Why the number "seven"?

I. "Seven" has always been considered an extremely important number. The moon's cycle is 28 days, with seven days as a phase, seven days in a week, and seven wonders in the world. Especially in ancient Greece, seven is the number of perfection, which is the sum of 3 and 4, representing the triangle and the quadrilateral, two shapes that were perfect in Greece.

2. In traditional Chinese culture, "seven" is actually the sum of yin and yang and the five elements, which is the so-called "harmony" state of Confucianism and the so-called "Tao" and "qi" of Taoism. It is also the so-called "Tao" and "Qi" of Taoism, both of which are closely related to "goodness" and "beauty".

Three, 7 is sometimes very good, business is quite good Wenzhou people like 7 or even more than 8, because they believe in "seven on eight down", 7 represents "seven warped", is up.

Four, in Western culture, people on the "seven" this number of love, and give it rich cultural connotations, with it to express the "lucky", "happy", "most" and other meanings.

Fifth, people have vitality, feelings, language, taste, vision, hearing, smell, "seven senses". People should also have "seven virtues", namely: trust, hope, kindness, humility, perseverance, prudence and moderation. The seven physical virtues are: caring for the sick, feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, lodging the stranger, helping the prisoner, and burying the dead. The "seven spiritual virtues" of man are: to reform the sinner, to educate the ignorant, to persuade the doubtful, to comfort the afflicted, to bear with patience, to forgive the injured, and to pray for the living and the dead.

Sixth, "seven" is a sacred and full of mysterious colors of the number, it on the Western culture and even the whole world culture has had a wide and profound impact. Also because it has a strong religious color, so it affects all aspects of people's work and life. In Chinese, there is also a familiar saying "saving a life is better than building a seven-floor pagoda", which links the number "seven" with life and death.

Seven, looking at both traditional Chinese culture and Western culture, the meaning of the word "7" is auspicious and lucky, noble and generous, it represents a combination of ancient natural science and humanities.

Source: Seven Leaves