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I read the classic Change and Life, Ceng Shiqiang.

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The Book of Changes is a well-known but profound ancient classic. Professor Ceng Shiqiang, a scholar in Taiwan Province, believes that The Book of Changes is the source of China's philosophy. If you understand the Book of Changes, you will understand life. How can we understand the Book of Changes? How did Professor Ceng Shiqiang begin to learn the Book of Changes? Please pay attention to what Ceng Shiqiang, a professor at Taiwan Province Normal University, said in my classic series The Book of Changes and Life.

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The Book of Changes is the oldest and most mysterious classic in China. People think it is profound, but they are very eager to understand it and master it. Thousands of years have passed, but in the unpredictable modern society, this ancient and mysterious classic has become a tool for some people to predict their fate. Professor Ceng Shiqiang, a scholar in Taiwan Province, believes that the Book of Changes is the source of China's philosophy. The word "easy" means change. Gua is just a phenomenon, there is no difference between good and bad gua. The Book of Changes actually tells us how to know the world and ourselves. So as to achieve "change in persistence" and "gain optimism". So is the Book of Changes difficult to understand? When did Professor Ceng Shiqiang begin to study the Book of Changes? How did you learn about the social cognitive self by studying the Book of Changes? Please pay attention to what Professor Ceng Shiqiang of National Taiwan University said in the classic series I read: The Book of Changes and Life.

(The following is Professor Zeng's speech)

My name is Ceng Shiqiang. But when I was 39, I was very weak. Not strong at all. I always feel top-heavy and my feet are weak. My office was on the second floor. But hold the stairs carefully when going up and down the stairs to avoid falling. And then I was nervous! What should I do when I reach this point at a young age? So I use the weekend to go home. I will report my situation to my father. My father paused. He said, I told you to read the Book of Changes. Why don't you read it? I said, what does reading the Book of Changes have to do with my illness?

He said: Of course there is a close relationship.

I said: I know the Book of Changes is only for fortune telling and geomantic omen. I study science. I don't believe this at all, so I won't study it.

My father said: that is the wrong idea of ordinary people, so it killed this book. I ching is reasonable. What is the reason? Tell the truth about future changes.

He talked with me for a long time that day. He said: We China people are influenced by the Book of Changes, and there is a saying that everything is unreasonable. We divide everything into three parts. Foreigners are often divided into two pieces, and we are all divided into three pieces. Time has a past, a present and a future; The same day has morning, noon and afternoon; So do people. Even Confucius said: there are above, below and above, which must add up to three.

He told me: The Book of Changes tells us that the future will change. So one should pay attention to your future, but the future is uncertain and will change. It makes sense to change it, which is what we should master.

Then I listened and said, that's good. Then I'll read it.

But I can't understand it when I go back. Of the ten books I took, seven or eight were meant to teach me fortune-telling and geomantic omen, and none of them were what I wanted. So I went back and asked my father. What's the use of books I can't read?

He said that you should read Yi Zhuan first. You have read the Book of Changes. When you look back at the Book of Changes, you will find it very clear.

I read the Book of Changes carefully. Wow, it's really insightful! I am very happy to tell my father that my greatest achievement now is to finally get to know China people.

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Professor Ceng Shiqiang obtained a master's degree in management in the United States. Received a doctorate in philosophy in Britain. After returning to work in Taiwan Province Province, he often found it difficult for China people to understand. At the age of 39, he was exhausted by complicated interpersonal relationships. After studying the Book of Changes, he found that many problems that troubled him can be understood by explaining the truth in the Book of Changes. Why is this?

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To be honest, I am as envious of being a foreigner as young people nowadays. But since I read the Book of Changes, my concept has changed. I said that I didn't understand why it was called inner and outer circle until today. -He's from China. He has principles. But your principle is not to show it. As soon as it is shown, it conflicts with others, is out of place, and has poor interpersonal relationship.

So the outside should be round.

But my dad told me: aren't you so smooth?

I said, no, I used to hate "wit", but now I know it is "wit" rather than "wit" What China people hate most is "smoothness". This man is slippery and treacherous, and no one likes him. But if you are not flexible, you will suffer.

