The origin and content of six hexagrams

Because gossip can only represent eight natural phenomena, if we want to express more things or phenomena, we need to combine two hexagrams, which means that the combination of these eight natural phenomena can produce more natural things. This is called "complex divination". A * * * has 8864 kinds of complex hexagrams, and two of the complex hexagrams are combined in a-up-down way. The upper divination is called external divination or upper divination, and the lower divination is called internal divination or lower divination. There are six hexagrams in the complex divination, so it is also called "six hexagrams". It can be understood as "communication", which represents the constant exchange and change of everything in the world and is the basic unit of gossip. Six hexagrams can be divided into three parts: the first hexagram and the second hexagram are the ground; Three and four are people; Five ideas, the best idea is heaven. These three parts are called "three talents". Heaven says yin and yang, tunnel says rigidity and softness, and humanity says benevolence and righteousness.

There has been a prediction of six hexagrams in Zhouyi, but the specific origin period is not explained in the literature.

In the Five Dynasties, the complicated method of big hexagrams in Zhouyi was simplified to the method of three copper coins in Huozhulin signed by Ma Yidao: put it in your hand, clasp your hands, think about what you have measured, shake your hands, put it in the hexagram plate, throw it six times, and make a hexagram. Ibu, then change. Combine the epigrams of the Book of Changes and the branches of time to predict the development process and results of things. Six hexagrams is one of the most popular divination methods among the people, and its changes include plum blossom easy counting, Guanyin level, Wang Wen's 64 hexagrams breaking and so on. It's much simpler than the authentic six-point method. Liu Yi said, "One yin and one yang are quiet, and I am happy to know my destiny, so I don't worry." Six-hexagram method is relatively standard and easy. It is a skill that is easy to stay at home and must be learned.

Analysis of breaking hexagrams in Plum Blossom: It is suitable for hexagrams with a dynamic hexagram. For example, all hexagrams have a dynamic hexagram, which can be broken by this method. This method can also be used to break the hexagrams played in other ways, if there is any movement. The contents of divination include divination, dynamic rhetoric and classified divination.