Since ancient times, the art of gold-touching has been based on the "Book of Changes", the first of the group of scriptures. Therefore, I saw dozens of pieces of ancient jade with green heads scattered in the sea. In the picture drawn by Professor Chen, it turned out that Combined into a complete jade sculpture, the lady with the look of a siren is “divining the turtle by lighting the candle”, and judging from the pattern of the eight candles, it seems to be deducing the hexagrams in the innate gossip. The innate gossip is probably based on Pang Pi. The profound and mysterious sixteen-character hexagram is the purpose. How can I not be frightened by this?
I quickly calmed down and went back to the fisherman's house with Professor Chen. I dug out the box of green turtles and tried to discern which moment of the hexagram was on the back of the jade turtle. I found that most of the most important parts of the hexagram were engraved on it. They were all soaked in decay, and there were also the remains of tiny marine organisms deposited on them. It was impossible to distinguish them from only the blurry shapes on the corners, and I couldn't help but be disappointed.
Professor Chen saw that I could not recover from staring at the jade carving for a long time, so he patted me on the shoulder and said: "Judging from the decoration and craftsmanship, this jade figure was probably used to worship gods and witches in the Western Zhou Dynasty. But in the Western Zhou Dynasty, There has never been a cultural relic of similar shape in mainland China. It is very likely that it is an undersea relic introduced to the Kingdom of Hatred from the Zhou Dynasty. This is a priceless treasure. Where did it come from? How is it? What can be seen from the hexagrams? "Although he is an old scholar, he focuses on the culture of the ancient Western Regions and is not an expert in Yi studies.
I shook my head. This jade carving was originally a "green head" that we unexpectedly received. We planned to transport it back to Beijing and find someone to sell it for a big price. But I never expected that there would be such a big treasure hidden in it. Secret, if it is true as "Bai Wu" said, a boat-eating sea beast died on the shore during the tsunami, this jade sculpture was obtained from a fishing boat buried in the belly of the beast, so it would be difficult to determine its origins.
But Professor Chen and I both know very well that during the Yin, Shang, Western Zhou, and even the Eastern Zhou countries, as well as the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the ruling class made decisions on most things based on the results of divination. They will record the divination results and subsequent verifications in detail on the tortoise shell and keel. To a certain extent, the tortoise shell and the bell and tripod are almost equally important. The so-called identification patterns and decorative patterns on jade carvings All can prove its age, because the same oracle bones and inscriptions have their own differences according to different eras. In terms of form, the Xia Dynasty used bird traces, while the Shang Dynasty mostly used insect and fish traces. By the Western Zhou Dynasty, , all used the large seal script of Chongyu. Although Chinese characters were unified later, there were still differences in each dynasty. The Qin Dynasty used large and small seal scripts, the Han Dynasty used small seal script, the Three Kingdoms used official script, the Jin Dynasty to the Song Dynasty used regular script, and the Tang Dynasty used regular script plus Yinshi. There are many There are signs that indicate the age of this jade carving.
The inscription bell and tripod, the heavenly book dragon bone , the Yin and Yang Bagua boxing and the blue phoenix all record the secrets of the major events at that time. It was the era when Zhouyi's hexagrams were popular. If we can decipher the hexagrams of the sea monster lighting the candle, we can understand many long-lost legends. The secrets of the Hentian Sect are almost equivalent to Atlantis in the East. How many secrets and treasures are there? It is even possible to get a glimpse of the mystery of the Sixteen-Character Heavenly Trigram. Unfortunately, this beauty has sunk in the sea for thousands of years. Due to our current conditions on the island, it is difficult to peel off the surface sea corrosion, so we cannot know this for the time being. The truth in the tortoise divination.
Professor Chen once heard Shirley Yang say that I read "Yi" almost every day recently. He encouraged me very much and said that if he could repair the ancient jade after returning to Beijing, he would ask me to come back for research after the hexagram was restored.
I thought to myself that this was the green head that I had collected. Why did this mean that nothing would happen to me when I returned to Beijing? Professor Chen really didn’t meet me and just confiscated it. It didn’t matter. However, my study of Yili was not out of my love for Chinese studies. Speaking of motives, it was even more impure. At the time, Zhang Yingchuan “benefited Dachuan.” "That hexagram divine number really convinced me. If I could discern the opportunity clearly, wouldn't it be possible for me to win every battle in the future, whether it's a fight or a business?" The most important thing is to improve my understanding of the Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique, but I can’t say that in front of Professor Chen. I heard him ask me about my experience of Yili, so I casually told Professor Chen. Of course, most of my recent experience in studying Yi came from Zhang Yingchuan.
In the past, I only understood Feng Shui but not Yin and Yang. In fact, the word "Yi" is the general secret of Feng Shui. The unity of heaven and man pursued by Feng Shui actually means that Yin and Yang are both opposites and unified. This is what Yi Zhong said from pushing the way of heaven to Understand human affairs, the way of heaven and the way of humanity are a whole, and one should imitate heaven and earth in life.
If you imitate Heaven, you will be strong and energetic, and if Heaven moves vigorously, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement; if you imitate Earth, you will become generous, tolerant and kind, always humble and submissive, and if the terrain is good, a gentleman will be virtuous.
Professor Chen and I talked about some theories in the Book of Changes, and then we talked more deeply. Judging from our previous experience, in a sense, Yin Yang Bagua Quan’s Blue Phoenix , Xiantian Sixteen Hexagrams and Jingjue Ghost Cave There is an unclear relationship between the Dragon Bone Heavenly Book and the Phoenix Gut. Since this beauty is probably an ancient relic from the Kingdom of Hatred, is it possible that the hexagrams in it are related to Haiyan? Will all the ruins of the Kingdom of Hatred on the sea be swept away by the eye of the sea? Of course, these are all my subjective guesses. If you don’t see it with your own eyes, probably no one can tell clearly.
Professor Chen once again urged: "This time I went to sea to look for the King of Qin's osteoscope. It is best to find it. If you can't find it, don't take the risk of approaching the sea eye in the coral spiral. It is recorded in ancient books that those who return to the ruins will be killed." If you suck it in, don't think about it. No one knows what devastating disasters the Hentian people encountered back then. Once you have a problem…"
I advised him: "Don't worry about this. We are only on a salvage mission this time. We are trying to recover national treasures from sunken ships and collect eggs to make some extra money. We are not a suicide squad that takes the route of self-destruction. It is too risky." Things will never be done." After a long conversation, it was almost dawn before we knew it. According to the original plan, we would go to sea in the morning, so I simply stopped sleeping and called the fat man and others to get ready to go.
This is an auspicious day for going to sea. We have to worship the Poseidon first in the morning. Not only our Trident, but also the other fishing boats have set out to sea. After many days of repeated preparations and waiting, everyone is finally about to set sail. Entering the sea, everyone cheered up and couldn't contain their excitement.
Ruan Hei, an experienced egg farmer, gave us a lot of requirements before going out to sea. Fishermen and egg farmers have many taboos, which are no less particular than those of the handicraftsmen. Moreover, the customs are extremely unique. The most taboo is Words like flip, buckle, and reverse. Whoever dares to mention these words at sea, the boat boss has the right to throw him into the sea to feed the fish. If you are driving a sailboat, the "sail" will be "turned", so fishermen Dan people all call sailing boats a canopy boat, and they always call the "sail" "canopy", and "raising the sail" is commonly known as "holding up the canopy" or "opening the canopy".