202 1 Huangli Spring Cattle

If we have read the almanac, we will find that all books contain "Spring Cattle Map" and "Classic of Mother Earth".

"Spring Cattle Map" is an illustration used in ancient China to predict weather, rainfall, trunk and branch, five elements, agricultural harvest and other data. On both sides of the "Spring Cattle Map", there are different poems, namely the so-called "Mother Earth Sutra".

According to the ancients' explanation, The Classic of Mother Earth is arranged in the cycle of sixty jiazi, and explains and explains the weather and harvest of that year in the way of "one poem and one divination".

"Thai Sui Xin Kan years, illness is a bit in succession. Wuyue Sang Ma, Jingchu Xiaomi Maizhen. It is rainy in spring and summer, and rainy in autumn and winter. Mulberry leaves are beautiful and Aunt Silkworm is very happy. People are gradually resting and six animals are wandering around. "

The last divination in The Mother Earth Sutra is:

Headed by Xin Chou Niu, the level is very poor. The people keep half, and they are happy and good.

So, what does this "one poem and one divination" mean?

First of all, let's talk about the poems in this year's Classic of Mother Earth.

1. In old age, there are some diseases.

The meaning of this poem is: after entering the year of happiness and ugliness, the epidemic will gradually subside. Even if the epidemic will not disappear immediately, it has come to an end and there will be no major outbreak. "Slight" in this poem means "end".

2. wuyue Sang Ma, Jingchu Xiaomi Maizhen.

Wuyue, the name of the State of Wu and the State of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, is located in the southwest of Jiangsu Province, all of Zhejiang Province and the northeast of Fujian Province. Jingchu generally refers to all areas in Hubei and its surrounding areas today.

Sang Ma refers to mulberry and hemp, generally referring to all crops or farming; Rice and wheat refer to rice and wheat. "Truth" means perfection and comprehensiveness.

The general idea of this poem is that food can get a good harvest.

It is rainy in spring and summer, and rainy in autumn and winter.

This poem says that the rain is abundant and even in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Mulberry leaves are beautiful and silkworms are happy.

This poem says that mulberry trees will grow very luxuriantly, and village girls who raise silkworms can pick mulberry trees and raise silkworms to their heart's content.

People are dying and six animals are wandering around.

This poem says that although people can live a life of recuperation, the "six livestock" epidemic has not been able to stay.

Next, let's talk about divination in this year's Classic of Mother Earth.

1. headed by Xin Chou Niu, the level is very poor.

This divination means: the year of Xin Chou is the year of the ox. No matter what people's status is, very sad and pitiful things will happen. For high-level people, it will be sad, but for ordinary people, it will be very pitiful.

2. The people keep half, and they are very happy and good.

This divination means that many people will leave this world for various reasons, and those who stay will enjoy life happily.

The above is the explanation of "one poem and one divination" in The Mother Earth Classic.

So, is the prediction in Mother Earth Classic accurate?

Some experts point out that the characters in The Classic of Mother Earth are not only irregular, but also have no rhythm. Therefore, they should be fabricated by people who don't know how to write. Through practical experience, the accuracy of its prediction is very low.

Another way of saying this is that the words in The Classic of the Earth are unpretentious, but not fancy, and should be handed down by the working people by observing the laws of nature. The agricultural situation and natural disasters in China do have certain periodicity, so The Mother Earth Classic has its unique significance in preventing plagues and disasters.