【 "wit" ≦ "tact"! Subordinates are fluent, can cooperate with superiors well, and do everything with heart; The person in charge speaks fluently, can be harmonious from top to bottom, and is more convenient for work and communication with employees. Only by going up one flight of stairs, connected by blood, can create a good development atmosphere]

We need to be very careful to look at the ancient Yijing with modern concepts. The more I read it, the more interesting it becomes. And I saw a lot of words that we really don't understand at ordinary times, and I really don't understand them either. Slowly, I found its root. I don't think ancient people should look at him without science. He knows that the earth is round. We are here, and the United States is at the bottom, so if you want to go to the United States, you'd better dig a tunnel and take the elevator all the way instead of flying (laughs).

But it didn't work. Because there is a fire in its center that will burn you to ashes. In this way, I know that there is a curve in the Book of Changes that tells us that a straight line is the fastest but often doesn't work. You still have to turn to get to America.

I also found that we China people, three people walking on the road, everyone is hiding. If you ask him why he is hiding, he can't say anything. It turned out that he avoided going in the middle. Because China people are the biggest among them, you should go with the leader and let him walk in the middle anyway. Many young people, in particular, are ignorant and suffer greatly. Is that every time he takes a picture, he squeezes into the middle. As soon as it was washed out, the leader took a look. This guy hates it (laughter in the room), so why are you pushing in the middle? A sensible person in China will sit next to you. It's your turn to sit in the middle. People will naturally invite you to the middle. What's your hurry? So the middle is the biggest, which is the concept of the Book of Changes. Then, I understood another sentence. I believe you can test your friends and relatives: What is "no three no four"? Say "no three no four" every day, and I don't know what "no three no four" means.

I once told my students that no one in the world can understand you when you translate no three no four into English. No, three, no, four ... Therefore, people in China are very strange. If he doesn't say no five no six no seven no eight, he will tell you no three no four. When you read the Book of Changes, you will know that no three no four is unkind and unfair! People in China often deny what they have said. After I finished talking with you, I told you: Don't say what I said! China people like to add: Don't say what I said. As a result, if you tell others, you are impolite to me.

So he asked me: I heard you said this?

I said: no! (Laughter)

I'm not lying to you, I just think you are unkind and I am unjust!

After you make this clear, you will understand that China people are honest and upright.

I found the best thing about China people is that he said two contradictory words at the same time. (pointing to his mouth) I'm here to tell you: people are connected, and hearts are connected; Here (the professor holds the heart in his hand), he thinks that people's hearts are different, different.

Here (refers to the mouth) is the first to talk about comity; Here (the professor holds his heart in his hand again), what he wants is to do his part.

So do you want it or not? There is only one answer, it's up to you!

(Master Zeng laughs) Hey, it's for the best. (Master Zeng laughs again)

So we gradually feel that what foreigners hate us is actually what we are best at.

You ask a foreigner: Do you want tea or coffee?

He is simple: coffee, tea!

China people can't. Do you want tea and coffee?

(Master Zeng said with a smile) He told you: Whatever. (Laughter in the room)

He must tell you: whatever.

Let me tell you my decades of experience: anyone who can speak casually will live to be 100 years old. He has no pressure.

I gradually found that we have a theoretical basis. So I often ask young people, and I say: Are Yin and Yang two different things or the same thing?

If you tell me that Yin and Yang are two things, then this person's brain has been westernized.

Westerners' yin is yin and yang is yang. It's easy for him to see it separately, it's easy to see it separately! China people are a people who look at each other. It took me decades to realize this. We and ...

We seldom share. You see, we always have to cooperate, right? Everyone is in harmony, and that is inseparable. One point is not good. Foreigners, in the end, you are you and I am me.

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We yin and yang are one thing, not two things. The same thing sometimes becomes yin and sometimes becomes yang. This is the best rule I learned from the Book of Changes.

