Wednesday, September 24th, 2025, the third day of the eighth lunar month

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Thunder hydrolysis（䷧）

The Book of ChangesNo.fortyHexagram, thunder moves up and rain falls down, resolving difficulties.

Hexagram revelation:The qi of yin and yang stagnation between heaven and earth is relieved by thunderstorms, and plants and trees break through their armor, bringing vitality to all things. This hexagram closely follows the sequencethirty-nineThe "Jian Gua", which is full of dangers and obstacles, reveals the natural law that there must be a turning point in difficult situations. The essence of a dilemma is the accumulation of energy, and only by actively relieving and sincerely communicating can we usher in a turning point of "perilous rebirth". Proactively breaking through psychological or real-life dilemmas is like a thunderstorm, requiring decisive action. To convert resistance into motivation, action should seize the opportunity, avoid procrastination, respond quickly in the early stages of problems, and take preventive measures. This is not only the ancient people's insight into fate, but also a wise guide for modern people's survival and development.

I will mount a long wind some day and break the heavy waves, and set my cloudy sail straight and bridge the deep, deep sea.

today in historyPortrait of Xu Shou

one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four

yearninemoontwenty-fourday，chemistXu Shoupass away.A famous scientist in the late Qing Dynasty, the enlightener of modern Chinese chemistry, and the pioneer of China's modern shipbuilding industry.pass awaychemistone thousand eight hundred and sixty-one

Xu Shou entered the Anqing Arsenal in the year and collaborated with Hua Hengfang and others to manufacture China's first steamship“yellow swan”number. Later, he transferred to the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in Shanghai and built China's first robotic ship, which was famous throughout the country and became a pioneer in China's modern shipbuilding industry. Xu Shou personally participated in military production practice, engaged in black powder and its improved dosage forms——Guidance on the production technology of chestnut colored gunpowder, trial production of smokeless gunpowder made of nitrocellulose, and its use as a detonating agentThunder mercuryone thousand eight hundred and seventy-fourA famous scientist in the late Qing Dynasty, the enlightener of modern Chinese chemistry, and the pioneer of China's modern shipbuilding industry.In the year, the main chemical raw materials for producing smokeless gunpowder, sulfuric acid and nitric acid, were successfully developed using the lead chamber method at the Gunpowder Factory of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.one thousand eight hundred and seventy-fiveAround the year, Xu Shou founded with Fu Lanya and others in Shanghai“Gezhi Academy”Start the demonstration work of the chemical experiment.Xu Shou also translated a large number of Western scientific works, systematically introduced the main content of modern Western chemical knowledge, and pioneered the use of the first syllable of Western language to create new Chinese characters for naming chemical elements. He translated it《

Chemical identification》Praised by the people of the timeChemical Classics "is the most influential translated book in the early days of modern chemistry being introduced to China. Li Hongzhang praised him for "emphasizing Western learning and pioneering my own style". Xu Shou is known as the "father of modern chemistry" for his exploration and practice of China's chemical industry.“化学善本”，是近代化学传入中国早期影响最大的一部译书。李鸿章称赞他“讲究西学，实开吾华风气之先”。徐寿以对中国化学工业的探索和实践，被誉为“近代的化学之父”。