stepping stone Chinese people generally think of gossip when it comes to gossip, and when they think of gossip, they are connected with those who sing Peking opera and wear goose feather fans and gowns of gossip.It seems that after learning, you can know half of the sky and everything in the earth.Whether it can reach this level is a big question.Whether it includes so many things, whether it is possible to know the past and the future, this is a very interesting question, and it is also a big question. We mentioned singing Peking Opera just now. Yes, we can understand from Peking Opera that Chinese Peking Opera pays great attention to facial makeup and costumes. Wearing gossip robes on the stage, we now look like demons, but in fact gossip represents the highest wisdom.Therefore, some people say that "it is the classic among the classics, the philosophy among the philosophies, and the wisdom among the wisdoms."

In addition, we see facial makeup in Peking Opera, some of which draw a Tai Chi picture on the forehead, which means that the person in the play is full of wisdom-astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom.From the artistic expression of this drama, we can see the degree to which the status in Chinese culture is valued by ordinary people.This is a good side to look at; look at the bad side, as soon as it is mentioned, some people think of those charlatans who run the rivers and lakes, fortune-tellers, feng shui, and divination.Either way, it means that we don't know enough about our own culture.Today we are starting to study the route we are going to take, because most people have not been exposed to it before, so we are here to let everyone know how to read this book, starting with how to know it and how to understand it.As for in-depth research, some people have studied it all their lives, but they still haven't figured it out. There are many, including me, who have studied it for most of their lives, and are still similar to a beginner.In fact, when I talk about this knowledge, I am trembling. I feel that I am very superficial, and I have no way to report it to everyone. However, there is a little bit that I can offer you, which is just a stepping stone.

Clean and subtle Now let's talk about the importance the ancients attached to the ancients. In the article "Explanation of the Five Classics" in the "Book of Rites", when referring to this knowledge, it is said: "Clean, quiet and subtle, the teaching of Yi is also." It is said that this is the conclusion and correct comment made by Confucius after sorting out. The four words "quiet and subtle" seem simple, but their meanings are very broad. "Clean and quiet" includes religious and philosophical meanings, which means that after learning this knowledge, one's mental thoughts and emotional changes will be very clean and peaceful. The word "subtlety" is scientific, so those who study "Yi" must be very calm. I often tell young students my experience: "Don't read it at night." They don't believe it, because the old people say It can ward off evil spirits, and all unrighteous demons and ghosts are afraid.Some people are seriously ill, and if they put a book next to their pillow, the ghosts will be driven away, and if they read it again, the ghosts and spirits will be disturbed, so they don't read at night.But I like reading at night the most, but once I read at night, it's over.I will not dare to read in the future, because if I read at night, I will not be able to sleep all night. The more I study, the more endless I will find the answer to one question, and at the same time I will find another new question. Go down, and before you know it, it will be dawn.Therefore, I deeply understand the situation of the ancients who "sit at a small window and read "Book of Changes", not knowing how long spring has passed", a scene where one spring has passed without knowing.Why don't you know the time has passed?Because research requires a very calm mind and very precise thinking, the teaching of "Yi" is "clean, quiet and subtle". This is Confucius' evaluation of it, and it is so serious.

But in the "Five Classics Explanation", there are also negative criticisms, how to say?What it says is: "Its loss is also a thief." It is a word for "thief".People who have learned it, if they don't follow the right path and follow heresy ways, they will be thieves and ghosts, and they will use the goose feather fan to fan others to rebel.This is the best comment in our own culture, and the word "thief" is very well executed. In history, Wang Feng of the Han Dynasty and Yu Shinan of the Tang Dynasty (the prime minister of Tang Taizong, the "Secretary-General" when he started his business, and his personal good friend) praised and said: "If you don't read "Yi", you can't be a general." People can't be a good prime minister, nor can they be a good general. Praise is so important.

After we know this, we can at least encourage ourselves to find out exactly what is in this book left by our ancestors.For example, someone thinks that there is a ghost on the opposite side of the house, so he buys a gossip on the street and hangs it at the door, which seems to be insurance. What is the effect of this?Is there any such effect? Sanyi The importance of easy learning is so important, how should we study it?Everyone should pay attention, the "Book of Changes Collected Notes" you have at hand is only a part of Chinese culture.The title of this book is "Book of Changes", which is the conclusion of Zhou Wenwang's research when he was in prison in Kouli.Our Confucian culture, Taoist culture, and all Chinese cultures all began to develop after King Wen wrote this book.Therefore, the theories of various schools of thought all originate from this book, and all originate from these hexagrams drawn.In fact, there are two other kinds, one is called "Lianshan Yi" and the other is called "Guizang Yi". Together with the "Zhouyi" we hold at hand, they are collectively called "Three Yis". "Lianshan Yi" is the "Yi" in the Shennong era, and the position of the eight trigrams in the painting is different from the position of the eight trigrams in "Zhou Yi".The "Yi" in the Yellow Emperor's time was "Gui Zang Yi". "Lianshan Yi" starts with Gen hexagram, "Guizang Yi" starts with Kun hexagram, and "Zhouyi" starts with Qian hexagram. This is the difference between the three Yis.Speaking of this, we must have a concept. People nowadays are often limited by the scope of this "Book of Changes", because some people say that "Lianshan Yi" and "Guizang Yi" have been lost and never handed down.Is there actually any?This is a big problem. It can be said that the set of things in the "Jianghu" that we Chinese talk about now, such as medicine, geomancy, and Taoism, are all "Lianshan" and "Guizang". An easy-to-learn combination.

