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Chapter 300 The Eternal Strange Man Li Chunfeng

In the history of our country, people who claim to be able to pinch and calculate are like crucian carp crossing the river.

But most of them are charlatans and have no real abilities.

But not everyone is like this, there are still some truly talented people.

The so-called ability to pinch and calculate means to discover the development laws of general things.

Then use mathematical methods to deduce and draw conclusions that are consistent with reality.

In ancient China, these people were named Yi scholars, physiognomists, and astrologers. In fact, they were all mathematicians in the modern sense.

There was a famous scientist in the early Tang Dynasty. He was Li Chunfeng, the famous Feng Shui master of the Tang Dynasty in history.

When many people mention Li Chunfeng, they never forget his masterpiece "Tui Bei Tu", a wonderful book that can understand the future.

In fact, most of the popular "Tui Bei Tu" today are fabricated by later generations, and are not the earliest version written by Li Chunfeng himself.

A later person's perspective can certainly accurately predict major events in history.

"During his studies at Taoism, Li Chunfeng accumulated a wealth of scientific knowledge."

"Li Chunfeng's father was so angry that he simply resigned from his job and became a Taoist priest directly."

"Maybe it makes him feel more comfortable than the glory, wealth and intrigues in the officialdom."

"Li Chunfeng was born in Qishan County, Shaanxi Province in 602 AD."

"And "Tui Bei Tu" can actually only be regarded as a small part of Li Chunfeng's achievements in his life."

"Later, because the Sui Dynasty's government was too chaotic, the officialdom was dark."

From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it has been deduced to a thousand years later, which has even exceeded the current era.

What impressed him even more was that some things could be said to be Li Chunfeng's exclusive creation.

In fact, anyone with any sense knows that there is absolutely no one in the world who can accurately predict the future.

"After he got a little older, Li Chunfeng was also influenced by his father and became a Taoist priest."

Secondly, Li Chunfeng is a well-known child prodigy with outstanding intelligence at a young age. This is the fundamental reason why Li Chunfeng can create great achievements.

Although Li Chunfeng did not have the so-called ability to predict the future, he actually left a mark in the history of science.

Many people are surprised by the proverbs in the book and lament that they are so consistent with major events in history.

"The real Li Chunfeng is actually far from being as simple as the fortune teller in our impression."

"The real Li Chunfeng is actually more like a scientist."

"After switching careers and becoming a Taoist priest, Li Bo's life has become much more comfortable."

"Besides daily practice and labor, my biggest hobby is to delve into all kinds of knowledge."

"Influenced by his father Li Bo, Li Chunfeng has been reading a lot of books since he was very young, and he is also interested in various natural knowledge."

"When it comes to the name Li Chunfeng, many people immediately think of the legendary fortune teller."

But this does not mean that Li Chunfeng is a person who seeks fame and reputation. His talents are actually more in line with scientific laws.

"In the eyes of people like Li Bo, he studies all kinds of scientific knowledge and lives a simple life."

As a result, Li's father devoted almost all his energy in the second half of his life to studying astronomy and Taoism, which had a great impact on the young Li Chunfeng.

"Tui Bei Tu, one of the three most prophetic books in Chinese history, is rumored to have been jointly written by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang, another great fortune teller."

However, his official career was not smooth, so he gradually became tired of politics.

Finally, interest is the best teacher, and Li Chunfeng’s interests are undoubtedly astronomy and calendar.

"To be precise, Li Chunfeng is an astronomer and mathematician."

"In the following years, Li Chunfeng has been studying with the Taoist priest at Jingyun Temple in Nantuo Mountain."

Xu Guangqi: Although the "Tuibei Diagram" predicting the future is fabricated, Li Chunfeng's scientific achievements are great.

In fact, after research, he found that these were all fabricated by later generations.

"At the same time, I also studied various classics and accumulated a lot of knowledge."

The reason why Li Chunfeng has such great ability is, to a large extent, inseparable from the influence of his family.

The help of his family allowed Li Chunfeng to have extensive access to such books, and ultimately he invented and created new achievements based on his predecessors.

After all, Li Chunfeng's father had talent in this area, which allowed Li Chunfeng to develop such a hobby when he was a child.

