Learn knowledge about Zhouyi: Beginner’s introduction to Zhouyi Bagua

Let me tell you some basic knowledge about Zhouyi Bagua for beginners.

1. Wood, fire, earth, metal, and water are the basic biochemical elements of the universe. They are everywhere, and they circulate and counteract each other to maintain a dynamic balance.

2. "Wood, fire, earth, metal, and water" are mutually reinforcing and incompatible, that is: "wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood" and "wood restrains earth." , Fire defeats metal, earth defeats water, metal defeats wood, water defeats fire."

Bagua: Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui.

The symbolic meanings of "Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, Dui" in the Eight Diagrams are "healthy, smooth, moving, entering, sinking, beautiful, stopping, and joyful", which are basically different. Changed.

Bagua hexagrams:

Qian hexagram represents "heaven", Kun hexagram represents "earth";

Zhen hexagram represents "thunder", Xun (xùn) The hexagram represents "wind";

The hexagram Kan represents "water", and the hexagram Li represents "fire";

The hexagram Gen (gèn) represents "mountain", and the hexagram Dui represents "ze" .

Bagua Gua De:

Qian De is "healthy", Kun De is "Shun";

Zhen De is "Dong", Xunde De is "Dong" "Enter";

Kande means "trap", Lide means "li" (attachment);

Gende means "stop", Duide means "shuo" (joy) .

"Heaven" symbolizes "strong" and "active", "Qian" means "healthy"; "Earth" symbolizes "supply", "passive", "Kun" and "Shun" They are borrowed words from each other; "Lei" symbolizes "fear and shock"; "Wind" symbolizes the all-pervasive "En"; "Xun" and "Xuan" are synonymous, and "Xuan" can enter "En"; "Shui" "" symbolizes "beauty", "li" and "li" are synonymous; "mountain" symbolizes "stop"; "gen" and "limit" have the same shape; "ze" symbolizes "yue", and "dui" and "yue" have the same shape; Ze is tamed water, and Kan is untamed water.

1. A brief explanation of the names in the "Book of Changes":

The meaning of Yi: there are basically four types, 1. The sun goes up and the moon goes down, which is Yi; 2. It changes like a lizard; 3. Turn complexity into simplicity; 4. Golden Crow, the big sun, life.

There are also three interpretations of scriptures: 1. The word "path", which means path; 2. Classics; 3. Methods.

Taken together, the role of the I Ching is to guide people to deeply observe various phenomena in nature, understand the scientific mysteries of the complementary and dialectical unity of heaven and earth, yin and yang, fully grasp the timing, location, and people, and compare them with each other. Realize the greatest value of life in a good environment. Teacher Zhang said that it involves three contents: philosophy, spiritual practice, and testing science, but in fact it involves six contents: science, mathematics, logic, philosophy, spiritual practice, and testing science. Therefore, it has become a classic of Taoism, Confucianism, and Yin-Yang Shushu. The three religions have different understandings and applications of it in their respective fields.