Zen is a flower

Now I read "Zen is a flower".

It is beautiful to understand emptiness. However, sometimes it is easier to forget something after man has experienced it.

Book of changes - a simulating model of the world

General introduction

"Book of Changes" is a Chinese traditional classic philosophy book. It is said that it was written by the emperor Jichang of Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC). The book includes two parts. The first part is called as "Scripture", which includes "Zhou Yi divination method" contenting "the 64 Gua picture" and Gua texts and Yao texts. "Zhou Yi predicting method" is the traditional Chinese rel="nofollow" method, which has been used for over 3500 years in China. The theory of the method is the Yin Yang theory. 

The second part is called as "Biography", which explains about the the first part of the book. The second part is rather rich in content. It has total 7 parts and applies much philosophic ideas to explain the first part. Since Warring state period "The book of changes" became the most important book of Confucianism. Since Han dynasty (201 BC - 221 AD), the book became the first book of "Six scriptures", which were the classic textbooks which all ancient Chinese intellectual must learn about. 

  

Zhou Yi divination method

The first part of the book introduces the divination method itself, which contents 64 Gua. Each Gua is composed of the picture of the Gua, the name of the Gua, the text of the Gua. A Gua picture is the symbol of a Gua. A Gua picture is composed of six Yao. Gua name is the name of a Gua.

The Gua pictures of Qian Gua (blue) and Kun Gua (red)

There are two kinds of Yao, one is a streak "-", which is called as Yang Yao, another is two streaks "--", which is called as Yin Yao. Each Gua contents six Yao. Yaos are permutated by certain way and form total 64 different Gua pictures. 

Each Yao has a Yao title, which is the name of the Yao. The name contains the information of the position and the gender (Yin or Yang) of the Yao. Yin Yao is expressed with nummber six, Yang Yao is expressed with the nummber nine, the position of a Yao is expressed with the number of the line where the Yao lies in the Gua. For example, Nine six, means Yang Yao on the sixth line (top layer) of a Gua.

Each Yao has its' own Yao text. The predictor must first find the Gua by using one of "Finding Gua" methods, then find the explanation for the Gua from the Yao text, Yao position, Gua name and Gua text. The explanation for the Gua is the forecast result.

The picture of Zhou Yi divination model

The construction of "the 64 Gua"

The 64 Gua is evolved from the 8 Gua, made by Fu Xi, by permuting every 2 Yao of the 8 Gua. The 8 Gua represent the heaven and the earth, thunder and wind, sun and moon, mountain and river.

The original 8 Gua represent the natural environment which human lives in. Their names are respectively Qian and Kun, Xun and Zheng, Kan and Li, Hen and Dui. The 64 Gua are ordered by the way to simulate the natural life circle: beginning – growing – peak – declining - ending. The 64 Qua are divided into two parts. The first part represents the nature environment. The second part represents human and the society. The first Gua in the second part is Xian Heng represents that a man and a woman marry with each other and live together whole life. The last Gua is "Wei Ji" which means "not finished yet". This Gua reflects the idea that there is no real ending, but reversing and changing. 

Each Gua is composed of six Yaos located respectively in six rows. Each row represents some certain meanings. For example, the first and second rows can represent the earth, the third and fourth rows can represent human, the fifth and sixth rows can represent the heaven; The first row can represent the beginning, the second row can represent spring, the third row can represent good, the fourth row can represent higher or better, the fifth row can represent success, the sixth row can represent finish; The first row can represent toe, the second row can represent cruses, the third row can represent the waist, the fourth row can represent the upper body, the fifth row can represent face, the sixth row can represent head. The line numbers have more meanings than the mentioned.

According to Yin Yang theory, odd is Yang and even is Yin, so the first line, the third line and the fifth line are Yang position, the second and fourth lines are Yin position. However, not always Yin Yao appears on a Yang position, Yang Yao appears on a Yang position. When a Yin Yao appears on a Yang position, and Yang Yao on a Yin position, it is called "miss position", when a Yin Yao appears on a Yin position, and a Yang Yao appears on a Yang position, it is called as "fit position". A "miss position" predicts often something not good enough.