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The philosophy of the Book of Changes is the integration of Yin and Yang, just like the Taiji diagram we see. There is yang in yin and yin in yang. Professor Ceng Shiqiang believes that the Book of Changes is the source of China's philosophical thoughts, and the thoughts of Laozi and Confucius are based on the Book of Changes. So how did these ancient sages interpret the Book of Changes?

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I must make it clear that all China's philosophies are derived from the Book of Changes. You see, Confucius divided people into middle class and above. How do people above the middle class read the Book of Changes? This man's name is Lao Zi. Laozi explained the Book of Changes to the man with high IQ. Therefore, according to my conscience, the difficulty of Tao Te Ching lies in it! It's just a sentence that can be said, and it's extraordinary, so you don't know. He said he couldn't say it first, then he said it. Look at this. So you know he has a great influence on China people. China people, what's your opinion? He said no, and then made a lot of comments. (laughter in the field)

(Master Zeng laughs) Foreigners have opinions if they have opinions. If they have no opinion, then they really have no opinion. China people are not: I don't mind, but I think I talk too much.

Let's say I'm okay with it first, which means we respect everyone. So I slowly found out that after you read the Tao Te Ching, you can know the profound philosophy in the Book of Changes.

Confucius is not. Confucius explained the Book of Changes for people of medium wisdom. So, what is The Analects? The Analects of Confucius is a common practice and is called The Analects. So you have to explain the Analects and experience it from our life circle.

The Analects of Confucius told you from the beginning to be happy! So what he put forward in Xue Ji Wen is: Confucius has three kinds of fun, three kinds of fun! If you get in touch with Confucius and you still can't have fun, then

Very wronged!

The first one: (typing at dusk) It's not bad to learn while learning! What it really means is that you should do it and practice it after reading it, and practice will become a habit. That habit should explain the habit. When you form a habit, you are happy!

The second one: (typing at dusk) It's a pleasure to have friends coming from afar! When a friend comes, you should put yourself in his shoes, give him good tea and share good things with him. He must come next time! You are right to think so. Be a man, your friend should think of you and think that he can take a little advantage from you, and you will succeed. Everyone thinks of you and says, "If I go, this person will definitely suffer." (Master Zeng said with a smile) Then he ran away! (Master Zeng laughs again)

The third is: (the word hits dusk) People who don't know and don't care are not gentlemen! Just a little stingy, that's all. You are not born, you are not angry, you are just unhappy, so you are called "you". People don't know who you are, and you're not happy at all. People nowadays are not. People nowadays go on the rampage if they don't know. "You don't know who I am? (Laughter) You haven't seen me? " You're done!

To tell the truth, all walks of life must remember today: interlacing is like a mountain! Nobody knows anyone. This is normal. If you finish the three basics of Confucius, you will be very happy!

There is another person, the most regrettable thing is that we ignored him, called Mozi! Mozi devoted himself to the grass-roots people and the masses to talk about the Book of Changes. Mozi's theory is the best to restore him. So to be a man, learn from Mozi first, work hard and agree with the above. There are many opinions at a young age. Won't that kill you?

Then slowly embark on the road of Confucianism, and finally you can enter the realm of Taoism

Everything in the Book of Changes comes from this, regardless of your astronomy and geography, including military strategists, including medicine, and even computers now.

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Many strategies in the thirty-six strategies of Sun Tzu's Art of War come from the images in the Book of Changes. The balance of yin and yang in traditional Chinese medicine comes from the theory of yin and yang in the Book of Changes. But how can a high-tech computer representing modern civilization have anything to do with the ancient Book of Changes?

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Professor Ceng Shiqiang believes that The Book of Changes covers everything, even the computers we use now. How did the computer representing modern science and technology come from the ancient Book of Changes?

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I just want to say one thing. Today we all know that the computer is 0 10 10 1. 0 is yin, 1 is yang. You see, if you say this now: 0101kloc-0/will form an endless internet. No one doesn't believe it. But our ancestors said it six or seven thousand years ago. Yin-yang, Yin-yang changes will produce everything in the universe, in the same way. Computers are yin and yang changes, nothing unusual. Therefore, all countries in the world are seriously studying the Book of Changes, and we must never throw this treasure away.

