Why is it said: "A dragon is a horse, and a horse is a dragon"?

Nowadays, many people talk about the "Book of Changes" in terms of management, politics, etc., so that everyone thinks that reading the "Book of Changes" is like being in politics or being a leader. In fact, this is not the case. Today we will talk about the application of the concepts of "I Ching" in education. When Qiankun is used in education, it is the spirit of dragon and horse. Qian is a dragon, because the six lines of the Qian hexagram are all dragons. Starting from the hidden dragon, the appearing dragon, the vigilant dragon, the leaping dragon, then the flying dragon, and even the flying dragon, they are all dragons. There is no word for horse in the line of the Kun hexagram, but the hexagram tells us that "the chastity of the female horse is enhanced." A female horse is a female horse, not a male horse. Why does the Book of Changes specifically identify female horses? It means that we need to learn from the mare’s spirit of cooperation and coordination. What is the difference between a male horse and a female horse? The male horse is the leader, and the female horse always follows the male horse. Wherever the male horse goes, the female horse follows. The purpose of the female horse is to play a very good supporting role. This is why the "Book of Changes" specifically points out that "the female horse's chastity is benefited". When we teach our children, we all hope that they will succeed. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this, but we must do it in the right way. The dragon is the horse and the horse is the dragon. This is a very important concept. However, our education is wrong in this aspect. Almost every parent of a child hopes that their child will be a flying dragon in the future. Few parents are willing to train their children to be down-to-earth horses. In fact, the dragon is the horse, and the horse is the dragon. Why is this? Why do we say that our education is wrong in hoping that our children will become successful? A dragon is a horse, and a horse is a dragon. How should we understand it? You know, when the sun is very bright, the shadow part will disappear and everything will be bright, that is Qian Gua; when the light gradually becomes weak and shadows appear, it is Kun Gua. Shadows always exist. When the light is very bright, the shadow is invisible, but it does not disappear. It still exists. If there is an object, there must be a shadow. This is the law of nature. As soon as the light dims slightly, the shadow will appear immediately. In this way, it is not difficult for us to understand that there is always Kun in Qian, and Kun also contains Qian, that is, there is Yang in Yin, and Yin in Yang. Yin can change into Yang, and Yang can change into Yin. Yin and Yang are inseparable. The two hexagrams Jiji and Weiji are yin and yang intertwined, but their positions are different. There is always only one step between the end of the world and the end of the world: this step is the end of the road, the next step is the end of the road, the next step is the end of the road, and the next step is the end of the road. Already saved - not saved - already saved - not saved..., the two always exist in a cycle. The two hexagrams Jiji and Weiji are both a combination of water and fire. One has water at the top and fire at the bottom, and the other has fire at the top and water at the bottom. Therefore, we say that life is in dire straits. Life is so simple: just running out of the heat, you fall into the depths of the water, just diving out of the depths, you encounter the heat again, it will always be like this. Confucius told us that everything is a process that you must go through, and you don’t have to like it or not. When water comes, water comes, and when fire comes, fire comes. We must face everything with peace of mind, because these are some tests that must be passed in life, and no one can escape. Life must go through some tests, and no one can escape. ——The wisdom of "Book of Changes" The dragon is the horse, and the horse is the dragon. A horse is very capable. When it can fly into the sky, if you say it is a Pegasus, others will laugh at you: How can a horse fly? That's a dragon! Therefore, when a horse flies into the sky, it is called a dragon. On the contrary, even if it is a dragon, if it cannot fly to the sky and stays on the ground all its life, it will be worse than a horse. So even if you can't be a dragon and can only be a horse, at least you have to be a good horse. If we understand the two hexagrams of Qian and Kun, we will know that as parents, we should keep our hope for our children in our hearts and not say it out loud. To educate a child, you should first train him as a horse. Train him into a good horse, and one day he will be strong enough and fly into the sky, then he will be a real dragon. If you train your child to be a dragon from the beginning and only want to fly to the sky all day long, but in the end he has high ambitions and low abilities and cannot even run and gallop on the ground like a horse, isn't it delaying him? Therefore, when training children, we should start with the first line of the Kun hexagram and teach them how to walk on frost and stand firm on ice. For example, when you take your child out, you have to know that he will be clamoring to buy toys, especially today when there are tons of toys. If he wants this today, you buy it for him. If he wants that next time, if you don’t buy it for him, he will lie on the floor and make trouble with you, making you embarrassed. If parents can’t even imagine this, what kind of parents are they? In this case, as a parent, you should educate your children through simple things.

The next time you take your child out, you know that he will be clamoring to buy toys. Before you go out, ask him in advance: "We will see a lot of toys when we go out today. Do you want to buy them?" He will definitely say yes. You asked him how many he wanted to buy, and of course he said he wanted to buy a lot. At this time, you say: "Then you go out by yourself. Mom doesn't have enough money to buy so much." He knows that he can't buy as much as he wants. Then you ask him how many he wants, and he says three indivual. You tell him again: "Three are too expensive, and you won't be able to play with them for a while. If you want to buy three, take one back to play with yourself, and send the other two to the next door." He will definitely say no. If you ask him how many to buy at this time, he will say that he only wants one. This step-by-step approach revealed itself step by step. This approach can have an important impact on children's way of thinking. However, children don’t know how to choose yet, so how do they know which one to buy? So parents have to tell him: "When you see a lot of toys in the toy store, I will teach you how to choose. This is something other children may not understand." When parents say this, he will be very happy and will be very happy. Pay attention to what you say. "You will know what you want to buy only after you read it once. It doesn't matter if you have five things in mind, or ten. You can look at them a second time and choose three. , try it again, choose one, and you can buy it.” This method is effective. Not only will the child not cry or make trouble, nor will he blame his parents for not buying it for him, but he will also be very happy. Parents tell their children in advance what to do. This step is called yuan. When a child goes out to pick out a toy that he is satisfied with, it is called Heng, and when he comes back happily with the "trophy", he is called Li. Seeing how he behaves when he returns home, you will know whether he is chaste or not. This is a very simple matter. But today's adults don't teach children this at all. They just give children a lot of temptations, making them unable to control themselves, and then start scolding them. This is how we teach children. Isn't it good to treat your child like a horse first and then educate him to become a dragon? As a human being, we should first learn from Lu Shuang, and then learn from Qian Long. If there is no time to learn, there is no accumulation, what is there to dive into? Many people only know how to dive, and they immediately seal themselves off because they have nothing to dive into. Once a person is in trouble, he should be highly alert. When he sees this, he will deduce many hidden things, then this person has unlimited potential; if he sees this, he is limited to this, then this person has not developed. . Confucius taught students very loosely, which is called "teaching without distinction", but he was also very strict. If the students could not draw inferences from one example, he would not teach. That is to say, it is easy for him to let students in, but if he proves that it is not feasible after testing, he will refuse. Therefore, it can also be said that Yuan is giving you opportunities, but whether you succeed or not is up to you to decide whether it will be beneficial later. If you don't succeed, there will be no profit. Even if you have profit, it still depends on whether you can hold on to it and whether you are honest. Many students stopped studying with Confucius for a while and just left. Confucius didn't mind because they were unchaste. Having just learned one and a half moves and then going out to explore the world, you will only be doing your own thing. Only those who had been with Confucius for a long time became wise men. The sixty-four hexagrams in the "Book of Changes" represent not only the sixty-four situations in the universe, but also the sixty-four situations in life. Although these sixty-four situations are completely different, they have the same rule, that is, each hexagram has six lines, that is, each situation can be divided into six stages. The development rules of these six stages are very similar, so what are these similarities?