Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, the 23rd day of the ninth lunar month

Today's Energy Guide

Today's hexagram:Tian Shan Dun（䷠）

The Book of Changes33 The hexagram states that there are mountains in the world, and one can escape and become virtuous.

The hexagram reveals that the nature of Qian Tian in the upper hexagram is strong and promising, while the nature of Gen Shan in the lower hexagram is static and unmoving. Although the heavenly force is strong, it avoids the top of the mountain, forming an image of Yang fading and Yin growing, and the wise retiring. The sky is on the mountain, high and far are difficult to reach; The mountain is quiet while the sky moves, symbolizing retreat and seclusion. As the sun sets, the wise know the opportunity and retreat. asThe exemplary hexagram of "retreat" reveals the wisdom of "timely retreat for self-protection" and forms a complementary philosophy of survival between yin and yang with "progress". Retreat is not an end in itself, but a means of advancing through retreat; True growth begins with a clear understanding of when and how to retire. Escaping itself is a kind of enlightenment - guarding the right in retreat, accumulating strength in concealment, and ultimately achieving the perfection of "no disadvantage".

Clouds do not have the heart to leave Xiu, birds fly wearily but know how to return.

——Tao Yuanming's "Farewell to Returning Home"

today in historyMao Yisheng in his later years

one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine

yearelevenmoontwelveChinese Bridge ExpertsMao YishengPassed away.He is an outstanding civil engineer, bridge expert, and educator in China. graduated fromPassed away.Southwest Jiaotong UniversityAfter studying abroad in the United States, he obtainedCornell UniversityMaster's degree and doctoral degree from Carnegie Institute of Technology in the United States.Mao Yisheng once presided over the construction of the first modern large-scale bridge designed and built by the Chinese themselves

——Qiantang River BridgeBecoming a milestone in the history of Chinese railway bridges; After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, he participated in the design againWuhan Yangtze River BridgeIn his later years, he wrote《History of Chinese Bridges》Ancient and New Bridges in China, etc.He has long been committed to engineering education and scientific research, serving as the president of several universities and the dean of the China Academy of Railway Sciences. He has trained a large number of engineering and technical talents and led the writing of several authoritative works, laying a solid foundation for China's modernization of transportation. His life was a model of patriotism, innovation, and dedication.

他长期致力于工程教育与科研，曾任多所大学校长和中国铁道科学研究院院长，培养了大批工程技术人才，并主持编写了多部权威著作，为中国交通现代化建设奠定了坚实基础。他的一生，是爱国、创新、奉献的典范。