Yin and Yang and the Five Elements of Zhouyi

? The Book of Changes, also known as the Book of Changes, is one of the important classics of China traditional culture. It is said that it was written by Zhou people. Its contents include the Book of Changes and Biography, most of which introduce the knowledge of health preservation, yin and yang and five elements. It is regarded as the first of the six classics.

? The classics are mainly composed of 64 hexagrams and 384 hexagrams, each with its own interpretation, and are used for divination. Biography contains seven languages * * * 10, most of which are Confucian works of the Warring States or Qin Dynasty.

The sages of past dynasties spoke highly of the Book of Changes. Confucius believes that learning the Book of Changes means "knowing the ambition of the world, setting the career of the world, and breaking the sky", and according to the Book of Changes, he put forward the famous conclusion that "disaster is in it, happiness is in it". Laozi, a Taoist, also integrated the thought of the Book of Changes into his own Tao Te Ching, and founded a philosophical system with dialectical thought as the core: "Everything is attached to yin and embraces yang, and tends to be harmonious." Buddhism, Yin and Yang and counting tricks.

? In the theoretical rules of Yijing, there is a "position rule" about the consistency of yin and yang, which requires that the yin and yang attributes of each hexagram must correspond to the yin and yang attributes of its position. Where the yang is in the yang position and the yin is in the yin position, that is, the "position" must conform to the law of development of things.

? One? yin and yang

The changes of Yin and Yang run through the Book of Changes, and Yin and Yang are also the contradiction of unity of opposites in modern philosophy. It is the theoretical source of natural philosophy and humanistic practice, and the only way to understand everything in the world and look at life and death, right and wrong, success or failure in the world. The tricks in the Book of Changes refer to methods and techniques, and numbers are numbers. The combination of yin and yang from the eight diagrams to the eight diagrams and sixty-four diagrams is the binary used by modern computers, and this binary was established by Brezhny under the inspiration of the Book of Changes.

? Two? five elements

? In the Book of Changes, the five elements have two principles. First, the five elements are born together, and Jinshui, aquatic wood, Muhuo, Huotu and Tujin are born together. Jin Kemu, Mu, Tuk Shui, Shui, this is Shank's rotation. Second, the five elements can connect everything in series. For example, the five elements can match five colors, blue, white, red, black and yellow. Can be formulated, southeast and northwest; Can be matched with five flavors, sweet and sour, bitter and salty; Can be matched with five tones, palace merchant horn emblem feather; Can match the year, month, day, time and so on. The five elements connect everything into a big net, and on this basis, a whole set of knowledge and technology is produced.

? According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, hands and feet, nervous system, liver and gallbladder and hair belong to wood; The heart, blood circulation system and eyes belong to fire; Spleen, stomach and skin belong to soil; The large intestine, lungs, trachea, throat, teeth and bones belong to gold; Kidney, bladder and urinary system all belong to water. The relationship between the five zang-organs and the six fu-organs is actually the exterior-interior relationship of yin and yang, with the dirty organs being yin, the fu-organs being yang, the dirty organs being inside and the fu-organs being outside, and the yin-yang and the exterior-interior cooperating with each other and connected by meridians, thus forming a close relationship between the fu-organs. On this basis, a complete theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine has been formed.

? The China element in the zodiac, monkey chicken is gold; Tiger avoids wood; Rats and pigs belong to water; Snakes and horses belong to fire; Cattle, dragons, sheep and dogs belong to the earth. The zodiac, the twelve earthly branches, coincides with the heavenly stems. A, B, C, D, Xu, Ji, Geng, Xin, people and ghosts constitute the traditional calendar year, month and day in China. The five elements corresponding to the months in China are based on the lunar calendar of China, that is, January belongs to wood, February to wood, March to earth, April to fire, May to fire, June to earth, July to gold, August to unitary gold, September to earth, October to water, November to water and December to ugly soil. The five elements corresponding to China time can be divided into Yin and Yang, with odd numbers as Yang and even numbers as Yin. Regularly in turn, forming a eight-character marriage law number.

? To sum up, in the nature where we live, everything belongs to the category of five elements.

? 20 19.9.26 Liu Changping