Destiny is not a passive and obedient slave to the emperor, nor a superstitious worship; it is a clear and objective evaluation of the surrounding environment, which seems to be a clear understanding of reality. , a return to the meaning of life.
Wang Chong, a great scholar of the Han Dynasty, opposed superstition and did not believe in ghosts and gods throughout his life. However, he insisted that "fate" existed objectively and that a person's fate was destined by heaven.
Fate is predestined, which is a person’s “birthday and horoscope”. According to the year, month, day and time of your birth, it is corresponding and converted into "Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches", with a total of eight characters. Based on these eight characters, one can calculate the honor, disgrace, misfortune, wealth, longevity, and death of a person's life.
In ancient times, if you wanted to enter the aristocratic class, you needed to study, because only by studying can you become a "scholar". No matter you were a beggar living on the streets or your family was in trouble, as long as you are willing to study and pass the exam, you will get the respect and honor you need. "Scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants" Scholars were the leaders of the professions in ancient social classes. If you become a scholar, you can be an official; if you can be an official, you can become rich and prosperous.
It is true that "no one asks for ten years of hard work, and once you become famous, it is your destiny." If you pass the exam, it is your destiny; if you fail, it is also destiny. Scholars at that time often said, "One is fate, two is luck, three is Feng Shui, the other is accumulation of yin virtue and five is study." It is said that you must possess these five things to pass the exam. If you fail the exam, it means you are not destined to have it.
If something has a fate, and a person can succeed, it must be under the cooperation of objective and subjective, it must be driven by timing and initiative, and it must be arranged in the time and space dimensions. Only then can you achieve success.
"One fate, two fortunes, three Feng Shui, four accumulations of Yin virtue and five readings." This sentence is like a pot of Pu'er tea, enough for you to taste and aftertaste. It can be seen that for ancient people to succeed, the evaluation criteria are not one-dimensional. They need you to respect nature and be rational; they need you to be proactive and have temperament; they need you to assess the situation and be good at borrowing the east wind; and you need to actively contribute to society and do good deeds. Accumulating yin and virtue; more importantly, you need to be talented in reading and writing.
It can be seen that nowadays, the evaluation of so many dimensions has become a monism, that is, money and wealth. Let’s look at money together. Money determines everything. Money is the right to speak. If you have a shoddy personality, it doesn't matter, money can make up for it; if you lack knowledge, it doesn't matter, wealth can decorate it; even if you do something wrong, you don't feel a trace of shame.
This is no longer the respect for life and the awe of destiny. People without awe will be in trouble sooner or later. There are many disputes in the courtyards of wealthy families, and the children of rich families are ruthless. This is all about losing the understanding of "fate".
People from rich families have good fortune, but they are not as good as luck. Because the sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortune and fortune. If your luck is bad, the wealth in your hands will become the source of your suffering.
Heaven has spring, summer, autumn and winter, and people have four years of childhood, youth, middle age, and old age; heaven has spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and dynasties have four stages of ups and downs. Flowers bloom and fall, the sun rises and sets, and people come and go. Opportunities cannot be missed, time will never come again, and people will never come back. If you are able to advance and retreat, you can go up and down; if you are successful, you can help the world; if you are poor, you can only take care of yourself.
All changes are fortune. Fate is the road, luck is the car; fate is the greeting, luck is the response. Destiny is our high-speed rail. No matter how fast the high-speed rail runs, it is still difficult to move without rails; there are empty rails, but without high-speed rail, it is just scrap metal and no one cares about it. Good luck in ten years and small luck in five years. When Jiang Taigong met King Wen in his eighties, he actively forged ahead when his fortune was good; Fan Li went boating on the West Lake, but retreated when his fortune declined.
The car of destiny is moving forward, the wheels are turning, and there is a "turn of fortune, change" of fate. Only when everything is changing and operating can we have opportunities and see hope and new life.
The "luck" of destiny is the general environment, the era and society you live in. A society is like a giant wheel, constantly rolling forward. There are wars, killings, and riots in human nature, but it cannot stop its progress. Wherever the wheel of society rolls, the vitality of that place is created; wherever the wheel of society rolls, the heroes of that era are created.
The same fate creates different destinies under the promotion, advancement and guidance of different "luck". If you go with it, you will prosper and if you go against it, you will perish. What goes well is destiny, and what goes against it is also fate. If you can take a ride on your destiny, you will have great achievements, and your life will be prosperous.
The existence of "objective" also requires the subjectivity to actively move forward; with "fate", we also need to use "luck" to obtain opportunities and gain the freedom that belongs to life.