What does divination mean?

Divination is a symbol used for divination in Zhouyi. People believe that we can interpret the changes of everything in the world and predict the development and changes of things through the changes of divination. There are two main changes in divination. One is the change of rhetoric, that is, the change of six hexagrams up and down; The other is the change of hexagrams, that is, changing the arrangement order of sixty-four hexagrams. According to different changes, divination has been given different meanings in Zhouyi, so divination is a very rich concept.

The meaning of divination is diverse and can be used to answer people's doubts. In ancient times, divination methods mostly used the three-point divination method. Sweep cards (draw a line inside), shuffle cards, and finally draw a group of cards as the generation of divinatory symbols. People will solve some doubts according to the changes of divinatory symbols. Making good use of divinatory symbols can not only answer personal inquiries, but also solve national affairs. For example, when the Qing Dynasty was born, during the Shunzhi period, hexagrams were used to choose the son of heaven.

Divination is sometimes a symbol, representing some specific concepts. For example, dry divination represents heaven; Kun gua represents the land; Earthquake divination represents thunder; Gua represents the wind; Kangua stands for water; Deviation represents fire; Root melons represent mountains; Reverse divination represents ze. These hexagrams not only represent some natural elements, but also indicate philosophy and morality. In China culture, the expression of divination has surpassed divination itself, and it has become a medium for expressing thoughts, which is closely related to human civilization.