Who has read the Book of Changes? How much do you know about it? Tell me about it.

Yi is changeable, and Jing is law (or classic). That is, the Book of Changes, a rigorous philosophical work, can be used as divination in science. It is only because it is profound and difficult to understand that there are many far-fetched theories.

The Book of Changes is the oldest cultural classic in China and the first representative work of China traditional culture. Orthodox scholars of past dynasties praised it in many different languages. On the whole, they praised it as the "head of the group classics" and respected it very much. On the contrary, they think it is just an ancient divination book, which is close to the false words of Wu Zhu. It was only after Confucius' Biography of Zhouyi and many scholars in the past dynasties that the later talents blindly followed and respected it. What's more, since modern times, there have been many similar frivolous taunts. The Book of Changes was originally an ancient divination academic, but in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, through the collation and annotation of King Wen, it was put into the academic field of "Heaven and Man" from the scope of divination, thus the Book of Changes became the foundation of China's humanistic culture. Since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it has been studied and described by Confucius and scattered as the source of hundreds of academic thoughts. This is an undeniable fact.

Therefore, we should study the culture of China, whether it is Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or even Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism after the Tang and Song Dynasties. If we don't explore the Book of Changes, we will forget our ancestors. The general idea of China people is that whenever the Book of Changes is mentioned, people think of gossip, and when they think of gossip, they are associated with people who sing Peking Opera with goose feather fans and wear gossip robes. It seems that if you learn the Book of Changes, you can know half of the sky and all the underground. Whether it can reach this level is a big problem. Whether the Book of Changes contains so many things, and whether we can know the past and the future, is a very interesting question and a big one.

Just now, we talked about singing Beijing Opera. From the Book of Changes and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we can know that Chinese Peking Opera attaches great importance to facial makeup and costumes, and wears bagua robes on the stage. Now we look like demons, but in fact gossip represents the highest wisdom. Therefore, some people say that "The Book of Changes is a classic among classics, a philosophy in philosophy and wisdom in wisdom", which is our own view of advocating the Book of Changes from the standpoint of standard culture.

In addition, we see facial makeup in Peking Opera, and some people draw Artest Pool on their foreheads, which shows that the dramatist's mind is full of wisdom-knowing astronomy above and geography below. From the artistic expression of this play, we can see the degree to which the position of the Book of Changes in China culture is valued by ordinary people. This is the bright side; On the negative side, when it comes to the Book of Changes, people associate it with charlatans who run around, tell fortune, watch feng shui and divination. Either way, it shows that we don't know enough about our own culture. Today, I began to learn the Book of Changes. The route I took is because most people have never been exposed to the Book of Changes before, so let everyone know how to read the Book of Changes first, starting with how to know and understand the Book of Changes. As for in-depth research, some people have studied it all their lives and still haven't figured it out. There are many places, including me. I've been studying for most of my life, just like a beginner. In fact, I'm afraid to talk about it myself. I think I am too superficial to report to you, but I can offer you something, just a stepping stone.

Jie Wei Jingjing

Now let's talk about the ancient people's attention to the Book of Changes. When the Book of Changes is mentioned in the Book of Rites and Interpretation of the Five Classics, it is said: "Pure and subtle, easy to teach." It is said that this is the conclusion reached by Confucius after finishing the Book of Changes and his comments on the Book of Changes. The word "quiet dive" seems simple, but in fact it has a wide meaning. "Interpretation of the Book of Changes" contains religious and philosophical meanings, that is to say, after studying the Book of Changes, his psychological thoughts and emotions are very clean and quiet. The word "subtle" is scientific, so people who study the Book of Changes should be very calm. I often tell young students my experience: "Don't read the Book of Changes at night." They don't believe it, because the elders say that the Book of Changes can ward off evil spirits, and all evil spirits are afraid of the Book of Changes. Some people are very ill, and putting a book of changes on the pillow can exorcise ghosts. They also say that ghosts and gods are uneasy after reading the Book of Changes, so they don't watch the Book of Changes at night. But I like reading the Book of Changes at night best, but it's over when I read it at night. I dare not read it in the future, because I can't sleep all night when I read the Book of Changes at night. The more I study, the more I will find the answer to a question endlessly, and at the same time I will find another new answer. In this way, I will keep discovering problems and new truths, and it will dawn before I know it. So, I deeply realized what the ancients said, "I don't know how long spring has passed", and I don't know when a spring passed. Time has passed. Why don't you know? Because the study of the Book of Changes requires a very calm mind and very precise thinking, the teaching of the Book of Changes is "pure and subtle", which is Confucius' evaluation of the Book of Changes and is so serious.

