How to start divination when plum blossoms are easy to count?

The Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms is said to be the work of Shao Kangjie, a master of Yi-ology in Song Dynasty, which is of epoch-making significance to the development and application of Yi-ology. In this book, Shao Kangjie, a well-read and versatile man, tried his best to learn from nature and put forward a series of divination methods and divination methods. Many people know that it is very troublesome to learn the divination method in application before this. For example, the mowing method must be "easy to follow the four camps, and nine out of ten hexagrams", which is very troublesome and time-consuming and can't keep up with the trend of the times, so few people use this method to make hexagrams now. Later, the "fire bead forest" method, which is now popular, greatly simplified the steps of divination to a certain extent, but it still showed its limitations in some aspects, such as "shaking" copper coins six times to become a divination, which was equally time-consuming. In some cases, it is not appropriate to "shake" copper coins. The appearance of the book plum blossom yi Shu solved these problems. With the advantages of fast and flexible divination, high divination efficiency and high accuracy, it has been quickly favored by many Yi-ology researchers. Many foreign Yi-ology researchers also have a very high evaluation of Plum Blossom Yi Shu.

Generally speaking, The Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms creatively puts forward two divination methods, one is the divination method of year, month and day, and the other is the divination method based on numbers (including the number, sound, personality and size of things). I believe that the majority of Yi-ology enthusiasts are familiar with these two divination methods. As for the method of breaking hexagrams, the main method is "body use".

It can be said that if this prediction method (including divination) is correct, then this book reveals all the mathematical mysteries of the operation of the universe. Engels once said: "A science can only be called a real science if it is expressed by mathematics." Therefore, as long as the method provided by The Book of Changes for Plum Blossoms is correct, we can admit that the Book of Changes is scientific rather than superstitious.

So, is this method provided by plum blossom easy number right? Practice shows that this method has high accuracy. According to the practical experience of Zhang Yansheng, the master of Yi-ology, the accuracy rate is 95% (see Zhang Yansheng's Introduction to Yi-ology, Unity Press, 1, 2004). Although 100% is not accurate, it is still worthy of our trust within the acceptable "error" range.

The two divination methods mentioned above have been mentioned in many books on Yi-ology. For example, Zhouyi and Prediction edited by Mr. Shao Weihua (Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House,165438+ 1 in June 1990) and Plum Blossom Yi Shu Prediction written by Mr. Shen Baichun (Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House,165438+ 1 in June 1994). In these books, we all talked about the divination method in The Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms. Teacher Zhang's book is particularly detailed. However, after reading these works carefully, the author found that although they are all based on Meihuayi's method of "counting hexagrams", the specific methods introduced are not the same, resulting in different divination images obtained by using the same method. These differences are mainly manifested in the different methods of finding dynamic hexagrams in the process of divination. What kind of method is in line with the original "Plum Blossom Yi Shu"? The author makes textual research on this question and gives a clear answer in this paper.

Firstly, the solution of dynamic divination in these two different divination methods is discussed, and then the divination method in the original book Meihua Yishu is studied, so as to give the divination method that conforms to the original book. Because in all kinds of works, the method of "divination at the time of year, month and day" is the same, which is the same as the original work and will not be introduced again.

Second, two kinds of divination methods

The divination method in the original book "The Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms" can be summarized into eight words-"Eight diagrams divide, six hexagrams divide". It means to determine which hexagram a number corresponds to, divide this number by eight to get the remainder, and the congenital hexagram corresponding to the remainder is the hexagram corresponding to the original number. Determine which hexagrams to start with, "the total number of hexagrams is divided by six, and the remainder is the motive" (see the original book "The Changes of Plum Blossoms" in quotation marks). As for why "eight hexagrams are divided into six hexagrams", Mr. Shao Weihua's Book of Changes Prophecy has a precise exposition-because there are eight hexagrams, and every hexagram has six hexagrams. Zhang Yansheng's preface to the Book of Changes also has a subtle exposition. But how to use "number" in the process of divination, these two books are different. Let's look at it separately.

For the sake of convenience, here we choose the method of "divination with words" to explain.

1. Divination methods and predictions in Zhouyi

This method is introduced in Zhouyi and Prediction written by Mr. Shao Weihua, with concrete examples (Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House, 1990, 1 Edition, 1 18 pages). For example, start with the word "loyal minister".

"Xin" is 9 strokes, divided by more than 8 1, 1 corresponds to "gan", so the upper divination is "gan". "Gong" is 7 strokes, divided by 8 is greater than 7, and 7 corresponds to "Gen", so the next hexagram is "Gen". The total number of strokes of two words is 16, and 16 is divided by 6 and 4, which means 4 starts. In the end, the divination "Tianshan dun" was changed to "the wind and mountains faded away"

The book "Predicting the Change of Plum Blossoms" written by Mr. Shen Bochun (in fact, it can't be regarded as "writing", but rather as "editing") adds a principle that "when using traditional Chinese characters, you can count strokes as one stroke". The dynamic solution is obtained in the same way as before. According to the method mentioned in the book, let's examine the divination result of the last example.