the three principles of In addition to "Lianshan" and "Guizang", in the "Book of Changes" itself, there is a principle also called "Three Changes", which means that it includes three major principles: first, change; second, simplicity 3. It is not easy.To study, we must first understand the truth of these three principles. (1) change First, the so-called change is to tell us that nothing in the world, people in the world, and even everything in the universe remains the same.In time and space, there is nothing, nothing, situation, or thought that is constant. It is impossible to remain unchanged, and it must change.For example, when we sit here, the situation has already changed in the first second when we sit down, and the situation is different in the second second.The time is different, the environment is different, the emotion is also different, and the spirit is also different. Everything is changing anytime and anywhere, and there is no constant thing.Therefore, to learn "Yi", one must first know "change". A person of high intelligence not only understands change but also can adapt to this change. This is the reason why one cannot become a general without learning Yi.

From this point, we also understand a term "impermanence" in Indian Buddhism.This term was slowly turned into a superstitious color by some Buddhists. In the Town God's Temple, there was a tall and thin ghost, wearing a white robe, a tall hat, and a long tongue. It was named "White Impermanence", and said When this "ghost of impermanence" comes, people will die. This is superstition.In fact, the term "impermanence" is a kind of Buddhist theory, which means that nothing in the world can exist forever, so it is called "impermanence", which is the principle of change in the middle.Our Chinese culture is based on principles. Everything in the universe is not constant and must change. This is a principle.Indians talk about phenomena, such as seeing a house being built, the house will definitely collapse in the future, and seeing people born, they will definitely get sick, get old, and die. This is called "impermanence" by looking at phenomena. .

(2) Simple The second simplicity is that there are many things in the universe that our wisdom and knowledge cannot understand.A problem arises here, I often tell my friends, it can also be said to be a philosophical comparison, the phenomenon of "there is nothing but reason" in the world, it is because our experience is not enough, scientific experiments have not yet If it appears that "there is something that does not know the reason", it is because our wisdom is not enough.In other words, everything in the universe must have its reason. If there is such a thing, it must have its principle. It's just that we don't have enough wisdom and experience to find out its principle.Simplicity is also the highest principle. No matter how mysterious things in the universe are, when we are wise enough to understand them, they will become ordinary, the most ordinary and very simple.When we watch Zhuge Liang in Peking Opera, we stretch out a few fingers, and pinch them in turn to know the past and the future.Is there any reason for this?Yes, there is this method.After the ancients understood the laws of the universe and things in the universe, they arranged the gossip patterns on the knuckles, added the relationship between time and space, and arranged mathematical formulas to calculate things.This is to simplify such a complicated truth, so it is called simplicity.Well, let us first tell us that things in the universe are changing at any time, although the laws of change are very complicated, the phenomenon of everything in the universe is very simple after we understand the principles and principles.

(3) not easy The third difficulty is that everything is changing anytime and anywhere, but there is one thing that will never change, that is, the thing that can change all phenomena is constant and exists forever.What is that thing?Religious scholars call it "God", "God", "Master", "Buddha", and "Bodhisattva".Philosophers call it "ontology," and scientists call it "function."No matter what its name is, there is such a thing anyway, this thing is unchanging, this "it" that can change everything, everything, and everything is unchanging.

These are the three principles, you must first understand. reason, image, number After understanding these three principles, there are still three rules to understand. These three rules are the three connotations of the book we have at hand: reason, 彖, and number. These basic principles must be memorized before they can be studied. Now let’s explain these three words. Look at everything in the universe from the perspective of human beings—be it life, emotions, or thoughts...they all have their principles and principles.According to our modern concepts, reason belongs to philosophy. Everything in the universe has its reason and its image; conversely, any phenomenon in the universe must also have its reason. At the same time, every phenomenon must have its number.For example, this tape is for recording. It can record. There are many reasons for it. The shape, size and sound of the tape are its image. This tape can be recorded in a few minutes, how long, how many Width, that's what it counts.Everything has its reason, its image and its number.

