Chapter 2 Chapter One

, generally known as "Book of Changes". The name "Book of Changes" first appeared in the book "Zuo Zhuan".By the time of the Western Han Dynasty, the Confucian school regarded works such as "Book of Changes", "Poetry", "Li", "Yue", and "Spring and Autumn" as classics, called "Six Classics", and "Zhouyi" was called it. When was the book "Book of Changes" written?In this regard, "Zhou Yi Da Zhuan" once wrote in a tone of uncertainty and doubts: "The prosperity of "Yi" should be the end of Yin and the prosperity of Zhou? It should be the evil of King Wen and Zhou?" So far, Although the academic circles have not yet reached an indisputable conclusion, most of them believe that the book was written during or before the Yin and Shang Dynasties more than 3,000 years ago.

So, who is the author?In the history of ancient Chinese culture, there has always been a saying that Fuxi painted eight trigrams and King Wen performed sixty-four hexagrams. Sima Qian, the author of "Historical Records", also believed that the author of "Zhouyi" was King Wen of Zhou.Xibo, also known as King Wen of Zhou, was called Xibo because he was the leader of the Zhou clan, a powerful Fangbo country in the West at the end of the Shang Dynasty.Of course, there are also people who have raised doubts because the lines and lines of the sixty-four hexagrams in the "Book of Changes" contain historical events after King Wen of Zhou.In fact, it is difficult for a classic work like "Zhouyi" to be completed overnight. It must have a long process from prototype to fullness and perfection. It must be conceived, collected, written, revised, and supplemented by many people or even generations. It is possible to form the text of "Book of Changes" we see today.Although there is no conclusive evidence that the author is King Wen of Zhou alone, we can at least infer that King Wen of Zhou played a vital role in the process of writing "Book of Changes".

As the head of the Six Classics, it has always been a daunting masterpiece in my heart.It is like a bottomless black hole: the intricate hexagrams and symbols are dazzling, the simple and simple classical vocabulary is almost incomprehensible, the boring and difficult philosophical connotation "code" is difficult to decipher, and the all-encompassing complexity is beyond words... …Using a set of ancient and difficult discourse system, it tells and shows us a distant, hazy and wandering strange world. It is like a huge interlocking labyrinth: here, there are both ancient ignorance and immaturity, as well as the wisdom and profundity of civilization; there are both rigid and decadent cultural factors, and the bright light of modern science; There are both the dialectics of materialism and the mystery of idealism; there are quiet, quiet, soothing and lonely small bridges and flowing water, and there are also turbulent waves crashing on the shore, and the Yangtze River rushing for thousands of miles... Combine these contradictions The combination of unity, complexity and simplicity, gorgeousness and blandness, primitive simplicity and modernity always makes us dizzy and unable to figure out a clear world that we can understand clearly.

It is like a huge treasure house of comprehensive knowledge: the "hardware" that composes, that is, there are not many original characters and symbols, and a thin booklet can cover them all. Science, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, arts and sciences in one furnace, including philosophy, history, mathematics, aesthetics, medicine, astronomy, geography, physics, biology, ecology, economics, philology, semiotics, ethics, Multi-level natural and social disciplines such as literature and art seem to be omnipotent.Just as the "Siku Quanshu Zongmu·Jingbu" said: "The Dao of Yi is vast and all-encompassing. Astronomy, geography, music, art of war, rhyme, and arithmetic can be used to catch the fire outside the prescription. "Yi" thought it said."

It is like a huge "empty basket": in addition to its inherent amazing capacity, people can also put some new discoveries and inventions, understandings and explanations of the world into it, and it is also like a basket. The magical magic basket seems to be able to accommodate, digest and explain everything. ... Oh, what a big, strange, and strange book this is! When I first came into contact with it, apart from being unfamiliar and at a loss, I was more at a loss.I don't know how to read it, understand it, and decipher it. I can only rely on the explanations and interpretations of commentators.After reading a lot, the commentators are not only similar, but more of them pretend to point fingers without understanding it themselves, and some of them mislead readers after they have got into a dead end and entered a blind alley.

In order to have a deep understanding of a certain thing, to reach the essence and enter the scenic spot, in addition to the necessary guidance in the early stage, more depends on one's own persistent pursuit, hard work and unremitting exploration.This is especially true for research. As a representative work of mysticism, which is a comprehensive treasure house of ancient Chinese cultural thoughts and cultural wisdom, in addition to routine analysis and dismantling, and collusion one by one, it also needs to rely on personal aura and understanding to grasp it as a whole.To read, you have to get rid of the impetuous state of mind and settle down into tranquility, ponder, chew, and savor carefully, and slowly enter the unique atmosphere and mysterious powerful "aura" created by each ancient text, and start a coquettish dialogue with it.From distance to closeness, from strangeness to familiarity, from mystery to understanding, from depth to intimacy, so that two different cultural mentalities may have friction, collision and blending, and then burst out dazzling sparks, stirring up a new world. Glorious and splendid world.

Over the past ten years, I don’t know how many different editions and different commentators’ works I have read. Sometimes, I seem to have a glimpse into its depths; Some insignificant fur; sometimes, I merge with it in a trance, traveling in the heavens and the earth; sometimes, I feel that I and it are two different systems that exclude each other, and I cannot identify with the system that accommodates it and attaches to it. Impurities on the Internet...is such a thin little book, its unique cultural character and spiritual temperament firmly attracts you like a magnet, it urges you to think deeply, to explore, and it makes you linger and never get tired of it , it sometimes makes you feel strange, mysterious, bewildered and embarrassed, and sometimes it makes you suddenly understand and surprise you.

The more you go deep into it, the more you feel that it is too broad, too difficult and too ancient.From ancient times to the present, Confucian scholars of all dynasties have read the "Yi" without stopping, and there are no less than a thousand commentators. There are more than 3,000 kinds of treatises handed down, and almost one of them comes out every year.According to "Historical Records: The Family of Confucius", Confucius liked "Yi" in his later years, "Wei compiled the three masterpieces", and studied so hard that the rope connecting the bamboo slips was broken many times.Despite this, Confucius still had to sigh: "If you leave me for a few years, if I am, I will be gentle in "Yi"." He once said: "It is no big mistake to learn Yi after fifty." Confucius, who has been revered as a sage by the rulers of all dynasties for many years, is still like this in "Yi", which can be seen from his ancient profoundness, strangeness, uniqueness, and magnificence.

, is an insurmountable mountain in the history of ancient Chinese culture! It is no exaggeration to say that it opened the source of Chinese civilization, and all the philosophical thoughts of ancient Chinese culture originated from Yi Xue; it has epoch-making historical significance, announcing the end of the era of Chinese legends and half-belief in history, and marking the era of faith in history Since its birth, it has been scouring and transforming the barren and fertile soil under our feet bit by bit, day by day, with its vitality. The reason why the Chinese nation and Chinese culture have evolved into what they are today It seems that the cultural origin and development track can be found in it; it not only has a wide range of bosom friends in Europe, America, Japan, and Southeast Asia; it is still elegant and shining, and affects the East with its unique charm And the whole world.