Why was the Book of Changes banned?

From ancient times to the present, in a strict practical sense, there is no such name as "Zhouyi" as a banned book, and all dynasties have never completely banned everyone from reading Zhouyi. However, in ancient times, that is, before the Eastern Han Dynasty, the social class was clear, so the cultural knowledge and books were in the hands of the royal family, especially the books with distinctive themes such as Zhouyi, which were immediately included in the books that the royal nobles could read, but ordinary people could not see them.

Many people like to learn the Book of Changes, because it can increase one's wisdom and improve one's quality. At the same time, The Book of Changes is also an ancient book that can understand the life of the ancients. However, it should be noted that the Book of Changes is an ancient product, which is difficult to read and gives people a sense of metaphysics that is too mythical. In fact, this is a misunderstanding of the Book of Changes.

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The Book of Changes contains simple and profound natural laws and harmonious dialectical thoughts, and is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation for 5,000 years. He understands and grasps the world from the perspective of holism, and regards man and nature as an organic whole that is mutually inductive, that is, "the unity of man and nature". The Book of Changes has long been used as a "soothsayer". "Divination" is to predict the development of future events, and The Book of Changes is a book that summarizes the laws and theories of these predictions.

The Book of Changes, known as the head of ten thousand classics and the source of avenues, is the general program of China traditional culture. All-encompassing, it is an outstanding representative of Chinese culture; Vast, subtle and all-encompassing, it is also the source of Chinese civilization. Its content involves philosophy, politics, life, literature, art, science and many other fields, and it is a classic of Confucianism, Taoism and other schools.