Yin Fu-5

Yin Fu-5

5.1
Others are full of hope for humanity,

but independent people don't expect others.

I'm sorry to say that，

falling into the water or being burned are mostly self inflicted troubles.

人以期其，我以不期其圣。

故曰沉水入火，自取灭亡。

5.2
The Tao of nature runs in peace，

Tao is tranquility,

and the solar system and the earth were born.

The universe and the earth interact with each other,

and the influence of the sun and the moon on us is so clear.

With the alternation of the sun and the moon,

the time of the earth is regular.

自然之道静，故天地万物生，

天地之道浸，故阴阳胜，

阴阳相推，而变化顺矣。

5.3
Therefore,

the principle of tranquility cannot be bound by the calendar.

The quiet Tao is not limited by the laws of the four seasons.

Once upon a time,

there was a gourd with Fuxi and Nuwa（means Adam and Eve ） in it.

they bred human beings.

So what kind of coincidence gave birth to all things！

至静之道，律历所不能契，

爰有奇器，是生万象；

5.4
The eight trigrams help people to see the essence from the natural phenomena.

“Jiazi ”helps people to calculate time.

They contain the laws of things.

Angels and spirits are hidden in the Tao.

How clear is the law of the alternation of the sun and the moon ！

Smart people like to deduce this law.

Observe it during the day,

calculate at night,

and remember it silently.

This is approaching the truth slowly！

八卦甲子，神机鬼藏。

阴阳相胜之术，昭昭乎进乎象矣。

Noun explanation for 5.4：

“Jiazi” is the method of calculating the natural stem and the earth branch in China.

The natural stem is the time of the day, 

and the earth branch is the time of calculating the earth.


Memos：

Sincere readers and people who love the truth，

ancient Chinese classics are implicit and unclear.

I translate them directly. 

There are still some places to learn in the original text. 

Thank you for reading this translation.