Chapter 443 Mr. Dong Faxed Me the Sutra
The next morning at eight o'clock, I made my usual ward rounds. Two patients were basically cured. I said a lot of words of thanks and left the hotel (it should have been written as discharged because this is not a hospital).
I began teaching Siping and Siyu acupressure techniques. I asked them to lie down on the bed and expose their navels. Siyu was a little shy.
I said, "Then just give up and let Siping do it."
Her face flushed as she said, "Can you encourage me to be bolder first? Don't start by learning."
I said, "What's there to be embarrassed about? Do you think I've never seen a belly button?"
She rolled her eyes at me and lay down obediently.
I held my hand about an inch above her belly button for a full minute, then suddenly released it. She instinctively jerked, pulled down her clothes, and said, "It's numb."
"If the patient says these two words to you, it proves that you have pressed the right spot."
I put Siping on and repeated the process. When I released my hand, Siping nodded and said, "I feel it."
I said, "Just push yourself today. Once you feel the pressure, push me tomorrow."
Then, I taught them to press four xue positions first.
After the lesson, I walked out of the therapy room and saw Mr. Long from last night standing in the patio waiting for me.
He said, "Mr. Wan, I'm leaving now and I'm saying goodbye. Actually, I don't have any friends in Dali. Tan Shaojie and I are from the same place. He was the one who introduced me to you."
"Next time you see Mr. Shaojie, please give my regards."
"Shaojie will come to see you after he finishes filming in western Sichuan."
I nodded. "I wish you a safe journey."
"I will be a cow, don't worry."
A ray of sunlight hit the patio of "Fanhuatai" and hit his back as he turned around. This tall man walked from the sunlight to the front hall, crossed the threshold, and suddenly, he turned around and bowed to me.
Turning around, he walked down the steps of the Flower Terrace step by step, the sun shining on his back again. He turned around again, saw me standing there looking at him, and bowed again.
I raised my hands and shouted, "Go back, the sun will always shine on you."
The moment his figure disappeared, I turned and walked towards the backyard.
Mr. Dong had already made tea and was sitting there waiting for me.
I told him about the fortune-telling I did last night and how I used the "reverse reasoning method".
He nodded and said, "I'm still teaching you math today. Don't be impatient. Learn step by step. Eventually, you'll be able to apply what you've learned to other situations."
"I taught you that day that odd numbers are stable. There's only one answer for 13 guests: seven double rooms, right?"
I said, "Yes, there are two situations to consider for 12 guests."
Mr. Dong took a sip from his cup, then put it down and said, "It's right for folks to use even numbers for good luck. But as fortune tellers, we only use odd numbers."
I said, "I understand, because there is only one case for an odd number. Odd number = even number + 1. Using odd numbers to predict will give a stable result."
Mr. Dong smiled and said, "This is why divination is usually done three times. It can tell you the result of divination stably.
The same is true when offering sacrifices to ancestors and lighting three incense sticks. It can steadily convey your respect to your ancestors. When you go to the temple to worship the Buddha, you should also hold one or three incense sticks.
Although I understand this, I usually do it this way and don't know why I do it this way. Even Master Hongyi only explained other principles and didn't explain the mathematical reasons.
Mr. Dong discussed these mysteries from the perspective of cosmic number theory, which is a higher level than those around me who only know one side of the story.
Mr. Dong continued, "We use odd numbers to calculate and predict things, but what should we do if the numbers someone writes down for you are all even numbers, or a mixture of odd and even numbers?"
I was confused. What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?
Mr. Dong looked at my confused expression and laughed.
Normally people call me "Master Wan, Master Wan", but I don't even blush, thinking I'm a real master.
In front of Mr. Dong, I was left speechless several times, not acting like a master at all. I couldn't help but feel ashamed and my face turned red.
He said slowly, "Actually, you understand everything I'm going to say. You just need me to explain it. You know the Hetu Luoshu and the matching codes, right?"
I slapped my thigh and said, "I know. Convert even numbers into corresponding odd numbers?"
Mr. Dong laughed and nodded.
Having written this far, I have to introduce to my readers the ten numbers corresponding to odd and even numbers.
In ancient China, there are five groups of numbers:
05. If someone writes a 0, you find a 5 to measure it.
16. If someone writes 6, you find 1 to calculate.
27, if someone writes 2, you find 7 to calculate.
38, if someone writes 8, you find 3 to calculate.
49, if someone writes 4, you find 9 to calculate.
These five sets of numbers are easy to remember. The difference between the larger number and the smaller number equals 5. These five sets of numbers are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, satellite launches, and weather analysis, so I won't go into detail.
Back to the scene.
I said, “For example, someone wrote down 052. We’ll count it as 557.
Others write down 247, and we use 797.
Others write down 456, we use 951.
Odd numbers remain unchanged, and even numbers become corresponding odd numbers, is that right?"
Mr. Dong said, "Yes. Please understand it well."
I said, "I understand."
Mr. Dong said, "It's good that you understand. Then, after 052 becomes 557, you can show me the odd-even relationship.
Wanshanhong is Wanshanhong after all, so I took out a pen and wrote: According to the principle that odd number = even number + 1.
5=4+1
5=4+1
7=6+1.
557, we get an even number 446,
"How many double rooms will be arranged?"
"279 rooms."
Mr. Dong said, "Please explain the reason."
I said: 446, the largest hundreds number is 4, so the number between two people is divided by 2. The first number is 2. The 4 in the middle is the tens place, representing 14/2=7, and the ones place is 6, representing 16/2=8
To get the number 278, just add a house to the ones place. So it's 279."
Mr. Dong said: 951 people will stay in double rooms, how many rooms should be arranged?
I write faster
9=8+1
5=4+1
1=0+1
The even number 840 is: 8/2=4, 14/2=7, 10/2=5.
We get 475, the units digit plus 1, 476 houses.
Mr. Dong was very satisfied.
My eyes suddenly widened as I asked, "Master, now we have computers. When dividing by 2, all we have to do is add 1 to the ones place."
Mr. Dong said: "How was the computer invented? It also has a principle, right?
I am now explaining mathematics to you, not for calculations, but for predicting the development trends of other things."
It suddenly dawned on me.
Mr. Dong said: "There are actually no inventions in the world, only discoveries. Electricity exists, and band waves also exist. You just discovered electricity and band waves.
If these things don't exist in nature, you can't invent them. We can only discover patterns; humans can't create them."
Walking out of the room, I sighed deeply. Even I found it difficult to understand why I was with a philosopher like Mr. Dong. No wonder some readers asked me to write less about these things.
Genius is lonely.
Well, I'll write a little from time to time to satisfy those who are full of infinite curiosity about the laws of the world. In the next section, I will jump directly to the fortune-telling that you are interested in.
I told the beautiful lady's fortune. I tried my best to use the mathematics I learned to tell her fortune.
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