Brief Introduction of China Yijing Culture Research Institute

The Book of Changes, also known as the Book of Changes or the Book of Changes, is the source of natural philosophy and ethical practice in China's traditional ideology and culture, and the oldest primitive divination in China, which has had a great influence on China culture. It is said that Fu He (Ji Chang) summed it up according to the river map and Luo Shu (which also produced the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes). It is the crystallization of China's 5,000-year-old wisdom culture and is known as "the head of the group classics and the source of the avenue". In ancient times, it was the study of emperors and a required skill for politicians, strategists and businessmen. The Book of Changes is essentially a book about divination. "Divination" is to predict the development of future events, and The Book of Changes is a book that summarizes the laws and theories of these predictions.

The Book of Changes is one of the four books and five classics of Confucianism. According to literature records, it is said that when Qin Shihuang burned books to bury Confucianism, Li Si survived because he included Zhouyi in the book of medical divination. Later, people in all previous dynasties studied Zhouyi, including Fang Jing and Zheng Xuan in Han Dynasty, Wang Bi in Wei and Jin Dynasties, Lu Deming, Li Dingzuo and Kong in Tang Dynasty, Shao Yong, Cheng Yi and Zhu in Song Dynasty.

The study of Zhouyi in past dynasties can be roughly divided into two schools: the school of righteousness and the school of image. The rationalist school emphasizes that hexagrams, epigrams and epigrams are explained by the meaning of their names. Elephant Mathematics School pays attention to explaining hexagrams and speeches from the images symbolized by gossip. Others think that the school of righteousness discusses the philosophical value of Zhouyi, while the school of mathematics focuses on divination with Zhouyi. The former is Wang Bi and Cheng Yi, and the contemporary is Liu Dajun, a professor at Shandong University. The latter, such as Fang Jing and Shao Yong, can be found in Time of Birth and Destiny.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, The Book of Changes was translated by missionaries and spread to the west. 1At the end of the 7th century, the German philosopher and mathematician Leibniz explained the Book of Changes in binary because of the introduction of the sinologist Buweijie (1662- 1732). Nowadays, many people in Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province Province and western countries have studied the Book of Changes.