Chapter 34: Other Rted Information
001 I Have The Fish
(A group photo of ten people with the words I have the fish written on it is attached below)
How many mysteries are hidden in this photo?
002 Qimen Dunjia
The diagram of the eight gates is below. The eight gates are: Rest (Xiumen, ), Life (Shengmen, ), Injury (Shangmen, ), Failure (Dumen, ), Pleasure (Jngmen, ), Death (Simen, ), Fear (Jngmen, ), and Prosperity (Kaimen, ).
The legends of Qimen Dunjia:
What is Qimen Dunjia? It isposed of three concepts: Qi (), Men (), and Dunjia (). (1)
Qi includes three things: Yi (), Bing () and Ding (). (2)
Men includes eight things: Xiu (), Sheng () , Shang (), Du () , Jng (), Si (), Jng (), and Kai (). (3)
Dun means hiding.
Jia refers to the six Jia (): Jiazi (), Jiaxu (), Jiashen (), Jiawu (), Jiachen (), and Jiayin (). (4)
Dunjia is the most noble among the ten Heavenly Stems and has hidden meanings. It is hidden under the Six Yi (), which include: Wu (), Ji (), Geng (), Xin (), Ren (), and Gui (). (5)
The principles of Dunjia are that Jiazi hides under Wu (), Jiaxu hides under Ji (), Jiashen hides under Geng () , Jiawu hides under Xin (), Jiachen hides under Ren (), and Jiayin hides under Gui ().
They alsoe with nines: Tianpeng (), Tianren (), Tianchong (), Tianfu (), Tianying (), Tianrui (), Tianzhu (), Tianxin (), Tianqin (). (6)
The divination of Qimen Dunjia is mainly divided into three parts: Heaven te, Gate te, and Earth te. They symbolize three styles.
The nine pces in the Heaven te have the nines.
The eight pces of the middle te (the second circle ording to the picture) have eight gates.
The eight pces of the Earth te represent eight positions that cant be moved.
At the same time, each pce in the Heaven and Earth te is assigned a specific Qi (Yi, Bing, Ding) and Six Yi (Wu, Ji, Gen, Xin, Ren, Xing, Ren).
As a result, people can use the Six Yi, Three Qi, and Nines to predict things like rtionships, traits, the future, or even choose auspicious times and ces ording to the specific time and date.
This constitutes a unique category in Chinese mystical culture Qimen Dunjia.
003
Human-faced snakes (with rted illustrations)
Looking at these things, I highly suspect that humans are descendants of snakes.
There is a strange phenomenon in ancient Chinese history where arge number of records about gods and spirits are rted to snakes.
In the ssics of Mountains and Seas, of the 454 figures that are recorded in the text, 138 are in the shape of a snake. Some of the gods and spirits mentioned who have snake-like bodies include Fuxi, Nwa, the Yellow Emperor, and even the Queen of the West.
(I was particrly surprised that the Queen of the West had a human head and a snake body in the original records, and was depicted the same as Fuxi and Nwa.)
ording to current general spections, this image of human-faced snakes was derived from tribal totems. It was possible that the Queen of the West changed from having a human head and a snakes body to having a human head and a leopards body because the attributes in her tribe had changed.
In other words, maybe the Queen of the West was originally a member of Fuxis tribe, but something happened and she started her own tribe in the west where she reigned.
Whatever the case, we wont be able to know what exactly happened.
Human-faced snakes also represent the male genitalia, especially a veryrge one. Sure enough, the bigger, the better. It would be better to have two such big ones. You could even tie them in a bow.
004 She Country
An ancient country called She Country was located between Shaanxi and Hubei in ancient times. But this country suddenly disappeared two thousand years ago.
The history of this country appeared sporadically from time to time in many ancient bamboo slips. It seemed like there was a period of sudden prosperity in She Country during the early Western Zhou Dynasty, but then the country suddenly disappeared in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Within ten or twenty years, the country in the primitive jungle seemed to quickly vanish.
They existed in many myths and legends, and there was also arge number of records in the ssics of Mountains and Seas. The snake country mentioned in the text that was outside of Sichuan should be about this country.
She is a homonym for snakes. This nation treated human-faced snakes as gods, so many decorations had that kind of pattern on them.
Most people who study the history of this country now believe that people in She Country were descendants of the mysterious Huaxu Ancient Country. This dates back to when it was a matrilineal society. This country used human-faced snakes as its totem mainly because the Huaxu Ancient Country had the legend of the human-faced, snake-bodied Fuxi.
