Why do you want to learn the Book of Changes and see how the Book of Changes destroys a person?

The Book of Changes is the first book in China. It is the first and the beginning of the group classics. Everything originated from here, which is the general source of Chinese culture and the beginning of hundred schools of thought. It was born in the Neolithic Age, which is an important symbol of China's entry into civilized society. It is not only the earliest civilized classics, but also has an important influence on Taoism, Confucianism, traditional Chinese medicine, writing, mathematics, philosophy and folk culture in China.

1. Why is the Book of Changes easy to learn?

Although the Book of Changes is a wordless gobbledygook, it has created eight symbols to describe eight natural phenomena that have a great impact on human survival, namely the above-mentioned gossip.

2. There are three key words in the Book of Changes, namely, Yin and Yang, Five Elements and Eight Diagrams. These are the only three words at the core of the whole book of changes. The eight diagrams symbol is an ancient language, and our use of the Book of Changes is equivalent to translating an ancient language into a modern language. Most of us know basic English. English has 26 letters, but how many letters are there in the ancient language of gossip? Only eight letters; How many words do you need to master to learn basic English communication? A conservative estimate is one or two thousand words. And how many words are there in the whole book of changes system? Only 64 words! 64 words cover the laws of life in the whole universe!

3. It is precisely because you only need to master 8 letters and remember 64 words to learn the Book of Changes. Therefore, the Book of Changes is a classic that is easy to learn. Many people find it difficult because they can't master and apply the Book of Changes even if they spend a lifetime on it without mastering simple methods and the wrong path.

The worse some people learn, the worse they get. In my opinion, learners have not mastered the ideological connotation and essence of learning The Book of Changes. We should pay attention to the following points:

1. To learn the Book of Changes, we must understand the idea that the extremes of things must be reversed, because this idea exists everywhere in the Book of Changes, such as being prepared for danger in times of peace, not coming too late, and so on.

This idea is permeated in many ancient books, or similar sentences express this idea. In Lao Tzu's words, it is "against the movement of Tao." "Lu Chunqiu Bo Zhi" said: All things must be lacking, and extremes must be reversed. "Yi" develops this concept more thoroughly. But it's not easy to really understand this meaning, but it's easy to say.

2. poor and flexible for a long time < under the copula >: if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will get through, and the general rules will last for a long time. The core of the Book of Changes is the famous "Three Changes Theory", namely, simplicity, change and difficulty.

the so-called "difficulty" means basic balance; "Change" means development and change, that is, imbalance; Simplicity means that all the most complicated things in the world can be summarized by the simplest symbols. Development, change and imbalance are absolute and eternal, while balance is relative and temporary.

it's a blessing from heaven, and it's good luck. Things are always changing, don't stick to a moment. For example, the divination of Fire and Water ji ji and the divination of Fire and Water Not Helpful.

The structure of Fire and Water ji ji seems to be a perfect divination, but it is not the last divination, and it can't be fixed in this state, which implies that things are endless.

There is a similar thought in Laozi: "It is better to be persistent and profitable than to be self-sufficient, and it cannot be guaranteed for a long time.

"Su Shi also said:" Gai will look at it from its own changes, then heaven and earth can't be in an instant.

"in life, it can be extended to-don't get into a dead end in everything. Things are always changing, so there is no need to get angry at the moment of unhappiness.

3. Self-improvement is familiar to everyone. "A gentleman should follow the example of Heaven and strive for self-improvement.".

that's what learning is like. there is no end to learning.

4. Dialectically, we must learn the Book of Changes together with Yin and Yang.

that is to say, you can't just look at the yang without looking at the yin. It's the same reason that you must look at the Kun, the Kan and the Tai. Doing is heaven, leaving can also be heaven.

The sky belongs to the Yang, but we can't stick to the fact that the sky belongs to the Yang. The sky belongs to the Yang as opposed to the earth belongs to the Yin. Without Yin, there is no Yang. A man and a woman, a man is a yang and a woman is a yin.

two men, the tall one is Yang and the short one is Yin; Standing for the yang and sitting for the yin; Fat is yang and thin is yin; Those who move are yang and those who move are yin. Spring, summer, autumn and winter, spring and summer belong to yang, autumn and winter belong to yin, spring belongs to yin, and summer belongs to yang.

The original concept of Yin and Yang should not be derived from the four seasons, but from the "immediate" method. The sun is Yang and the shadow is Yin. There is also a saying that it is obtained by watching the sun and the moon alternate. In fact, the above thoughts are all about the same, basically the same meaning.

5. Make something out of nothing. Understand what nothing is, and nothing is not nothing.

chapter 5 of Lao zi: "between heaven and earth, is it still charming?" Virtual and unyielding, moving more and more, talking more and counting less, it is better to keep the middle.

"If you can well understand why there is nothing between heaven and earth, you can understand what is nothing.

There is a similar statement in Chapter 45 of Laozi: Great profit is rushing.

Of course, it's easy to understand the literal meaning of this sentence. Just look at a translation, but it's useless. It's such an empty feeling that you have to feel and experience it yourself.

6. The holographic idea was first put forward by Dong Zhongshu with a similar concept, which is called "person's deputy days".

holographic thought may be widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. For example, ears, palms and soles of feet can represent your whole human body. It is also widely used in the field of Zhouyi prediction. Chinese culture values a certain connection between things, rather than dissecting a single thing infinitely.

Zhuangzi Tian Xia pian: A foot's worth of pestle, take half of it every day, and it will last forever. There are many sensations between human body and nature, so I won't give many examples here.

7. Always associate

When you see this side, you must think of the other side at the same time. When you are used to such things as 1+1=2 and G=mg, it is easy to be blocked and become absolute.

For example, someone asked whether the color of the representative was red or blue. Just because this book says red and that book says blue doesn't mean he is red or blue, he can also be white or other colors. Don't be what you see. For example, Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang are not specific things. Black and white are also Yin and Yang. Now you are holding the mouse and the back of your hand is also Yin and Yang. The above examples have been given.

for another example, Kun, there is a saying in the divinatory symbol that "a mare is a mare, and a mare is a mother." There is a saying in Elephant that the terrain is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with kindness. What characteristics does a mother have, bearing, containing and gestating, and being in harmony with the earth is an attribute, so Kun is the mother of the earth, and of course there are many others.