Reflections on the Book of Changes

I have feelings after reading the Book of Changes. It is the highest philosophy, not fortune telling, so the fortune teller on the roadside does not represent the Book of Changes theory at all. The Book of Changes is divided into three ways to explain the three types of people in the whole society. Laozi's Taoist theory is the most difficult and most enlightened knowledge in the Book of Changes, which represents the interests and attitude towards life of the highest social class. Confucius of Confucianism represents the interests and attitude towards life of the middle class; Mozi represents the interests and attitudes of ordinary people. This is the Book of Changes becoming the father of philosophy.

I ching is a predictive science, materialism, not idealism. There are divination images in the Book of Changes, which means that 8*8=64 divination images explain different results respectively. That is to say, divination is to predict a life phenomenon that you may face now, not the essence; The reasons for this phenomenon and how to solve its consequences are also explained. Here, people will interpret it as "numerology" and "luck" and how to solve it. In fact, both "fate" and "luck" are well explained in the Book of Changes, because hexagrams only represent phenomena. Think about whether a phenomenon can contain your true essence. Can you solve all the bad things that happen to you? The Book of Changes tells you some human truths. Confucius' theory and Mozi's theory are what we should learn. After learning these theories, you can understand that divination in the Book of Changes is a materialistic philosophy, not a fortune-telling. It can predict some unpleasant things and disasters in some stages of life, but it will change. Divination will change according to your behavior and practical experience.

In the Book of Changes, "Yi" itself means "change". In other words, change with the change of things is the real truth. We should learn from Confucius' theory of being a man and Mozi's theory of doing things. If a person can be a good person, do things well and have good cultivation, then he may become a successful person, that is, a high-level field, and then he can learn the truth of Taoism.

You can see many phenomena in your environment from the study of the Book of Changes, and then summarize and study them, change them and make them develop in a good direction, which will change your "destiny". Materialist philosophy holds that "fate" is unchangeable, but "fate" is changeable. In fact, the constant change of "destiny" can also lead to the change of "destiny" in a small stage.

The attitude of learning the Book of Changes is positive. You can't always regard the predicted phenomenon as your "destiny". If you do nothing all day and think all day, nothing will come. Actively learn the essence and actively absorb it. The Book of Changes can only help you see what will happen, so the real solution depends on your own quality and will.

Learning the Book of Changes doesn't mean that I won't work hard if I predict that my life is not good. If you have a bad marriage this year, you won't get married. No, the Book of Changes tells us that everything should be "moderate", which is not an extreme meaning, but is interpreted as just right. Things should conform to the law and meet the requirements of reality. Just like a good marriage, the best combination of two people is "a match made in heaven". This is the wisdom of the ancients and has a certain truth. Now people don't want this, they just want the right mix. How can you find happiness if you don't meet the blind requirements of the law!

Learning the Book of Changes depends on what purpose you read it with. It involves philosophy, astronomy, geography, political strategy, military strategy, ethics, behavioral science, thinking mode, interpersonal relationship, medical health care, information prediction, literary aesthetics and so on, and even modern frontier sciences such as computer software, genetic code, chaos theory, dissipative structure and so on can be inspired. It can really be said that "benevolent people have different opinions, wise people have different opinions, and people don't know daily necessities." Generally speaking, of course, it is a philosophical work that reveals the law of development and change of all things. The Book of Changes is an advanced textbook that ancient scholars must read. Today, it is still a valuable guide to guide people to adapt to various complex environments, a life guide and a complete behavior manual.