Reflections on studying the I Ching
Zhang Fen 09 Electronic Information Engineering 0908068038
In the past, I thought the "I Ching" was a fortune-telling book that predicted future good or bad luck. The "evil book" of misfortune and fortune. But when I started to study the "Book of Changes", I discovered that it is not only a book of divination, but more importantly, it is a philosophical masterpiece that understands life. It discusses a cosmic view that is divided into two and unites opposites, reveals the natural laws of the development and change of things, and points out the true meaning of life and the rules of intelligent life. It talks about astronomy in the upper part, geography in the lower part, and human affairs in the middle part. It is vast, profound and profound. It is not evil, but surprisingly righteous. It should be called "Qi Shu" to be appropriate. The Book of Changes is the main content of pre-Qin philosophy and the foundation of Chinese philosophy. Its function is to allow people to understand and apply the laws of nature. The sixty-four hexagrams and the three hundred and eighty-four lines of the Book of Changes all evolved from the eight trigrams. They are unpredictable and have a certain color of shooting you. In fact, this is a true reflection of the changeable nature of nature and its compliance with certain laws. Therefore, the materialist Xunzi said: "Those who are good at the Book of Changes do not do divination." It can be seen that the Book of Changes is not for people to predict good or bad luck, but for people to understand the philosophy from the hexagrams and line words, and to establish their outlook on life. It has certain reference value. The Book of Changes is the head of the group of classics, because the other classics all originated from here. It is the general source of China and the head of hundreds of schools of thought, so it is also the beginning of the group of classics. The Book of Changes was created by three ancients. Fuxi created the Bagua Diagram, King Wen of Zhou created the Sixty-Four Hexagrams, and Confucius wrote the "Ten Wings" for the Book of Changes, also known as the "Book of Changes." The origin of the Book of Changes is Fuxi. Fuxi's Bagua Diagram is a wordless heavenly book, a painting that opens the sky. It has experienced seven thousand years of testing until today, which is enough to prove that its truth is eternal. Fuxi's Bagua chart is composed of numbers and letters, and modern computers are also composed of numbers. It can be seen that Fuxi in China 7,000 years ago was also the originator of computers. This is also the pride of us Chinese people. King Wen's sixty-four hexagrams are also sixty-four codes, which reveal sixty-four laws between man and nature. We call Fuxi's Bagua, King Wen's Sixty-Four Hexagrams, and Confucius's "Ten Wings" the three golden keys of the I Ching. The I Ching fully demonstrates the complete system of natural development, and it is a treasure book that reveals the code of the universe. The Book of Changes not only teaches us how to behave,
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do things, do knowledge, read astronomy, and learn geography, but also we must do things according to the laws of nature. So we say that the I Ching is a great and immortal work. We must study the Book of Changes well.
What impressed me most about the "Book of Changes" are two words: "whole". The whole here is not only the whole of connection, but also the whole of development, and the whole of internal and external. The essence of Chinese culture is "Heaven and Man". "Unity" refers to the internal and external whole. According to my initial understanding, "whole" is the characteristic of Chinese civilization thought. It is on the basis of the source of "whole" that China has developed its splendid five thousand years. civilization.
Getting Started:
What book should I read first if I want to learn the Zhouyi?
Mr. Zhou Zuoren’s "Notes on the Zhouyi"