Therefore, some people use "reason" to explain the study of science, some people use "image" to explain it, and some people use "number" to explain it.People in ancient times knew everything by pinching their fingers, and that was because they understood easy numbers.Everything in the universe has its number, which is an inevitable process. For example, when we lift a teacup on the table and swing it left and right, this is an image; however, how many degrees and how many seconds it swings from side to side, there is its number. Number; why swing, there is its reason - this is my action to make everyone understand the principles of reason, image and number more concretely.Therefore, every hexagram, every line, and every point contains three meanings: reason, image, and number.People live in the world, and their relationship with the world is constantly changing, and as long as there is a change, it includes its principles, images, and numbers.If human wisdom understands the principle, image, and number of things, it will know the changes of things. Every phenomenon will change when it reaches a certain number. Everything works out.Once you understand reason, image, and number, you will be able to know change, understanding, and development, and you will know everything in advance. I often tell my classmates that it is best not to delve into the knowledge of "Yi", if you get in, you will be like me, unable to climb out.If you must learn, it is best to only learn half of it.If you really master your studies, you will lose your taste in being a human being.For example, if you want to go out, because you have learned the "Yi" well, you know that you will fall when you go out this time, so you don't go out, and you don't bother to take a step.What's the taste of a life like this?Why bother to learn?That's why I say that it's best to only learn half of "Yi" because I think it's infinitely mysterious, like groping your way in the dark, and it's quite interesting to be confused; when you walk in full light, there is a pit in front of you, and you can see it clearly , so I didn't leave.It can be seen that learning is very boring, why bother to learn?Having said that, if you really understand the Yi, how can you use it to talk about it; if I still talk about it now, it can be seen that it is half-baked and still doesn't make sense.People like me who don't know much, blowing these things here can help everyone figure out the way; people who really understand "Yi" may come here to talk about it, because he knows how pitiful it is for us to be so blind , he has eyes and likes to lead the way, maybe. The theory is here, let's do the research on gossip. get what you want We are starting to study now, and there is a rule to grasp. This rule is in the book at hand, and Confucius said it after studying it.His words are very good. He said: "You can get something by playing hard." It is best to learn it by playing mahjong. If the gossip is engraved on the mahjong tiles, it will be very interesting to touch.Confucius taught us to read other books with a serious attitude, but he taught us to learn "Yi" and to "play with it to gain something", and to play it every day.When I read it when I was young, the teacher forced me to recite it, and it was so painful that I asked him what the reasoning of these words was, but he didn't explain it, probably he didn't figure it out, he only knew the words in the book.Later, when I got older, I slowly touched this thing and found that I needed to play. At first, I used chess pieces and drew gossip tiles to arrange them. Later, I simply switched to mahjong tiles.Now I have always wanted to switch to a computer, but unfortunately I don’t have time to research and make it. It’s better to play like the astronomical instrument in the Science Museum, so I have to "play and get something".what to playplay divination. Gua and gossip What is a hexagram?The ancients explained: "The hexagram is hanged." It means that there is no explanation.In fact, it is said that Gua is the phenomenon of hanging up, and gossip tells us that there are eight things in the universe, and the phenomenon of these eight things hanging out is the gossip.This universe is just one book, and the phenomena of the universe are all hung there. Now let's understand its principles first. The first Qian hexagram represents the sky. When we look up, the sky is always above. When we go to space and turn our heads upside down, the sky is still above the head, and the sky must be above the head. The hexagram Kun is the earth, human beings are the culture of the earth, the earth is always under the feet, and the phenomenon of this earth hangs there. ,These two symbols represent time, space, and the universe.Within this heaven and earth, there are two big things, one is the sun and the other is the moon, like a ball, constantly rotating, so: Li Gua represents the sun. Kan hexagram represents the moon. These two things keep rotating between the heaven and the earth, so four hexagrams hang out, and the other two hexagrams are thunder and wind. The hexagram Zhen represents thunder. We use