Does Zhouyi want to read classical Chinese?

1. Because Zhouyi is written in classical Chinese, you must first have a certain reading foundation in classical Chinese, and then find out the literal meaning. At this time, it is necessary to use ancient Chinese reference books, such as the Dictionary of Common Words in Ancient Chinese, or the Kangxi Dictionary, which is used to query difficult sentences.

When you understand all this, you can't say that you have completely understood it. You also need to read some monographs that annotate the Book of Changes, such as Tang-Li Dingzuo's Book of Changes. These are the processes of your self-study. If you really want to know them, you need a professional master, preferably an international expert who really studies the Book of Changes, not a superficial person, and it is best to have a younger brother who studies with you. Of course, if you don't have any younger siblings, you can go to the street to find a fortune teller and learn skills from them when you relax.

The most important thing in Zhouyi is to shake the divination, and the meaning of the same divination may be different. Besides having a solid knowledge of ancient Chinese, you should also be proficient in ancient phonology. Learning Zhouyi is fun, but learning it well is difficult. At present, there are not many people who really understand it in China.

The International Conference on the Book of Changes was held in Taiwan Province Province. Most of the participants are international experts in the Book of Changes and have internationally renowned cultural websites. You can also find like-minded scholars online to make progress together. In addition, university graduate students can also look for them to study. I hope it helps you. Please accept it if you are satisfied.

2. I bought a copy of Zhouyi, with only classical Chinese translation and no pictures. What is the flying dragon in the sky? Long Xing.

Kang: The dragon rose to a very high place in Longxing. There are regrets: unlucky divination.

Hidden Dragon: refers to Long Xing at the autumnal equinox. Do not use: not suitable

Zhouyi is a book of divination, which is simply used for divination. However, the style of this book is definitely not comparable to ordinary divination and cheating books. It contains many philosophical explanations. You can also think of it as a book on China philosophy. In it, you can feel the most primitive and simple philosophy and outlook on life of China people. To put it more bluntly, Zhouyi is an important cornerstone of China's ideology and culture for thousands of years. This book belongs to the Zhou Dynasty. The written language is ancient Chinese. Of course, you can't understand it without a good knowledge of classical Chinese. More importantly, you need to have some knowledge of philosophy, astronomy and ancient folklore. Because there are many places involving philosophy, astronomy and ancient folk customs, it is too early for you to read Zhouyi without any foundation. If you really want to learn ancient Chinese, you want to study Chinese studies systematically. I suggest you start with the concept of ancient Chinese. If you don't understand, look up the ancient Chinese dictionary, cooperate with some books mainly in ancient Chinese, such as An Introduction to Ancient Chinese written by teacher Wang Li, read some classical Chinese books such as Warring States Policy and Liaozhai, and then read some historical books to get an overview of ancient times, with the emphasis on recording historical materials in the pre-Qin period, with the emphasis on Historical Records and Hanshu. In this way, you can understand the culture and folk customs of the Zhou Dynasty, and finally consider other books with deep and philosophical thinking. The Book of Changes and Four Books and Five Classics are more than N books, which should not be read by a beginner of ancient Chinese. The difficulty of these books is not only the classical Chinese, but also the connotation and philosophical thought of China's ancient culture, which cannot be understood casually.

Of course, if you are really not interested in ancient Chinese and Chinese studies, it is really useless to advise you not to buy books like Zhouyi. You'd better put it on the bookshelf to fill in the blanks, otherwise you may not know what kind of ideological meaning he has expounded in the superficial words. It is not difficult to translate its superficial words. The difficulty lies in understanding deeper thoughts.