Monday, June 23, 2025, 28th day of the fifth lunar month

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Mizusawa Festival (䷻)

Upstream (water) and downstream (water)

Hexagram revelation: Ze (lake, swamp) itself is a place for storing water, but if there is too much water, it will overflow or even flood; If there is too little water, the marsh will dry up. Therefore, the relationship between water and water requiresTemperance, maintain balance.'Festival' refers to bothTemperance and restraint also refer to rhythm and regularity. In the hexagram, it emphasizes moderate control to avoid excessive or insufficient control.Heaven and earth are regulated, so they can operate continuously; A country with integrity can achieve long-term peace and stability; Only with moderation in life can one achieve complete freedom.

one loses by pride，Humility is advantageous.

Today in history  

Zheng Chenggong

one thousand six hundred and sixty-twoyearsixthe moontwenty-threeOn that day, Zheng Chenggong, a famous national hero of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, passed away. This outstanding anti Qing general, based in Xiamen and Kinmen, persisted in the anti Qing struggle for a long time with outstanding military command skills and unwavering national integrity. At a time of national crisis, Zheng Chenggongone thousand six hundred and sixty-oneHe resolutely led his army to cross the Taiwan Strait to the east, and after bloody battles, successfully expelled the entrenched Taiwanthirty-eightThe Dutch colonizers, who had been around for years, recaptured Taiwan, the precious island of their motherland, in one fell swoop. Zheng Chenggong, with his noble patriotic spirit and heroic deeds in resisting foreign aggression, has become a spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation's resistance against foreign aggression. His glorious image is forever engraved on the historical monument of the Chinese nation, and is admired and praised by future generations.