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The eighth
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Worldly affairs are
like a chess game, whose final phase arrives early
Working together with common goals, yet great disaster descends
The leopard has died, but its skin is still left
The best autumn scenery is in Chang’an
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The ninth
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The fire dragon rises
from hibernation and the sorrow of Yan Gate sets in
The original precious stone meets with tribulation, and Zhao withdraws
With a courtyard of gorgeous flowers, the spring has her master
The windstorm continues through the night, but there is no need to worry
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The tenth
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Dots of plum blossoms
herald the arrival of spring in Heaven and on Earth
If you want to know what will happen, ask Bo and Fu for the causes
Peaceful days will naturally come to this world
Making his home wherever he is, who is the host and who is the guest
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“Worldly affairs are like a chess game, whose final phase arrives early”
Explanation: Things in the world have always been like a chess game, with the
wicked international alliance of communist countries as one side and free societies
as the other side. Ten years ago, the game had already come to the point of
defeat for the side of the wicked communist regimes.
“Working together with common goals, yet great disaster descends”
Explanation: The wicked international alliance of communist regimes has completely
disintegrated. Ninety percent of its countries abandoned the evil communism.
And that truly spelled imminent disaster for the evil Communist party.
“The leopard has died, but its skin is still left”
Explanation: The Soviet Union was like a leopard. The malevolent communist
system has disintegrated, but on the surface its skin remains, and the Chinese
government has inherited it. [You can say this] because today’s Chinese people,
too, no longer believe in communism, and it’s merely that those in power in
China want to use the form of the malevolent communist party to maintain their
regime.
“The best autumn scenery is in Chang’an”
Explanation: China’s current leaders themselves don’t believe in the CCP. Their
specific purpose is to use the superficial form of the malevolent CCP to keep
hold of power. That’s why they do everything possible to disguise the false,
so-called “great situation.” No matter how beautiful the “best autumn scenery”
is (which is also the party’s final moment), autumn scenery naturally doesn’t
last long. Chang’an2 also refers to China’s capital, and here it
refers to China in a general sense.
“The fire dragon rises from hibernation and the sorrow of Yan3
Gate sets in”
Explanation: In the lowest dimension of the heavens,4 the malevolent
CCP ’manifests as an evil red dragon. This line alludes to the “June 4th”
incident5 in which students and many others were massacred in Tiananmen
Square after appealing to the government.
“The original precious stone meets with tribulation, and Zhao withdraws”
Explanation: “The original precious stone” is a general reference to China,
which has a five-thousand-year history. It met with this tribulation. Zhao Ziyang6
was attacked and ousted as a result.
“With a courtyard of gorgeous flowers, the spring has her master”
Explanation: Before July 20, 1999, Falun Dafa disciples were everywhere in
Mainland China, spread all over the country and wearing Falun Gong pins, and
posters of Dafa’s Falun could be seen everywhere—they looked like gorgeous flowers.
“The spring has her master” means that in the spring of a certain year, the
persecuted Dafa disciples will meet their Master in an open and dignified manner.
“The windstorm continues through the night, but there is no need to worry”
Explanation: In light of history, the persecution of Dafa disciples is, no
matter how rampant the evil gets, nothing to worry about, just like a full night’s
windstorm—day will break as soon as the windstorm is over.
“Dots of plum blossoms herald the arrival of spring in Heaven and on Earth”
Explanation: The Dafa disciples who have come through the test of the harsh
winter are all over the world and all over Mainland China, like the plum blossoms
that brave frost and snow, telling of spring’s arrival. This is the moment when
the Fa rectifies the human world.
“If you want to know what will happen, ask Bo and Fu for the causes”
Explanation: “Bo” and “Fu” are two divinatory terms. When “Bo” reaches the
extreme, “Fu” is bound to happen; it also means that things reverse when they
reach the extreme. History is like a revolving (zhuan) wheel (lun),
and there’s sure to be consequences for what transpired before. All of human
history has been arranged for this Fa-rectification.
“Peaceful days will naturally come to this world”
Explanation: Having gone through all kinds of tests from the evil, Dafa disciples
move towards a wonderful future as the evil dies out.
“Making his home wherever he is, who is the host and who is the guest”
Explanation: Since Master came to the public in 1992 to impart the Fa, he has
spent much of his time traveling far and wide to impart the Fa, and he has made
his home wherever he is. The second half of this line, “who is the host and
who is the guest,” alludes to the question of who is [really] the host and who
is [really] the guest—on the stage of history, who plays the supporting role
and who plays the main role? Even this human civilization is made for Dafa,
created for Dafa.
—Orally relayed by Master impromptu on July 3, 2001, recorded by students,
and published with Master’s approval.
1. An ancient, well-known Chinese poem commonly thought of as a prophecy.
2. Chang’an (chahng-on)—the former capital of China.
3. Yan (yen)—an ancient term that sometimes refers to Beijing.
4. In Chinese thought, “heaven” refers to any dimension or level above that
of humans.
5. A reference to the 1989 student democracy uprising in Beijing.
6. Zhao Ziyang (jao zz-yahng)—the Premier and General Secretary of the CCP,
ousted after the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
