Looking at the Environmental Holism from the Book of Changes

The Book of Changes has a high popularity among the people, but its understanding is not consistent with its popularity, because it is a "heavenly book with words": when it comes to the Book of Changes, people will immediately think of divination, fortune telling, gossip, Tai Chi, Feng Shui, Yin and Yang, and so on. Undeniably, these things all exist in the Book of Changes, but if we look at them in isolation, it will inevitably have one-sided disadvantages. Only by unifying and synthesizing them can we understand the essence of the Book of Changes.

First, the status of the Book of Changes.

The Book of Changes has three parts, one is Lianshan, the other is Guizang, and the third is Zhouyi. Due to the loss of the mountains and the return to Tibet, the Book of Changes is also regarded as a classic, and later generations often quote the Book of Changes and the Book of Changes. Therefore, only from the perspective of Zhouyi and Yijing, we need to look at the whole to know the origin of Yijing. But now Zhouyi and Yijing are often called each other, which is generally not absurd.

The location of the Book of Changes can be seen from both east and west directions.

As far as China is concerned, Taoism lists it as one of the "San Xuan" (Laozi, Zhuangzi and Zhouyi) and regards it as a classic. There is also the saying that "the head of the group classics". Sun Simiao once said: "I don't know the Book of Changes, so I know that there is not enough medicine." The Book of Changes said in Sikuquanshu: "The methods of the Book of Changes are very extensive, covering astronomy, geography, music, art of war, phonology and arithmetic. To make a fire outside the party, you can use the Book of Changes to help those who are good and different into the Book of Changes. " It can be seen that the Book of Changes is profound and profound, with profound and broad implications.

From the western point of view, Leibniz created the binary system in 1703, and published "Expounding the Calculation of Binary Position-About the Use of Only 0 and 1 and the Significance of Using Numbers", which opened the boundary between Yin and Yang and binary system, and called Fuxi Bagua "the oldest scientific monument". 1949, C·G· Jean, a European philosophical authority, pointed out in the preface to the English version of the Book of Changes: "When it comes to the only book of wisdom in the world, China's Book of Changes is the first one. In science, our laws are often short-lived or overturned by later facts. Only China's Book of Changes, which lasted for 6,000 years, is still valuable. " . Also, Hegel, Bohr, etc. It also gave a very high evaluation of the Book of Changes.

It can be seen that the utility of Yijing is not unique to divination, but its philosophical value is its essence. This involves the interpretation of the name of the Book of Changes.

Second, the interpretation of I ching.

The word "Yi" in the Book of Changes has the following meanings:

1, the last day and next month are easy, one masculine and one feminine.

2. "Yi is like a bird." Fuxi painted eight diagrams, "Heaven is the earth", and "Yi" is to imitate the image of birds.

3, "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "Yi, lizard (Yi), dragonfly (acting), guarding the palace, pictographic." "Sun" is like a lizard's head, and "Don't" is like a lizard's body. Lizards are commonly known as chameleons, and their body color will change according to the environment.

4. Simplifying complexity is easy. Simple Tao Te Ching: "Simple is simple, and easy is easy. Simple and easy, easy and easy, everything is simple and easy. "

5, "Zhouyi copula" cloud: "Life is easy." That is, endless life, cycle.

6. Marco's view of the Book of Changes in Qing Dynasty is:

(1) Trading: Yin and Yang are cold and hot, so are the upper and lower sides.

(2) Change: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, and the cycle is also.

7, three easy to change the name:

Zheng Xuan said, "The Book of Changes has three meanings: one is easy to simplify, the other is changeable, and the third is not easy".

(1) Simplicity: "Simplicity is also the way". All the truth is always extremely simple and simple.

(2) change: change.

(3) Not easy: the "Tao" of change is the law. The law of change is constant.

Book of changes;

1, the original meaning is the longitudinal line of weaving, as opposed to the "weft". "Wen Xin Diao Long Cai Qing": "After the revision, it was completed, and then it went smoothly." The general idea is that after the vertical line is fixed, the horizontal line can be woven; After the content is determined, the text can flow smoothly.

2. "latitude and longitude" is extended to north and south, east and west: north and south are longitude lines, and east and west are latitude lines.

3. Authoritative works and religious classics.

4. Pass the "path". Namely Tao and Law.

The Book of Changes is a method to identify, reflect, reveal and master the trajectory and laws of the development and change of things; Know and understand the trajectory and laws of the development and change of things; Main ideological theories and classic works on the trajectory and laws of things' development and change.

Three, gossip and sixty-four hexagrams

There is a proverb in the Book of Changes: "The ancients embraced the king of Xi family and looked up at the sky; When he looked down, he looked at the law and the earth; When he reads articles on birds and beasts, he is suitable for the earth; When I was close, I took everything far away, so I began to gossip in order to understand the virtues of the gods and the feelings of all things. " It can be seen that gossip was invented by Fu, and its symbolic significance is very representative. Gossip, that is, gossip about Kankun in Duili Town:

Through this picture, we can clearly see the relationship between gossip and nature and the five elements, which cannot be seen in isolation.

Sixty-four hexagrams are a combination of eight diagrams, and their meanings are more specific and detailed than those of eight diagrams.

