Qimen Dunjia

Chapter 5 Mysterious Power
Sunday afternoon.

The sky in Beijing is seldom so blue. Standing by the window, Lou Xiaolou recalled all the unusual events that happened recently.Looking out from the window, across the buildings, you can see the clear outline of the distant mountains.

The phone rang three times, it was Lin who wanted to call, but he didn't answer.

Now, apart from Lin's interruptions, his life is peaceful.The fax machine was thrown away, maybe it was still crawling tenaciously back along the telephone line, but it was crawling very slowly, because its head was torn apart; No. 60 channel four of the TV station was never seen again , the old man with a pale face wearing a Chinese-style double-breasted jacket, disappeared in the snowflakes on the screen; when driving, he often listened to the radio, and there was no program about Qimen Dunjia...

QQ rang, it was Sang Ya.

Sang Ya: Should I call you Uncle, or Brother?

Lou Xiaolou: You are 16 years old and I am 33 years old. Of course they are called Uncle.

Sangya: The feeling you give me is between my uncle and my brother.

Lou Xiaolou: Then call Lou Xiaolou.

Sangya: Let me tell you something - a few days ago, I felt that there was an invisible person behind me, who followed me to the seventh floor and outside my house.

Lou Xiaolou: Is it because you are going to take the university entrance exam this year and you are under too much pressure?
Sangya: Absolutely not, I can even feel his breath, but I can't see him.

Lou Xiaolou sent a smiling face: Maybe in another time and space, there is a person carrying a rice bag on his back and walking home. He always feels that there are two feet walking in front of him, but he cannot see anyone.Our world overlaps with theirs.Fortunately, that person lived on the eighth floor in another time and space. He continued to walk up and left you. Otherwise, you would feel that he has been living with you.

Sangya: Is there really such a thing?

Lou Xiaolou: The world is too deep.There is space, there is possibility, there is time, there is possibility, there is no space, there is no time, there is still possibility.

Sangya: Well, many things cannot be explained by science.

Lou Xiaolou: Science is like a balloon, with the known inside and the unknown outside. The bigger the known part, the bigger the contact surface with the unknown.

Sang Ya: Have you started to learn Qimen Dunjia?
Lou Xiaolou: No.

Sangya: You don't believe it?

Lou Xiaolou: Believe it.

Sang Ya: I am always dubious about mysterious culture, otherwise, I would have learned it long ago.

Lou Xiaolou: It is not entirely convincing to say that the essence of this world is material; it is not entirely convincing to say that this world has ghosts, monsters, gods and immortals.However, if it is said that there is a supernatural mysterious power that affects or manipulates everything in the world, no one can refute it.

Sangya: That's exactly why I believe half of it.

Lou Xiaolou: Let me give you a small example. Four people play cards. If you are unlucky, you will have bad hands; if you are lucky, you will have good hands.It seems that there is an invisible person sitting besides the four people; to give an example, when a person is just born, he is not disturbed by the complexity of the world, and he always seems to be able to see something.When dying, it seems to be close to a certain world, and I always feel something clearly; to give a big example, the thousands of years of human history, rise and fall, poverty and communication, separation and union, have certain laws...

Sangya: What is that mysterious power?

Lou Xiaolou: It should be invisible and exist in a larger world.If you anthropomorphize it and become an old man, then the human being is a pawn.Chess pieces will not understand the old man's muscles, bones, emotions, thoughts, nor the meaning of playing chess.For example, he pushes a "pawn", so you went to an Internet cafe that day; therefore, the "pawn" got hit with a "gun", so you met me through QQ.This is inevitable.

Sangya: If, when the old man picked up the "pawn", he accidentally changed his mind, put it down, and went to the "cannon" again, wouldn't the accident break the necessity?
Lou Xiaolou: Yes, chance and necessity are dialectical.

Sang Ya: When he left the "Pao", he was probably placed next to the "Pawn". In that case, you added me on QQ and got to know me.

Lou Xiaolou: Haha.

Sangya: What if an accident happened in that big world and the chessboard was suddenly overturned?

Lou Xiaolou: I can't imagine.It is estimated that time and space will be disordered, and various unexpected situations will happen like nightmares.

Sangya: I was expecting that to happen.

Lou Xiaolou: You are very courageous.

Sang Ya: Starting today, I want to learn Qimen Dunjia.

Lou Xiaolou: You are too young.This world is enough to dazzle you, want to peek into another world?
Sangya: Actually, there is nothing in this world that attracts me, as simple as Arabic numerals.

Lou Xiaolou: To learn Qimen Dunjia, my current level can be your teacher.From today onwards, you don't need to call me uncle or brother, just call me teacher.

Sangya: I don't like this title.

Lou Xiaolou: It's all because of the school.

Sangya: I call you North.

Lou Xiaolou: North, the word is grand.

Sangya: Do you know the Book of Changes?

Lou Xiaolou: Fur.When I was in college, I tried to delve into it, but then gave up.

Sangya: I only know that "Book of Changes" is the first of the six classics.

Lou Xiaolou: Generally speaking, the "Book of Changes" reveals the secrets of the universe through symbols such as yin and yang, eight trigrams, 64 hexagrams, heavenly stems and earthly branches, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.It is like shining a world through a drop of water.When we diagnose in Chinese medicine, we pay attention to "look, smell, ask, and cut", that is, to look at the patient's facial complexion, or smell the patient's breath, or ask the patient's appetite, or feel the patient's pulse——through the patient A part, or a kind of appearance, to explore the overall health status.

Sangya: The meridians and acupuncture points of Chinese medicine are unfathomable.I just read an article saying that scientists discovered in an experiment that various parts of the human body have glows of different colors.The parts with obvious glow correspond to more than 700 acupuncture points in traditional Chinese medicine.Amazing.

