What is the "Book of Changes"? This kind of answer is probably only understood by Chinese people. Foreigners don't like this kind of answer very much. No matter how you say it, it is right, but no matter how you say it, it is only partially right, and it cannot be completely right, because the "Book of Changes" is too big. In a big city like Beijing, no matter which way you come in, you will enter Beijing. City, but after coming in, I still can’t figure it out. Everyone only talks about part of it, and it’s hard to talk about it completely. That’s why people always have different opinions and have different biases. This is because everyone only sees a part of it. From one perspective, so to study the "Book of Changes", we must be more inclusive and respect each other.
How the "Book of Changes" was completed, we follow the general saying, two sentences; people update the three saints, and the world establishes the three ancients. There are three saints in human beings: Fu Xi, and then we count King Wen of Zhou, Duke Zhou, and their father and son as one family. This is very reasonable. Then Confucius, when was Fu Xi? In ancient times, King Wen of Zhou was in middle ancient times, and Confucius was in modern times, or it was called the ancient capital. It is the same. It has gone through a very long time and has experienced many saints. Therefore, it should be said that the "Book of Changes" is a collective creation. I think that almost everything we Chinese have is a collective creation. Very few It is said that one person completed it entirely.
"The Book of Changes" is vast and subtle, all-encompassing. There are two sentences that everyone is very familiar with: "It's so big that it has no outside, and its small that has no inside" ("Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals"). It's so big that it doesn't have the outside, it's big enough, and it's so small that it doesn't have the inside. We like to talk about systems today. The largest system in the world is the "Book of Changes". So what is the purpose of such a book? Some people will not believe it when I say it, and some people will be shocked, but I believe that after listening to the entire series, you will suddenly understand. "The Book of Changes" is a treasure book that unlocks the code of life in the universe. Do you think this conclusion is exaggerated? You said that so many scientists are working hard to unlock the code of the universe. They don't dare to say how such an ancient book can do such amazing things, so everyone is thinking, has it been solved yet? If it's not solved, isn't it empty? What's the use if you've been talking for a long time without any effect? ??We boldly explain it to you and solved it. After Confucius solved it, it has been more than 2,500 years now, but we are just small people and have never been big people. You see, the manifolds in society are all small people, so Confucius was very emotional, but we can't hear Confucius' emotion. He said, "People can promote the Tao, but it is not the Tao that promotes people." ("The Analects of Confucius: Wei Linggong"), Confucius said: The code of the universe has been unlocked, but it is up to people to carry it forward, rather than waiting for the code to decipher you. open. The only way people can spread the Tao is to use this code well. If you are not a Taoist, you can't lie here and wait for it to give you some help. That's wrong. Why do we have to unlock it when we talk about Confucius? Where is the code of the universe?
(Human beings have been using various methods to explore the mysteries of the universe since ancient times. But until today with highly developed science and technology, the universe is still a huge question mark for human beings. Then our ancestors were thousands of years old. How could we get the code to crack the universe years ago? )
Because we got three keys. The first key is called Fuxi Bagua. Almost every household has seen and passed the Bagua diagram. I just can't figure out what that does? That is a golden key that unlocks the code of the universe. How long have we had it in our hands? Seven thousand years. But we didn't realize it. We always thought it was fun and could ward off evil spirits. Even foreigners followed us and became confused. Foreigners now also hang Bagua pictures, but if you ask them, they say your Chinese stuff, how do I know? Fuxi's Bagua tells us one of the most basic secrets of the universe, called "Yin and Yang". You see, scientists have felt that objects must have the smallest basic elements. They have talked about it a lot, but they still can't say the two words yin and yang. And we talk about yin and yang all day long, but we don't know. It is the most basic component of everything in the universe. Yin and Yang are the most basic elements of everything in the universe.
The third modern term is called wide angle. For example, when we use wide angle for photography, we can’t just look at one place. When looking at the sky, we can’t just look at one place. You have to look more and look at all directions. This is called seeing very thoughtfully. , I thought it through very carefully, not missing anything, so it is called "Zhouyi". The word Zhou in "Zhouyi" has nothing to do with the Zhou Dynasty, but everyone says it is related. It is related because the dynasty of King Zhou Wen's family happened to be called Zhou. , in fact, we should think about it, King Wen of Zhou is a person who is proficient in Yili. He will not use his family name on a book. He will not do such a thing. This is taboo. Zhou is very It is meticulous, very detailed, and it flows continuously and reciprocates endlessly, so it is called "The Book of Changes".
Why did Mr. Fuxi draw hexagrams? Why? Many people say that he came to promote writing education in order to create characters, which is not right. If Fuxi created characters in order to create characters, his achievements would be very low, just like Cangjie. After Cangjie created characters, Cangjie's reputation was not as good as that of Fuxi. That's incomparable. Fortunately, Fuxi didn't create the characters. We created the characters based on his footprints. He did not invent words because he knew that the entire system was composed of images and numbers.
