What does it mean to read the Bible on the first day and read history on the soft day?

What does it mean to "read the Bible on the first day and read history on the soft day"? The full sentence should be: "Read history on the first day, read the scriptures on the soft day, write bamboo in anger, and paint orchids with joy."

Nan Huaijin said: "Gang is yang, and yang is called rigid; A cloudy day is soft. Today, when we are very dissatisfied with what we see, society, politics, and all aspects, and we feel very unhappy, we should hurry up and read a book.

Read the Book of Changes! Four Books and Five Classics! And the spirit was at peace.

When we are bored, dull, and want to sleep, we can look at history and inspire us to have the courage to struggle. Therefore, it is said that "just day to read the scriptures, soft day to read history", this is about the truth of rigidity and softness.

Master Nan has another more popular formulation: "The so-called rigidity and softness refer to the weather, and rainy days are soft days; A sunny day is a new day, and climate change has an impact on people's bodies and emotions. When reading the scriptures on a sunny day, when people's emotions are sometimes tempered, their ambitions are cloudy, and their hearts are very strong, they should read ancient scriptures to reconcile their own hearts.

Reading history in the soft day', sometimes the mood is low, and the spirit is not good, it is best to look at **, history, arouse people's spirit, interest. —Global Bible Reading Materials Network

"Just day" refers to the time when the heart is strong, the spirit is particularly good, the mind is particularly clear, or the time when you are not used to seeing here, full of complaints, emotional upset, and feel very uneven, at this time you should turn to the scriptures, look at the philosophy of cultivating your temperament, in order to reconcile your own heart. Reading the Bible requires thought, and philosophical thought must be studied when the mind and spirit are sufficient; For example, Mencius's cultivation of qi and dedication.

On the contrary, if the mood is low, the spirit is not high, the feminine spirit is in the heart, and there is no helplessness, it is the soft sun, and it is necessary to read the history, stimulate your own magnificent ambition, read the history to inspire people's spirit, and the courage and vision will rise.

Nan Huaijin's explanation for this is as follows: "Kangyang is agitated, just also; Humble and melancholy, soft also. The main thing is normal, and the main thing is changing. Therefore, just read the scriptures every day, and regulate qi and maintain health; Reading history in the soft day, and creating feelings and intentions. There is life and interest, in line with the principles of heaven, why not be happy! ”

Roughly speaking, the Bible is read on odd-numbered days, and the history is read on even-numbered days.

In ancient times, there were five singular numbers and five even numbers among the ten heavenly stems, and the singular number was yang, also known as the rigid day; The double number is yin, also known as the soft sun.

A, B, C, D, E, H, G, XIN, NON, and DE" are called the ten heavenly stems.

A, C, E, G, and Ren are in a strange position on the fifth day, which is masculine, so it is called the rigid day; For example, Jiayin Day.

B, D, Ji, Xin, and Dec are in the even number of places, which belong to the soft day, so they are called the soft day; For example, the day of the ugly.

We can understand the rigid day and soft day in "just day reading the scriptures, soft day reading history" as a human state of mind. It means that when people are full of energy (just day), they read some classic works and cultivate their own righteousness; When people are in a bad mood, they read history books and meditate on their ambitions.

Just day to read the scriptures, soft day to read history" is from the Qing Dynasty Qian Daxin's self-written couplet "There is wine to learn immortals without wine to learn Buddhism, just day to read the scriptures and soft day to read history". Later, Zeng Guofan also quoted in a letter to his younger brothers: "The law of reading the scriptures on the day of Dinggang and reading history on the soft day."

Reading is often lazy and not composed. Reading the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, I have now clicked eight books; Although I don't remember it at all, compared with reading the "Book of the Former Han" last year, I have a deeper understanding of the spine.