  

Generally a Yao at the second or the fifth row predicts something good. Explanation to this is that middle is the best position, which means neither too much nor too little.

The Biography

The second part of "The book of changes" includes seven parts: Zhuan, Xiang, Wenyan, Xi Chi, Shuo Gua, Xu Gua and Zha Gua.

Zhuan explains Gua texts. The Zhou Yi predicting method includes total 64 Gua, and the 64 Gua are divided into two groups. Zhuan includes also two parts. The first part explains Gua texts of the first group of Gua. The second part explains the Gua texts of the second group of Gua.

Xiang explains the symbols in "The 64 Gua". Xiang includes two parts. The first part explains Gua pictures. The second part explains the Yao pictures.

Wenyan explains two Gua: Qian Gua and Kun Gua. In the explanations, the writer applies Yin Yang theory to explain the Yin Yang balance between the heaven and the earth, the principles to treat the relationship between the emperor and the minsters, and the principles of self-cultivation. 

Xi Chi gives general explanations about the construction of 64 Gua and 384 Yao, the relationship between the world and the model, how to use the model to predict, the method of making tools to find the correct Gua, the source of the book, the writers of the book, etc. Xi Chi includes two parts. Both parts are rich in contents and philosophical ideas. It gives exciting explanations about the reasonable ways to manage country and why it is important to cultivate morality. 

Shuo Gua explains especially about the original eight Gua. It includes eleven chapters. It mainly explains the production, nature, functions, positions and the pictures of the eight Gua.

Xu Gua explains the the order of 64 Gua, for example, it explains the reason of that Qian and Kun is the first pair of Gua. It explains the inner relationships among the 64 Gua, and points out the 64 Gua are ordered following the principle that reason decides result, character decides relationship, and extreme causes reversation. However, some detailed explanations in this part are unreasonable. 

  

Zha Gua reorders the 64 Gua and divided them into 32 pairs. Additionally, it explains the meanings of Gua names.
   

The sense of "The book of changes"

In Han dynasty, "The book of changes" became the first book of Confucianism. This improved the status of the book and helped developing the contents of the book. The later Chinese scholars not only improved the method to find the correct Gua for prediction, but also continually enriched the thinkings and philosophy in it, so that it became a guide book for Chinese scholars to learn the principles of the nature, the principles of self-cultivation and managing country. 

   

Additionally the researching on this book brought important progress into many academic fields, such as, methodology, philosophy, sociology, logic, nature science, etc. In ancient time there were over 3000 books about "The book of changes". In the modern time, although many think it is only an ancient and superstitious Chinese astrology, "The book of changes" is still very popular among Chinese. Researching and studying on it are also prosperous in China, and since 1980s' many thesises of high quality have been published. Mystery is one of the reasons that "The book of changes" is attractive today. However, very many think also that knowledges, especially the philosophy, in the book still have high pratical values in today's Chinese society.

"The book of changes" has attracted attentions of many great intellectual in western since it was introduced to the world. Three scientific achievements gotten Nobel prices were inspirited by "The book of changes". They are: "Uncertainty principle" of Werner Heisenberg; "Quantum mechanics" of Niels Henrik David Bohr, "The law of Non-equivalence" of Tsung-Dao (T. D.) Lee and Chen-Ning Franklin Yang. It seems theories expounded in the book match well with some theories of physics. It is not impossible that scientists can find new inspirations from the book in the future.

Coat-of-arms of Niels Bohr

Wushu ranking

China Wushu Committee started Chinese Wushu ranking system in 1998. The system has total 3 ranks, each of which includes 3 levels. The lowest rank is Eagle rank, which includes Blue eagle, Silver eagle and Golden eagle. The middle rank is Tiger rank, which includes Blue Tiger, Silver Tiger and Golden Tiger. The highest rank is Dragon rank, which includes Blue Dragon, Silver Dragon and Golden Dragon. Wushu ranking exams are open for the people in China and out of China. China Wushu Committee provides not only training courses but also exams in many foreign countries.

