Ceng Shiqiang thinks the Book of Changes is mathematics. Why did he say that?

The Book of Changes embodies the ancient wisdom of China's ancient sages, and has long been misunderstood as a fortune-telling book. With the development of science and technology and the blending of eastern and western cultures, the Book of Changes has been paid more and more attention by Chinese and foreign scientific and cultural circles, and western scholars call it "a wonderful futurological work". So, what kind of book is the Book of Changes? It is an ancient and novel book, unfamiliar and familiar, profound and easy to understand. Faced with this contradictory phrase, we can't help asking, what is the Book of Changes?

What is the Book of Changes? This kind of answer can only be understood by China people. Outsiders don't like this kind of answer very much. It's ok, but it's only part of it, and it can't be all right, because the Book of Changes is too big. In a big city like Beijing, which way did you enter Beijing? But after you came in, you still don't know. Everyone is only right in part, so it is difficult to say it all. Therefore, when studying the Book of Changes, we must learn from others and respect each other.

According to today's statement, the Book of Changes can be said to be a natural science. But we know that with Confucius, this book has added an "ethics" to the natural science part.

In addition to natural science, we also added ethics to the Book of Changes. Only by combining these two things can the Book of Changes be expressed as a whole. Fuxi used to use symbols to tell everyone about the weather changes, and later he gradually realized that not only the weather, but also many things directly related to life would develop from it.