Classics often talk about the origin and development of Zhouyi.

Classics often talk about the origin and development of Zhouyi. The details are as follows:

According to gossip, it was painted by Fuxi. There is also a legend that the dragon horse was sent to Fuxi with gossip on its back, and Fuxi drew it according to it. This is called "river map". Hong Fan also records that when Dayu was in charge of water control, he got a gift from a turtle's back in Luoshui, which is called Luoshu. It is also said that Fuxi was just a holy king in Confucian clothes during the Qin and Han Dynasties. It was not until there was a trick that gossip appeared. Businessmen use tortoise's bellybutton or ox's shoulder bone to indicate good luck.

This is Oracle Bone Inscriptions, there is no concept of Yin and Yang, and there is no trace of gossip. Cattle bones are used most in human law, but rarely in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. At the beginning of commercial loan agriculture, timber and animal husbandry were the main ways, that is, bovine bones were relatively easy to obtain. When the Zhou dynasty entered the agricultural society, cattle stocks were not easy to obtain, so yarrow was used, which was called longevity grass. The ancients thought this grass was as experienced as the old people, so they used it to predict bad luck.

The method is to take a handful of yarrow and count it to see if it is odd or even to judge his luck. There is also some philosophical truth in this. Life counts, the world counts, and this is a good account. In the present words, it is a mechanical book, a clip of the universe. It is said that Tai Chi gives birth to two instruments, and two instruments give birth to four phases, which means that life is twenty-two and four. It can be said that the method of divination is an essential skill, and it depends on numbers to judge good or bad luck.

Yarrow is used by the people, and gossip is used by divination officials. There are ordinary eight diagrams, which have evolved into sixty-four hexagrams according to the staggered arrangement of arithmetic. The method of divination is simpler than that of divination. In the Spring and Autumn Period. Probably only small things need to be used, and big things need to be used. The diviner edited these hexagrams in the order of hanging the neck into the Book of Changes. At that time, the diviner was familiar with the background at that time, knew divination and used words, so he thought it was very simple. Now it is not easy for future generations to lose the Book of Changes in divination.

At the end of the Warring States Period, Zhouyi became a Confucian classic. At that time, the theory of Yin and Yang prevailed and Confucianism was influenced by it, so I studied this book. Then I gave it to Zhouyi. The hexagrams have a new interpretation. These new explanations are not faithful and serious explanations of divination and wording. In fact, they carry forward their philosophy through divination and rhetoric, which is the so-called Yi Zhuan. By the Han Dynasty, Zhouyi was at the top of the Six Classics, and the combination of gossip and five elements restored witchcraft to its true colors.

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Classic Quotations is a monograph on Chinese studies edited by Zhu Ziqing, formerly known as Classic Quotations. Edited in February (1February 942) and first published by National Book Publishing House in August (1August 942), the actual reading time was1May 943. This book is a popular academic reading, with 13 articles, each of which is the result of special research.

According to the order of the traditional subset of classics and history, this paper introduces the basic knowledge of China's ancient important literature and classics with concise and clear words, which really simplifies the complex. Mr. Ye Shengtao prefaced the reprint of this book for 1980 Life, Reading and Knowledge Joint Publishing House, saying that between the lines of the book, the author's tireless spirit of chewing food and nurturing people was shown. Contemporary books can undoubtedly play a very good role in building spiritual civilization and improving the scientific and cultural level of the whole nation.