However, we must understand that there was no scientific language before, so we should not use those words. Now that we have entered the scientific era, we must use scientific language and scientific discoveries to help us understand the truth of the Book of Changes. This is a way for modern people to read the Book of Changes.

I think the Book of Changes has given us the most precious thing, which is also the most precious word in China culture. It is called "Insisting on the Book of Changes".

What is a classic? The Bible cannot be changed. You won't change after you have a classic, but you can't use it, you can't use it! Principles cannot be changed, and methods must be changed. But now we are seriously influenced by America, and everything we say is changing. I don't accept this sentence. Ladies and gentlemen, if you believe that everything is changing, everything is changing. (Laughter) Please go back tonight and see if your own father has changed. It's still old, and it's changed! (Laughter inside) It can be seen that someone hasn't changed. If you find that the whole family has changed tonight, even dad has changed, then it has really changed. (Laughter) There is no such thing!

In fact, I ching tells us that if the world has not changed, you can't change; If you haven't changed, you can't have the same thing. It's basically relative. In fact, The Book of Changes is the most brilliant dialectics in the world.

(Screen: The Book of Changes is the best dialectics in the world-Ceng Shiqiang)

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If you look at us China people from this angle, you will find that China people will turn into no when they say yes; Say no, he just wants it. If you give a gift to a foreigner, the foreigner will bring it on the spot and tell you that I like it best. Will China people? China people, if you give him a gift, he says no, never. All right, put it there. (Laughter inside) There will be some eventually. I hated it when I was a kid. I said it was hypocritical, it was fake! I realized later. I didn't understand it until I read the Book of Changes. The theory is very simple, it is called: ask for it from the standpoint of necessity, so as not to ask for it indiscriminately. That's right; If you express your opinion from a position where you have no opinion, you won't talk nonsense. That's right; Stand in the position of concession and don't let go, that's where you won't let go. Finally, you shouldn't let go! I think this is the best logic. The Book of Changes tells us that improper means should not be used. Only one sentence, especially young people, should be very, very careful: ask less if you like it, ask more!

Not now, I like it! -It's a shame to like it. You like it! Right? !

I always say: because a foreigner has half a brain, we have a whole brain. Because we have yin and yang, we should take care of both. So foreigners often say half the words.

You see, what is their most popular saying: Give me liberty or give me death. Nowadays, young people are fooled and say: Yes, yes, yes, yes, it's not good for you. He only said half: give me liberty or give me death; He didn't say half of it, never said it. Only China people understand that freedom leads to corruption! Not being free is certainly not good, and being too free is even worse.

And you said that it is good to have money, which is also wrong. What's money like? Not enough money, very nervous; Too many, very annoying; Just right, the most enjoyable. That's good. Still three paragraphs, still three paragraphs. How to divide it into three sections?

So I think after I read the Book of Changes, I am not only healthy, but also happy and know a lot of truth. So, I began to sort out the principles of the Book of Changes one by one.

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What are the principles of the Book of Changes? Why does Professor Ceng Shiqiang feel happy and healthy after reading the Book of Changes? How should we understand the truth in the Book of Changes?

The Book of Changes tells six words: Wei and Li Deye.

A person, you must understand the phenomenon and like a phenomenon. Bit is your position. Today, we feel that the position is wrong. In layman's terms, location is called territory.

Let me ask you, are you good at martial arts or occupying territory? It is better to occupy the territory! Those with high martial arts skills are often beaten.

A person, occupy a good site, occupy a reasonable site, you are better than anyone else. So we often say: the position is wrong, that is, where is your share. Many people just made a mistake in their position and then made a mistake in their words and deeds. It was my bad luck in the end. What is right and wrong in the position depends on the phenomenon at that time, and the phenomenon is changing.

Mencius said: men and women don't kiss, your sister-in-law fell into the water, so you should help her anyway. Oh, my sister-in-law fell into the water. Do you think men and women give and receive? Everyone scolds you and destroys yourself. There are exceptions. But if you pull up your sister-in-law, you should put it down. Keep pulling. They say you've played enough. What are you pulling? ! That's not bad. So you can learn from this example that everything should be just right.

