1. If you don't know anything about the Book of Changes, I think the two books of contemporary sinologist Nan are excellent, which can stimulate students' interest in learning, understand the Book of Changes comprehensively and fairly, and master the Book of Changes comprehensively!
2. Starting from the knowledge of the origin of the Book of Changes, the Book of Changes can be divided into congenital changes and acquired changes. Congenital Yi is Fuxi Yi. The Book of Changes has only eight diagrams, Tai Chi pictures and heavenly stems and earthly branches, but no words.
The Book of Changes, written by King Wen, Confucius and Duke Zhou, represents the understanding of the Book of Changes by Zhou Wenwang, Duke Zhou, Confucius and later generations, but not all of them. Taiji Diagram, Eight Diagrams, Five Elements and Dry Branches are the most basic things in the Book of Changes, especially five lines of gossip.
3. Work hard on Taiji Diagram, Eight Diagrams, Five Elements and Main Branch System, and remember their directional distribution and restrictive relations.
First of all, how to understand:
1. The Book of Changes is called the Book of Changes, not a difficult book to learn, which means that the Book of Changes is a classic that is easy to learn. If the Book of Changes is difficult to get started, learn and master, it is a hall of the Book of Changes that shuts out the broad masses of the people and only allows a few people to master it, monopolizing culture and showing themselves! What is the Book of Changes? 《
The Book of Changes is the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors, the objective law of the universe and the general source of China culture ... because the Book of Changes is the general source of China culture and should belong to the category of culture, not science. Just like the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi and Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan, it is a cultural heritage, not a scientific heritage.
2. At present, experts and professors in academic circles have mentioned that Yi-ology has been divided into Yi-ology and Xiang-ology since ancient times:
3. The Yi School mainly studies literature, history and philosophy.
4. The practical application of image mathematics school, that is, skill mathematics school, is mainly based on prediction.
The more popular views are: academic school and folk school. The academic school pays attention to the study of Neo-Confucianism, while the people-oriented school pays attention to practical prediction, which accounts for the vast majority of scholars of Yi School. In fact, both schools are biased. The Book of Changes includes theory, elephants, numbers and occupations. These four parts are essential.
If there is no one, is it still called the Book of Changes? Theory, image, number and occupation must be combined, and this is the real Yi-ology scholar.
5. The functions of the Book of Changes should be summarized as two: first, epistemology: understanding the universe, understanding mankind and understanding everything. The second is methodology: teaching people how to adapt to nature, transform nature and benefit mankind.
Fourth: As the saying goes, learning the Book of Changes can speak, and learning the Book of Changes can calculate divination. Grandpa Mao said: the purpose of learning is to apply. The purpose of learning the Book of Changes is to apply what you have learned. Why else do you spend so much energy on this? The most basic function is prediction. A real Yi-ology scholar should start from the macro, macro, micro and small aspects!