modern scientific knowledge and concepts to explain the culture of our ancestors. They believe that there is such energy in the universe. When electricity vibrates, it is thunder. After a vibration, the opposite side becomes air flow, which is wind. . The Xun hexagram represents the wind, that is, the air flow. If the air flow vibrates too much, it will generate electricity when it rubs, and it will turn back again. The other two hexagrams are: Gen hexagram represents mountains and land. Dui Gua represents oceans and rivers. In the universe, apart from these eight big phenomena, there is no ninth big thing. This is only talking about the big ones, not the small ones. For example, the suits are also a hexagram, and the dust is also a hexagram. That's too much to talk about.There are only eight big phenomena, no nine, and no seven. There are only eight hexagrams, and they are all opposites.However, the changes of these eight phenomena are extremely large. They are infinite and inexhaustible numbers, and the changes are of course endless. Now look at the azimuth map of Fuxi Bagua. This hexagram diagram was not used before, and it was not seen before the Tang and Song Dynasties, and this diagram only appeared after the Song Dynasty.In the past, only the "Book of Changes" was studied, and most of the people who studied formed their own patterns. After the Song Dynasty, the Song version began to use the patterns here, and the changes came from here.Secondly, after we understand the principle of "the hexagram is hanged", the hexagrams we look at don't have to be so serious, but they are not simple, we have to look at them easily. "Shuo Gua Zhuan": Heaven and earth positioning.Shanze ventilation.Thunder and wind are weak. Water and fire don't shoot each other.The gossip is wrong. Behind it is the azimuth map of King Wen's Eight Diagrams, where the eight hexagrams are arranged in different positions: "Shuo Gua Zhuan": The emperor was shocked.Qi almost hope.See you soon. To serve Hu Kun.It's almost worth it.Almost dry. Lao Hukan.It's almost gen. Fuxi's Bagua azimuth map is also known as "Xiantian Bagua", and Wen Wang's Bagua azimuth map is also called "Houtian Bagua". Innate gossip What is "innate"?From a philosophical point of view, before everything in the universe is formed, it is the so-called innate, and when there is everything in the universe, it is the day after tomorrow.In other words, I was my innate before my mother gave birth to me, and my acquired after my mother gave birth to me.Being in the mother's womb is innate, leaving the mother's womb is acquired, this is the concept of innate and acquired.The two nouns Xian and Houtian are just a code name. Logically speaking, this is just a definition to divide the stage range. Fuxi's "innate gossip" is flat on paper and seems to be unreasonable.If there is an instrument that makes it three-dimensional, it will be easier to express its spirit. What is written on paper is just a symbol.For example, the current Qian hexagram has three horizontal lines like three, but it was not necessarily drawn like this in ancient times. The mouth and mouth we see in Oracle bone inscriptions are both Qian hexagrams.So everyone should not take the hexagrams so rigidly and seriously, as if hanging gossip on the door can drive away ghosts. That is the greatness of our people, not the greatness of the hexagrams.But up to now, we have determined the symbols of the hexagrams. Words are written, and hexagrams are drawn, so we call them painting hexagrams.When humans were primitive, there were no words. The original Chinese characters were all pictures, like the word "bird", which was originally painted in the shape of a bird. The sun, moon, mountains, rivers, boats, vehicles, insects and fish are all like this. It can be seen that the origin of Chinese characters is pictures.The pattern of the hexagrams, each hexagram has three paintings, we call it the three-painted hexagram, and the pictures in the hexagram are called "Yao".Why is it called "Yao"? "Yao, Jiao also." Why "Yao" means Jiao?This is to explain that the hexagrams are telling us that everything in the universe is in communication all the time, constantly interacting and causing changes, so it is called "Yao". The three lines of the Sanqian hexagram are all complete—this is called "Yang Yao" (don't be fooled, we Chinese, when we encounter "Yang" and "Yin", we immediately have a mysterious concept, which is strange. , in fact, it is not surprising that "yin and yang" are also just a code name).A painting that is broken in the middle is called Yin Yao, and the two are opposite. The three yang lines, the complete three paintings, are the Qian hexagrams, representing the sky.The three yin lines and the broken three paintings are the hexagram Kun, which represents the land.In terms of human beings, the Qian hexagram represents a man, and the Kun hexagram represents a woman. For a hand, the back of the hand is dry, and the palm is Kun.It can be seen from this that this is just an indeterminate code name, and it is also a mathematical symbol, which can be used in many ways. In