To be able to achieve success in astronomy, mathematics, calendar and I Ching is definitely not something that ordinary people can achieve.

"Li Chunfeng's father, Li Bo, was originally a low-level official in the Sui Dynasty."

First of all, Li Chunfeng's father was once a minor official in the Sui Dynasty.

According to legend, each chapter of this book corresponds to a major historical event.

The influence of family atmosphere is the reason why Li Chunfeng can succeed.

Many people later learned about Li Chunfeng, mostly from the strange book "Tui Bei Tu".

Due to his family atmosphere, Li Chunfeng was exposed to a large number of books on astronomy and calendars from an early age, which laid a solid foundation for further improvement on the basis of his predecessors in the future.

Therefore, "Tuibei Tu" cannot be used as evidence of Li Chunfeng's extraordinary talent. At most, it shows that he did boldly predict future generations.

But it is undeniable that Li Chunfeng is undoubtedly an outstanding and knowledgeable person.

It's just that his talent is more about solid scientific knowledge, not so-called illusory nonsense.

"In 619 AD, 17-year-old Li Chunfeng was ordered by his master to go down the mountain to practice."

"This was the time when the Sui Dynasty had just perished and the Tang Dynasty had just been established."

"After Li Chunfeng returned to his hometown, he quickly became famous with his extraordinary knowledge."

"Then Li Chunfeng met Liu Wenjing, a senior official of the Tang Dynasty at that time."

"Later, under Liu Wenjing's introduction, he joined Li Shimin's command and joined the army as a reporter under Li Shimin's account."

"The so-called Jishi Jianjun is the official in charge of documents, that is, the staff officer in the army."

"In the next few years, Li Chunfeng witnessed the legendary story of Li Shimin sweeping the world and became a witness to that legendary era."

"But in this process, Li Chunfeng did not play a decisive role."

"Because what Li Chunfeng learned was all those Taoist classics and natural science knowledge."

"I don't know much about marching and fighting, so naturally I can't help."

"It wasn't until a few years later, with the Xuanwumen Incident."

"After Li Shimin ascended the throne as emperor, Li Chunfeng found his opportunity."

"A.D. 627, in the first year of Li Shimin's accession to the throne."

"Li Chunfeng wrote to Li Shimin and pointed out 18 opinions on the calendar implemented in the Tang Dynasty at that time."

"Li Chunfeng's petition quickly attracted Li Shimin's attention."

"Because in ancient times, people who were proficient in mathematics were quite rare."

"Not to mention people who can formulate and modify calendars. Such people are simply national treasures among national treasures."

"After that, Li Shimin transferred Li Chunfeng to the Taishi Bureau as an official."

"Although this department of the Taishi Bureau has the word "history", it actually has nothing to do with historical work. It is a department that calculates calendars, astrology, and climate."

"In some other dynasties, this department was also called Qin Tianjian."

Li Shimin: Li Chunfeng's attainments in astronomy and calendar are indeed at the pinnacle. He once successfully predicted a solar eclipse, which convinced me.

Li Chunfeng served as Taishi Ling, and his job was to look at the sun, moon and stars, record weather changes, and revise the calendar.

Li Chunfeng wrote a calendar book "Linder Calendar", which is still used today.

With the new almanac, Li Chunfeng confidently predicted astronomical changes.

Once, when Li Chunfeng was proofreading his almanac for the new year, he discovered that there would be a solar eclipse on the first day of the new year, which was regarded as an ominous omen.

This was a big deal, and he took it very seriously, but when everything was ready, there was no solar eclipse.

He was suddenly unhappy and asked Li Chunfeng what he would do with himself if the solar eclipse did not appear.

Li Chunfeng said that if there was no solar eclipse, he would be willing to die.

He went to the courtyard to wait for the results, and asked Li Chunfeng to go home first and say goodbye to his wife and children. Li Chunfeng refused, thinking it was not time yet, and still carved a mark on the wall.

When the sun shines here, a solar eclipse will occur.

Not long after, the sun was indeed missing a piece, and the time of the solar eclipse was exactly as Li Chunfeng said.

The calendar has played a very important role in the past dynasties. The royal family relied on the calendar to choose the dates for sacrifices, weddings, or other major ceremonies.

