Zhou Xiaozhou fortune-telling

When it comes to divination, many people will think of the Book of Changes, King Wen, Bible, Tarot cards and so on. Yes, there have been many records of divination culture since ancient times, and there are also many sages and kings in it. Let's take a look at the divination culture in Zhouyi today, and there are still many unsolved mysteries.

Let me talk about what divination is first. Divination refers to the use of tortoise shells, copper coins, bamboo sticks, cards or astrology to infer the future good and bad fortune, analyze problems and point out the maze for the parties. It originated from primitive people. Primitive people lacked sufficient knowledge of the development of things, so they used natural signs to show their actions. However, natural signs are not common and must be tested manually, so the method of divination came into being.

The Book of Changes records that the Book of Changes says: "There are four ways for a saint: the speaker is still loyal to his words, the mover is still loyal to his changes, the device is still loyal to his image, and the speaker is still responsible." Zhouyi originated in Fuxi, when there were only images and no words. Zhou Wenwang evolved into sixty-four hexagrams, also called "haiku". Duke Zhou gave the sage Yi Ci, and finally Confucius wrote Ten Wings. History is called "Four Saints of the Book of Changes", among which divination, of course, is also the Book of Changes, and it has never changed from its sect. But more strictly speaking, the origin of divination is earlier than Zhouyi.

Usually people associate Zhouyi with divination and think that Zhouyi is divination. If there is no theory and method of divination in Zhouyi, people certainly can't understand it. But if there are theories and methods of divination in Zhouyi, we really can't talk about it. Many people also think that the hexagrams in the Book of Changes are oracles. So the Book of Changes is divination?

People say that it is a kind of divination, and most of them regard Zhouyi as a chaotic and illogical text. If there is any theory in the study of divination, it is what people who study it often say: simplicity, change and difficulty. However, we find that the understanding of Yijing by ancient and modern Yi scholars is not enough. Why did Zhouyi become an eternal mystery? For an unknown field, people often like to lead to mystery, and the interpretation of the hexagrams in Zhouyi is the key to a correct understanding of Zhouyi.