Friday, July 30, 2010

San Cai 三才

The idea of San Cai is fundamental in all kinds of Chinese studies. In recent years, some people Christianized the idea and created the term Cosmic Trinity.

The term San Cai first appears in the Ten Wings of the Yi Jing. In Xi Ci Zhuan 繫辭傳, it is said:

There is the Way (Dao) of Heaven, the Way of Man, the Way of Earth.
有天道焉,有人道焉,有地道焉。

In Shuo Gua Zhuan 說卦傳, it is said:

To establish the Way of Heaven, it is called Yin and Yang. To establish the Way of Earth, it is called softness and stiffness. To establish the Way of Man, it is called benevolence and righteousness.
是以立天之道,曰陰與陽;立地之道,曰柔與與剛;立人之道,曰仁與義。

The concept of polarity is obvious. Heaven is described as cycles of growing and decaying of darkness and brightness which in turn implies the cycles of time.

Earth is described as the contrasting pair of qualities of materials. This can be extended to cover flexibility and rigidness in a more abstract form.

Man is described as the basic quality of benevolence and the action of righteousness. This also gives rise to the concept of Body and Application, Ti and Yong (體用).

It is clever to associate San Cai with (year, month, day, hour) stars, house gua and ming gua in Feng Shui studies. At the same time it can be looked upon as abuse of the idea of San Cai. The beauty of the concept is totally lost.

JY

17 comments:

joey said...

arent you surprised nothing special happened yet this month especially the 8th?

Joseph Yu said...

Why should there be anything special happening this month?

JY

joey said...

heaven earth clash and jia geng yin shen, also in my luck cycle and the 5 month, the ghosts that the wofs site is talking about.
Im flying to Oberstdorf in the Alps on the 18th a Geng day, but i dont care. Hopefully we`ll sell a land and ill move definetily to that region or i feel i`ll commit a crime. I`ve had enough of holidays on the beach

Joseph Yu said...

The 7th Lunar month is an auspicious month as it was chosen by the Ming Emoerors as the burial month for the Royal family. The founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to grap all the auspicious qi of the month for himself and spread rumour about the month being the "Ghost Month". People believed him even today.

Heaven and Earth clash is not necessarily bad. It may be good to some people depending on the BaZi of the person.

JY

joey said...

What about the 5? Do you think it is a good star/direction but the emperor wanted its full benefit?
I`ve seen quite a number of accidents on that direction,but why would they tell the truth about the 5 being evil?

on a personal level the clash maybe good for same but worldwide I would expect turmoil

joey said...

here i have no access to my destiny star e book but im still trying to fathom the meaning of #friends are from southwest,theyll take you to the capital city".
I know some Brazilians here but never got a hint that they are helpful. They are open but all young nations are

joey said...

i would like to hear some prediction for me for this month, before its too late. I dont want to give away too much, and it"s not my idea to mock people who make wrong predictions,as this is hard. You cannot predict my reaction to events(man luck) but you can predict the nature of events. I suspect that even a 3 hour wait may be too late if something goes wrong and i snap

ding ding xin xin
wei weei chou chou lp: bing shen

Päivi said...

Hi Paolo,
You look towards making money:
geng wealth in stem and branch.
You want to use that money to break away from home:
wealth clashes with wood/resource.

Mary Catherine Bax said...

Dear All,

I was also concerned seeing the month pillar clash the year pillar.
As I looked for historical events in August, 1951, the only event worth noting was "Catcher in the Rye" was first published. Makes for an interesting 4 Pillars read for JD Salinger.

So far the only historical event is the new clock in Mecca.

I would like to hope I'd win the lottery this month but, I've resigned myself that some toothless soul with no idea of the clash has a better chance than me.

Mary
www.marybax.com

joey said...

yes resource is house, land etc i guess thats how wealth clashes resource plus the fact that indicates man controlling mother.
we may sell a land but this wait is driving me crazy. I fear the buyer may change his mind due to the clash.
One thing i know- im not much a sun and beach person save for a quiet tropical island. The problem is that all the sexies are in these places i hate.
I`m dying to go away

joey said...

since resource is unfavorable for f. leader i take it move away will be good?
Metal-west region? Or maybe earth-mountain,flat land?
Or is this irrelevant.
Wouldnt it make more sense a place wher i feel more freedom(output)?
We all feel more freedom abroad anyway

joey said...

Joseph
One of the destiny charts says " your friends are in LI palace"
Why in some cases they talk about directions and in others mention the trigram name instead of its direction?
Doesnt make sense

joey said...

Mary
Geng people are more likely to get sudden windfall

joey said...

im flying from Faro,algarve to Munich, in NE, on the 18 th at 06.15, 04.45 suntime
The day and yearly direction dont look good but it was the cheap+est i could get. Im going to Oberstdorf in the Alps.
What does QMDJ says for this trip?
geng clashes jia and yin hour and year clash monkey
If I die I`ll let you know

joey said...

im alright in munich but looking to leave as i hate this city.
Im here for the Alps
this country is orderly but not worth living here

joey said...

it seems the 5 or the clash had a small negative impact,.
on the night before flying home i noticed there had been a mistake in the booking system. My return flight was set for 23 sept instead of august, so i had to buy a new ticket home and still dont know if i can cancel the other one

joey said...

http://en.superfate.com/channel_fortune/8WordAns.php

i came across this site which uses bazi and stars that i dont know of.
still, very accurate.He is right about mky preferring the night for doing things, and avises me to get up early instead. I wonder why' I`ll trypjgecmend