Li Chunfeng used examples to verify the power of "Linder Li" and also conveyed a message.

Only by using the new calendar as soon as possible can we obey the destiny and benefit the country.

Therefore, he immediately promulgated the new calendar "Linder Calendar".

"After working in the Taishi Bureau, Li Chunfeng finally found a position that suits him."

"In the following decades, Li Chunfeng has been working in the Taishi Bureau."

"Although the official position has changed, from an official of Taishi Bureau to later Taishi Ling, the work unit has not changed since then."

"For Li Chunfeng, Taishi Bureau can be said to be the most suitable work unit for him."

"It can not only carry out various scientific researches, but also have national staff, and have no worries about food and clothing."

"And you don't have to worry about the intrigues in the officialdom like other officials, so your life couldn't be happier."

"Probably it was because my life was so comfortable in the following decades."

"Li Chunfeng devoted all his energy into his scientific research and finally achieved many achievements."

"In the seventh year of Zhenguan, Li Chunfeng transformed the armillary sphere."

“The armillary sphere modified by Li Chunfeng can simultaneously measure ecliptic latitude and longitude, equatorial latitude and longitude, and horizon latitude and longitude.”

"Then, after transforming the armillary sphere, Li Chunfeng participated in the history compilation work of the previous dynasty."

"Many official histories of ancient China not only record the people and events in past history, but also record the astronomy, geography, calendar and other information of the previous dynasty."

"Li Chunfeng's job was to assist those historians in compiling this part of the content."

"The three chapters of "The Book of Jin" - "Astronomy", "Lü Li" and "Five Elements" - were written by Li Chunfeng."

"During the reign of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chunfeng and several doctors of the Imperial Academy re-examined and compiled the "Ten Arithmetic Classics" as the teaching material of the Imperial Academy."

Zhu Yuanzhang: During his tenure as Taishi Ling, Li Chunfeng made great contributions to the development of astronomical instruments and astronomical observations.

The armillary sphere has been required to observe the position and movement of celestial bodies in all dynasties. Li Chunfeng conducted in-depth research on astronomy, calendar, arithmetic and astronomical instruments.

The armillary sphere used in the early Tang Dynasty was inherited from the previous generation and had many omissions, making it impossible to obtain the true situation of celestial phenomena.

Li Chunfeng reported in a memorial that the rituals written by previous generations were all equatorial devices, with the equator fixed in them and no difference between north and south.

By observing the seven stars in this way, we cannot get the true situation of the celestial phenomena.

The movements of the sun, moon and five stars should be calculated according to the ecliptic degree, so that important data such as the time of the new moon and the length of the tropical year can be easily and accurately calculated.

Li Chunfeng combined historical experience with practical problems and suggested building an armillary sphere that could observe the movement of the sun, moon and five stars according to the ecliptic.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty then ordered Li Chunfeng to design a new armillary sphere for use.

Finally, Li Chunfeng made the armillary zodiac. Stars can be observed when looking up, and the sun shadow scale on the instrument can be seen when looking down.

The armillary sphere improved by Li Chunfeng on the basis of his predecessors has undoubtedly greatly improved the accuracy of the armillary sphere and made it more scientific and advanced.

At this point, the armillary sphere traditionally made and used in China throughout the ages has formed a relatively complete astronomical observation instrument.

In addition to his profound attainments in astronomy, Li Chunfeng is also an expert in understanding the natural world.

Li Chunfeng not only participated in the compilation of astronomy, laws and calendars, and the Five Elements Chronicles of "Book of Jin" and "History of the Five Dynasties", but he was also very knowledgeable in mathematics.

As many as ten Sutras compiled and annotated by Li Chunfeng were used as teaching materials for the Imperial College of the Tang Dynasty.

The fact that Zu Chongzhi was known to the world was largely due to Li Chunfeng's contribution.

Because it was Li Chunfeng who realized the greatness of pi and included it in the history books.

"The so-called "Ten Book of Calculation" refers to the ten books on arithmetic, also called "Ten Books of Calculation"."

