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Why are there "astronomical phenomena" in the birth of ancient great men?

Is the ancient "astronomical phenomena" true or false? Why are great men born with astronomical phenomena? Let's discuss it today.

According to ancient history books, when many great men were born, there were always some strange astronomical phenomena, which were just like predicting what this person would do. But in fact, in real history, it's really hard to say whether they had such a vision when they were born. No one knows whether these things are true or not, and even historical records are not necessarily true. Then, if they are fake, why do history books write like this?

According to records, in the Spring and Autumn Period, our ancestors left a record about Halley's Comet, nearly 600 years earlier than Europe. At the same time, there was a perfect astronomical calendar system in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Shigan Star Classic in the Warring States Period was a book that recorded astronomy, including people's cognition of heaven.

Since then, all dynasties have left books to observe the stars, and they can combine the changes of the stars with the actual environment. As early as in matriarchal society, people began to observe astronomical changes and infer seasonal changes. It can be seen that the ancient astronomical calendar developed rapidly, which was an immortal discovery of Chinese culture, and based on this, it created the chronology of heavenly stems and earthly branches and so on.

However, the ancients believed that eternity was the truth. Once things change from the essence, they often indicate a crisis, and the astronomical phenomena often change. Therefore, the ancients had their own understanding of shifting stars, trying to predict the future development track through these changes and make corresponding countermeasures.

This is what people call "understanding the changes of the past and the present". Many people who are familiar with astronomical calendars can often make amazing predictions and judgments, so they become revered "gods". In addition to Liu Bowen and Zhuge Liang being called Tao on the altar, many people may not think that Sima Qian, a historian, is one of the best.

Sima Qian is an epoch-making great figure. He has integrated the relationship between heaven and man into his works. This kind of thinking about nature deserves our attention. Although he was executed, he persisted in finishing the work with incomparable will.

No matter in the past or now, the relationship between "heaven" and "man" has always existed. The "divine revelation" described in Historical Records has the indirectness of Sima Qian, and in a sense it is the interweaving of the real world and the virtual world. Therefore, it is not difficult to find many mysterious records in historical records, and all unexplained things are attributed to the gods.

Of course, these are the limitations of the times. Although history has some mystery, it is the product of the real world after all. Deism is tantamount to violating the objective historical truth.