the pattern of the eight trigrams, the Qian hexagram represents the sky above, and the Kun hexagram represents the earth below. It is drawn in front of the innate map of illness and death. Its orientation is exactly the opposite of the map we use today, where the upper part is north and the lower part is south.The direction of the eight trigrams, the upper part is the south, and the lower part is the north. Its diagram is like this: The difference between the two has its own reasons. Just now we talked about Qian Gua and Kun Gua, and now we bring up another hexagram, the lower part of this hexagram is Yang Yao, the upper part is also Yang Yao, and the one in the middle is Yin Yao.This is Li Gua, which represents the sun and is located in the east.Draw Li Gua like this In fact, the ancients have seen that there is a black dot in the middle of the sun, the two outer lines are Yang lines, and the middle line is Yin lines. The bright ones, what can be seen is Yang, and what cannot be seen is Yin, so this represents the sun, called Li Gua also represents fire and light. The opponent of Li Gua is , the bottom is the Yin line, the middle is the Yang line, and the top is the Yin line. The hexagram is called Kan, which represents the moon. This phenomenon shows that the sun is hanging in the east, and the moon is hanging in the west.The sun and the moon revolve around an invisible line between the north and south magnetic fields. In terms of modern science, the ancients were too unscientific. How did the sun and the moon revolve around the earth?But the ancients stood on the earth to watch the sun and the moon. This is indeed the phenomenon. The ancients simply expressed the phenomena they saw with gossip, which cannot be said to be unscientific.Taking the earth as the standard, of course the sun follows the earth, and taking the sun as the standard means that the earth revolves around it. Each position is different, and there is nothing wrong with it. It is very scientific.Now we assume that the time and environment can be pulled back to three thousand years ago, and it is very scientific to understand the ancients.Looking forward, people who look at people in a hundred years from now are also very unscientific and outdated. This hexagram Kan represents the moon as well as water. Some people talk about science, how did the ancestors draw hexagrams?The answer comes from observation and is based on science.But in my opinion, it is not like the human culture of our time, but the human culture of the last Ice Age, which was developed to the highest point, and the countless laws of science were summarized and summarized, and finally summarized into eight simple ones. Symbols - gossip, such a little thing left behind, was discovered and used by our ancestors.I think our ancestors might not have such a high level of wisdom to be able to create.The laws of the law can be used anywhere. From the perspective of current science, the laws of the law are also applicable to chemistry and physics. Therefore, the laws of the law are really the crystallization of human wisdom. Now, the four hexagrams Qian, Kun, Li, and Kan hang there for everyone to see, which are the four elephants of heaven, earth, sun, and moon. In this hexagram, the lower line is Yang Yao, and the upper two lines are Yin Yao. This hexagram is called Zhen. "Earthquake is thunder", which represents thunder and kinetic energy. According to the modern concept, there is a kind of kinetic energy in the universe, and the phenomenon with the greatest kinetic energy is thunder and lightning. On the Eight Diagrams, its location is on the northeast corner. A hexagram on the southwest corner opposite the Zhen hexagram is: The lower line is yin line, and the upper two lines are yang lines, which are exactly opposite to the yin and yang lines of the Zhen hexagram. The name of this hexagram is Xun, which represents the qi of the universe and wind. Looking carefully at the hexagrams of these two hexagrams, the hexagram of shock is just a phenomenon of vibration. When there is thunder, after the thunder and lightning shake, yang becomes yin, yin becomes yang, and it becomes air flow.The positions of these two hexagrams are opposite, and they are called "Double Palace Hexagrams". Most people go to fortune-telling, and the fortune-teller tells which house the fate belongs to.Most people think of palaces when they hear the word "gong", and think of themselves as emperors and queens.That's not what it means. The "palace" mentioned by the ancients refers to the location and orientation.The opposite hexagram of Zhen Gua is Xun Gua. When the thunder and lightning in the universe vibrate, there will be atmospheric air flow, and the friction of atmospheric air flow will cause thunder and lightning again. These two are constantly changing each other. In addition, on the northwest corner of the picture, the lower two lines are Yin lines, and the upper line is Yang lines, forming: Gen hexagram, representing the mountain, its opposite palace hexagram is: The lower two lines are yang lines, and the upper line is yin lines, named Dui