Why is the Book of Changes the first of the group classics?

Why is Zhouyi called the head of the group classics?

Zhouyi is divided into the Book of Changes and the Book of Changes.

Classics include sixty-four hexagrams, hexagrams and epigrams. Chuanyou Gua, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci, Yao Ci. Zhouyi is the most important classic in China's classical culture, and its ideological influence covers China's ancient politics, economy, military affairs, astronomy, geography, engineering, medical care and other fields. And it has been circulated for thousands of years, so that today, thinkers of all ages attach great importance to it, and a hundred schools of thought contend. For example, Confucius doesn't believe in ghosts and gods: "If you don't say anything, Machamp is confused." However, Confucius highly praised Zhouyi. Historical records of Confucius' family said that Confucius liked the Book of Changes, preface, copula, image, divination and classical Chinese in his later years. Later, Confucianism respected Zhouyi as the first of the Five Classics. From Confucianism in the Han Dynasty to Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties, there are systematic studies on the principles, images and numbers of Yi. Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty, such as Zhou Dunyi, Shao Yong and Zhu, collected and sorted out the lost ancient Yi maps and compiled Zhouyi. Since this century, many scholars at home and abroad have tried to explain the mathematical laws of Yi from geometry, algebra and number theory, and some even tried to connect Yi with computer science, molecular biology and seismology. This raises a question: why is a divination book that combines the cultural achievements of fortune tellers from the Neolithic Age to the Bronze Age so attractive? Is it the obsession and nostalgia of future generations? From the point of view of people who completely believe in modern science, this seems ridiculous, but it is not. There is a profound truth in this.

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Indeed, Zhouyi is a book of divination.

The book of divination is to predict the development of future events. Therefore, Zhouyi is a classic of foreknowledge in ancient China. But this kind of foresight is completely different from the prediction in methodology, epistemology and modern natural science. With the accumulation of a lot of practical experience and the "intuitive wisdom" possessed by diviners in primitive society, it is possible to master the law of predicting the future and form a systematic theory. Zhouyi is a book about the theory of predicting laws, and it is the crystallization of the practice and wisdom of diviners from Neolithic Age to Bronze Age. Fuxi's creation of Yin-Yang Eight Diagrams is a great breakthrough, which solves the problems of studying, expressing and mastering the law of foreknowledge and establishing the methodology of foreknowledge theory. The process from Fuxi's creation of the second book to the formation of Zhouyi is the process from creation to maturity. However, the connotation of Yi goes far beyond this. We know that the development of things can be predicted, because the movement of everything has its inherent laws. If we master this rule, we can accurately predict such things. But everything in the world emerges endlessly, and the specific laws are different. In order to master the general laws that are generally applicable to the movement and change of all things in the world, we must establish an overall understanding of the nature of all things in the universe, as well as an ontological and overall understanding of the nature of all things in the universe, as well as ways to understand all things in the universe.

The General Outline of Zhouyi is a philosophical classic that embodies the essence of the universe itself and all things in the universe. & lt/P & gt； & ltBR & gt

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The prediction of Zhouyi is still in the exploratory stage, that is to say, it still belongs to the potential scientific stage, in which the simple materialistic world outlook and methodology contain scientific information, and there are other factors that tend to be mysterious, accidental and unscientific. If we look at the ancient books before Qin and Han Dynasties, we will find that there are no grotesque ghosts and gods in either Zhouyi or Laozi's Tao Te Ching. Nowadays, fortune tellers and fortune tellers think of gods and ghosts when they mention prophecy, which is comparable to idealism. What's more, some Yi-ology forecasters intentionally deify and mystify the thought of Zhouyi, which seems to be the only way for them to display their talents. Every Yi-ology worker should adopt a realistic attitude and actively study, aiming at solving problems and helping others, promoting the cause of Yi-ology in the motherland and serving the people, rather than serving his own interests and self-interest. The business of forecasting is to make an early judgment on the future of the measured person or thing through the theory of Zhouyi and five lines of gossip, so as to achieve the purpose of praying for blessings and avoiding disasters. Zhouyi is a historical treasure of China culture, and every colleague of Yi Studies has the obligation and responsibility to study it seriously and carry forward the cause of Zhouyi prediction.