Detailed explanation of Tui Bei Tu 60: The 25th image of Tui Bei Tu: Wu Zi

Curiosity about the future has always existed in every era. After all, if you can predict the future, you would be like a god. Since ancient times, there have been many works predicting the future. The Tuibei Tu we are going to talk about today is the most accurate book of prophecy. So, according to physiognomy, what period of history does the 25th image of Tuibei Tu, Wu Zi, predict? Let’s take a look together!

【Prophecy】

The Northern Emperor and the Southern Minister established themselves

Catching 'Maigo' in a swallow's nest on the Wuli River

【Song said】

The three powers are fighting for supremacy. It is a strange thing. One wolf and two rats decide in a moment.

Although the key to the North Gate is strong, the descendants will be happy

1. Explain the prophecy

[Northern Emperor and Southern Ministers]: Kublai Khan of Mongolia proclaimed himself emperor in the north and established the Yuan Dynasty, and the Han people in the south became his ministers.

[Yiwu established himself as emperor]: "Yiwu" means "Yuan", which refers to Kublai Khan's change of Mongolia into Yuan and establishment of the Yuan Dynasty.

[Catching "Maigo" in the swallow's nest on the Wuli River] (Chen Xi's interpretation)

"Maigo": This ancient character has been lost, so we can decipher it based on the meaning of the sentence. This sentence seems to refer to leaving the Onon River (now the Onon River in Mongolia) - after the alliance and founding of the country, they began to plunder and expand in all directions, like plundering a swallow's nest.

"Oli River": Oli: pronounced as wu, refers to the Onon River. In 1206, the Kurultai Khan Election Conference was held at the source of the Onon River. Temujin was elected as the Great Khan, with the title of Genghis Khan, and established the Great Mongol Empire.

This sentence does not mean that there is an error in the prediction of the name of "Onon River", but a deliberate slight change was made to conceal the secret. Just as the 5th image uses "golden ring" to refer to (Yang) Yuhuan. The way of prophecy is to fear that the secrets of heaven will be revealed and seen through by people of the time.

"Capturing a swallow's nest": It seems to be a metaphor that the Mongols' attack on other countries was as easy as capturing a swallow's nest, and the tactics were also like capturing a swallow's nest, with encirclement and attack. To capture and destroy a swallow's nest, one must attack from at least two sides. The "great detour" tactic established by Genghis Khan is not to engage in direct head-on combat, but to defeat the opponent through rapid long-distance encirclement and detours, and to attack in a coordinated manner.

2. Explanation of the Song

【The three powers' struggle for supremacy is a strange thing】

"Three Legs Struggling for Supremacy": Mongolia, Western Xia and Jin Dynasty, like the three legs of a tripod, fought hard for supremacy. "Things are strange": the situation is unexpected. The rise of the weak Mongolia and its subsequent dominance is truly amazing.

[One wolf and two rats decide the outcome in a moment]: refers to the fact that the Three Kingdoms struggle was quickly decided, and Mongolia quickly destroyed the Xia and Jin dynasties.

"One wolf": refers to Mongolia. The "Two Rats" refers to Western Xia and Jin. "In a moment": very quickly.

[The key to the North Gate is strong and secure, and the descendants will be blessed with a harmonious relationship]

Although the Mongolian army in the north was powerful, after Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, only ten emperors were able to rule. "Key": military fortress. This is a metonymic usage, referring to the Yuan's military power. "Five five": ten.

3. Chen Xi’s interpretation of the diagram

This picture has four levels of meaning, and the first two have basically been explained by Jin Shengtan.

First: the axe is made of "iron" and the handle is made of "wood". The back of the axe is very special. The back of the axe among weapons and tools is not as flat as the one in the picture - it is shaped like an anvil. "Anvil" and "true" have the same pronunciation, so it is a metaphor for "Temüjin" who founded the Great Mongol Empire. His grandson Kublai Khan posthumously named him Yuan Taizu after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty.

Second: The handle has 10 sections, which means that after Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty, there were 10 emperors.

Third: The use of "axe" instead of other weapons is a reference to the idiom "the axe that cuts down one's nature", which refers to the excessive conquests by the Mongols. “The axe that cuts down one’s nature” comes from Lüshi Chunqiu. Nature. The "iron head" of this axe represents the five great khans of Mongolia from Genghis Khan to Kublai Khan. When Kublai Khan destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, the Mongols had already destroyed and conquered at least 66 countries. Genghis Khan conquered 40 countries in total.

Fourth: Why are the 10-section axe handle used to represent the emperors after Kublai Khan? Because the Yuan Dynasty emperors after Kublai Khan were different from the "iron head of the axe". They had become part of the Chinese nation and rarely invaded foreign countries.

Kublai Khan was the transition from the Great Khan of Mongolia to the Emperor of China. Kublai Khan's promotion of Han law led to the de facto separation of the four Mongol Khanates from him. In 1271, Kublai Khan changed the country's name to "Yuan", which was taken from the meaning of "Great Qian Yuan" in the "Book of Changes". Although the Yuan Dynasty resisted Sinicization in some forms, in reality, it was irresistible to be Sinicized in many aspects such as "politics", culture, and lifestyle.

The original image of "Tui Bei Tu" compares the Mongols to "wolves". Since Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, it has become a war machine. During his lifetime, Genghis Khan expanded the territory of the Mongol Empire to about 30 million square kilometers, spanning the Eurasian continent, from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, and from Siberia to the Persian Gulf in the Indian Ocean. It was further expanded during the Yuan Dynasty. Although the four Khanates were independent, they still formally respected the Yuan Emperor as the "common leader."

Looking squarely at this history, it is not difficult to find that the cohesive force of the Chinese nation lies in its long and profound culture. The broad minds and advanced civilization of our ancestors assimilated Mongolia, making this ancient nation a part of the Chinese nation for the first time, and integrating the Yuan Dynasty into Chinese history and culture.

Looking back, let's look at the image in "Tui Bei Tu" again. In Chinese history, it gave Temujin's Great Mongol Empire a foreshadowing of a "wolf", gave the Mongols a metaphor of an "axe that cuts down nature", gave Temujin, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, a picture riddle of an axe, and gave the Yuan Dynasty's successors a symbol of 10 logs, all of which were appropriate.

The above is the detailed interpretation of the 25th image of Tuibei Tu, Wu Zi, introduced by the editor of Dream Interpreter. Hope it can help you. If you want to know more information about physiognomy, please continue to pay attention.