Tuesday, August 12th, 2025, the 19th day of the intercalary sixth lunar month

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Mountain Fire Ben（䷕）

The Book of Changesauxiliary word for ordinal numberstwenty-twoThe hexagram indicates that there is a sign of fire at the foot of the mountain, with the upper Gen (mountain) and lower Li (fire).

Hexagram revelation:Shanggen Mountain is calm, and the fire below is bright and beautiful. The fire is at the bottom of the mountain, and its light rises, reflecting the mountain. The texture of the vegetation, the rock walls, and the ravines are all covered in colorful colors, forming a scene of internal brightness and external appearance, embellishing the mountain's appearance.The "Mountain Fire Ben" showcases the natural light and shadow carving and the cultural ritual and music decoration. It implies that things require appropriate embellishment to showcase their beauty, and individuals also need to cultivate their words and deeds to demonstrate their virtues. The fundamental aspect of decoration lies in the solidity of its essence, just as the brightness of fire originates from its heat, and the solidity of mountains lies in its body. Harmonious literary quality is the key to lasting brilliance, while excessive embellishment leads to distortion. Simplicity and lack of elegance are also great beauty.

Graceful and refined, then a gentleman.

Today in history  

Zhu Ziqing

one thousand nine hundred and forty-eightyeareightthe moontwelveOn that day, Chinese modern essayist and poet Zhu Ziqing passed away due to illness at the young age of onlyfiftyYear old. At that time, it was the end of the Chinese Civil War, with scarce resources and soaring prices. Zhu Ziqing suffered from long-term malnutrition and refused to receive American aid for flour, which worsened his condition. His death caused a nationwide cultural shock, and hundreds of scholars including Wen Yiduo and Yu Pingbo attended the memorial service to mourn.

Zhu Ziqing revolutionized the news industry with vernacular prose,The Back ViewWorks such as "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" are regarded as models of modern Chinese language, and their delicate, realistic, and sincere writing style has deeply influenced Chinese language education. Until now, his prose is still a compulsory subject in primary and secondary school textbooks, and he is praised asThe founder of vernacular Chinese. Mao Zedong specially commended 'Zhu Ziqing' in 'Farewell, Situ Leiden'Being seriously ill, I would rather starve to death than take over from the United States“relief food””Zhu Ziqing, with his backbone, is a landmark figure of modern Chinese literati who uphold national integrity.Zhu Ziqing's early death solidified the fate of literati in a turbulent era, and his works and personality jointly constructed ittwentyThe spiritual monument of Chinese literature in the century.