Why divination is of great significance to the ancients, and what is the scientific significance of the Book of Changes?

Divination originated from ignorance, and it was also the first step for the ancients to move from ignorance to civilization. This is an extremely important symbol. The earliest are tortoise divination and divination, which are divided into observation, imaging and image breaking. Elephant, yarrow divination. The ancients said that yarrow had psychic function and was an important medium for people to communicate with heaven and earth, so the ancients took it as a profession and people still used it in the Han Dynasty. Numbers, flower viewing and yin-yang images are all derived from the parity of numbers and are all based on binary mathematical forms.

Divination can solve problems that some people's normal judgment can't solve, so it is of great significance. In ancient times, divination was needed in advance, whether it was national politics, military expeditions, people's sacrifices, weddings and funerals. The ancients believed that if you get a good omen, it is the blessing of the gods or ancestors; If you get a bad omen, you need to reflect on your mistakes.

Almost all fortune-telling methods in China's later generations originated from the Book of Changes. Although it can be regarded as the originator of fortune telling, it is more a way for the ancients to know the world.