What does six hexagram mean?

Six hexagrams can not only refer to the combination of six yin and yang symbols arranged from bottom to top, but also refer to the method of divination by borrowing this combination.

The prediction of six hexagrams and eight diagrams is a law summarized by the ancients by observing the operation law of nature. Originated from Fang Jing's Najia system in the Western Han Dynasty. At first, 50 yarrow was used, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that "money was used instead of yarrow". The forecaster put three copper coins in his hand, clasped his hands, thought about what he had measured, and let the measured information melt into the copper coins. After shaking his hand, he put it in the divination tray and threw it six times.

Ibu, then change. Judging the development process and results of things by measuring the branches of divination on that day, six relatives and six beasts mainly rely on the words of combining the five elements with the Book of Changes. Six hexagrams is one of the most popular folk prediction methods, and its changes include the change of plum blossom and the fracture of Wang Wen's sixty-four hexagrams. It's much simpler than the authentic six-point method.

Because gossip can only represent eight natural phenomena, if we want to express more things or phenomena, we need to combine two hexagrams, which means that the combination of these eight natural phenomena can produce more natural things. This is the "complex divination", with 8864 kinds of complex divination. Two of the complex hexagrams are combined in a way of "up and down". The upper divination is called external divination or upper divination, and the lower divination is called internal divination or lower divination.

There are six hexagrams, so it is also called "six hexagrams". It can be understood as "communication", which represents the constant exchange and change of everything in the world and is the basic unit of gossip. Six hexagrams can be divided into three parts: the first hexagram and the second hexagram are the ground; Three and four are people; Five ideas, the best idea is heaven. These three parts are called "three talents". Heaven says yin and yang, tunnel says rigidity and softness, and humanity says benevolence and righteousness.

There has been a prediction of six hexagrams in Zhouyi, but the specific origin period is not explained in the literature.

In the Five Dynasties, the complicated method of big hexagrams in Zhouyi was simplified to the method of three copper coins in Huozhulin signed by Ma Yidao: put it in your hand, clasp your hands, think about what you have measured, shake your hands, put it in the hexagram plate, throw it six times, and make a hexagram. Ibu, then change. Combine the epigrams of the Book of Changes and the branches of time to predict the development process and results of things.

Six hexagrams is one of the most popular divination methods among the people, and its changes include plum blossom easy counting, Guanyin level, Wang Wen's 64 hexagrams breaking and so on. It's much simpler than the authentic six-point method. Liu Yi said, "One yin and one yang are quiet, and I am happy to know my destiny, so I don't worry." Six-hexagram method is relatively standard and easy. It is a skill that is easy to stay at home and must be learned.

Analysis of breaking hexagrams in Plum Blossom: It is suitable for hexagrams with a dynamic hexagram. For example, all hexagrams have a dynamic hexagram, which can be broken by this method. This method can also be used to break the hexagrams played in other ways, if there is any movement. The contents of divination include divination, dynamic rhetoric and classified divination.