Friday, August 15th, 2025, Lunar Leap June 22nd

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Converted into Ze（䷹）

The Book of Changesauxiliary word for ordinal numbersfifty-eightHexagram, mixing up (Ze) and down (Ze), the two Ze are connected and mutually nourishing.

The hexagram reveals that the waters of the two marshes flow and nourish each other, symbolizing joy, communication, harmony, and exchange. This hexagram emphasizes treating people with sincerity and joy, creating a pleasant atmosphere through mutual induction, and promoting harmonious interpersonal relationships and smooth cooperation. It reminds us that sincere joy in our hearts is the bridge of communication, and to act in a harmonious way is tounimpededHowever, joy requires adherence to the right path, avoiding flattery and frivolity, or only seeking superficial harmony without adhering to principles.

There are great scholars who talk and laugh, but there are no white servants who come and go.

Today in history  

On the morning of September 9th, Nanjing officially held a surrender ceremony

one thousand nine hundred and forty-fiveyeareightthe moonfifteenJapan, JapanEmperor HirohitoAnnounce the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and surrender unconditionally to the Allied powers through the broadcast of the "Edict of the Termination of War".ninethe moontwoJapan officially signed the surrender agreement, marking the final end of World War II. The largest and most devastating global war in human history has come to an end. Completely destroyed fascismthe AxisThe reconstruction of international order under the Yalta system.The rise of the two major camps led by the United States and the Soviet Union ushered in the Cold War era.

The defeat of Japan greatly weakened colonialism, accelerated national liberation movements and decolonization processes in Asia and even globally，andDirectly promoted the establishment of the United Nations.postwarThe Tokyo Trial for the first time classified aggressive wars as crimes against humanity in the form of international law, laying the foundation for the modern international judicial system.Japan was occupied by the Allied forces and underwent a series of demilitarization and democratization reforms, including the establishment of a peaceful constitution, political democratization, and economic reform, which completely changed its national development trajectory. The enormous destruction of war and the use of atomic bombs,alsoThis has triggered a profound reflection on the ethics of peace, war, and the threat of nuclear weapons on a global scale.