So what is the golden mean? No explanation is not extreme. Don't explain it that way. It's just right. The golden mean is just right.

(Subtitle: The golden mean is just right-Ceng Shiqiang)

So we are all from China now. Let me ask you, what is victory? Is reasonable. China is a reasonable country, and this is called China. Not any country can be called China. Let me tell you something. China people are more difficult. People who are reasonable everywhere are called China people. Look at the air!

From now on, everything should be reasonable before you speak. You see: it is reasonable to travel around the world, but it is difficult to move without reason. This means that we attach great importance to rationality. Therefore, we should practice the principles of the Book of Changes and make good use of them in our daily life. After you become a good habit, everything will be fine. I can assure you!

I'm now in my seventies. Looking back at my thirty-nine years old, it's completely different. So I often tell many people that I have been saved by the Book of Changes, or I will die! How could you die? Anyway, I'm so angry. Is there life? Hehe!

As long as you don't know China people, you must have been killed by the popularity of China; When you understand that you think China people are cute, I know how to respond to him. Isn't that great?

China people, I study the nation of the Book of Changes. Each of us actually knows the truth of the Book of Changes, but we just haven't sorted it out and practiced it. Look at what we usually do. If you look at it from the Book of Changes, it is all reasonable!

You see, there are only three things. I stopped painting when I drew three hexagrams in the Book of Changes. We can't make it too complicated. If you make it too complicated, you can't turn it out. So when you do something, look simple and complicate it, otherwise you will capsize in the gutter; When you see complexity, simplify it. That's right.

You see, it's getting more and more complicated, and finally there's no way to solve it; You feel simple when you see it, and you will definitely turn over in the gutter in the end. I lost my mind in Jingzhou. That's right. So I slowly sorted out the sixty-four hexagrams. I feel that every hexagram is a treasure!

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Many people think that hexagrams are good and bad. Professor Ceng Shiqiang believes that every hexagram is used to understand oneself and the surrounding society, so how do we understand the hexagrams in the Book of Changes?

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The hexagrams in the Book of Changes are often used to tell fortune, while Professor Ceng Shiqiang thinks that hexagrams are used to understand their cognitive society.

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You see, let's do the first divination first, and then we'll be done in six words. There are six principles in divination, and every divination has six principles. The first principle tells you: if you don't know this situation, don't show it casually, don't show it!

So many young people say they have the ability not to show it. What's the use? He is wrong! Show it when you figure it out, and be killed when you don't figure it out. There are many young people who are very talented. It is inevitable that everyone will hit him. Let me ask you: you are incapable. What were you doing when someone hit you? What's wrong with hitting you? There's nothing wrong with it.

The problem is that performers don't know themselves. You have to see how far you can perform before you can perform. However, keeping a low profile has no future for this person. China people keep a low profile and look for opportunities. If there is an opportunity, they must seize it. As soon as they caught you, the dragon flew in the sky and you went up. Therefore, Confucius told us that if a person has not achieved anything in his 40 s and 50 s, he will probably have no stamina in his life, which is based on the Book of Changes. Every sentence can be found in the hexagrams, but you should know that there is no difference between good and bad hexagrams.

Generally speaking, I predict a good divination, then he is wrong. There is no difference between good and bad hexagrams, it just tells you that you are in this position, what you see and what you should pay attention to, that's all. So the first three words are very important, called (three big red letters are printed on the screen): bright image position; But the last three words are fundamental, called (three big red letters are printed on the screen): Lideye.

No matter how good a person's knowledge is, there is no guarantee that you will succeed or develop, and no amount of money is useless. The most important thing is good moral character, and the most important thing in education is to develop good moral character.

