三. 奇門遁甲—八陣圖

3. Qi Men Dun Jia “Eight Formations Strategy Diagram”

(The English version is available below)

 

講起八陣圖，大家就可能想起杜甫的「八陣圖」，以及此詩的代表︰諸葛亮在赤壁一戰後的八陣圖。

 

其實還有「風后八陣兵法圖」，風后是指蚩尤黃帝大戰，而黃帝身邊的軍師風后，這陣意指八陣圖是由奇門而來，由天、地、風、雲為「四正」，以及龍、虎、鳥、蛇為「四奇」，配合奇門的九宮八方而組合的。

 

如果這「風后八陣兵法圖」是真的(本人未有幸一睹風彩)，那便引證了奇門遁甲原意就是行軍打仗的。

 

到太平盛世無仗可打時，便來看事件發展的情況。

 

下回為大家講下，一局看事件發展。

 

Speaking of the “Eight Formations Strategy Diagram”, most of us may think of Du Fu's poem “Eight Formations Strategy”.  Zhuge Liang’s manipulated this diagram to summon an eastern wind for the battle of Red Cliffs

 

There was another diagram called “Feng Hou Eight Formations Strategy Diagram” which we could trace the origin of Qi Men Dun Jia. Feng Hou was a military advisor known as Chi You. He had the power to control the direction of the   wind. However, Chi You was a rebel and so, the Yellow Emperor learned Qi Men Dun Jia from the Goddess of the Ninth Heaven and fought with Chi You.The “Feng Hou Eight Formations Strategy Diagram”includes the heaven,, earth, wind, and cloud which called the "four positives", and dragon, tiger, bird  and snake were known as "four wonders". Qi Men Dun Jia is the combination of the four positives and four wonders with the nine palaces and eight directions.

                                                     

If the rumours of “Feng Hou Eight Formations Strategy Diagram” is true, Qi Men Dun Jia was actually used for war purposes.

                                                             

Today we don’t use it for war. However, we use it to predict the development of events.

                                                                     

In the next article, we will tell you more about this.