Guanjizhai

In the deep old alley of the bustling city, there is an unknown study room "Guanji Zhai". Abandoning the myths of metaphysics, supernatural legends and fatalistic superstition, this is a place where we can strip away the dross of thousands of years and restore the true nature of ancient Chinese learning. Shen Yan, a scholar who is well versed in arts and sciences, offers a course here, dismantling the ancient wisdom of Yin-Yang Yili, Bagua arithmetic, Taoist principles, and Qihuang medicine for five modern people with completely different circumstances, cognitions, and mental states. A graduate student in the Department of Physics, a master's degree in Western Medicine, a poor migrant worker, a student of ancient books, and a retired engineer, all five of them had confusions and obsessions. They entered the classroom with their thoughts on modern science, the confusion of secular life, and their search for destiny. Through debates between teachers and students, comparisons between ancient and modern times, and confirmation from reality, they broke the metaphysical misunderstandings that have been circulating for thousands of years. This book is based on rigorous textual research. All ancient content is traced back to the original classics. It is combined with scientific interpretations of modern systems theory, psychology, epidemiology and physiology to strictly distinguish between the empirical wisdom of the sages, the cognitive limitations of the times and the dregs of later generations. The so-called "divine secret" in the book is never a script of fate, but an objective evolutionary trend of the interweaving of heaven, earth and human affairs. The book uses restrained and heavy literary touches and follows the path of realistic speculation. There are no supernatural plots or bloody plots. Using classroom study as a carrier, it integrates knowledge, speculation, and life insights. It narrates the underlying logic of ancient people observing the world, settling their body and mind, and complying with the laws. It tells the world: know the opportunity rather than follow orders, follow the trend, and understand the laws of heaven and earth, in order to live soberly in the world.