Zi Wei Is Not a Worldly Emperor: Tian Xing Ming Pan, Part 3
Zi Wei (紫微) is not a worldly emperor.
Zi Wei is the will of the true self, and the true self is the emperor.
Zuo Fu and You Bi: able to hold small evils
From there you can see why, among the hundred officials paying court (百官朝拱), Zuo Fu (左輔) and You Bi (右弼) matter so much to Zi Wei.
Zuo Fu and You Bi stand for being able to hold small evils. Evil here does not mean something bad.
It means ways of doing and thinking that differ from your own.
In other words, tolerance: being able to bear the small ways in which other people differ from you.
Because it is tolerance that brings more help from your peers.
And Zi Wei is the will of the self. The more that will can hold, the better it adapts to every kind of environment.
Tian Kui and Tian Yue: plain, unadorned effort
What about Tian Kui (天魁) and Tian Yue (天鉞) among the hundred officials? Why are they needed?
They stand for plain, unadorned effort: being able to stay steady, to accumulate, to build depth.
Whatever the environment, they can dig down to something of value.
Wen Chang and Wen Qu: cultivation of the spirit
What about Wen Chang (文昌) and Wen Qu (文曲) among the hundred officials? Why are they needed?
They stand for cultivation of the spirit: being able to dissolve the pressure inside, turn it into talent, and let it out.
Zi Wei Dou Shu (紫微斗數) is, in itself, an art for seeing the self clearly and for cultivating xing and ming (性命).
Next time, Tian Fu (天府).
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