The famous Swiss philosopher Jung once said: "Among the wisdom books written by humans, I most recommend the "Book of Changes". Because with the development of science, many scientific laws will be discovered There are loopholes, and then they will be overturned by later generations. However, this is not the case with the Chinese "Book of Changes". It has been tested for about six thousand years and is still trustworthy. Not only that, it is also closely related to the latest aspects of atomic physics. "The I Ching can predict many unknown things, which is why many ancient people in the past highly respected it. Therefore, metaphysicians who were proficient in the Book of Changes and could judge bad luck were worshiped in ancient times, and even the rulers at that time treated them with great courtesy. Among these people, Yuan Tiangang is a very outstanding one. Many people know more or less about his legendary life. For example, he once met Wu Zetian. It is said that he is "a demon of a generation", so what was his life like? He became famous and respected for his physiognomy
Yuan Tiangang's family was poor when he was young, but he was talented and very fond of physiognomy. Because he is diligent in learning, he has high abilities in Feng Shui and physiognomy. In the early years of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, the local governor of Shu appointed him as the Huojing Order. But Yuan Tiangang was not satisfied with this. He wanted to further develop his abilities and gain higher attention and recognition, so he went to Luoyang in 605 AD.
Many people came to see him in Luoyang, and one of them was Du Yan. Yuan Tiangang said to Du Yan: "Your orchid hall is already full and your school is spacious. You will definitely stand out in the future and be appreciated by your superiors for your outstanding literary talent." In addition, he also showed it to Wang Gui, Wei Ting and others. They met each other and analyzed their future fortunes respectively. At that time, the three of them were dubious about this, but they were very grateful to Yuan Tiangang for being able to point out the way forward for them. Later, the attempts of the three of them were as Yuan Tiangang said, and even the time was very consistent. Because Yuan Tiangang was good at physiognomy, his reputation grew.
After that, when Dou Gui passed by Deyang County, he asked Yuan Tiangang to check his face. Yuan Tiangang said: "Your upper bones are bulging and your chin is well-grown. You will definitely make great achievements in Liangzhou and Liangzhou." Hearing Yuan Tiangang's answer, he was very happy. Sure enough, in 618 AD, Dou Gui took up the post of Yizhou Xingtai Pushe. During his tenure, he sent someone to summon Yuan Tiangang again. He asked very sincerely and respectfully: "What do you think of my appearance now? "Yuan Tiangang replied: "In terms of bone appearance, you are no different from before. But the red veins in your eyes are a little bulging, which makes the red energy appear on your face when you speak. If you are not careful, General, you may kill many people. "People." After a while, Dou Gui was dismissed and recalled because of indiscriminate killing of innocent people, and what Yuan Tiangang said came true again. Entering the court to accompany the emperor, he met his opponent
As Yuan Tiangang became more and more famous among the people, his deeds also alarmed the court. The then Emperor Taizong Li Shimin quickly issued an edict to recruit him into the palace. . According to historical records, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty at that time compared Yuan Tiangang to Yan Junping, a famous metaphysician in history. Yuan Tiangang not only had outstanding abilities in metaphysics, but also knew how to advance and retreat in dealing with the world, so he replied: "He is not at the right time, but I will win." After this meeting, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was very impressed. , So from then on, Li Shimin asked Yuan Tiangang to figure out all the big and small things in the palace. At that time, when he encountered a celestial phenomenon, Li Shimin asked Yuan Tiangang to explain it through fortune telling. Yuan Tiangang calculated that after three generations of the Tang Dynasty, the Wu family would be destroyed.
At that time, Li Shimin was very panicked and even wanted to issue an edict to exterminate all the daughters of the Wu family in the world. After learning that Tang Taizong had this idea, Yuan Tiangang immediately dissuaded the emperor and gave him a plan to "slay the dragon vein" "Solution. However, everyone also knows that Wu Zetian eventually proclaimed himself emperor. This can also be explained by Yuan Tiangang's words, that is, "the destiny of heaven cannot be violated." Ancient emperors liked all kinds of talents who could be used by themselves, and besides Yuan Tiangang, Li Shimin also had Li Chunfeng. Li Chunfeng is also very good at divination and Feng Shui, so Li Shimin often hopes that the two of them can compete.
Once Li Shimin asked the two of them to guess which horse on the riverside would fall into the water first? As a result, the two people's answers were completely opposite. Li Shimin found it very interesting, so he stopped to watch the results. However, the result was even more surprising. The red horse drank the water first, but it was the black horse who jumped into the river first to take a bath. Neither Li Chunfeng nor Yuan Tiangang lost. This outcome impressed Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. Not only that, once two people had a competition to choose a cemetery to see who found the place with better feng shui. In order to avoid cheating or accidents, the two of them were asked to search at staggered times. In this competition, Yuan Tiangang first went to find what he thought was a geomantic treasure, and buried a copper coin in this place. Then Li Chunfeng went to look for it, and he inserted a golden needle in the chosen place. What is surprising in the end is that Li Chunfeng's golden needle happened to be inserted into the copper coins buried by Yuan Tiangang. Through these two competitions, it can be fully proved that Yuan and Li are equally matched and it is difficult to distinguish between them. Predicting one's own lifespan
Yuan Tiangang can not only make more accurate predictions about people and things in the outside world, but he can also predict his own life very accurately.
He also calculated his lifespan by observing his face and bones. When Yuan Tiangang expected that his life was approaching, he asked his former boss for the official position of Huojing Ling. When his former boss asked him the reason. He replied: "I know that my life will be exhausted in April, and I hope to leave the court and resume my previous official position." In the end, Yuan Tiangang died on his way to Huojing Order in April. Such an ending makes people feel surprised and admired by Yuan Tiangang's superb physiognomy. There are many other legends about Yuan Tiangang, such as the folk legend "Tui Bei Tu", which was co-created by him and Li Chunfeng. In addition, various unofficial folk histories also exaggerated his story and magnified his own abilities. What's more, he is almost revered as a god through various folklore about him.
However, in any case, Yuan Tiangang's understanding of Taoism and Zhouyi is definitely rare in the world. From this perspective, he is an astronomicalist and metaphysician with outstanding abilities. As future generations, we should neither blindly follow some so-called masters nor blindly refute the Zhouyi as feudal superstition. We should look at and evaluate people like Yuan Tiangang more objectively.