What is the difference between the Book of Changes and a change of heart?

First, the reference objects are different.

Most of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes refer to the present situation and existing problems; The change of mentality refers to the development trend and future development direction of the situation.

Second, the changes are different.

Change of heart is also relative to static divination. If there is no movement, this kind of divination is static divination, and the image of divination remains unchanged. If there is a movement in this hexagram, it will change from this hexagram to a new hexagram, which becomes a change of mind.

Third, the status is different.

In the prediction of hexagrams, this hexagram occupies a major position and is based on it. The theme of many reply messages comes from this hexagram. However, the change of mind mostly only changes the relationship between reference and divination, so as to answer the future trend of the situation and assist divination.

Zhouyi is the theoretical source of natural philosophy and humanistic practice in China's traditional ideology and culture, the crystallization of China's ancient thoughts and wisdom, and is known as the "source of Tao". The content is extremely rich, which has had a far-reaching impact on China's politics, economy, culture and other fields for thousands of years.

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The word "Yi" also has multiple meanings:

(1) is easy to get its name from lizards, which are hieroglyphics, and this is from Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi; Lizards can change color, commonly known as "chameleon", so the change meaning of "Yi" is the extended meaning of lizards.

② Understanding the "Yi" in the Western Zhou Dynasty should be based on the reform of the ritual and music system in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Etiquette refers to the festival of leisure, that is, easy music, which are the means and tools for the ruling class to control the people and maintain the patriarchal clan system. The Book of Changes preserved the framework of the symphony of bells and drums in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the eating and drinking of bells and drums was unimaginable in the bottom society of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The sun and the moon change, symbolizing yin and yang. From the perspective of philology, the composition of the word "Yi" is "day" and "month". "Yi" means "heaven".

4 sunrise is easy. Chen Guying thinks this meaning is also the original meaning of "dry".

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