Wisdom sayings on metaphysics

[Annie Pecheva]

Hi,

There are many wisdom sayings related to I Ching, Four Pillars, astrology and metaphysics. Everybody can add them here - ancient and new contemporary sayings...

There is one famous Chinese saying:

No matter how much one calculates things out, life always changes.
人算不如天算 (Ren suan bu ru tian suan)
Literally: The plans of man cannot compare to the plans of heaven.
In other words: Man proposes, heaven disposes.

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And here is another one:
吉凶由人 (Ji xiong you ren)
"Good or bad (luck) - it depends on the person himself".


Annie

[Darma]

生死由命，富贵在天 (Sheng si you ming, fu gui zai tian)
"Life and death are decreed by fate, rank and riches are determined by heaven".

谋事在人，成事在天 (Mou shi zai ren, cheng shi zai tian)
"Man proposes, heaven disposes".

[Annie Pecheva]

Hi Darma,

Thank you for the nice sayings!
I just checked that 生死由命，富贵在天 (your first quote) comes from Confucius, and the 吉凶由人 that I have posted (my second quote) comes from I Ching.

Annie

[Darma]

人为善，福虽未至，祸已远离。人为恶，祸虽未至，福已远离。
Ren wei shan, fu sui wei zhi, huo yi yuan li. Ren wei e, huo sui wei zhi, fu yi yuan li.

"Virtue keeps misfortune away, even before it brings luck. Vice keeps luck away, even before it brings misfortune."

[KC Goh(吳繼宗)]

積善之家必由餘慶，積不善之家必有餘殃。

（Ji Shan zhi jia bi you yu qing, jib u shan zhi jia bi you yu yang）

This is from I Ching or yijing. It means the family that accumulates good deeds will have more things to celebrate, the family that does not accumulate good deeds will encounter more misfortunes.

From KC

[Danny VdB]

A contemporary saying that can be applied to metaphysics (and methods):
"Even a blind squirrel always finds a few nuts"

Also exists in another version:
"Even a broken clock is right twice a day"

[Annie Pecheva]

Hi,

Thanks for all the nice sayings. Here are 3 more:


"The whole Is greater than the sum of its parts".

整体大于部分之和

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"In the Heaven - yields images; on Earth - yields shapes".

(I Ching - Yi Jing, Xi ci)

在天成象,在地成形.

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"As above, so below".

[KC Goh(吳繼宗)]

Hi,
South... North
4 9 2 ...8 1 6
3 5 7 ...3 5 7
8 1 6 ...4 9 2
North... South
As above,.. Look at the sky

South... South
4 9 2 ...4 9 2
3 5 7 ...3 5 7
8 1 6 ...8 1 6
North... North
so below... On the earth


Qi in the heaven
counter each other

South
492
357
816
North


Qi on earth
producing cycle
South
274
359
816
North

This is from Lin ji yong's book page 281 and 283. It seems he is able to explain it in a diagram form.

"In the Heaven - yields images; on Earth - yields shapes".

(I Ching - Yi Jing, Xi ci)

在天成象,在地成形.

[Annie Pecheva]

On feng shui:

"Mountain is the dragon vein. Earth is the dragon flesh. Stones are the dragon bones. Grass [plants] is the dragon hair."

《地理大成·山法全书》云：“龙者何？山之脉也。土乃龙之肉，石乃龙之骨，草乃龙之毛。”

[MoonChin]

From the ZangShu (book of Burial):

风水之法, 得水为上, 藏风次之.

The method of fengshui, obtaining water is foremost, followed by containing the wind.

[KC Goh(吳繼宗)]

MoonChin,

Literally translating the book of burial is easy. I have seen books literally translate the traditional feng shui books. I don't think many people would actually understand. It is the application that is difficult. Do you agree?

Just like this verse, obtaining water, how? keeping or enclose the wind, how?

Anyone care to bring out the application aspect?

Anyway, thanks for bringing out this quote.

[MoonChin]

Yes it is not easy to apply without practical training and guidance.

[Lee]

All this are purely base on theory, if you are keen, you can explore Taiwan (as I had not been to China as yet) to withness yourself what is all this about, we can argue or disputes, but when come to practical, most of us or the so called GrandMaster might not even know what and how Moon chin meant regards to wind and water aspects.
Things are easy as far as we are determine to prove, bring the formula to prove it, if it is indeed a true knowledge, it will not contradict itself.
Regards
Lee

KC Goh(吳繼宗) said:

MoonChin,

Literally translating the book of burial is easy. I have seen books literally translate the traditional feng shui books. I don't think many people would actually understand. It is the application that is difficult. Do you agree?

Just like this verse, obtaining water, how? keeping or enclose the wind, how?

Anyone care to bring out the application aspect?

Anyway, thanks for bringing out this quote.