On the map goes up to north and goes down to south . When you open Fuxi Bagua , you can see that it is up to south and down to north, with heaven above and earth below kun.
At first glance, I thought the ancients got the location wrong!
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If you look at the position of the Xiantian Bagua, you can clearly see that its position is completely opposite to the map we use now, where the top is north and the bottom is south. .
The Xiantian Bagua is that Qiankun determines the north and south, and Kanli determines the east and west. The order is the sky, south, and north. The sky is the stem of the south on the top, the earth is the north of the bottom, the fire is the east of the left, and the water is the west of the right.
The sky is in the south and the earth is in the north. Why is the orientation map of the innate Bagua like this?
Today, we will start with what the innate Bagua is and reveal the secret of the innate Bagua’s position for you!
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What is the innate Bagua chart?
Speaking of Bagua, there are actually two kinds of Bagua diagrams, One is innate Bagua, and the other is Acquired Bagua. Innate is the body, and the day after tomorrow is using . Today we mainly talk about the emergence of innate Bagua diagrams!
In short, the innate Bagua is the Fuxi Bagua chart.
It’s just that the Fuxi Bagua diagram did not appear before the Song Dynasty, and only appeared after the Song Dynasty. It was created and named by Shao Yong of the Northern Song Dynasty based on the description in " Gua Chuan " that " the heaven and earth are positioned, the mountains and rivers are ventilated, the thunder and wind are thin, the water and fire do not interact with each other, and the eight trigrams are mutually exclusive".
It means that the order of the innate Bagua is intertwined with each other. Two pairs are opposite each other to form a group. Each pair is two things with opposite properties. They are located at the opposite ends of the hexagram position. The four groups are opposite to form the overall Bagua chart. .
The first group: Qian Gua and Kun Gua, quoted from the original text "The Positioning of Heaven and Earth" in "Shuo Gua Zhuan".
Heaven is Qian in the south, and earth is Kun in the north. Heaven is above and earth is below. North and south face each other, and up and down are opposite.
The second group: Dui Gua and Gen Gua, quoted from the original text of "Shuo Gua Zhuan" "Shan Ze Tong Qi".
Gen means mountain and lives in the northwest, while Dui means Ze and lives in the southeast. The Qi rising from the mountain becomes clouds and rain; the springs from the mountain flow into the lake and become springs and water. The mountains and marshes are higher and higher, and the water veins are instilling them. Therefore, in the Bagua, the Gen and Dui hexagrams are opposite each other.
The third group: Xun Gua and Zhen Gua, quoted from the original text of "Shuo Gua Zhuan" "Lei Feng Xiang Bo".
Xun is the wind and lives in the southwest, and earthquake is the thunder and lives in the northeast. The thunder becomes stronger and the wind becomes stronger, and the wind becomes stronger and the thunder becomes more swift. Thunder and lightning vibrate in the universe, atmospheric currents occur, and atmospheric currents rub together, causing thunder and lightning again. Therefore, thunder and wind oppose each other and change each other.
The fourth group: Kan Gua and Li Gua, quoted from the original text of "Shuo Gua Zhuan" "Water and fire do not shoot together".
Kan is the water in the west, and Li is the sun in the east. Water and fire do not mutually extinguish each other, which means that fire is obtained to relieve the coldness, while fire is obtained from water to provide heat and do not extinguish each other. Therefore, water and fire are opposite.
This is the source of the Xiantian Bagua Diagram. It is hidden in " Yi Zhuan" and did not appear until the Northern Song Dynasty. It explains the natural principles of the creation of the universe: the positioning of heaven and earth, the growth of all things, the coexistence and interaction of yin and yang in the universe, The basic law of the mutual transformation of yin and yang.
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How did the position of the innate Bagua come about?
The directions we use now are up north, down south, left west and right east.
Open Fuxi's innate Bagua map, and you will find that Qian lives in the south and lives on the top, Kun lives in the north and lives at the bottom, Kan lives in the west and lives on the right, and Li lives in the east and lives on the left. Why did Fuxi arrange the position of the Bagua in this way? How is the Bagua drawn? Woolen cloth?
In fact, the answer is very simple, four words, derived from observation.
It is recorded in "Xici Zhuan" : "In ancient times, Bao Xi, the king of the world, looked up to observe the images in the sky, looked down to observe the laws on the earth, observed the patterns of birds and beasts in accordance with the conditions of the earth, and approached the bodies. Taking things from afar, he began to make Bagua to understand the virtues of gods and imitate the emotions of all things."html. 2
In ancient times, the saint Fuyi often looked up to observe the changes in the sun, the moon, the stars, the celestial phenomena, looked down at the shapes of mountains, rivers and ravines, and often paid attention to the fur and fur of birds and animals, as well as the various shapes and forms of animals, each in its proper place. Natural mysteries. It is as close as the human body, and as far away as all things in the universe. It pursues tirelessly, combines the observations with its own experience, integrates the virtues of gods, understands the evolution of heaven and earth, and finally realizes the use of Bagua to compare all things. the mystery.
This is the origin of Bagua representing everything in the world.
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How did Fuxi configure the orientation of the Xiantian Bagua?
The answer is also based on observation. What to observe, observe the terrain of China.
If you take out the topographic map of China and take a look at it, you will quickly find that the Fuxi clan assigned the Bagua positions according to our topography.
Fuxi’s Bagua painting is based on China’s vast territory. Let’s look at the positions of the six hexagrams Kan, Li, Gen, Dui, Zhen and Xun:
. Kan is the water in the west.
We often say that "a river of spring water flows eastward". Looking at China's topographic map, it is true that in this way. All major rivers originate in the western region and flow from west to east, including the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Lancang River, etc., so the west is a ridge.
. Li is the home of fire
Because Li represents the sun, and the sun rises from the east every day. As soon as it appears, it starts to leave the east, so the east is Li.
. Dui is in the southeast.
Dui represents the ocean and rivers. The southeast of our country is surrounded by the sea. The East China Sea and the South China Sea successively surround the mainland, so the southeast is Dui.
. Gen means that mountains live in the northwest
The northwest plateau of my country has many mountains, so Gen Gua means that mountains live in the northwest
, Xun is the wind that lives in the southwest.
The wind is strong in the southwest and there are many thunders in the northeast. Therefore, the wind of Xun is in the southwest and the thunder is in the northeast.
has talked about the order of the eight trigrams of the six hexagrams: Kan, Li, Gen, Dui, Zhen and Xun. So what about the upper Qian and lower Kun, upper south and lower north?
"Shuo Gua Chuan": "The sage faces the south and listens to the world, faces the bright sun and governs, and takes all these."
The ancient sages and kings sat north and faced the south, listened to and governed the world, and faced the bright sunshine to govern the world.
This is because our country has a saying of "governing towards the Ming Dynasty" since ancient times. In ancient times, people respected sitting north and facing south. The south is the place of light, and the Chinese nation developed from the north. The emperor sits with his back to the north and faces south. His eyes see the south, so he can have a panoramic view of his people.
The sky is above and the earth is below. Therefore, according to the custom of the ancients, the south is the sky, the north is the earth, the top is south, and the bottom is north.
This is also the origin of Bagua diagram Qian Nan Kun Bei.
If you understand the ancient usage habits of directions from up to south and down to north, you will understand why in "Journey to the West" Sun Wukong Somersaulting clouds turned to Nantianmen, and the origin of the idiom "Tiannandibei".
It can be seen that the Xiantian Bagua Diagram is not a simple picture. Each hexagram has far-reaching meanings. Even the simple arrangement of the positions of the hexagrams hides wisdom and mystery.