Quality requirements for each level
The entrance level
The practitioner has taken part in the basic training on martial arts and is at least 8 years old, or a male who has taken part in the basic training on free combat and is at least 13 years old, can get the title of the entrance level, if he/she gets 7.0 or better character in the exam of the entrance level and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

The first rank
The first level
The practitioner has gotten the title of the entrance level for at least one year, and gets 7.5 or better character in the exam of the first part of Chinese boxing skills or in the exam of the basic free combat at the first level, and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

The second level
The practitioner has gotten the title of the first level for at least one year, and gets 8.0 or better character in the exam of the second part of Chinese boxing skills or in the exam of defending and attacking with free combat at the second level, and has always followed Wushu moral principles

The third level
The practitioner has gotten the title of the second level for at least one year, and gets 8.5 or better character in the exam of the third part of Chinese boxing skills and a set of weapon skills, or in the exam of the practical battle with free combat skills at the second level, and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

The second rank
The fourth level
The practitioner has gotten the title of the third level for at least two years, and gets 25.8 or better character in the exam of the third part of Chinese boxing skills and a set of short weapon skills and a set of long weapon skills, and get 75 or better character in the exam of Wushu theories and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

The fifth level
One of the following two requirements must be fulfilled.

      1.1  The practitioner has gotten the title of the fourth level for at least two year, and gets 25.8 or better character in the exam of the fourth part of Chinese boxing skills and a set of short weapon skills and a set of long weapon skills, and get 75 or better character in the exam of Wushu theory and has always Wushu moral principles.

      1.2 The practitioners' total characters has reached the required rank among all the participators,and get 75 or better character in the exam of Wushu theories and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

The sixth level
One of the following two requirements must be fulfilled.
2.1 The practitioner has gotten the title of the fifth level for at least two years, and gets 26.25 or better character in the exam of a set of Chinese boxing skills and a set of short weapon skills and a set of long weapon skills, or in the exam of two sets of Chinese boxing skills and a set of weapon skills (only for Tai Chi fist practitioners), and get 80 or better character in the exam of Wushu theories and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

2.2 The practitioners’ total characters has reached the required rank among all the participators in the exam of free combating, and get 80 or better character in the exam of Wushu theory and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

The seventh level
One of the following two requirements must be fulfilled.
3.1 The practitioner has gotten the title of the sixth level for at least two years, and gets 27 or better character in the exam of Chinese boxing skills at the sixth level and a set of short weapon skills and a set of long weapon skills, or in the exam of two sets of boxing skills and a set of fighting (only for Tai Chi fist practitioners). On one of the mentioned items the practitioner reaches the required rank among all the participators, and get 85 or better character in the exam of Wushu theory and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

3.2 The practitioners’ total characters has reached the required rank among all the participators in the exam of free combating, and gets 85 or better character in the exam of Wushu theory and has always followed Wushu moral principles.

The third rank
The eighth level
The practitioner has gotten the title of the seventh level for at least six years, and has certain achievement on Wushu researching or has certain achievement on Kungfu works, and has high Wushu morality.

The ninth level
The practitioner has gotten the title of the eighth level for at least five years, and has significant achievement on Kungfu researching or Kungfu works, and has big contribution to Wushu development and has high Wushu.

The tenth level
The practitioner has gotten the title of the ninth level, and has important achievement on Wushu researching or Kungfu works, and has big contribution to Wushu development and has high Wushu morality.

Foot binding history

Generally historians think foot binding custom of China started i Song dynasty (960 - 1279 BC). A poet describing how beautiful a women with bound feet was, written by the great literator Su DongPo was thought the first direct recording about the custom. Archaeological discovery could neither provide provement that the custom started earlier than Song dynasty. However, several legends implicate that the origin of foot binding can be dated longer back, and each legend has more or less own writting provement. But historians mean that the most believable story is that dancers of Li Yi, the emperor of South Tang Dynasty (937 - 975 BC), bound their feet with white textile and the feet looked like thin and curved moon, then they danced in white dresses and looked like fairies flying on clouds. The historians think this is the start of foot binding in China.

