help every day, he is discouraged, so there will be no thunder; At the beginning, it was the two brothers who dominated the wind. They are helped by the moon and water. When they are ugly, they are the land of the crown. They became brothers and became very close to the Oriental Dragon. They thrive in the underground palace, and there must be a strong east wind; And with the passage of time, in Yin Shi, I am a pro-official, and when I become an emperor, the wind is bound to blow harder and harder; 6, Suzaku holds the world, Qinglong Wangxiang, southeast Italy; The northwest sea is empty, and the white tiger Xuanwu is powerless.

In a word, it will be sunny and windy in the southeast by using the six-point method to predict according to time.

This shows that in the dead of winter in 1 1 month, the general rule in Chibi area of the Yangtze River is that there is a west wind and a north wind, and there is no east wind and a south wind. However, there is a special situation during the early morning of February1day, which is the weather with strong southeast wind. Zhuge Liang, who is proficient in astronomy, geography and traditional foreknowledge, seized this favorable opportunity and helped Zhou Yu win the Battle of Red Cliffs.

It can also be understood that Zhuge Liang predicted in advance that there would be heavy fog on the river that night, so he took this measure. It's just that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms doesn't specify the specific time, so it's difficult to research. At this time, some readers will question that The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is only a historical novel, not a belief in history. What is history?

According to historical materials such as The History of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou, the approximate time and main plot of Battle of Red Cliffs are consistent with The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In Zhou Yuchuan, there is not only the plot of Huang Gai's false surrender, but also the saying that "building a ship caught fire at the same time". The wind is strong, and I know I will burn the shore and camp. "Clearly recorded with the help of the southeast wind. Unfortunately, there is no specific date and time, and there is no detail of Zhuge Liang borrowing from the east wind. The ancients evaluated Luo Guanzhong's description of history in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms as "seven points are true and three points are fiction", that is, seven points are facts and three points are fiction. The time of burning warships is so detailed that it is consistent with the actual weather and meteorology. Therefore, I think that Luo Guanzhong must be well-documented and well-founded, not fabricated out of thin air. As for the detailed description of Zhuge Liang's borrowing from Dongfeng, it's up to you whether readers think it's mine or his realism.