(Fuxi’s Bagua Diagram is composed of numbers and images, and modern high-tech electronic computers are also composed of numbers. From this point of view, the Fuxi family in China seven thousand years ago can be said to be a computer The originator of the book, so what is the relationship between the ancient "Book of Changes" and modern science? )
Okay, let's talk about a modern saying, and everyone will accept it, 0101 It forms a vast and endless international network. Science, modernization, and international integration. Our ancestors said seven thousand years ago that one yin and one yang produce all phenomena in the universe. They are exactly the same, but the words are different, because there were no such words at that time, and the world was originally the same. Yin and yang are yin and yang, but one yin and one yang cannot be interpreted as one yin and one yang. That is a big mistake. Just a little mistake will cause a lot of harm, so we must sort out all these details this time , don’t have any misunderstandings or distortions, lest you let down such a rare treasure that unlocks the code of the universe. It lies there quietly. If you ignore it, it will not ignore you. If you ignore it, it will not reject you. But how much you get is your own business, and it can't help you. This is called nature, and this is the real nature.
"The Book of Changes" is a system developed completely based on nature, so we Chinese learn from nature and use nature as our teacher. In addition, we must now note that everything Whether it is good or not, right or wrong, it should be tested by whether it is consistent with nature. It should be the most appropriate. The principles that the Chinese think of are all developed from nature. Having said that in one sentence, learn from nature, use nature as your teacher, and don’t be too arrogant. According to human beings, it is unnatural to do whatever they want. So everyone must be very concerned about whether science can do this now? sure. Science is something that human beings need very much, but Westerners lack this kind of science that naturally guides them. It is the Chinese who are beginning to use the laws of nature to standardize modern science, let it go on the right track, and let it help our people live a happy and healthy life. Our ancestors worked hard to develop this book, but we have not applied for intellectual property rights. We do not have it. We think it is something that everyone can use. Use it, and I will not charge you any fees. I think this is what it means. This is how you behave as a person.
(The "Book of Changes" is a system developed completely based on nature. Why did it later become the general source of Chinese philosophical thought? And why did the symbols Fuxi used to make weather forecasts become the code for deciphering the universe? The password of life? What is the practical significance of studying the "Book of Changes" for us modern people? In addition to the natural science part, this book also adds another part called: Human Ethics. In addition to natural science, our "Book of Changes" also adds human ethics and morality. Only the combination of these two things can represent the overall "Book of Changes".
Fuxi originally used symbols to tell everyone about weather changes. Later, he gradually realized that it was not just meteorology. It had many things directly related to life, and they would be developed from it. Is there any practical significance for modern people to study the "Book of Changes"? I think this question is also very important. If studying for a long time is useless, time is so precious. We can talk about it a lot, but according to the habit of "I Ching", we will probably only talk about three times at a time. , so we put forward the following three points for your reference.
The first point is that it can correct many specious concepts. We have too many concepts that make our minds unclear, but we don’t know it ourselves. Let me give you an example. It is very common today that everyone thinks This is right, it is called self-confidence. Whether people should have self-confidence cannot be answered with yes or no. According to the Book of Changes: Since God has blessed you, everything will be good and bad. It includes self-confidence, but when we Chinese talk about self-consciousness, we only talk about self-consciousness, self-reflection, self-examination, and self-discipline. We never talked about confidence. Nowadays, young people are too self-confident and self-confident, and they will never be happy in their lives, because people have controllable parts and uncontrollable parts. The controllable parts are up to me, but the uncontrollable parts are up to me. sky. Therefore, the Chinese people's confidence is in God, not in themselves. You can try if we turn an extra corner. We believe that God will bless people like us. If God does not bless people like us, then who will it bless? It's just like this. If God is removed and people have confidence, try it. You will be arrogant, arrogant, and overly self-centered. Then your interpersonal relationships will be very poor, and you will not be able to do anything well. We can give examples. Many of the so-called universal values ??we currently have are actually open to question. This can only be explained clearly after studying the "Book of Changes".
The second "Book of Changes" is both mysterious and moral. The reason why it is mysterious is because science was not developed before, and we had no way to explain it scientifically, so we had to wrap it up in Shinto. Now As our science develops, we can interpret all the mysteries in the Book of Changes in a modern (scientific) way. But there is no way to replace its morality. Therefore, the morality of the "Book of Changes" will be greatly promoted in the 21st century.
The third globalization is an inevitable trend that no one can stop. But now we see that there are fierce resistance to all global activities. Why is this? Because it will cause a lot of doubts, saying that after globalization, local culture will be completely wiped out, and no regional culture wants to be wiped out. At this time, everyone knew that only something as broad and inclusive as the "Book of Changes" could be solved with just four words: seek common ground while reserving differences. We will respect the culture of each region, but we will find the greatest common denominator among them to become the DNA of Datong. Only the Book of Changes can do this. To understand the "Book of Changes", we must first start with yin and yang. This is Fuxi's most remarkable and rare contribution. We are very familiar with it,
but we often use it wrongly. I saw these I Ching knowledge on the official website of Forecaster. They are for reference only. I hope it can help you.