The word "loyal person" is the same in traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters (doubt! Temporarily! ), "If there is a discount, it is counted as one stroke", then the "letter" is 10 stroke, and 10 is divided by more than 8 2, which corresponds to "exchanging" hexagrams, so the upper hexagrams are "exchanging". If "male" is also a 10 stroke, then the next hexagram is also an "exchange" hexagram, which is the main hexagram among the six hexagrams. The total number of strokes in this word is 20. If 20 is divided by 6 and 2, it is 2. Finally, I had to change the hexagram "Exchange Ze" to "Lei Ze Sui". It is very different from the previous divination.

Of course, the difference between the above two methods is mainly due to the different rules for calculating strokes, and there is no essential difference. Another common feature is that time is not considered when taking action.

2. Divination methods in the Book of Changes

In the preface to the Book of Changes by Mr. Zhang Yansheng, the method of divination with characters is also elaborated in detail. For example, the divination principle of two words is:

Divide the total number of strokes of the previous word by 8, and set the remainder as hexagrams; The total number of strokes of the last word is divided by 8, and the remainder is determined. (the number of upper hexagrams+the number of lower hexagrams+the number of hours) is divided by 6, and the remainder will change its position.

The principle of counting pens here is "use traditional Chinese characters, and count them if there is a discount".

Careful readers may notice that the time factor is taken into account when choosing verbs here. Another important difference is that the number of strokes used when choosing verbs is "the number of upper hexagrams+the number of lower hexagrams", not the total number of strokes before and after. That is to say, even if the time factor is not considered here, the method of taking dynamic time is still different from the previous one.

Still look at the word "loyal minister". "Xin" is a 10 stroke, so the top stroke is "right"; "Male" is also a 10 stroke, so the next hexagram is also "exchange". It is a combination of six hexagrams. Regardless of the time factor, it should be "the number of upper hexagrams is 2, the number of lower hexagrams is 2, the number of upper hexagrams+the number of lower hexagrams = 2+2 = 4, and 4 is divided by more than 6, so it is 4". Finally, Liuyi's "Exchange Ze" was changed to "Shui Ze Festival".

Of course, if we consider the time factor, the master's divination is still "changing ze", and the mentality changes differently in different periods.

If we use the unified principle of stroke counting-"use traditional Chinese characters and count strokes if there is a discount". In fact, there are two ways to get dynamic response. What is the divination method mentioned in the Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms?

Third, the divination method in "plum blossom easy number"

I don't have the original version of plum blossom easy to count at hand, but there is a book "Prediction of plum blossom easy to count" for reference. This book is basically a vernacular translation of plum blossom easy to count, in which there are many omissions and improper explanations. But fortunately, a part of the original text of The Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms is attached, which still has certain reference value. By comparing some online materials, it is found that the important points in the original text are correct. Let's discuss the first two divination methods with the original text attached to this book.

Check the original text of Meihua Yijing, and you can see the following discussion: where you take dynamic hexagrams, divide the total number of hexagrams by six, and use zero as dynamic hexagrams. (press: zero, that is, the remainder). It can be seen that the "number" used when playing chess is the "total number of hexagrams". What is "double divination"?

The vast number of Yi-ology enthusiasts should know that the three hexagrams (a total of eight hexagrams, that is, the dry Kun hexagrams separated from the earthquake) are called "classics" and also called "Xiaocheng hexagrams"; Sixty-four hexagrams are composed of these eight diagrams, which are called "other hexagrams", also called "big hexagrams" and "heavy hexagrams". That is, "heavy hexagrams" is the endorsement of six hexagrams. "Heavy hexagrams" means that the upper and lower hexagrams are heavy, so the "total number of heavy hexagrams" means "the number of upper hexagrams+the number of lower hexagrams".

As for whether it is necessary to add hours when taking the initiative, it is not clear here. Judging from the various specific situations mentioned in the back of the original work, some cases are added and some cases are not added, depending on the specific situation. In teacher Zhang Yansheng's works, this problem is also analyzed incisively, and interested friends can refer to it.

At this point, we can draw a conclusion that the divination method taught by teacher Zhang Yansheng is more in line with the original divination method in The Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms.

After careful analysis, we can know that, generally speaking, it is much simpler to use "the number of upper hexagrams+the number of lower hexagrams" when stirring hexagrams than to use the sum of all the numbers when using hexagrams. Because the number of hexagrams is between 1-8, the number of hexagrams may be much more than this. This is also in line with the thought of "Yi Jian" in the Book of Changes.

Four. conclusion

When applying the divination method mentioned in the Book of Changes of Plum Blossoms, it is necessary to divide the total number of heavy divination by six, and take zero as the divination method, that is, the number of upper divination+the number of lower divination, divided by the method of taking six divination, which is a correct understanding of the method of changing the divination of Plum Blossoms. One thing to note is that this method of moving hexagrams does not apply to "the hexagrams method at the time of year, month and day".

Using the correct divination method is conducive to improving the accuracy of our prediction. However, the author has little knowledge of Yi-ology, little experience in breaking divination and narrow knowledge, so he can't compare the advantages and disadvantages of different divination methods in the past, only to be verified by Yi-ology enthusiasts in practice. In practice, high precision is a good method and low precision is a poor method.