Eight diagrams have three hexagrams, and sixty-four hexagrams have six hexagrams. This is related to the three talents of heaven and earth: from the beginning of Eight Diagrams, the second day of Sixty-four Diagrams is the local talent, the second day of Eight Diagrams, the third day of Sixty-four Diagrams is the talent, the first day of Eight Diagrams and the fifth day of Sixty-four Diagrams is the talent. This is the way of harmony between man and nature. Just like the drinking utensils in the tea set in China Tea Ceremony, the cup holder, teacup and lid are also the embodiment of the talents of heaven and earth.

Even the arrangement order of the sixty-four hexagrams is a whole concept. "Two-two couples, if they don't repeat, they will change", so the relationship between the even-numbered hexagrams and the hexagrams in its previous position is "if they don't repeat, they will change", which is either a comprehensive hexagram or a wrong hexagram. Comprehensive divination refers to the divination image after the whole divination is reversed; The wrong hexagram refers to the hexagram image obtained after the exchange of yin and yang. Among them, there is also a kind of mutual divination, that is, the first and second divination are removed, the second, third and fourth divination are the lower divination, and the third, fourth and fifth divination are the upper divination. Take Tungua as an example, its comprehensive hexagrams are Meng hexagrams, wrong hexagrams are Ding hexagrams, and mutual hexagrams are stripping hexagrams. This is also the embodiment of the holistic view.

Taking the divination in the Book of Changes as an example, we can see its holistic view.

Shao Yong's "Plum Blossoms Easy to Count and Plum Blossoms Occupy" in the Song Dynasty records: "On February/February/July, 2008, Mr. Kang Jie accidentally watched plum blossoms and saw two birds fall to the ground. Mr. Wang said,' Don't take it if you don't move, and don't take it just because of anything.' Therefore, the number of five years old, the number of December 12th, the number of 17th, the number of * * * 34th, divided by four, eight, three, twelve, get two, belonging exchange, that is, divination; If you add nine numbers to the application, you will get 43. If you divide fifty-eight by forty, you will get three numbers from zero, so you can do a divination. There are forty-three numbers up and down, divided by six, six, seven, forty-two, and one is ten. It's for the skin of fire, it's salty at first, and it's dry when we meet. Duan Zhi said: Look at this divination carefully. Tomorrow night, a woman folded flowers, and the gardener drove them away without knowing it. The woman was so scared that she fell to the ground and hurt her shares. Right against the gold for the body, away from the fire, mutual wood, after three times away from the fire, the body of divination is full of gas. For a girl, knowing that the woman is injured; But if you hit each other in the wood, you will get hurt when you exchange gold for gold. Xun is a stock, so it should hurt the stock. Fortunately, it turned into root soil and was born against gold. As we all know, women are hurt, but they are not fierce and dangerous. "This is according to the Yin and Yang five elements divination to judge good or ill luck.

Therefore, as far as divination is concerned, its holistic view can be described as incisive.

Gankun hexagram is the most important of the two hexagrams in the Book of Changes. To understand the divination and rhetoric of these two kinds of divination, we must grasp the concept of "time and space". Because each of the 64 hexagrams has its own "time and space" meaning, it is required to keep pace with the times, that is, "if you do something, you will stop", and every hexagram will keep pace with the times from the beginning to the end. When looking at the divination of the dry branch, we must "see the Chu Yang but not the other Yang", that is, when looking at the first divination, the first divination is Yang, and the rest should be regarded as Yin. In view of the complexity, as for the characters of two, three, four, five and five, we must follow the principles of pro-hexagrams, Thai hexagrams, big hexagrams and strong hexagrams respectively. This is also the so-called dry divination "when taking six dragons." As far as Yu Kun's divination is concerned, there is also a method of "seeing the first yin but not the rest yin", that is, the first one belongs to yin, and the rest should be regarded as yang, that is, the figures of speech on the sixth day should be viewed on the basis of divination, and the figures of speech on the second, third, fourth, fifth and fifth days should be avoided respectively.

Here, the essence of the Book of Changes is full of profundity and grandeur, which is incomparable to the book of divination considered by the generation baking people in winter. Although there is no lack of evidence, its subtle philosophy is more valuable, which is one of the reasons why the Book of Changes is popular.

Fourth, environmental protection strategy.

Therefore, the word "adult" in the classical Chinese book of changes is appropriate, that is, "the husband of an adult is in harmony with heaven and earth, with the sun and the moon, with the four seasons, and with ghosts and gods." Nature is contrary to nature, and the day after tomorrow is in harmony with heaven. What happened to people? What about ghosts and gods? "That is, doing things needs to be consistent and suitable with Heaven and Heaven, so as to last forever.

The Analects of Confucius Yang Huo also recorded: "Confucius said,' I want nothing to say.' Zi Gong said,' What will the boy say if his son says nothing? Confucius said,' What about Heaven? What are the four seasons, what are things and what are the words of the sky? ""Although God didn't say anything, the four seasons still run and everything keeps growing. The world is the same:

Silence between heaven and earth is not the abuse of rights, but the ethics of understanding. Only with the surrounding environment, prosperity, heaven and earth, is the feasible king. Not only material, but also spiritual.

The harmony between man and nature is the harmony between man and nature. Although government decrees are effective, they are not fundamental policies; People's awareness, though slow, is a long-term solution after all.

Therefore, making it clear is education. Heaven and man are one, and the world should seek; What if it's not clear and people are safe? If people want to live forever, it is important to keep things safe for a long time; So, it can last forever. This is an irrefutable truth; If you violate this road, you will fall into the magic road.