At the end of Song dynasty, foot binding custom had been very popular and it became a shame for a woman if she had big feet. When Qing dynasty (1644 - 1912 BC) was established, the custom had been 600, 700 years old and had become very strong. But the governers of Qing dynasty, who were Man minority of China, didn't like the custom which was practiced only in Han folk, the majority of Chinese, and tried to forbid it. In 1648, the first emperor of Qing dynasty gave order to ban foot binding, but the order didn't work. In 1651, emperor Sunzhi claimed "forbid women to fast up their hair and bind their feet", and stipulated that if a women bound feet, her husband or father would be hit 80 times by stock and exiled 1500 km far away from home. But this stipulation didn't work either. In 1664, emperor Kangxi reclaimed the prohibit, but he had to also give up three years later, because the custom was too solid. Since then, even women of Man minority started to follow the custom and bind their feet.

At the end of Qing dynasty, China was invaded by several foreign nations. Many Chinese scholars thought that foot binding was the reason that China was invaded, because it made Chinese women weak and affected strength of the whole country. They promoted actively to ban the custom. Later the leders of reformisters Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao established Nature Foot Organization, the influence of the organisation spread fast in whole country. On the 13th, march of 1912, the interim president of China, Sun Zhongshan, issued announcement to urge Chinese cleaning up foot binding custom, locale governments overall China developed correspondently pratical measurements to forbid foot binding. Thereafter, the custom disappeared from Chinese cities and were significantly weaken in the countryside. In 1940 foot binding almost completely disappeared from China. However, until 1950's few villages in China still kept the custom, although it was illegal. Until June of 2015, there were still 8 women in China having bound feet, the youngest was 73 years old and the oldest was 95 years old.

Totally, foot binding custom was held in China for about 1000 years, and Chinese majority Han folk was the only one folk group practicing this custom in the world. What is the reason behind of this? Historians think there are several reasons which worked together and caused the phenomenon. The first reason is that slim and weak was the Chinese traditional beauty standard for women, when women had bound feet, she looked like "a willow branch in slight wind" when she walked, which was extremely sexy and beautiful in eyes of Chinese men. It was a strange aesthetic standard and similar with that some nations like their girls having long necks, or are fat. Another reason is Li ideology developed to a extreme degree in Song dynasty. The ideology emphasized that people must behave with strict principles. That women should keep themselves as virgin before they marry and that people in different gender should not contact with each other are two of the principles. In practice foot binding limited women's mobility and reduced significantly the chances they went out home and contacted with men out of the family. The third reason is that foot binding increased sexual pleasure men got. Because after women bound feet, the feet became an very private part of the body and nobody besides the husband could see it, the feet became an additional body part stimulating men's sexual fantasy. Even more, after women bound feet, their virginal channel became tighter caused by that they had to walk with a special way. This increases also sexual pleasure to men. In Song dynasty, drinking wine from socks of prostitute became a popular sexual game, and during all the years when the foot binding custom was popular, countless articles and poets were created to describe and prize how beautiful and sexy bound feet were. There were even books to teach men how to systematically enjoy bound feet in sexual live. Obviously, bound feet was an very important sexual element at that time.  

Foot binding started from aristocrats. It was a common phenomenon in the world that people in other classes liked to imitate living style of aristocrats, because their living style were thought to be noble and elegant. That the custom started from aristocrats is another reason that foot binding became popular in China.

In the old China, people said often "a pair of bound feet, a vat of tear". It revealed well how painful it was for women to bind feet. However, without bound feet it would be difficult for a woman to get married with a good man. So foot binding was a shackles patriarchal power put on Chinese women. In the custom women's personal values was overseen and women were treated as sex toys. This shows how low status of Chinese women was in the old China.

Den forbudte by

Generalitet

Den forbudte by av Kina er den største eksisterende antikke slott i verden. Den tar totalt en areal på 720 000 m2 og har bygningsareal på ca. 150 000 m2 og inneholder over 9000 rom. Den ble bygd i 1406 og var ferdig bygd i 1420. 24 keisere hadde bodd i den forbudte by. I 1912 ble monarki sluttet i Kina, men den siste keiseren Puyi fikk fortsatt lov til å bo i den forbudte by helt til 1924. I 1925 ble den forbudte by åpent for publikum som et museum. I 1987 ble den ført til listen over verdenskulturarv av UNESCO.

