"There are countless things to say, so it is better to push back and go to rest."
This sentence is the conclusion of the prophetic book "Tuibei Tu".
Speaking of "Tui Bei Tu", many people may not know much about it. It was written by the Tang Dynasty national teacher Yuan Tiangang and the famous astronomer Li Chunfeng .
According to legend, at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Taizong Li Shimin wanted to predict the fortune of the Tang Dynasty , so he ordered Yuan Tiangang, the national counselor at the time, and Li Chunfeng, the fortune teller, to compile a book predicting the fate of the Tang Dynasty. Li Chunfeng was proficient in Zhouyi and used Zhouyi Bagua to calculate. Yuan Tiangang used Liuren divine numbers to calculate. But who would have thought that this calculation would last more than two thousand years after the Tang Dynasty, until Yuan Tiangang Banner suddenly woke up and gently pushed his back and said, "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed anymore, so let's have a good rest." Only then did Li Chunfeng stop, so the book was named "Tui Bei Tu".
Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang
The full text of Tuibeitu has a total of sixty portraits. Each portrait has a poem and a prophecy, but the characters in each portrait have appeared in the subsequent changes of dynasties.
For example, "Tui Bei Tu" predicts seven strange women after the Tang Dynasty, five of whom have already appeared. The first picture "Woman holding a knife" symbolizes the power of life and death. The woman has the power of life and death, which symbolizes the first orthodox female emperor in history Wu Zetian . In the second painting, "Muyi encounters a mountain ghost, and this is bound to be buried with a golden ring." Muyi is the character for "Yang", and mountain ghost is the character for "嵬", which symbolizes Concubine Yang who was condemned to death on Maweipo during the Anshi Rebellion. The third picture, "A woman sitting in a pavilion with a puppy in her arms", symbolizes Empress Liu, who acted as political agent for Renzong in the Song Dynasty. The fourth painting is "an ugly image of a man and a woman standing in the weeds", and there is a poem that says, "The sins left behind should be wiped out and sent to the country." This woman is the wet nurse of Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty, and the man who is in cahoots with her is the famous traitor Wei Zhongxian. You probably know who the fifth woman is without having to think about it. "The woman is sitting high on a horse with a lantern in hand, and there is a man in gorgeous clothes kneeling and bowing her head next to her." Yes, this is the Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty. So far, five of the seven strange women have been talked about. Do you think there are two more who have not appeared yet or are not determined yet?
Summary of "Tui Bei Tu"
After talking about the magical prophecy of "Tui Bei Tu", let's talk about Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang who compiled "Tui Bei Tu".
The two of them were both teachers and friends. It is said that after "Tui Bei Tu" was written, Li Chunfeng was very grateful to Yuan Tiangang for reminding him in time to avoid revealing too much secrets, so he became his teacher to Yuan Tiangang, who was 19 years older than him. From then on, the two were inseparable, cooking wine and discussing Taoism.
Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng
Yuan Tiangang was from Chengdu, Yizhou. His family was poor when he was a child. Later, because he was proficient in physiognomy, he was appointed as the seniority order in the Sui Dynasty and the Huojing order in the Tang Dynasty. Later, because of his superb physiognomy and accuracy, he was heralded by Taizong Li Shimin to enter the capital and became a national advisor to serve the royal family. According to legend, he also read the face of Wu Zetian.
Yuan Tiangang
Li Chunfeng's family background is different from that of Yuan Tiangang. He has a prosperous family background, plus he is talented and loves reading. He is proficient in astronomy, physiognomy, and arithmetic at a young age. He served as Li Shimin's army officer and was a famous astronomer, mathematician and Taoist priest in the early Tang Dynasty. Later, because of his meritorious service, he was worshiped as General Shilang.
Li Chunfeng
In his later years, Yuan Tiangang was obsessed with the art of immortality, but he failed to practice it in the end. Before his death, a scholar named Shen The Duke asked him: "What else can you do for the court?" Yuan Tiangang replied: "I know the destiny, April is coming, and my life will not be long." In April of the next year, Yuan Tiangang died, but the real cause of death is unknown.
Li Chunfeng, on the other hand, has been serving in the imperial court. He dedicated his life to it for forty years and died. During his tenure, he also modified the armillary sphere at that time to make the calculation of the armillary sphere more precise. Later, he passed away in the first year of Xianheng dynasty. Because of his great contribution to the country, he was posthumously named "Taishi Ling ".
I wonder if Li and Yuan will meet again after death and continue the unfinished deduction of "Tui Bei Tu".
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