What does the couplet on the stage of Jiayuguan Gate Tower mean "Seal Script Corrects the Universe"?

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The deep meaning of the couplet on the stage of Jiayuguan Gate Tower that "the seal script rectifies the universe" Author: Yue Fengxia

"The joys and sorrows of separation and separation are reenacted in the past, The foolish virtuous and the loyal are recognized on the spot."

This is a couplet on the stage of the Jiayuguan Gate Tower. Tourists talk about it, but many people don't know the meaning of the four words "Zhengzheng Qiankun" in the horizontal comment. Once, I consulted a commentator and said: "Seal script rectifies the universe, and virtue rectifies the universe. Seal script and virtue are synonymous." This explanation is basically correct, but the statement that "seal script and virtue are synonymous" is obviously a bit far-fetched and not very surprising. satisfy. Because "Zhuan" specifically refers to a calligraphy style of Chinese characters, usually including large seal script and small seal script, generally refers to small seal script. Extended as a verb, it often refers to writing in seal script, such as seal cutting and seal seal. Volume 749 of "Taiping Yulan": "The person who seals the seals is the one who transmits it, and its physics is passed on, so that it can be used endlessly." The "pass" in this explanation is equivalent to recording or spreading, and is used to explain "the seals are correcting the universe" , Yu Yi is inappropriate. Looking at the literary and historical classics, there is no example of interpreting "Zhuan" as "virtue". So, how to interpret the word "Zhuan"? This starts with "Qian Kun". As long as you look at the Bagua diagram on the top of the stage and think of the "Zhuan" in the "Book of Changes", you will understand that "Zhuan" is actually a clerical mistake or borrowing of "彖", and the problem will be solved. "Zhouyi·Xici": "彖者, the person who talks about images." It means that "彖传" is used to explain the hexagram images. Strictly speaking, it is used to judge the hexagram virtues and hexagram principles symbolized by the hexagram images. , hexagram meaning. "彖" means judgment and judgment. For example, the virtue of the Qian hexagram judged in "The Legend of Tuan" is "Great Qian Yuan! The beginning of all things, it is the unification of heaven"; the virtue of Kun hexagram is "Great Kun Yuan! All things are born, it is the order of heaven." " Zhouyi Zhengyi·Xici Xia": "So the person who changes is the image. The person who is the image is the image. The person is the material. (The material is the talent and virtue. The material of the hexagram is used to unify the meaning of the hexagram. )" "'彖者, material' refers to the person who speaks under the hexagram, and discusses the material and virtue of this hexagram."

It seems that only by reducing "篆" to "彖" can we. Connected with "virtue". However, "Zhengzheng Qiankun" not only serves as the horizontal mark of the couplet, but also takes into account the Bagua pictures on the top, which means that if there are Bagua pictures to decorate the stage, the "Qiankun" on the stage will be very pure, and of course it also symbolizes that the "Qiankun" in the world is full of Righteous. Because after all, acting is to educate and influence the customs and morals of the world through virtual dramatic plots, which requires that the "world" in the drama must first be righteous, and the dramatic plots must promote righteousness and help improve morals. Looking at the couplets again, the first couplet "The joys and sorrows of separation and reenactment of the past" are all phenomena in the world; the second couplet "The fool, the virtuous, the loyal and the sycophant recognize each other on the spot" allows the audience to identify and judge on the spot. It can be seen that "彖正" is related to the second couplet, and "Qiankun" is related to the first couplet. The beauty of this couplet lies not only in its superb literary talent, but also in its exquisite conception. Using opera as an image to "justify the universe" not only emphasizes enlightenment, but also contains the folk cultural significance of decorating the stage with Bagua pictures to seek good luck and avoid evil.

In addition to the superficial meaning of using drama as an image (which can refer to Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, Ugly and all things in the world) to influence and purify the universe of the world, "Zhengzheng Qiankun" also has an even more impressive meaning. Yes, these four words are completely consistent with Yi Li. Because in the Bagua, the pure hexagrams are only the two hexagrams Qian and Kun. Judging from the hexagram paintings, the Qian hexagram is pure yang, which has the virtue of pure hardness; the Kun hexagram is pure yin, which contains the virtue of softness. Huang Zongxi's "Song and Yuan Xue An·Baiyuan Xue An": "Therefore, among the four images, one hexagram is one image, Qian and Kun." "One hexagram is one image" is exactly "彖正" (hexagram like pure) meaning.

It can be seen that "Zheng Zheng Qian Kun" means "Zheng Qian Kun", which is barely justified when interpreted as "De Zheng Qian Kun", but the deeper cultural meaning behind it cannot be explained by the word "De" clear.