The "Book of Changes" is one of the oldest documents of the Han Chinese, and is respected by Confucians as the beginning of the "Five Classics". The Book of Changes uses a system of symbols to describe the simplicity, change, and difficulty of states, expressing the philosophy and cosmology of classical Chinese culture. Its central idea is to interpret the inherent characteristics and laws of natural operation and interpret the alternation of yin and yang to describe all things in the world.
The "Book of Changes" includes "Lianshan", "Guizang" and "Zhouyi". "Lianshan" and "Guizang" have been lost, and "Zhouyi" is the only scripture that has been passed down to later generations. .
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1. "Lianshan" uses the six qi of the four seasons as the guide for prosperity and decline, the Liujia value talisman as the coordinate for judging good and bad luck, and the three yuan and nine fortunes as the guide. Time and space transformation. It is different from the dialectical method that uses the objective theory of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth to guide the conceptual theory. Its innate Bagua chart, headed by Gen (mountain), mainly talks about the confrontation between Yin and Yang hexagrams.
2. "Gui Zang" is traditionally believed to be the "Book of Changes" of the Shang Dynasty. It has been lost after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. "Gui Zang" has 4,300 words, most of which have been lost and have been preserved. Yes, there are only hexagram names and line names of the sixty-four hexagrams.
3. "The Book of Changes" is said to have been written by King Jichang of Zhou Wen. "Yi Zhuan" influenced by Taoism and Yin-Yang School.
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