How can I learn how to get started quickly?

There are always friends who are interested in Yi-ology who ask me where to start, how to start and what books to read.

There are many people asking questions, and I will say an answer many times, which is very inefficient, so I will write this article and give a unified reply.

Where to start?

First of all, Yi-ology is a systematic and rigorous knowledge, which introduces another world outlook (see another article on life and science for details). Because Yi-ology is an art of carrying Tao, we must master its art before we can understand its Tao. Therefore, don't read Zhouyi, don't study all kinds of Zhouyi notes, and don't waste time on exegesis. I don't necessarily know the Book of Changes by heart. Starting with poetry is tantamount to seeking a fish from a tree.

Art is based on Tao, starting from art and starting from practice. There are many kinds of easy door technology. Unless you specialize in a certain subject, you'd better study them step by step. Here I provide a general route for your reference:

Four pillars and eight characters → Plum blossoms are easy to count → Six hexagrams → Daoist magic → Great Liu Ren → Feng Shui.

The above types of skills and numbers are representative because their systems are relatively perfect, and there are many mistakes and corrections made to the system by ancient books and records. Take the two branches of the four-pillar philosophy-Eight Characters and Wei Zidou's book, why not include Wei Zidou's book? There are three reasons: 1, Wei Zidou's book developed late, and there were not many theories, which were popular in Taiwan Province Province until the defeat of the Kuomintang. 2. There are not many ancient books that can be checked and refuted, mainly the Complete Works of Wei Zimen and the Complete Works of Wei Zimen. The development of repair in past dynasties is less and the theoretical system is incomplete. These rules are complicated and difficult to learn. It's the same as four pillars and eight characters. If you choose one of them, the theoretical system of four pillars and eight characters will be more solid.

For example, if the ancient prose is not good, Xu Weigang's eight-character positive solution is worth reading in the vernacular, or articles by Huang Dalu, Cuncheng and Ling Yixue can be read.

Folk authentic blind schools are divided into two parts. One is to push the birthday. Blind people can't find the perpetual calendar, but they can sort out the rules of the perpetual calendar by memorizing the formula. When the tester reports the year, month and date, the formula can be automatically converted into eight characters in his mind. This method is generally not used by discerning people, especially with mobile phones and computers, typesetting software can easily discharge the eight characters. Secondly, the theory of the blind school is mainly based on the formula of inheriting the experience summarized by the blind teachers in previous dynasties, and combining the gods and demons with the zodiac to calculate the eight characters. Because the experience of teachers in blind schools is passed down from mouth to mouth, and there are a lot of practical polishing and testing, blind schools often have amazing words such as going straight.

Ordinary people rarely get the real inheritance of blind religion, and there are differences in the theory of blind religion in different regions, because blind religion is more empirical than systematic reasoning, which is the unique advantage and limitation of folk blind religion. If there is not a lot of practice to prove the application of blind formula, it is difficult to grasp its discretion. But because it is fast and accurate, it can also collect research, which is conducive to advanced.