Den forbudte by er bygd i kinesisk tradisjonelle aksestruktur. Dens tre hovde palass, tre hovde bolig, og hovdehage ligger på aksen. Oppsettene ved de to sidene til aksen er symmetriske. De tre hovde palassene er stedene hvor keiser holder offisielle møte og store seremoniene. De tre hovde boligene er boligene til keiserne og keiserinnene. Konkubinene og andre familiemedlemmer bodde på husene som ligger ved siden til aksen. 

Den forbudte by er i en firekant form som er 961 meter lang og 763 meter bred. Den er omgitt av en mur som er 10 meter høy og en kunstig elv som er 52 meter bred. På hvert hjørne av den firekanten ligger et varehus. Varehusene ser like ut og har samme farge som andre bygninger i den forbudte by og er høyere enn selve bymuren. 

Den forbudte by

Material

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Bygningene i Den forbudte by er tre-konstruert. Takene er dekket med gyldne fliser. Gulvene og trappene er laget av fjellsteiner, mursteiner og hvit marmor. Statuene på gårdplass er laget av hvit marmor, brons eller jern. Alle materialene var de beste som fantes i landet. Timber brukt i den forbudte by er stort sett Phoebe Nees og Rosewood. Den berømte reliefen med figurene av ni drager og skyer ble utskrått på en hel hvit marmor som er 16,57 meter lang, 3,07 meter bred og 1,7 meter tykk. Mursteiene brukt til å lage gulvet til det viktigste palasset, Taihe palasset, er kalt for metall-mursteiner. De ble laget av spesiell leire med svært komplisert produseringsprosess. Hver av mursteinene er likt hard som metall og har gyllden glans. Det tok ca.2 år å lage en slik murstein. Gulvet til Taihe palasset er laget av 4718 metall-mursteiner.   

Farge

Utsidene til alle murene er lilla. Det er derfor den forbudte by er også kalt for den lilla forbudte byen. Antikke kinesere trodde at keiseren på himmelen bodde i et lilla palass. Det å bygge den lilla forbudte byen var for å forsterke induksjonen mellom keiseren på himmelen og keiseren på jorden. Flisene på takene er gyldne, og gulvene utenom husene er laget av mursteiner på lysblå. Broene og trappene er laget hovdesaklig av hvit marmor og lysrød granite.  

Mascot

Kinesere liker å mynte hus med mascot. Den tradisjonen vises godt i den forbudte by. Statuene og relief-figurene i den forbudte by er hellige figurer som drage, kran, løve, kirin (en type magisk dyr), osv. Disse figurer symboliserer makt, lykke, langt liv og sikkerhet.

Fint håndverk

Ca. 100 000 håndarbeidere ble brukt til å bygge den forbudte by. Alle pilarer, bjelker, møbler og plakett er pyntet med delikate utskjæringer. Statuer og relief finnes overalt. Bare statuer og relief av drage finnes det ca. 5000 stykker i den forbudte by. Bare i Taihe palasset er det 13844 drager. Håndverkene i den forbudte byen representerer det høyeste håndverknivået i landet den gang. 

Kolleksjon

Keiserne samlet stor mengder sjeldne og dyrebar tinger i den forbudte by. Kinesiske rike menn pleide å samle rare planter og steiner. I hovdehagen til den forbudte by er det mange rare planter og steiner. I tillegg samlet keiserne mange av de beste kunstverkene av landet inn i den forbudte by. De samlet også mange fine kunstverk fra andre land. En del av disse keiserlige samlinger er fremstilt i den forbudte by for turister. 

Filosofi av Feng Shui og Konfucianismen 

Kinesere liker å henge opp plaketter med kalligraf på bygninger. Tekstene kan være navnet til bygningen, dikt, couplet og prosa. Fleste av de tekstene på plakettene i den forbudte by viser de kjerneveridene av konfucianismen. Samtidig viser alle designer og detaljerte dekorasjoner til den forbudte by prinsippet av Yin Yang balanse som er kjernet av Feng Shui teorien.    

