Yi Lin Bi Zhi Yi said that snakes and dragons are flying in the air, hunger and misfortune occur every year, and the people eat grass and canopy. It talks about living on straw awnings during a time of famine. Let’s analyze it based on the hexagrams. Erya said that flying snakes

Yi: Asking for truth

Yi Linbi's Yi said that snakes ride on dragons, there is hunger and misfortune in the years, and the people eat grass. It talks about living on straw awnings during a time of famine. Let’s analyze it based on the hexagrams.

First, the snake rides on the dragon, that is to say, the snake rides on the dragon. Erya said that flying snakes and dragons can create clouds and mist. Let's look at the hexagrams. The four lines in Yi hexagram are Kun, Kun is snake, the lower hexagram is Zhen, Zhen is dragon, which is Cheng, hook Chen, the flying snake is in the central Wuji soil, Kun is above Zhen, so It is called Soaring Snake Riding on Dragon. From the perspective of the Five Elements, Earth is shaken by wood and earth. A flying snake riding a dragon is not a good sign.

Secondly, age and hunger are bad. In other words, it was a year of famine. Zuo Chuan said that if a snake rides on a dragon, Song and Zheng will be hungry. When we look at the hexagram, the four lines Kun in the middle represent years, which represent emptiness, so they represent hunger and disaster. Therefore, it is evil. This is how the evil of age comes. According to Shuowen, the house with a wooden frame is called the Song Dynasty, and the upper part of Yi Gua is wood, which is the house, so it is called the Song Dynasty. Shuowenjiao, Zheng, the local towns and cities are flat. The four lines in the Yi hexagram are Kun, and Kun is earth and flat, so it is Zheng. Therefore, if a snake rides on a dragon, Song and Zheng will be hungry.

Third, people eat grass. The people lived on thatched awnings. In years of famine, they had nothing to eat and could only eat straw awnings to satisfy their hunger. When we look at the hexagram, the four lines in the middle are for the people, and the lower hexagram is for the mouth, for food, and for the awning. The poor people in Guangda eat grass and tree bark. The so-called hungry people are everywhere. The people are in dire straits.

Fourth, ask for your own truth. Figure out how to support yourself. When we look at the hexagram image, the entire Yi hexagram vibrates at the bottom and Gen ends at the top. It is a huge mouth with a void in the middle. This is an image with no food in the mouth. Zhen is the mouth, Gen is seeking, and Kun is itself. For things, this is an image that seeks for its own mouth. The so-called mouth contains things to support itself.

There is no food in Yi Gua's mouth, hungry people are everywhere, and no seedlings are growing. It is advisable to be stable and self-sustaining.