Gua, also called Ze, representing oceans and rivers.This is the basic idea of ​​Xiantian Bagua Diagram. The second thing to pay attention to is that the "number" of the innate gossip map is produced according to the order of the eight diagrams. "Number" is very wonderful in it. After encountering unsatisfactory things, people often think that there are definite numbers for the occurrence of these things.We know that in the history of science in the world, astronomy and mathematics are the oldest in China. At that time, we had advanced to inductive mathematics. Modern Western mathematics are all outward deductions. The more calculation methods, the more Chinese. Chinese culture is about induction, that is, slowly summing up many formulas and methods one by one, and finally only summing up to ten numbers, and the method is very simple, just adding and subtracting. From a philosophical point of view, "addition and subtraction" , everything in the universe is either increasing or decreasing, there is no third phenomenon.The number arrangement of the current Xiantian Eight Diagrams is: Qianyi, Duier, Lisan, Zhensi, Xunwu, Kanliu, Genqi, Kunba.If these eight numbers are connected, their sequence direction is a line starting from Zhengnan, going to the southeast, and the east is away, and finally to the northeast, which is Shun.The other line starts from the Gong hexagram in the southwest, and goes to Kan in the west, and Gen in the northwest, and finally Kun in the north, which is inverse.Nine is in the center.The number of this Xiantian hexagram must be memorized thoroughly, and it will be used anytime and anywhere when studying easy numbers in the future, so special attention must be paid. These eight big hexagrams are told by the ancients that these eight big phenomena are changing between heaven and earth. These patterns are all relative. , representing complete yin, the phenomena of the two hexagrams are relative, Kan and Li are relative, Zhen and Yu, Gen and Dui are all relative to Yin and Yang.To take a physical example, the towel and the dish on the table, what everyone can see, a round plate, and a yellow towel, the first reason is the feeling of each of us, even though our eyes are short-sighted or presbyopic Or astigmatism, but the feeling is the same; the second reason is that the shape and color of the object are different, and it is analyzed in the physics laboratory, but the arrangement of the atoms that make up the object is different, and the shape, color, etc. are different.For example, the atoms that make up diamonds are the same as the atoms that make up coal, but the arrangement of the atoms is different, so they make up diamonds and coal respectively. This is why modern science has helped us understand matter, and our ancestors have long understood In this principle, the combination and arrangement are different, the phenomenon is changed, the effect is also changed, the number is also changed, and the effect is also changed.From this, we can also understand the rules of personnel affairs. For example, when we talk about leadership, in the same group of three, A is the team leader and B and C are team members. The effect is changed, the efficiency is also changed, and this is also the same principle. Once there is a change in the combination and arrangement, the whole thing will change.We saw today that the government led by the President of the United States has changed again, his composition and arrangement have changed, and his gossip is about to move again.That's why the ancients said: "Those who are good at changing don't speak divination." People who understand it don't need to do divination.Later, it developed into a kind of "Plum Blossom Easy Counting". Listening to other people's voices, one can know the result of the divination. It is not surprising that factors such as identity and the things asked are based on mathematical calculations. Now, let’s focus on the innate gossip, get rid of the four hexagrams Qian, Kun, Kan, and Li, let’s ignore it, and look at the other four hexagrams: Gen hexagram, the pattern is a high mountain, the lower two lines are Yin lines, and the upper line is Yang lines, drawn as lines, it is a high mountain.The earth began to form. It was originally a large thick slurry, which gradually cooled and solidified to become high mountains. On the contrary, the earth is below the ocean, and the seabed below the ocean is made of stones as yang, which is the Dui hexagram, which is opposite to the high mountain, which is opposite to the two hexagrams Zhen and Gong. The reason is the same. This pattern is called "Xiantian Bagua", also known as "Fucha Bagua", because our ancestor Fuxi, before the Yellow Emperor and Shennong, Fuxi was not the earliest ancestor. , Ren Huangshi, and gradually arrived at Fuxi. According to our old concept, our history and culture have been more than two million years old.The current 1975 is based on Western culture, or the three thousand years and five thousand years of Chinese culture are all based on Westerners. It is our modesty. In this bad luck, we can only be modest. , When we are