Induction

The term agnostic was fittingly coined by the 19th-century British scientist Thomas H. Huxley, who believed that only material phenomena were objects of exact knowledge. He made up the word from the prefix a-, meaning “without, not,” as in amoral, and the noun Gnostic. Gnostic is related to the Greek word gn?, “knowledge,” which was used by early Christian writers to mean “higher, esoteric knowledge of spiritual things”; hence, Gnostic referred to those with such knowledge. In coining the term agnostic, Huxley was considering as “Gnostics” a group of his fellow intellectuals—“ists,” as he called them— who had eagerly embraced various doctrines or theories that explained the world to their satisfaction. Because he was a “man without a rag of a label to cover himself with,” Huxley coined the term agnostic for himself, its first published use being in 1870.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Oracle Poetry 25 18/10/2010

第25籤(夢撚香拜境得籤)‏
雷雨師一百籤第二五籤
【 中平。丙戊 】寅午戍年多阻滯  亥子丑月漸亨嘉  待逢玉兔金雞會  枯木逢春自放花(待字,另有改更字一說。)
[聖意一] 訟多憂。終則息。名利遲。婚姻吉。孕欲保。作福力。問行人。歸有日。
[聖意二] 訟多憂。終則息。名利達。婚姻吉。孕欲保。作福力。問行人。歸有日。
[東坡解一] 春夏秋時。作事遲疑。直至三冬。百事咸宜。 卯酉月日。降福孔皆。待此謀望。枯木開花。
[東坡解二] 春夏秋時。作事遲疑。直至三冬。百事亨通。卯酉月日。所謀則吉。待此時來。枯木花開。
[碧仙註一] 謀事難成未可誇。枯木逢春始放花。 敗了又成離又聚。不宜共事與陰家。
[碧仙註二] 謀事難成未可誇。枯木逢春始放花。敗了又成離又聚。及時雨露發光華。
[解曰] 此籤作事遲疑。至三冬乃通。卯酉日月作事得時。如枯木開花。謀望各事。不勞心力而成。以寅午戍三者為凶。亥子丑年月日為吉。若謀事決。宜審時。不得妄動。訟終息。名利遲。婚姻吉。行人歸也。
[釋義] 十二支干。凡寅午戍。人事有阻。不可進取。反是有禍。遇亥子丑。漸見亨嘉。至卯酉大吉。名成利就。取青紫如拾芥。凡事先看年月。以詳命運。正合亥子丑卯酉等字。遂意矣。君子得之。主仕(途)進。小人得之。逢恩赦至。
[占驗] 一人久病。占得此籤。夏日請醫。來遲。問何以遲。曰看日食間。何為日食。對曰。日月交會也。病人大悟。籤語曰。吾病必痊矣。一劑而癒。
[故事] (一)[唐明皇遊月宮] 唐玄宗與方士羅光遠。八月十五日。秋宴。光遠取桂枝杖向空擲之。化為大橋。色如銀輿。帝同登遊。入月宮。見有霓裳羽衣之女歌唱。調甚新奇。帝默記其譜。以教大真。
           (二)[芙蓉鏡下及第] 丞相李固言在元和六年(唐朝)的時候,科舉考試未中去蜀郡,遇到一個老婦對她說:“郎君明年芙蓉鏡下及第,二十二年后當宰相,并且將鎮守蜀郡,我這次看不到你當官的榮耀了,我想將女儿托付給你照顧。”第二年,李固言果然考中頭名狀元。詩賦有人鏡芙蓉之目(考題即有「人鏡芙蓉」一題)《太平廣記‧卷第一百五十五‧定數十》。『李固言柳枝染衣』也是籤詩故事,是李固言的另一項奇遇,詳見雷雨師一百籤第四十一籤、觀音一百籤第九十二籤。
        本籤『玉兔金雞會』可能指陰曆初一前後,推測玉兔意指月亮,金雞指太陽,月亮與太陽最接近的時候,大約在每月初一前後,此時月亮與太陽一同升起、一起西沉。金雞也可能指農曆十月,『玉兔金雞會』 則是農曆十月十五日。這組解釋與『亥子丑月漸亨嘉』一句相容無悖,因為亥子丑是農曆十二月至翌年二月。『玉兔金雞會』也有可能指屬雞人士和屬兔人士合作之意。

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