Basic knowledge of Zhouyi

The basic knowledge of Zhouyi is: Five Elements Theory, Sixty-four hexagrams, Branches and Branches, Twelve Immortals.

Five elements theory:

The theory of five elements is the most important foundation. It is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the foundations of most thoughts in China. The five elements refer to "fire, water and earth in Jin Mu". What I mean here is not that a specific gold is gold, but that soil is as simple as soil. We can understand it as the elements that create everything in the world, and the interaction between them constitutes the world. We should master the interaction between the five elements. Coexistence of five elements: wood makes fire, fire makes soil, soil makes gold, gold makes water, aquatic wood. Dan: Yang Mu, Tu Ke, Yang Tu, Ke Huoshui, Ke Mu; The five elements coexist: Jin Kemu, Mutuke, Tukeshui, Shuihuoke, Huojinkedan: wood insults gold, gold insults fire, fire insults water, water insults soil, and soil insults wood. It can be understood that the fire can be extinguished horizontally, but the fire is too big, but a glass of water can't extinguish the fire, but it is insulted by the fire; Master the prosperity of the four seasons and five elements, rest and die; Master the relationship between the five elements and the main branches; Master the five elements and the six relatives and five categories of divination: the relationship between me, officials and ghosts, children and grandchildren, wife and wealth, parents and brothers; Master the direct relationship between the five elements and the six gods.

Sixty-four hexagrams:

As the saying goes, Tai Chi gives birth to two instruments, two instruments give birth to four elephants, and four elephants give birth to gossip, turning everything into gossip. The combination of gossip and gossip produced "sixty-four hexagrams". I have listed the hexagrams in my last article. Here's what we need to know. Know the names and corresponding attributes of the eight diagrams, and memorize the deduction process, results and attributes of the sixty-four hexagrams. The corresponding relationship between the five elements and the eight diagrams: gold-dry, exchange: dry for heaven, exchange for ze; Fire-separation: separation is fire; Wood-earthquake, Xun: earthquake is thunder, Xun is wind; Water-Kan: Kan is water; Tu-Gen and Kun: Gen is a mountain and Kun is a land.

Heavenly stems and earthly branches:

The so-called ten-day branch refers to A, B, D, E, G, N, N, K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K ... The so-called twelve earthly branches mean that Tatsumi's Shen You Xuhai ends at noon, while heavenly stems and earthly branches's abbreviation is dry branch, heavenly stems and earthly branches. Learn to calculate the stem and branch of the year, month and day by formula or deduction. Learning to accept armour, the so-called armour, is to accept the ten things in the gossip, with the five elements and directions. At this point, we don't need to learn how to deduce it now, just look it up according to the table. Distinguish the yin and yang attributes of heavenly stems and earthly branches, and the heavenly stems are as follows: Gan Yang: A, C, E, G, N; Dry in the shade: B, D, Ji, Xin, Gui; Yin and Yang of the earthly branches are divided as follows: Yang branches: Zi, Yin, Chen, Wu, Shen and Xu; Yin branch: ugliness, hair, division, health, unitary and sea.

Twelve immortals:

The Twelve Immortals are the ups and downs of Yin-Yang School and Five-element School in ancient China. They expressed their fate with ten days' achievements and twelve branches. That is, the five elements and twelve movements are called twelve immortals, and the "shou" at the beginning represents the whole twelve movements. It describes the life of "birth, aging, illness and death" and also describes the whole process of the emergence, development, decline and extinction of everything in the world.

The 12th National Games means longevity, bathing, wearing a crown, being an official, prosperity, decline, illness, death, death, having children and raising. Immortality: when a baby is born, or when something new is born, there is a thriving atmosphere; Bathing: also known as "failure". After the baby is born, the dirt must be washed away; New things are not perfect when they first appear on the stage; Crown belt: from children to young people, you can wear clothes and hats to look handsome; New things have also entered the stage of flower show; Pro-official: Also known as "Jin Lu". When a person grows up, he can be an official or earn money to support his family. New things are becoming more and more mature, and their status is increasingly consolidated; Wang Di: When a person reaches the prime of life, whether physically or intellectually, he can give full play to a person's role; New things are constantly improving and recognized by the world. However, prosperity will decline, whether people or things, to the peak stage, but also planted the seeds of decline; Decline: this is a period of qualitative change, and people feel weak at this point; New things have become old things, and it is time to face the challenges of other new things; Disease: when people are old, they will be riddled with diseases; Old things are riddled with holes and difficult to return; Death: after people get old, it is followed by the death of the body; Tomb: after the old things die, the remains are sent to museums or stored in warehouses, also called "warehouses"; Jue: Also known as "suffer indignities" and "cells". Before pregnancy, the mother's abdomen is empty; Everything is invisible before it is produced; Fetus: conception, that is, when a person is pregnant, or when everything germinates underground; The day after tomorrow: that is, formation. Man is formed in the mother's womb, and everything is formed in the earth. Among the twelve immortals, longevity, crown belt, temporary officials and emperors represent strong luck, which is called "Four Prosperous Lucks", while decline, twilight and despair represent bad luck, which is called "Four Bad Lucks", while decline, illness, pregnancy and upbringing represent bad luck.

Introduction to the Book of Changes:

It is a book of dialectical philosophy that has accumulated the words of divination. Written in the Western Zhou Dynasty, it is known as "the first of all classics and the source of Tao". This book expounds the ancient classics about the changes of Vientiane in the world. In the Han Dynasty, which was "exclusive of Confucianism", Zhouyi was regarded as a Confucian classic and became a specialized knowledge studied by scholars, which is Yi-ology. Zhouyi is a book with the most profound influence on China culture, but it is also the most mysterious book.

Easy introduction:

There is no doubt that the Book of Changes is a philosophical book. Since ancient times, many philosophies have developed with religion or prophecy. Yi's theory of five elements is also the representative theory of simple materialism. "Yi" literally means "change". Yes, the popular explanation is that the Book of Changes is a set of theories to study changes, which is a guiding ideology from both philosophical and predictive perspectives. The essence of Yi is positive. He asked us to constantly strive for self-improvement in the ever-changing things, and let the change develop in a better direction for ourselves. Yi pursues a concept of "harmony" on the whole, that is, "the unity of man and nature", which is a holistic view, a holistic view and a holistic view. Now when we talk about Zhouyi, most of us equate it with "fortune telling". In fact, whether it is Chinese medicine, collection, fortune telling, jewelry. Everyone should be based on the philosophical theory of Zhouyi. Without this foundation, we will easily fall into the pit of "idealism".

The significance of divination:

The so-called divination means that people use Zhouyi to predict good or bad luck, so a series of methods have been formulated. According to different realms, foreign objects such as copper coins or coins can be used to predict at first. The requirements here are:

1, know how to play hexagrams;

2. Believe in the accuracy of hexagrams at the beginning;

3. Sincerely establish the connection between the measured object and the shaking of copper coins in your hand.

The significance of divination:

The so-called divination is to get a divination image on the basis of divination, then accept it and find six relatives and six gods. It is necessary to distinguish between the original god, the use of god, the taboo of god, the hatred of god and various nouns.

The meaning of breaking hexagrams:

The so-called divination is based on the divination device, combined with someone's year, month, day, time and measured things, combined with a series of complex relationships such as six relatives and five categories, six gods, the world should be harmonious, and the knowledge of fortune tellers.