Why is the ancient Book of Changes, which talks about divination, ranked first?

What's the practical significance?

Why did the ancient Zhouyi, which talked about hexagrams, appear first?

What's the practical significance?

1. The outlook on life of ancient people. The ancients respected the way of divination. The Book of Changes, a book of divination culture and art, was also known in ancient times as the source of Tao, the first of the classics, and the book of teachings.

Yu Shinan, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, felt that if you can't do it, I won't make any progress in reading.

In the era when the main productive forces are outdated, people can't understand many things that happen in nature, such as why it rains and why people die.

Without understanding how nature works, we cannot address the threats posed by floods, earthquakes, landslides and tornadoes.

Without understanding the roots of differences in people's entire social and economic development, we cannot solve social cognitive problems such as financial crises, wars, and the gap between rich and poor.

Due to the limitations of high technology, it was difficult for ancient people to figure out where this difference originated. So the smart ancient people came up with a solution based on their original respect for gods.

This kind of worship first assumes that all walks of life in the world are filled with gods, such as the Lord of Hell, who is in charge of survival, and the God of Thunder and the Mother of Lightning, who is in charge of lightning strikes.

Zhou Yi Bagua Tang should not underestimate this assumption.

As the saying goes, everything depends on God, everything depends on God.

This sentence tells the ancients that the United States believed that human resources were relatively limited.

If there is a flood disaster, they can only pray to God for our protection and weather hardships.

On the one hand, they regard human subjective initiative as the necessary energy to change their own destiny; on the other hand, they look forward to the protection of gods, so as to maximize their strengths and avoid weaknesses.

This concept of the ancients can basically be seen from the "Book of Changes", such as 93 in "Zhouyi Qian Gua": A modest gentleman works hard all day long, and if he works hard at night, there is nothing to blame.

The meaning of this sentence is that a talented and modest gentleman works diligently every day, but at night, he must be alert to possible risks to prevent disasters.

At first glance, this kind of sentence expressing a hexagram seems a bit gratuitous. For example, what are the risks at night?

Can fortune telling really help you understand bad luck?

In fact, if Zhouyi looks at this statement purely from the perspective of hexagrams, it is very easy to fall into a logical dead end and completely confuse yourself.

Let's move away from divination and find another way.

Let us look at this sentence from the perspective of culture and art. At this time, the same sentence has become a talented and modest gentleman, and it is easier to avoid risks.

His point of view changed from looking at fate to advising people to do good, and the overall thinking immediately improved.

The risks of this night are also easy to understand.

On the one hand, in feudal society, unlike today, you can get light from light bulbs anytime and anywhere, even at night.

At that time, you only had to light the lamps the same way you lit candles and oil, which was very expensive.

On the other hand, there were many undeveloped forests in ancient times.

In inaccessible areas, they are likely to be besieged by wild beasts and poisonous snakes at night.

0 Pay attention to people's merits and good deeds.

It is to persuade people to avoid possible disasters by following error-free methods.

In addition, during normal times, they insist on maintaining good contact with their neighbors.

In an emergency, they can easily get through the crisis with everyone's help.

Zhouyi Bagua So when we treat the book "Zhouyi", we must not only know the meaning of the oracle bones contained in it, but also know the educational function embodied in each sentence.

The ancients praised this holy book based on the standards of treating others, participating in political discussions, and doing business.

One of the key reasons is that it can help us deal with some of the confusion in our daily lives.

The treatment of this confusion is not only based on Gen Gua's inner comfort, but also includes the life insights of the seniors contained in it.

For example, "Book of Changes" 94, comes from, there is no doubt that it is a great achievement.

You and we are friends.

This sentence tells you, don’t hesitate when you don’t do something.

When business people see business opportunities, if they have the opportunity to make big profits, they can do so immediately, so that they won't ignore the current opportunities.

If you see this sentence, you are a very uncertain person.

It is likely that you will be inspired when you see the determined attitude of the old-timers who wrote this sentence and its satisfactory results in the "Yugua".

In that case, "The Book of Changes" is really too much.

Zhouyi Many times, I feel that from 0755 to 79000, I wonder if this is the life wisdom that the seniors have learned throughout their lives and compiled into such a sacred book?

I wonder how you feel about the book "The Book of Changes"?

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