Cao Fei whispers "Thousand Character Essay" 036: Reaching all directions

The sentence "Lai reaches Wanfang" means that the blessings spread to all living beings.

The grace is not reflected in this sentence. This is an explanation based on the context.

The meaning of "ji" is universal

The explanation I gave for all directions is all living beings. A more common explanation should be the common people. I think that explanation is not accurate enough.

There is such a sentence in "Jian Lue Tuo Annotation": "Untie the net to renew blessings, and the beasts will shine with grace. Transformed into grass and trees, the dependence will affect thousands of directions." This is the "Thousand Character Essay" in " The origin of "Transformed into vegetation. Relying on all directions" also mentions a famous allusion in history - "Jiewang Gengzhu". By understanding this allusion, you can know that it is more accurate to interpret Wanfang as all living beings.

This allusion of Jiewang Gengzhu was first recorded in "Historical Records".

Tang (Seeing that the person who wishes the net is placed on all sides, he wishes: "Those who fall from the sky, those who come out of the earth, and those who come from all directions, all come to my net." Tang said: "Hey, it's all done. ! Who else but Jie is doing this?" Soup then solved the three sides, put one side of it, and taught the blessing: "In the past, spiders made webs, but now people follow the order. Those who want left are left, those who want right are right, and those who want high are high. , Those who want to go down will go down; I will take those who have violated their lives." When the country of Hannan heard about it, they said: "The virtue of soup is as good as that of animals." The forty countries returned. If you put it on four sides, you may not get birds. If the soup is removed from three sides, it will be gone. Putting it on one side and netting forty countries is not just a net for birds.

Translated into vernacular, it means that Shang Tang saw a hunter setting a net on all sides and prayed to heaven: "Those who fall from the sky will not fall from the sky." Everything born on the ground and coming from all directions will fall into my net." Shang Tang said: "If this is true, all the beasts will be killed. Who would do such a thing except a tyrant like Jie? What?" As he said this, Shang Tang put away the nets on three sides and set up a net on only one side, and taught the man to pray again: "In the past, spiders weaved webs, but now people also learn to weave. Beasts want to go left. If you want to go to the right, go to the right. If you want to go to the high place, go to the high place. If you want to go to the low place, go to the low place. I only capture those who violate the destiny of heaven."

From this story, we can realize that Wanfang refers to "those who fall from the sky, those who come out of the earth, and those who come from the four directions." And these are all living beings

< p> Then let's talk about "lai". The common word combination of this word is rascal, rogue...and this is just its extended meaning. Its original meaning is to obtain, to win.

When we look at this word, the left side is bundle, which means a bag that can be tied. The right side is negative, which means carrying a bag with shells, which means gaining or winning.

But this meaning only appeared in the beginning. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, its meaning began to change, and the explanation that replaced it was to rely on and rely on.

For example, "The traitor Lai Shang" in "Han Feizi". "And rich", "er Lai Wu's virtue" in "Guoyu". They all mean to rely on and rely on.