Common sayings are loved and respected by many people because they are popular and oral. From ancient times to the present, people have created many popular sayings in their lives and work. They are not only entertaining, but also have a certain influence. Practicality.
However, there are some common sayings that make us confused and unable to understand their meaning at the first time. For example, the saying we are going to talk about today: " It is better for one person to sleep if a thousand people make money." To understand this proverb, we must first understand some Feng Shui, because this proverb is closely related to Feng Shui.
Feng Shui is also a kind of culture. Compared with common sayings, it is much more complicated and profound, because it is related to the relationship between people and nature, and it also includes a lot of geographical and environmental knowledge. The ancients often said: " one is fate, two is luck, three are feng shui, four are accumulation of yin virtue and five are reading." The ancients believed that there are roughly these ways to change your destiny, and ranking feng shui in the third place shows how much they attach importance to it.
The ancients indeed attached great importance to Feng Shui, but the premise was that they valued heaven and earth and nature. Generally speaking, Feng Shui is the harmony between man and nature, achieving the goal of the unity of nature and man. If this goal is achieved, people's lives, careers, and wishes will naturally be achieved.
Feng shui is mostly used in residences and tombs. Residences should choose a ventilated and well-lit environment, and tombs should also choose a geomantic treasure land. Once you understand this, this saying can be easily explained. Thousands of people making money are not as good as one person sleeping. Sleep here means eternal sleep, which means death.
For example, in life, we often hear words similar to "There is smoke coming out of the ancestral graves" to describe someone who has a great future, and people attribute it to the blessing of their ancestors. The reason why ancestors can protect their descendants is because they sleep in a geomantic treasure place, which leads to the saying: "It is better for a thousand people to make money than to sleep alone."
In fact, it has no scientific reason. It is just a good wish and longing of the ancients. The reason why there is such a saying is actually closely related to the growth environment in ancient times. As we all know, before the establishment of the imperial examination system in the Sui Dynasty, the ancient official selection systems were the Shiqing Shilu System, the Chaju System, and the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.
I will not go into the details of these systems here. In short, it is more difficult for ordinary people or poor people to become officials and get ahead than to reach the sky. Although the imperial examination system was introduced later, which gave poor families the opportunity to enter officialdom, even so, ordinary families basically did not have the conditions to study for merit and fame.
It is precisely because of this premise that if a child from a poor family becomes an official, it will be like a miracle. In addition to his own efforts, his family and even himself are willing to believe that this is the blessing of his ancestors. Furthermore, in ancient times, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce were valued. No matter how much money they made from doing business, it would not improve their social status.
Only by becoming an official can you honor your ancestors and change your family. Therefore, the ancients would find ways to find Feng Shui treasures for their ancestors. As the saying goes, it is better for a thousand people to make money than for one person to sleep. Of course, looking at it now, this is just nonsense, and it is a particularly negative concept that is not advisable.