However, in the interpretation of the Five Classics, there are also negative criticisms of the Book of Changes. How can I put it? It said that the abuse of the Book of Changes is: "It is also a thief." It is a word "thief". People who have learned the Book of Changes will be furtive and furtive if they don't take the right path and take the wrong path. They will pick up goose feather fans and fan others to rebel. This is the best evaluation of the Book of Changes in our own culture, and a thief's judgment is very wonderful.

Historically, Feng Wang in the Han Dynasty and Yu Shinan in the Tang Dynasty (prime minister in Taizong, "secretary-general" when starting a business, and personal good friends) praised the Book of Changes, saying, "You can't get married without reading." People who don't learn the Book of Changes can't be a good prime minister or a good general, so it is so important to admire the Book of Changes.

After we know this, we can at least encourage ourselves to find out what this book left by our ancestors is about. For example, some people think that there is evil in the opposite side of the house, so they go to the street to buy a gossip and hang it at the door, as if it can be insured. What's the role in this? Is there such an effect?

Sanyi

Yi Xue is so important, how should we study it? It should be noted that the annotation of the Book of Changes in your hand is only a part of China's knowledge of the Book of Changes. The name of this book is Zhouyi, which is the conclusion that Zhou Wenwang reached when he studied the Book of Changes in prison. Our Confucian culture, Taoist culture, and even the whole culture of China began to develop after King Wen wrote the Book of Changes. Therefore, the theory of a hundred schools of thought stems from these hexagrams drawn in this book and the Book of Changes. In fact, there are two kinds of I Ching, one is called Lian Yi Shan, the other is called Gui Zang Yi, and together with the I Ching we have at hand, it is called San Bian. The Book of Changes in Lianshan is the Book of Changes in Shennong era, and the position of the eight diagrams drawn is different from the Book of Changes. The Book of Changes in the era of the Yellow Emperor was the Book of Changes in Tibet. Lianshan Yi began with the root of hexagrams, Guizang Yi began with hexagrams Kun, and in Yijing it began with the stem of hexagrams, which is the difference between the three Yi. Speaking of which, there should be a concept. Now people talk about the Book of Changes, often confined to this Book of Changes, because some people say that Lian Shan Yi and Gui Zang Yi have been lost. Actually, is there any more? This is a big problem. It can be said that this set of things in the "Jianghu" that we China people are talking about now, such as medicine, geomantic omen and Taoism, are the combination of the two Yi-ology, namely, linking mountains and returning to Tibet.

Three principles of the book of changes

In addition to joining the mountains and returning to Tibet, the Book of Changes itself has a principle, also called "three changes", which means that the Book of Changes includes three principles: first, change; Second, simplicity; Third, it is not easy. To learn the Book of Changes, we must first understand the truth of these three principles.

(1) Bianyi

First, the so-called change is that the Book of Changes tells us that everything in the world, people in the world and even everything in the universe are unchanged. In time and space, nothing, nothing, no situation, no idea is unchangeable, impossible and must be changed. For example, when we sit here, the first second we sit down is already changing, and the next second is different. Different times, different environments, different moods and different spirits. Anytime, anywhere, everything is changing and must be changed. Nothing is the same. Therefore, to learn the Book of Changes, we must first know "change". People with advanced wisdom not only know the change, but also can adapt to it. This is why we can't learn the Book of Changes.

From this, we also know a term "impermanence" in Indian Buddhism. This term has gradually become superstitious by some Buddhists. There is a ghost carved in the Town God Temple. It is tall and thin, wearing a white robe and hat, and has a long tongue. It is called "white impermanence". It is superstition to say that people will die when this "ghost" comes. In fact, the word "impermanence" is a kind of Buddhism, which means that nothing in the world can exist forever, so it is called "impermanence", which is the reason for the changes in the Book of Changes. The principles of the Book of Changes in our China culture. Everything in the universe is immutable and must be changed. This is a principle. On the other hand, Indians are concerned about phenomena. For example, when the house is built, it will definitely fall down in the future, and people will be born sick, old and dead. This is the so-called "impermanence" phenomenon

(2) Simplicity

The second simplicity is that everything in the universe, many of which are beyond our wisdom and knowledge. Here is a question that I often tell my friends, which can also be said to be a philosophical comparison. The phenomenon of "nothing in reason" between heaven and earth is that our experience is not enough, scientific experiments have not yet appeared, and "nothing in reason" is that our wisdom is not enough. In other words, everything in the universe has its reason. If there is such a thing, it must have its principle, but we are not wise enough and experienced enough to understand its principle. The simplicity of the Book of Changes is also the highest principle. Anything mysterious in the universe, when we have enough wisdom to understand it, it becomes ordinary, the most ordinary and very simple. When we watch Zhuge Liang in Beijing Opera, we can know the past and the future by sticking out a few fingers and taking turns pinching them. Is there such a truth? Yes, there is this method. After the ancients understood the laws of the Book of Changes and the things in the universe, they arranged the gossip patterns on the knuckles, coupled with the relationship between time and space, and arranged mathematical formulas to calculate things. This simplifies such a complicated truth, so it is called simplicity. Then, the Book of Changes first tells us that things in the universe are changing at any time. Although the law of change is very complicated, the complex phenomenon of everything in the universe is very simple after we understand the principles and principles.

