Does Zhouyi have a great influence on our lives?

The Book of Changes is the source of China culture. Although it is a Confucian classic, it has great influence on doctors, military strategists, Taoists, yin and yang scholars, legalists and strategists.

China culture is like a big tree and several classics. It has been noted by all ages that it has been enriched continuously, but it is not chaotic. This is a very interesting phenomenon.

For example, Yang Xiong is a scholar on the above-mentioned issues. According to the system of the Book of Changes, he wrote a Xuan Jing, 998 1 Zan, corresponding to the 8864 hexagrams of the Book of Changes, which is somewhat metaphysical.

Therefore, all cultural schools will draw nutrition from the Book of Changes to expound their views and opinions. Of course, fortune tellers are the most influential people.

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"Historical Records" records that "King Wen was arrested and went to Zhouyi". It is said that Wen Wang is good at acting Zhouyi, and today's Zhouyi has the finishing power of Wen Wang, from which we can see some political ideas of Wen Wang.

According to legend, in ancient times, Fu created the Innate Yi (innate gossip), Shennong created the Lianshan Yi (Lianshan Bagua) and Xuanyuan created the Guizang Yi (Guizang Bagua). Later, it is said that after careful study, King Wen standardized and sorted it out, and interpreted it as 64 hexagrams and 384 hexagrams. With divination and diction, it is called Zhouyi.

It uses simple images and numbers, and the opposite changes of Yin and Yang to explain all kinds of complex social phenomena, and displays thousands or even infinite numbers, which has the characteristics of using few to show many, using simplicity to show many and being full of changes.

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