I received the basic education of Chinese studies in the mainland (Fujian), and my primary school teacher is the greatest. I remember when we were miserable. We all have classes in the temple, where there are no classrooms. On the first day, the teacher sent us the Mandarin textbook, saying only one sentence: Take it back and start reciting it, whether you understand it or not. You recite a lesson, you come to me, and I'll stamp it for you. Alas, we are so happy. When we go back, whether we are hiding in a bomb shelter or at home, we will have a good back. It takes almost a week to recite a book. Remember: when you are young, your memory is the strongest and your understanding is not high. It doesn't matter whether you understand or not. If you ask him to recite it, he will remember it. After remembering it, he will spit out what he remembers in his teens and twenties, just like a cow. Then come and chew ... so he can have something to chew.

When I was a child, I didn't recite, my head was empty, I didn't know what I was thinking, and I had to play online. What a pity!

A person's memory is very good when he was a child, and it doesn't matter if he has a lot of memories and doesn't understand well. As you grow up and understand better and better, you will take out the things you have recited one by one and organize them to realize them. Then you take your things. After you have moral character, you are better at following the ruler in your heart. If you don't follow this ruler, it will be crooked. You'll go the wrong way.

Therefore, we in China often say that it is not very important to live according to our conscience. The most important thing is to follow your conscience, which is difficult. So I will always tell you: think about yourself in the first half of the night and others in the second half. So many of our reasons are the same, that is to say, we should tell him from an early age to be practical and be a man. Then learn to adapt. Unrealistic people are not qualified to talk about contingency; And a person who doesn't know how to deal with it has no future. So, let's repeat the four words just now, which are called: stick to the classics and achieve change.

Adaptability is to adapt to different people, so that everyone can accept your principles, you can't force it. Because coercion is useless. It's not that we have to pull him over, and it's not necessary. The ultimate development of the people of China is harmony without difference, harmony without difference! We are in harmony, but we don't necessarily agree. Harmony is definitely not a muddle. The mire will end. There's nothing to say about being confused. If you can do anything anyway, this life will be boring. I have my principles; You have your principles. We don't have to be exactly the same, but we have to respect each other.

We don't have to be exactly the same; But mutual respect)

You see, animals and plants need diversity to survive, and people also need diversity to survive.

You can't make everyone like you. It's not necessary. We respect each other and tolerate each other, and then we should discuss what is acceptable to everyone in harmony. How cozy it is.

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There are sixty-four hexagrams in the Book of Changes. These hexagrams are neither good nor bad, but only tell us how to do things for people under what circumstances. So how should we understand these hexagrams? What role will learning the Book of Changes play in our lives?

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Then why did I just say that there are no good hexagrams and bad hexagrams? I still have to correct them. That is to say, one of the 8864 hexagrams is good from beginning to end, called "Qian hexagrams", which means modesty. You must be modest, as long as others say you are wrong, you should not respond immediately: no! Listen to it. What does it matter? Maybe you just didn't expect it. Wouldn't it be better if you included it? Everyone is unique. Listen, what does it matter? If it really doesn't work, tear it down.

The older I get, the more I feel it is dangerous to react immediately, so I also give you advice. The Book of Changes is just a switch for those who really learn the Book of Changes. Just a beginning and an end. Yin is open; Yang was locked up. You can think of it this way. From now on, when you encounter any stimulation, if anything comes in from the outside, be the first to shut up. Our shortcoming is that we started talking, talking, talking, talking, talking as soon as we came in, and then offended a lot of people. You'll regret it when you go back. I wish I knew not to say it today. That's painful.

Get into the habit of shutting up when you hear anything. When you are silent, you will think about it, then think about it and say it, and think about it and do it. I promise you're okay.

Then why did even Confucius say that reading the Book of Changes would not make a big mistake? He won't make a big mistake. Because the Book of Changes tells you that if you do this, you will do it again. If you do this, you will do it in the future ... you can choose for yourself. So after your judgment and rational choice, what big mistake will you make? Then it won't. That would be great. Therefore, young people spend more time reading the Book of Changes, and you will spend a long time in the future. Older people spend some time reading the Book of Changes and you will know what your life is like.

However, we want you to know that getting started is very difficult, so if we have time in the future, we will make it clear step by step. Thank you!