lucky, we have a history of more than two million years.So Fuxi is not our oldest ancestor, but just represents our gossip culture, which started from him. Now we put the topographic map of China in the front, it will be even better.At that time, the eight trigrams were drawn based on our China. Try to look at the positions of the four hexagrams Gen, Dui, Zhen, and Xun. The Gen hexagram is in the northwest, and the northwest plateau of our country is a high mountain. The Gen hexagram represents the mountain, and it goes down from the Gen hexagram. , to the southeast is Dui Gua, and the southeast of our country is the ocean.The southwest is the Xun hexagram, which represents wind.My own experience is that when I arrived in Yunnan, I went to Erhai Lake and passed Xiaguan. This place is famous for its strong winds. When a ten-wheeled truck passes by here, you can turn off the accelerator and let the wind blow. Yunnan sleeps in the southwest, and this phenomenon occurs.It is equivalent to saying that the Keelung Yilan area is rainy, and it is "gold produces Lishui", because there are gold mines, and places with gold mines have always been rainy. This is a phenomenon, and whether it makes sense remains to be studied.However, there are many winds in the southwest, rivers and oceans in the southeast, thunderstorms in the northeast, and high mountains in the northwest. The pattern of the eight trigrams represents all phenomena in the universe, and the flat phenomenon represents the topography of China, because it is based on China. .Regarding this point, let me give you a current example. A student who was studying "Yi" with me once wanted to build a house in Australia. He wrote to ask whether the use of the compass in Australia is the same as in China.This is an unprecedented new problem, because the gossip is based on China, so in the direction of the five elements, the south is fire, the north is water, and Australia is south of the equator, the phenomenon is exactly the opposite of ours.For a moment, it almost knocked me down.All previous works on this topic have never discussed this issue, and there is no way to ask the ancestors. After careful consideration, the so-called "everything is one Tai Chi", I figured out the truth from this sentence, and told him to take the north and south of the compass. Use it upside down.Later he wrote to me and told me that using this method, the result was very effective. This is the "shifting form and step" of Gemology.For example, if you change the position of a table, the resulting situation and the phenomena you see when sitting there are different from before. This is a preliminary introduction to the "Xiantian Bagua", that is, the outline of the pattern of the "Fuxi Bagua", to get a basic concept, and then introduce the "Houtian Bagua", which is the orientation of the "Wenwang Bagua". Acquired gossip The hexagrams of "Houtian Bagua" are still the eight hexagrams of Qian, Kun, Li, Kan, Zhen, Genzhuan, and Dui, but the positions of the patterns are completely different.King Wen of Zhou's gossip, why the directions of the hexagrams should be arranged in such a way, this requires special attention.If you learn something that needs to be applied in a certain aspect, and it is used effectively, you must study the acquired gossip in particular. "Innate gossip" is tantamount to showing the big phenomenon of the formation of the universe, and "acquired gossip" is to explain the changes and the laws of application within the universe. As can be seen from the previous figure, the position of the Houtian Bagua is Kan, in the north, Li in the south, Zhen in the east, opposite to Zhen in the west is Dui, southeast is Mai, northeast is Gen, and southwest is Kun The hexagram, the northwest is the Qian hexagram. Having said that, let me talk about the use of gossip first. Now everyone puts the acquired gossip on the fingers of the left hand. The arrangement is as follows: Place the Qian hexagram on the root joint of the ring finger, the Kan hexagram on the root joint of the middle finger, the Gen hexagram on the root joint of the index finger, the Zhen hexagram on the middle joint of the index finger, the Gong hexagram on the tip of the index finger, and the Li hexagram on the tip of the middle finger. The tip of the ring finger puts the Kun hexagram, and the middle section of the ring finger puts the Dui hexagram. We saw this palm picture, who can say that we are not scientific?It is so scientific to be able to move the laws of such a large universe on a few fingers!So scientific!How inconvenient it is to carry a pair of instruments on the body, how convenient it is to play on the palm of the hand, and use it on the palm of the hand even if the finger is broken, it is really clever!It can be seen that those who say that gossip is unscientific must be unscientific and must not have studied science well; those who have really learned science well see it as in line with scientific methods.Everything has its reason, reason, and method. You can’t say that what you don’t understand is unscientific. It’s just that the ideas are different and the methods are different.In the use of gossip, the ancients could use this method to calculate it without a computer. How simple is it, can it be said that it is unscientific? Remember the acquired gossip on the finger, pay attention to memorize several numbers at the same time, the method of memorization, you can use the following four lines of lyrics, recite them, it is easier to remember: "One counts kan, two counts Kun, three shocks and four suns count in the middle, five sends to the middle palace, and six stems, seven to eight gen and nine to leave the door." 