Overlegenheten av keisermakt

Unntatt overdådigheten i materialbruk og håndverk, vise designen til den forbudte by godt overlegenheten av keisermakt. I antikke Kina var det strenge regler på oppførsels- og levestandard til folk. Personer i forskjellige sosiale status hadde forskjellige standarder. Den forbudte by ble bygd på keiserlige standarder. Disse standarder omfatter størrelse av pilarer, fargebruk, symbolbruk, høydene av bygningene, osv. Eksempelvis som gyllen var farget som kun keiserlig familie kunne bruke, drage var hellig figuren som kun keiser kunne bruke, osv. I tillegg var den forbudte by strengt vakt når den var boligen til keiserne. Unntatt de som bodde i den, fikk ingen lov til å komme nært den uten å bli innkalt av keiserne.  Det var et forbudt område for vanlige folk. Derfor fikk den navnet som den forbudte by.

Yin Yang - the most important philosophy for Chinese civilization

Yin Yang theory
Yin Yang is the philosophy which ancient Chinese created to describe the nature of the universe. For over 5000 years ago, the ancient Chinese found that antagonistic relationship existed anywhere, in anything and any system. They used Yin and Yang to represent the opposite parts in the antagonistic relationship. Yin means negative and Yang means positive. Yin Yang theory is the most basic theory in Chinese thinking and philosophy system. Chinese civilization is built up on the theory.

According to legends, Yin Yang theory was created by Fu Xi, the first leader of the Chinese nation. Fu Xi had super intelligence. He and his sister were super persons having a human head and a snake body. They married with each other, because after a disaster only they two survived. He and his sister produced the Chinese nation. He created exogamy, the writting language, net for fishing and catching birds, hunting, instrument "She", Yin Yang theory and Eight Gua (the predecessor of 64 Gua in "The book of changes"). He composed in addition.

However, historians believed that Yin Yang theory was created by the ruling class in the earlier phase of Chinese civilization through observing and researching the nature. These ancient Chinese found firstly that the antagonistic relationship existed in many things, such as, the gender of life, day-and-night, up-and-down, high-and-low, etc. Through further observing and thinking, they were sure that the antagonistic relationship was common in the universe. 
    

Yin Yang theory includes four points:

1. Yin and Yang are opposite;

2. Yin and Yang exist in anything, any system and anywhere in the universe.

3. Yin and Yang are dependent on each other: Yin and Yang coexist. Yin and Yang together compose a unit. Nothing contains only Yin or Yang.

4. Yin and Yang reverse to each other: The relationship of Yin and Yang is dynamic. When Yin becomes less, Yang becomes more, vice versa. The proportions of Yin and Yang are dynamic, sometimes Yin reverse to Yang and sometimes Yang reverse to Yin.

Ancient chinese defined the things which were rapid, warm, light, upward, hard or outward as Yang, the things which were still, cold, dark, soft, downward, or inward as Yin.

Practical examples:

Man is Yang, Woman is Yin;

Up is Yang, down is Yin;

Day is Yang, night is Yin;

East is Yang, west is Yin;

Heaven is Yang, earth is Yin;

Spring and summer is yang, autumn and winter is Yin;

Thunder and lighter is Yang, rain and snow is Yin; 

They thought also that based on its' nature, everything in the universe could be put into one of the five categories: metal, wood, water, fire and soil. The five natures have following relationships: wood helps fire, fire helps soil, soil helps metal, metal helps water, water helps wood; metal restraints wood, wood restraints soil, soil restraints water, water restraints fire, fire restraints metal. The relationship between a material and the environment around is the driving power causing the change of the relationship between Yin and Yang in the material. The nature of an environment is decided by the comprehensive nature of the things composed the environment.

The application of the Yin Yang theory

Yin Yang theory is one of the origins of chinese culture. Ancient Chinese not only used the theory to explain the different phenomenons in the universe, but also developed their natural and social science systems based on it. Following are some of the most important applications of Yin Yang theory.

1. Explanation about the production of the world

Ancient Chinese thought that at the beginning the universe contained only some materials in free form. Later the materials concentrated and formed a round point, called as the super ultimate. The super ultimate had Yin and Yang (cold and warm) two status. The changes of Yin and Yang produced four statuses: production, developing, declining and perishing (for instance spring, summer, autumn and winter). The alternately changing of the four statuses produced all the phenomenons and things in the world. Chinese drawed the picture of Tai Chi (the super ultimate) to show the dynamic balance relationship between Yin and Yang, according to the sundial projections, which composed  the white half part of the super ultimate, of a year. They used changing of heat and coldness, a pair of Yin and Yang, on the earth, to implicate the general dynamic balance of Yin and Yang. 

