What should I learn first when I get started with the Book of Changes?

In my opinion, beginners should first work hard on the main properties of the Eight Classics hexagrams, and apply these basic knowledge to the study and analysis of each hexagram. Over time, they will gain a lot.

Beginners must attach importance to the method of learning the Book of Changes with the help of the Book of Changes, be willing to make some "stupid" efforts in this respect, and be brave and good at independent thinking.

For example, people can learn the basic properties of the Eight Classics hexagrams by studying the exposition of Yi Zhuan-Shuo Gua, and use these properties to analyze and understand the meaning of the sixty-four hexagrams.

"Yi Chuan Shuo Gua" said: "Dry, healthy. Kun, Shunya. The earthquake, also. Xun, into the also. Chatter, sleepy. Ye Li Ye Li. Root, stop. Exchange, say it. " Beginners should never ignore the above passage simply because it is simple, but should memorize these conclusions and apply them flexibly in the analysis of the sixty-four hexagrams.

For example, if you read a lot of books that analyze hexagrams, there will be many statements that you may not understand. But with the help of Yi Zhuan, you won't have no idea and grasp at all. You will think that the basic nature of Thai hexagrams is rigid inside and soft outside, healthy inside and smooth outside.

Zhouyi is not a coherent book, but a compilation of a series of classic documents.

The Book of Changes, including the Book of Changes and The Book of Changes, is a compilation of documents explaining the Book of Changes by later generations, with seven kinds and ten volumes, so it is also called "Ten Wings". They are: promise words (up and down), mutual words (up and down), cohesion (up and down), divination, preface divination, classical Chinese and miscellaneous divination. The Book of Changes includes divination names, divination images, divination words and diction, which is very simple and difficult to understand.