"Including "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", "Nine Chapters Arithmetic", "Haidao Suan Jing", "Zhang Qiu Jian Suan Jing", "Xiahou Yang Suan Jing", "Five Classics Arithmetic", "Ji Gu Suan Jing", "Zhu Su" "Shu", "Wucao Suan Jing" and "Sun Tzu Suan Jing"."

"This set of "Ten Arithmetic Classics" edited by Li Chunfeng is the earliest mathematics textbook in the world."

"After compiling this set of mathematics textbooks, Li Chunfeng turned his attention to the calendar."

"In the end, Li Chunfeng recompiled the Linde calendar based on the previous calendar."

"However, the calendar compiled by Li Chunfeng also has big loopholes."

"The Tang Dynasty used it during the reign of Li Longji, then abandoned it and used the Dayan Calendar compiled by Seng Yixing instead."

"In addition, Li Chunfeng also wrote the book "Yi Si Zhan"."

"This is a book about astrology, but a lot of it is about formal astronomical and calendar knowledge."

"The book "Yi Si Zhan" is actually a result of Li Chunfeng's serious study of astronomy based on the scientific basis of that era."

"Moreover, in this book, Li Chunfeng creatively classifies wind power, which is the first time in the world."

"The concept of wind power levels in later generations was first proposed by Li Chunfeng."

"In 670 AD, Li Chunfeng died of illness at the age of 69."

"It is not difficult to see from Li Chunfeng's life experience that Li Chunfeng is actually a typical mathematician and astronomer."

"Because these two professions did not exist in ancient times, these two professions are often classified into the category of divination and fortune telling."

"That's why in the eyes of future generations, Li Chunfeng's image as a fortune teller has become more deeply rooted in people's hearts."

"Compared with "Tui Bei Tu", Li Chunfeng's contribution to scientific research throughout his life is actually greater."

Song Yingxing: Li Chunfeng’s life not only left many important achievements in science that can be studied by future generations, but also preserved a large number of precious scientific and cultural heritage for future generations. Li Chunfeng’s scientific exploration spirit deserves the world’s admiration.

Usually when a person is said to be talented, knowledgeable and omnipotent, he will be described as someone who knows astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom.

In fact, this is not alarmist, but some people do have this talent, but it is relatively rare.

There is no doubt that Li Chunfeng possesses this rare talent.

First of all, taking astronomical knowledge as an example, Li Chunfeng is not only extremely good at observing and identifying changes in the stars.

Moreover, he also delved into the divination book "Yi Si Zhan" in this area, which can be said to be Li Chunfeng's masterpiece on the combination of stars and divination.

Moreover, in addition to divination, "Yi Si Zhan" left many views of great scientific value.

For example, what helped him the most were descriptions and records of celestial phenomena, and even special celestial phenomena in history.

But the most valuable thing is undoubtedly the existence of precession.

Not only discusses the existence of precession, but also gives a detailed calculation method.

This can be said to have a major discovery impact on later generations, and he is also the undisputed first person in the world.

In addition to this, based on in-depth research on the calendar.

Li Chunfeng creatively based on the work of his predecessors, wrote the "Qide Calendar", which was the most advanced and complete calendar of all dynasties at the time.

If there is a shortcoming, it is that in "Qide Calendar", Li Chunfeng did not use the precession that has been proven before.

This led to later generations being more prejudiced against it. It was not until later in "Yi Si Zhan" that Li Chunfeng admitted his mistake.

But no matter what, this does not affect the fact that the "Qide Calendar" was the most far-reaching calendar at that time. Li Chunfeng was also the undisputed first calendar person at the time.

He can also get an inspiration from Li Chunfeng's story.

The path that everyone takes may not necessarily be the path that is suitable for their own children.

For example, Li Chunfeng, if Li Chunfeng's father strictly required Li Chunfeng to learn the orthodox knowledge at that time and learn how to govern the country and fight wars.

There may be one more mediocre Tang Dynasty official in history and one less outstanding ancient scientist.

Moreover, for those who concentrate on scientific research.

Too much fame, wealth, status and the like are actually a drag.

Many scientists who made great contributions in ancient times were Taoist priests or monks.

Probably it is because they are pure enough to focus on the study of natural sciences.

That is why we can open up a path called science for mankind in an era when human science is still in ignorance.

(End of this chapter)