(3) Not easy

Third, it is not easy. Everything is changing at any time and anywhere, but one thing will never change, and that is what can change everything, and that is eternity. What is that thing? Religious scholars call it "God", "God", "Teacher", "Buddha" and "Bodhisattva". Philosophers call it "ontology" and scientists call it "function". No matter what its name is, there is such a thing, it is immutable, and so is this "it" that can change everything, everything and everything.

These are the three principles of the Book of Changes, which should be understood first.

Reason, image and number

After understanding these three principles, there are still three laws to be understood, which are the three connotations of the Book of Changes at hand: reason, bifurcation and number.

These basic principles must be remembered in order to learn the Book of Changes. Now explain these three words first.

Everything in the universe-life, emotions, thoughts ... has its principles and reasons according to the Book of Changes. In our modern concept, reason belongs to philosophy, and everything in the universe has its reason and image; Conversely, any phenomenon in the universe must have its reasons, and at the same time, every phenomenon must have its number. For example, this tape is used for recording. It can record for many reasons, such as the appearance, size and sound of the tape, which is its image; This tape can be recorded in a few minutes. It has several lengths and widths. This is its serial number. Everything has its reason, its image and its number.

Therefore, when learning the knowledge of the Book of Changes, some people interpret the Book of Changes with reason, some with images, and some with numbers. Ancient people knew everything by counting with their fingers, which is why they understood simple numbers. Everything in the universe has its number, which is an inevitable process. For example, we lift the teacup on the table and swing it from side to side, which is the image; And how many degrees you swing from side to side and how many seconds you swing at a time, you have its number; Why do you want to swing? There is a reason-it is my actions that let everyone know more specifically the truth, image and figures in the Book of Changes. Therefore, every hexagram, every hexagram and every point in the Book of Changes contains three meanings: reason, image and number. People in the world, the relationship with this world is constantly changing. As long as it is a change, it contains its reasons, images and figures. If people's wisdom understands the reason, image and number of things, they will know the changes of things. When each phenomenon reaches a certain amount, it will definitely change. Why did it change? It makes sense. If you fully understand this, everything will be easy to understand. If you understand reason, image and number, you will know change, communication and performance, and you will know everything before.

I often tell my classmates that it is best not to delve into the subject of Yi. If I go in, I can't climb out, just like me. If you must learn, you'd better learn only half. If you really learn the Book of Changes, life will be tasteless. For example, I want to go out, because I learned Yi, and I know that I will fall when I go out this time, so I don't go out and don't bother to move a step. What's the taste of this life? Why study? So I said it's best to learn only half as easily, and I feel endless mystery, such as exploring the road in the dark, which is quite interesting to be fascinated; When you walk at dawn, there is a pit in front of you, and you will fall. If you see it clearly, you will not walk. It can be seen that learning the Book of Changes is very boring, so why study it? Having said that, learning the Book of Changes has really succeeded, and it is also used to talk about the Book of Changes; What I am talking about now is the Book of Changes, which shows that it is half-baked and unreasonable. People like me who can't understand, blowing these things here can also help everyone feel the road; People who really know Yi may come here to talk about it, because he knows that we people are so blind and pathetic. He has a good eye and likes to lead the way.

At this point in theory, let's study gossip.

Play hard and get what you want.

Now that we are studying the Book of Changes, there is a rule to grasp. This rule is in the book at hand, which Confucius said after studying the Book of Changes. His sentences are wonderful. He said, "You can have whatever you play." It is best to learn the Book of Changes by playing mahjong. If you carve gossip on the mahjong board, it will be very interesting to touch. Confucius taught us to read other books with a serious attitude. Only by teaching us to learn the Book of Changes, should we be responsive and play every day. When I was a child, I read the Book of Changes. The teacher was very painful. When asked what these words were, he didn't speak. Maybe he doesn't understand them either, only the words in the book. Later, when I was older, I gradually came into contact with this thing and found that I needed to play. At first, I used chess to draw gossip, and later I simply switched to mahjong. I always wanted to switch to computers, but unfortunately I didn't have time to study and make them. It's like playing with astronomical instruments in the science museum, so I have to "find" the Book of Changes. What do you want to play Play divination.

I am glad to answer your questions and welcome you.