The explanation about the production of the universe is quiet similar with the modern Big Bang theory. According to Big Bang theory, at the beginning of Big Bang, there were only elementary particles in the universe. When the temperature in the universe became lower, the particles concentrated and formed the stars, planets, etc. Our planet rotates and revolves around Sun, which causes the alternation of heat and coldness on the earth, and produces colorful lives in the world.

The picture of super ultimate (Tai Chi)

2. The book of changes   

"The book of changes" has been used for predictions for several thousands in China. The 64 Gua predicting method represented in the book is thought to be a simulation model of the world. However, the book is also a philosophic book, mainly developed basing on Yin Yang theory, to teach ancient Chinese how to treat the relationships between person and person, person and the society, person and the nature. Confucian (551 - 479 BC) praised highly the book. In Han dynasty (201 BC - 221 AD), the book was assigned by emperor Wudi as the most important book among "The six scriptures", which were the classic textbooks of ancient Chinese intellectuals. For more than 2000 years, "The book of changes" had been one of the most important learning materials building up the spiritual world of Chinese elite. 

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine

According to traditional Chinese medicine, all diseases are caused by the wrong relationship of Yin and Yang in the body. Traditional Chinese medical diagnose focuses therefor on determine and adjust the relationship of Yin and Yang of the body. Traditional Chinese Medicine has a complete disease categorization system which divides all diseases into different categories and subcategories depending on their Yin symptoms and Yang symptoms. There are two top categories: Yin diseases and Yang diseases. The syptoms of Yin diseases and Yang diseases are:
1. Yin diseases: the face is dark or pale, depressed, the body is tired and cold, breath is short, don’t want to talk, not thirsty, the urine and facese are thin, the tone is light, pulse is weak;
2. Yang diseases: the face is red and the body is hot, uneasy and breath heavily, talkative and the sound is high, thirsty and like cold drink, urine is red and facese is dry, tone is yellow, pulse is strong.

Every top category has many subcategories,  such as Yin weak, Yang weak, Yin dying, Yang dying, etc. classified according to strength of Yin or Yang in certain part of the body or whole of the body.

4. Human and society is a part of the nature

According to Yin Yang theory, human is a part of the nature; the general laws of the nature are applicable for Human; society is a also a part of the nature; either a person or a society should follow the laws of the nature; all developing, changes and events in a society are the results of changes of Yin and Yang; any behavior or policy, which is against the normal changing rules of Yin and Yang, will cause unormal events and results which rise to balance again Yin and Yang.

Many Chinese believe that it is possible to predict the fortune of China and the Chinese nation, since development of any country and any nation follow Yin Yang theory. "The pictures of pushing back" made in Tang dynasty (618 - 907) is known as the most authoritative predictions about the fortune of China and Chinese. "The pictures of pushing back" was made for about 1300 years ago and predicted the fortune of China during the later 2000 years.

Yin Yang theory and Taoism

Taoism applies very much Yin Yang theory in its own theories and practicing. Taoism emphasizes cultivating on both physical and mental health. Almost all methods taoism apply for these two purposes are created with Yin Yang theory. Many think that Yin Yang and Taoism are same, but they are not.

Taoism is a philosophy school which was created by Lao Zi (about 571 - 471 BC) in the Sprig and Warring States Period (770 BC - 221 AD). The main idea of taoism is "Nature laws rule the nature, people should follow the nature laws, and coexist with the nature harmonically".

The words written before I read The Bibel

I will start to read the Bibel today. I read it for fun. I dont believe that there is hell, because I dont believe there is soul.

The belife of existance of hell is a character of religion. Laozi, one of the few meditators who have seen the reality of our universe, never mentioned a hell in the classic book, Tao Te Ching, of Taoism. However, since his followers made Taoism a religion, hell became a part of the world of Taoists.  

I am not religious. But I think we are created by lives in an advanced civilisation - they created our universe, then the universe created us.