In the previous article "Hexagram Style", I have basically explained the connection between images and numbers in "Zhouyi". The so-called images are the 64 hexagrams obtained after the eight trigrams are mixed. The so-called numbers are not just numbers, but the abstract application of Dayan numbers. By linking the two together, you can predict the future. "The Analects of Confucius·Shu Er Pian": Confucius said: "Add me a few years, fifty to learn "Yi", it will not be a big mistake." Confucius also lamented that he learned Yi too late and had no time to write down what he had learned after enlightenment. There is only one sentence in his writings: "Hear the Tao in the morning and die in the evening."
However, later generations of researchers separated images and numbers; those who valued images discussed the Book of Changes as the way for a gentleman to be virtuous, while those who valued laws deduced numbers for divination and became gods of rivers and lakes. Stick tool. To this day, "Book of Changes" and "Shu Shu" are still divided into two categories, some are superstitious dross, or they are empty talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality in Chinese studies.
Let’s get to the point and talk about the principle of hexagram translation in the Zhouyi:
I have talked about the content of the eight trigrams before, and the wrong hexagrams form the 64 hexagrams of the Zhouyi. Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Gen, Zhen, Xun, and Dui are the eight pure hexagrams, which govern the eight palaces, as shown in the first column of the picture above.
The eight hexagrams of the Qian Palace are: Qian is the sky, Tianfengqiao, Tianshan escape, Tiandibu, Fengdiguan, Shandipi, Huodijin, Huotiandayou.
The eight hexagrams of Kun Palace are: Kun is the earth, earth is thunderous, earth is luxuriant, earth is tiantai, thunder and sky are strong, zetian is strong, water and sky need, water and earth are compared.
The eight hexagrams of Kan Palace are: Kan is water, Shui Zejie, Shui Lei Tun, Water and Fire are both beneficial, Ze Huo Le, Lei Huo Feng, Earth Fire Ming Yi, Earth Water Master.
The eight hexagrams of Li Gong are: Li is Fire, Volcano Brigade, Fire and Wind Cauldron, Fire and Water are not Ji, Shanshui Meng, Fengshui Huan, Tianshui Litigation, Tianhuo Tongren.
The eight hexagrams of Gen Palace are: Gen is the mountain, mountain fire is strong, mountain and sky are big animals, mountain and lake are damaged, fire is in the sky, Tianze is in the sky, wind and Zezhongfu, wind and mountain are gradually.
The eight hexagrams of Zhen Gong are: Zhen is thunder, Lei Di Yu, Lei Shui Jie, Lei Feng Heng, Di Feng Sheng, Shui Feng Well, Ze Feng Da Guo, Ze Lei Sui.
The Eight Diagrams of the Xun Palace: Xun is the wind, Fengtian small animal, Fenghuo family, Fenglei benefit, Tianlei Wuwu, Fire and thunder bite, Mountain thunder Yi, Mountain wind Gu.
The eight hexagrams of Dui Gong are: Dui Weize, Ze Shui Kang, Ze Di Cui, Ze Shan Xian, Shui Shan Jian, Dishan Qian, Lei Shan Xiao Guo and Lei Ze Guimei.
The first hexagram of each palace is called the Bachun hexagram, the seventh hexagram of each house is called the wandering soul hexagram, and the third hexagram is called the returning soul hexagram. The five elements attributes of each heavy hexagram are the same as the attributes of the palace in which it is located. In other words, the eight hexagrams and five elements of the Qian Palace are all gold, the eight hexagrams and the five elements of the Kun Palace are all earth, and so on. There is a rule in this classification method: the five changes of pure hexagrams and the hexagrams of Deshi. The six changes are reversed and the wandering soul is obtained. The wandering soul's body changes and the soul returns.
The hexagram translation method embodies the philosophical thought of the "Book of Changes" in practical application, that is, "one yin and one yang are called the Tao, the yang pole produces yin, and the yin pole produces yang", which is mainly reflected in the hexagrams In the changes of yin and yang of old yin and old yang. In practical application, the change of yin and yang is the gateway for the development and transformation of things. The so-called seizing the opportunity is to grasp the juncture of the change of yin and yang, so as to achieve the ultimate goal of turning disaster into good luck, pursuing good luck and avoiding disaster, and achieving the ultimate goal of peace and prosperity.