Yayu Book House Gossip Water Margin: Thirty -six days, seventy -two places evil numbers

As we all know, 108 in "Water Margin" will be divided into "thirty -six days" and "seventy -two earth evils". So, what are these two numbers and the secrets of the implicit secrets, and why the author uses it as a combination of the number of people in Liangshan?

"Thirty -six" and "Seventy -two" are the mysterious and interesting numbers in ancient Chinese culture. They are widely used in ancient literary works and the daily life of ancient people. "Sun Tzu's Art of War" summarizes military politics as "thirty -six strategies". Many martial arts also often use "thirty -six" as the number of its number. In ancient poems, the "thirty -six houses" were often used in palaces for a long time. Chengde Summer Revisiting Villa has the "36 Scenery" named Kangxi and Qianlong Emperor Qianlong. "Historical Records of the Confucius Family" introduced three thousand Confucius disciples, including 72 sages. When the book "Gao Zu Benji" introduced Han Gaozu Liu Bang, he also specifically mentioned that he "has 72 sunspots in the left". After Cao Cao's death, there were seventy -two suspects, and people knew that Sun Wukong would change seventy -two. The total number of immortals in "Lei Xian Biography" was also 72. Taoism divides my country's famous mountain resorts into ten caves, thirty -six small caves, and seventy -two blessings. In the ancient legend, the Huangdi battle Chi You also won after the 72nd War. When describing the beautiful and magnificent mountains, people also like to make up the mountains into these two numbers. For example, there are thirty -six peaks in Wuyi Mountain, Huangshan, Hengshan, Songshan, etc. are known as the seventy -two peaks. From the frequency of use, we can see the cognition and acceptance of these two numbers in the psychology of the Chinese people.

The reason why people like these two numbers is because people think they are auspicious; and they think they are calculated from the division of ancient calendar. It is reported that Mr. Yiduo's "Seventy -two" article has been verified, and "Historical Records" said in the explanation of Liu Bang's 72 sunspots: "Seventy -two sunspots, the number of 72 red emperors. Living on one side, one year of one year and 60 days, the Quartet is divided, each has ninety days. The center of the earth lives, and the four seasons are seventy -two days. Seventy -two signs. There is one of the seventy, not. "It turns out that according to the doctrine of the Five Elements, the five -element will be based on the five elements a year. This auspicious number. This statement is well -founded. Seventy -two days of each student. Turn growth, one year old, do not dare to do everything. "" Ancient Micro Book "Volume 15 quoted" Yi Kun Lingtu "more specific:" Five Emperor: Oriental Wood , Seventy -two days; southern fire, color red, seventy -two days; central soil, yellow yellow, seventy -two days; Western gold, white white, seventy -two days; northern water, color black, seventy -two, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd, 72nd. Day. "From this, we can know that the five emperors correspond to the five elements, and each emperor controls 72 days for a total of 360 days.

The number "thirty -six" is related to the calendar of the October solar calendar. The October Local calendar will be divided into ten months a year, 36 days a month, and the five elements are divided into five elements with male and female (yin and yang). Two days. It is conceivable that the "thirty -six" and "seventy -two" of the two basic numbers in the ancient calendar are just like today people are familiar with 12 months a year, 52 weeks, and seven days a week. In the memory of ancient people, the two numbers of "thirty -six" and "seventy -two" were the most commonly used and necessary. In the ancient times when science is not yet developed, and the knowledge of calendar has an important position in people's social life, the memory and use of their memory and use are even more important. Later, despite the changes in calendar, science also developed, and the practicality of "thirty -six" and "seventy -two" gradually disappeared. However, due to the accumulation of many years of use, people have slowly forgotten its original practical significance and transferred into the aspect of habitual use. Therefore, when the number is around thirty, it is better to make up thirty -six; when the number is around 70, it will simply make 72. This is why the Chinese like to use these two numbers, and it is also the origin of the "thirty -six days" and "seventy -two earth shame" in "Water Margin".

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