Since these materials are all from ancient books and unearthed documents, the question of whether this country existed or not has always been a controversy among academic circles.
005 Murals Of The Heavenly Pce
(Six sketches of the murals are attached with paragraphs of brief exnations.) (7)
006 Murals Of The Undersea Tomb
Some of the pictures that A Ning had taken in the undersea tomb are shown.
(Eight sketches of the murals are attached with eight paragraphs of brief exnations.) (8)
Captured Wang Zanghai
The giant crater
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TN Notes:
(1) Qi means mysterious or strange but can also mean valuable or holy in this context. Men means gate. Dun means hidden or escaped. Jia is the 1<sup>st</sup> of the 10 Heavenly Stems and means bud the sign of growth. Its element is wood yang. The Heavenly Stems are a Chinese system of ordinals that first appeared during the Shang dynasty as the names of the ten days of the week. Wiki link. A very thorough breakdown of Qimen Dunjia is here
(2) Yi is the 2<sup>nd</sup> Heavenly Stem and means sprout the spread of growth, bursting forth from Earth. Its element is wood yin. Bing is the 3<sup>rd</sup> Heavenly Stem and means something along the lines of concentrated growth like fire in a house. Its element is fire yang. Ding is the 4<sup>th</sup> Heavenly Stem and means maturity, solidity, Heavens kiss. Its element is fire yin.
(3) Basically repeating the 8 gates from above: Rest, Life, Injury, Failure, Pleasure, Death, Fear, and Prosperity.
(4) The Six Jia refers to how ancient Chinese used to calcte the time ording to the rule of heaven and earth. They regarded sixty years as one cycle and Jia should appear six times in that 1 cycle:
Jiazi () 1<sup>st</sup> year of the 60-year cycle where each year is numbered with 1 of the 10 Heavenly Stems.
Jiaxu () 11<sup>th</sup> year A11 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054
Jiashen ()21st year A9 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
Jiawu () 31<sup>st</sup> year A7 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
Jiachen () 41st year A5 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024
Jiayin () 51st year A3 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
(5) Yi means rituals, so Six Yi means there are six rituals.
Wu ()5<sup>th</sup> Heavenly Stem and means flourishing and nurturing. Its element is earthy yang
Ji ()6<sup>th</sup> Heavenly Stem and means full bloom. Its element is earthy yin
Geng () 7<sup>th</sup> Heavenly Stem and means harvesting and abundance. Fullness leading to changes. Its element is metal yang
Xin () 8<sup>th</sup> Heavenly Stem and means dead heading, reformation. Its element is metal yin
Ren ()9<sup>th</sup> Heavenly Stem and means sustenance, supporting life. Its element is water yang
Gui ()10<sup>th</sup> Heavenly Stem and means regenerating roots and preparation for spring. Its element is water yin
(6) These are also referred to as stars.
Tianpeng () has the water yang element. Considered an inauspicious star because it indicates theft/loss
Tianren () earth element. Sometimes called the disease star. People should receive teachings or admonishment, make friends, stay home, abstain from military deployment, postpone marriage, refrain from quarrels, long distance travel, new construction, etc.
Tianchong () wood element, yang. Considered an auspicious star. Indicates charity and donations, doing kind deeds, or agricultural activities. Good for military action, battles, or legal issues, but inauspicious for everything else.
Tianfu () wood element, yang. Considered a very auspicious star. Auspicious for travel, business, marriage, construction, especially study progress, increasing social status, cultural and educational development.
Tianying () earth element, yang. Considered auspicious for all things
Tianrui () metal element, yin, rtes to leadership capability, scheming, medical treatment, and military deployment. Its an auspicious star.
Tianzhu () metal element, yin, indicates death, strange urrence, mysterious matters, damage. It is an inauspicious star.
Tianxin () earth element, yang, an auspicious star. Its good for beneficence and studying, settling disputes, and legal enforcement. Also good for business, marriages, and social status.
Tianqin () fire element, yin, indicates outrageous behavior, heated situations, fire and blood. It is a neutral star. Its good for nning, visiting high officials, but it is unlucky for wealth, social status improvement, marriage or travel.
(7) Im sorry, I couldn''t find the paragraphs to trante. Just enjoy the pictures.
(8) Same as #7, just enjoy the pics lol