Lou Xiaolou: Now, more and more western countries have recognized the legalization of traditional Chinese medicine.

Sangya: I suddenly had an idea.

Lou Xiaolou: What do you think?
Sang Ya: I want to apply for the University of Chinese Medicine.

Lou Xiaolou: OK.After graduation, you and I work in the same clinic.

Sangya: When there are no patients, we will study gossip and the like together.Finally one day, the two doctors both became fortune tellers.hehe.

Lou Xiaolou: In fact, many scholars in modern times were inspired by the Book of Changes and won the Nobel Prize, such as Bohr in Denmark, Hansenburg in Germany, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao in China...

Sangya: I think science and metaphysics are opposite to each other.

Lou Xiaolou: At a higher level, they are unified. "Book of Changes" summarizes and deduces everything through the two simplest symbols of yin and yang, and modern computers use two binary symbols of 0 and 1 to summarize and deduce everything.However, modern science has discovered that the arrangement of biological genetic codes happens to correspond to the 64 hexagrams. "Book of Changes" is a kind of thinking science, and the sage uses it to solve all the problems in the world.Qimen Dunjia, which originated from "Book of Changes", is known as the king of Chinese alchemy.Modern science has proved that when a person is alive, the genetic material is in a left-handed state, and after death, the genetic material is in a right-handed state, which is exactly the same as the Yang Dunjia in Qimen Dunjia.

Sang Ya: I don't know what Yang Dun goes forward and Yin Dun goes retrograde.

Lou Xiaolou: I also know only a little.

Sangya: During class, I always secretly read some idle books.A few days ago, I read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which wrote about the Battle of Chibi. Zhou Yu used Pang Tong to present a series of tricks to Cao Cao, so Cao Cao connected the warships together with iron cables.However, when Zhou Yu stood on the top of the mountain and watched the Caoying water village, he suddenly realized that this season only has west and north winds, without east and south winds, and the plan of attacking with fire cannot be implemented!As a result, he vomited blood and fell unconscious.When Zhuge Liang visited Zhou Yu, he said that he met a strange person, learned Qimen Dunjia, and could call the wind and the rain.Therefore, Zhou Yu built an altar on Nanping Mountain as instructed, and sent 120 people to guard it with flags.Zhuge Liang bathed and fasted, put on Taoist clothes, let loose on his feet, and climbed on the altar to pray for the wind.Nearly three o'clock, the southeast wind blew mightily... Tell me, is it so magical?
Lou Xiaolou: I read a book in which Zhang Zhichun, an expert on Yixue, unraveled this eternal mystery.He found out the year, month, day, and hour of the Chibi War, and then calculated it using Qimen Dunjia. At that time, Tianfu star was in the ninth palace, and there was a strong southeast wind.Moreover, the northwest position where Cao Cao is located has a fierce character, which is very unfavorable.

The two chatted all afternoon.

When she was offline, Sangya said to Lou Xiaolou: Listening to you talking about these things is drinking.Listening to the teacher talk about those things is irrigation.

The next day, when Lou Xiaolou got off work, he just walked out of the outpatient building when a woman walked by, wearing a pair of white shoes.He didn't pay much attention, and passed by this woman.After walking over, he thought of something, stopped and turned around.

The woman also stopped and was looking at him.

He felt that this woman looked familiar.The babysitter you used to hire years ago?no.A patient who was treated at the North Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine?no.The cleaners in the neighborhood?no.

Looking at this woman's square face, big eyes, and buck teeth, he suddenly remembered that she was the woman who picked up rags that appeared at the garbage dump when he threw away the fax machine.

No matter who it is, as soon as he hooks up with the fax machine, Lou Xiaolou becomes nervous.

The woman identified Lou Xiaolou's appearance, walked over, and spoke in Henan dialect: "I'm here to deliver something to you."
Lou Xiaolou said, "What did you give me?"
The woman said, "That fax machine you threw away sent you a fax."
Lou Xiaolou felt like he was dreaming, and he said, "Didn't I crush that fax machine?"
The woman said: "I took it home, and I wanted to show it to my husband, and see if I could disassemble some parts and sell it for a few dollars. My husband said that the parts were all scrapped, so I threw it in the yard. I didn't expect , it sent a fax during the night."
The woman took out a blank piece of paper from her pocket as she spoke.That fax machine has been deformed by Lou Xiaolou, and the paper it spits out is not flat and crumpled.

Lou Xiaolou didn't answer and said, "How did you find me?"
The woman said, "After you left that day, I found a business card on the ground."
Lou Xiaolou said, "I don't understand, why did you travel so far to send me a fax?"
The woman said: "The fax said that it must be handed over to the original owner. This fax machine was scrapped and there was no connection, but a fax was sent out in the middle of the night. Do you think it was sent by someone? My husband and I both eat fast and believe in Buddhism." , we dare not defy God's will."
Lou Xiaolou took the fax and said, "Don't throw it away, I'll get it back someday."
Back home, Lou Xiaolou checked the fax under the lamp, which was about Qimen Dunjia's account.

The so-called human plate refers to the eight gates that have positive and negative effects on human affairs based on the five elements and eight trigrams, according to different directions——

Opposite to the north, the five elements belong to Xiumen of water; opposite to the south, the five elements belong to the Jingmen of fire; opposite to the east, the five elements belong to the wounded gate of wood; Wooden Dumen; opposite to the northeast, the five elements belong to the earth's life gate; opposite to the southwest, the five elements belong to the earth's death gate; opposite to the northwest, the five elements belong to the gold open gate.

(End of this chapter)