Brief introduction of Zhouyi of China Zhouyi Association

The Book of Changes is known as the head of the group classics, the source of China's national culture and China's philosophy, and the treasure of oriental culture. Simply put, Yi-ology includes three aspects: reason, image and number. Reason is to explain everything in the universe in a philosophical way; Image: Explain things and phenomena in the universe in a theoretical and scientific way. Numbers: Every phenomenon has a number in it. Korea attaches importance to image number, while Yi Song attaches importance to reason. Zhouyi is a masterpiece of philosophy, sociology and natural science. Its essence is the theory of Yin-Yang syndrome differentiation and the theory of Yin-Yang balance, which has a great influence on China traditional culture and science. "Sikuquanshu Yi Lei" said: "Yi Dao has a vast territory and is all-encompassing, with astronomical geography, music theory, art of war, phonology and arithmetic as its sides, so it can be said that it can catch the fire outside the party." "Zhuangzi Tianxia" says "Yi Dao Yin and Yang". Sima Qian said: "Easy to be civilized." This captures the philosophical essence of Zhouyi, especially the philosophical connotation of the opposition between Yin and Yang.

Interpretation of Zhou:

According to the Book of Changes written by Zheng Xuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Zhou" means "the meaning of Zhou Pu", which means everything is ready and capricious. The law of the change of everything in the universe.

Interpretation of Yi:

1, easy to get its name from lizards, lizards are pictographs, according to Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi; Lizards can change color, commonly known as "chameleon", so the change meaning of "Yi" is the extended meaning of lizards.

2. It must be pointed out that the understanding of "Yi" in the Western Zhou Dynasty should be based on the reform of the ritual and music system in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Etiquette refers to the festival of leisure, that is, easy music, which are the means and tools for the ruling class to control the people and maintain the patriarchal clan system. The Book of Changes preserved the framework of the symphony of bells and drums in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the eating and drinking of bells and drums was unimaginable in the bottom society of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

3, the sun and the moon are easy, symbolizing yin and yang, suggesting that yin and yang cycles alternate.

Sunrise is easy. Chen Guying thinks this meaning is also the original meaning of "dry".

5. Yi is the name of divination.

6. Change and invariance mean that everything in the world is constantly changing, so Zhouyi is a book that teaches people to face change.

7. Trading, that is, the mutual change between yin eliminating yang and yang eliminating yin. As shown in the general taiji diagram.