由这首歌谣，可见古人教育方法的高明，把如此复杂难记忆的事，写成韵文以后，可以唱出来，不但容易学，容易熟记，尤其容易运用了。 从图上看数字，好像很乱，其实仔细研究一下，一点也不乱，试把这个八卦圆圈，加几条线，改成方图： 从这个图的位置上看，凡是相对的两个卦加起来，都得十的和数，如果连中心的五亦计进去，则无论任何一行，横的、直的、斜的三格总和都是十五，而两卦相加，都合而为十。所以中国人、印度人，乃至天主教徒，行礼都是两掌合起，就是合十。 数是科学的东西，其中的道理非常多，不要轻视它。我们即使不管八卦，以这个数字排列的现象，以这个法则来领导人事、管理人事、处理家务、驾车，乃至打西洋拳都有用处，这是运用它的道理，不是迷信。 监本 为什么不容易看懂？因为对象、数方面没有基本的认识，所以必须把的象（这个“象”我们不妨轻松点，以现代语来说它是图案画）认识清楚。不像别的书本，听过了就算了。同时，讲下去有一个系统，假使中间缺了一节，以后就接不上了。还有学，其中的注解，有的是不对的，不能看的，尤其宋朝朱熹注的，也许比我高明，可是他一辈子也没有读通，如参考他的，就完全走错了路。而且宋朝以后的注解，多数是走物理的路线，就是用儒家的学术思想来解释，而我们手边的这本，过去叫作监本，就是明朝以后的国子监，近乎现代的国立大学的课本而已。这个监本是明朝那些儒家采用了朱熹的思想编的。明清以来，我们的文化讲孔孟，大部分都倾向于朱熹的思想。明朝之所以捧朱熹，等于唐太宗捧道教，因为老子姓李，唐太宗也姓李。明朝的皇帝姓朱，所以也找出一个姓朱的人来捧。明朝永乐皇帝以后，硬性规定，考功名时，四书五经必定要用朱注的，所以我们几百年来的文化思想，受这个规定的祸害很大，他们都是用儒家四书五经的思想来讲的理。如果研究有兴趣，学久了就会知道，的理不必偏重地太管它，但并不是不重视，因为研究几年，懂了以后，大家都会说理。譬如对于乾卦，朱熹认为是那样，我们亦可以认为是这样，各有各的理，正理只有一条，歪理可有千条。而《易》的象与数，却是科学的，没有办法讲歪的，就非要学会它的规矩、法则，才能懂得。可是千古以来，有关的书本，都不肯把这个规矩说清楚，乃至于老师都不肯说清楚。在抗战时期，有一位留美学科学的四川朋友，对象数很有研究，却不肯随便教人，所以对象数我们要特别注意。 六十四卦的来源 《易》的象、数，该如何开始学起？大家要先把八卦、六十四卦默诵熟了，不过这很困难，但是每天如果能够抽出十分钟到十五分钟，坐在公共汽车上背诵，三个星期就默诵熟了。一般文章，论也好，述也好，句句有道理，还容易默诵；八卦的乾三连、坤六断、震仰盂、艮覆碗、离中虚、坎中满、兑上缺、巽下断，这八个卦，是韵文，也还易默诵。至于八八六十四卦，就难了。从中国学术史上看，唐宋以前，还没有分宫卦象次序，学，默诵，还没有这个分宫卦象次序可资遵循，就更不容易记忆。还是到宋朝以后，才把这个次序列出来。这个次序的排列，是有一定的道理的，是由每一卦变出了八个卦，八个卦变成六十四卦，如乾卦的变： 乾为天，乾是卦名，接下来天风女后，为什么接下来就是天风女后？是什么道理？为这问题，我们当年吃过苦头的，向老师提出这个问题来，老师只是说“先默诵”，只好背诵，可是到底讲了些什么东西则不知道。心里真纳闷，只好去背诵。现在可以告诉大家一个秘诀，一定背诵得来，这就是要先明理，理懂了，就容易背诵。 像这个三乾卦，从下数到上，有三爻，名三爻卦，这是先天卦的画法，是伏羲画的卦，亦是中国有文字的开始。这八个图案，是中国文字的始源，亦是中国文化思想的来源。后来人类社会越发展，人事越复杂，三爻卦已经不够用，就变成了六爻卦，如囗乾为天，便是六爻卦。现在的卜卦者所卜的卦，就是六爻卦。后天卦统统是六爻的图案，这六爻卦是很精细的，亦是很科学的。 为什么要用六爻？因为一直到现代的科学时代为止，宇宙间的事情、物理，没有超过六个阶段的。一切的变，只能变到第六个阶段，第七个变是另外一个局面开始。以现代科学证明，物理上、化学上、电子、原子的变，都是六个阶段，只有化学的变有七个阶段，可是化学的第七个阶段是死的，没有用的。我们的老祖宗的头脑真厉害，当时并没有仪器，不知是如何发现了宇宙间一切事物，变的阶段不会超过六个的大原则。到今天为止，把全世界的文化集中起来，亦没有超过这个范围，所以后天只用六爻变，这是我们现代的解释。 古代的解释，孔子在《系传》中说六爻的道理是：“六爻之动，三极之道也。”什么是“三极”？就是天地人三才。人文文化中是人就有男有女，亦即有阳有阴，三才有阴阳相对，三二就得六，这是孔老夫子的心得报告，几千年来，没有脱离他的范围。 这些是我当年吃过苦头得来的，现在不再带大家去绕那些迂回的路。从我的经验中，找一条捷径，使初步学《易》的人可走，使大家在很短的时间就可以懂得，至少可以把门打开了。 要注意的，画八卦是从下面画起，不像写字是从上面写起，如是既济卦，第一爻是阳爻，第二爻是阴爻，第三爻是阳爻，第四爻是阴爻，第五爻是阳爻，第六爻是阴爻，这样一路往上画的。学是学哲学，亦是学科学。哲学家、科学家对每一件事都问：“为什么？”那的卦为什么要这样画？第一个道理，天下的事情发生变动，都是从下面开始变，换言之是从基层变起；第二个道理，的卦，原来只是三爻，后来变成六爻，名称上就有了分别：下面三爻的卦为内卦，上面三爻的卦为外卦，内外两卦连起来的。自下面开始画卦，亦说明了宇宙事物的变，是内在开始变，如人的变，是内在的思想先变，一个公司机构出问题，必然是内部先出了问题，亦是我们中国人说的：“物必自腐，然后虫生。”一切东西都是从内变开始，所以画卦是由下往上，由内而外。 这些道理都知道了，再告诉大家默诵这些卦的方法，这里可以看到一个很有趣的东西来了，这是我吃了许多苦头以后才发现的，现在不要再让大家吃苦头了。如果把这个道理了解，在默诵时，一方面想到这个道理，一方面默诵，就容易了。 现在请看下边这个分宫卦象图。 乾坎艮震为阳四宫巽离坤 分宫卦象次序兑为阴四宫每宫阴阳八卦 我们先看分宫卦象次序的头八个卦： 乾为天，天风女后，天山遁，天地否，风地观，山地剥，火地晋，火天大有。 囗先看乾卦。我们说过，是讲天地间的变道。宇宙间的事物，随时随地，在时、空以内没有不变的。现在，这个乾卦，第一爻开始变了，阳极阴生，一件事物到了极点，就要走下坡路了，所以中国的人生哲学，任何事物都留一点余地，一到了极点就完了。就像袁世凯当年想做皇帝，他的第二个儿子袁克文写一首诗劝他老子不要这样做，袁世凯看到几乎气死了。诗中两句说：“遽怜高处多风雨，莫到琼楼最上层。”到最高层是不可以的，像爬坡一样爬到了顶头，一定下来。这个囗乾卦是阳极了，第一爻变了，阳极就变阴，是由内开始变，于是外卦还是乾三，内卦第一爻变作阴，就成为巽卦，巽为风，所以成为： 囗天风(女后)。 接着第二爻变了，外卦还是三乾，内卦第二爻变为艮卦，艮代表山，所以成为： 囗天山遁。 继续变下去，外卦还是不动，内卦第三爻变为三坤卦，坤代表地，于是成为： 囗天地否。 这样一看便次序井然，懂了这个道理，就易默诵了。 也许还有人记不清楚，或者不满足，希望不要继续讲下去，先把绸卦、遁卦的道理说清楚： 囗天风女后，外卦乾就是代表太空，内卦巽代表风——气流。如果学过地质学，学过地球物理学，就会发现我们的祖先越来越伟大。原来太空是无比的大，太空在数字上就是一个“0”。的数字和外国的数理学在最高处相同而且比外国好；只是在应用数学上，现代分析下来，谁好谁坏那是另一问题了。早就指出，宇宙间只有一个数——，没有更多的。什么是二？一加一等于二，再加一为三，再加一为四，都是用一加出来的，一才有象，一从哪里来的？从“0”来的，“0”就代表没有，代表本体，代表没有数亦代表无穷数，包括了很多很多，等于一个房间，里面一样东西亦没有，一个空房间，说没有用也就一点用都没有，可是它的价值无比，因它可以做电影院，可以做舞厅，可以做课堂，所以“0”代表没有、代表无穷、亦代表天体——太空。太空在没有构成宇宙以前的第一个动能，以现代名词而言，是气体在流动，由气流的摩荡，慢慢凝结，因为气流的震荡，便发生了电力、热力，形成了泥土，高山也起来了，于是由天风女后，然后天山遁，遁就是逃避。意思是物质形成以后，最初的功能，慢慢在退位，像一幢房子建筑完成，开幕启用的那一天，亦是这幢房于开始衰坏的一天，也就是它开始“遁”的一天。 最妙的是到了第三爻一变，外卦还是乾代表天，内卦完全变成坤卦，坤卦代表地，天地否，就是倒楣了。我们祖先的哲学可真妙啊！天地开辟了多好，西方的宗教认为上帝开辟天地，创造了万物，又照他的样子创造了人，这该多好！可是说，这要倒据了，并不美丽，天地否，如果没有宇宙，亦没有人生，大家免得烦恼，都空空洞洞的，满好。一有了天地宇宙，便倒媚了。犹如一个穷小子，身上只有一个明天吃的馒头，晚上睡觉一定安逸，假使袋里忽然有了一百万，夜里反而失眠。 内在开始变，变到第三爻，等于我们内在思想中动一个念头，想做一件事，一步步地思想成熟了，可以发展到外面去了，内卦影响到外卦，从内变影响到外变，外面环境亦受到影响了，于是外卦的第一爻亦开始变了，就变成为： 囗风地观，再第五爻变了，成为： 囗山地剥，现在外卦只剩下了一点阳，所谓“硕果仅存”，阳能被一点一滴剥削完了，只剩最后一点唯一的生机，所以是剥。试看地球上，海洋的面积最大，陆地最少，高山又占了很多面积，剥削了可供人类生存的大地。 从乾卦的本卦开始，到剥卦已经出现了六个卦了，再变下去，则产生第七个卦了，那么这一次变，我们祖先的法则，不能再往上变了，如果再往上变，则很简单，变成囗坤卦，阳极就是阴。如以这个道理看，人生没有什么道理，只不过生出来又死掉，两个阶段而已，睡觉、醒来，亦只是两个阶段而已，所以不能再变了。那么这第七变，是另一个变法，变出的第七个卦，名为游魂卦。老一辈年纪大的人，以文字对人家说自己活不长久了，往往用“魂游虚墓之间”来表示，意思是说，人是活着而灵魂已经进入坟墓中了，游魂就是这个境界。现在说乾卦的变，由一、乾为天，二、天风女后，三、天山遁，四、天地否，五、风地观，六、山地剥，到了第七变不能再往上变了，于是改为外卦的初爻再变，即第七卦： 囗山地剥的外卦即艮卦的初爻，亦即是囗剥卦的第四爻变，又是阴极阳生，成为： 囗火地晋，晋就是进步的进。这第七个卦名为游魂之卦，这是表示由内在的思想，变成行动，由行动影响到外在的环境，现在又是外在的环境，又压迫自己内在的思想发生了变，游魂就是这样回来的。到了第八变，名归魂卦，意思是回到本位了，内卦变成原位，于是成为： 囗火天大有。 乾宫的八个卦就这样变的，简单地说，分宫卦象次序的变是这样的：一、本体卦，二、初爻变，三、第二爻变，四、第三爻变，五、第四爻变，六、第五爻变，七、第四爻变回原爻，八、内卦变回本体卦，知道了这个道理，发现原来有如此好的组织，就容易默诵了。 再举坎卦： 坎为水，第一爻开始变，内卦成为三，兑卦为泽。 囗水泽节，第二爻再变，阳爻变为阴爻，内卦变成震卦，震为雷，于是成为： 囗水雷屯。照同样法则依次是囗水火既济，囗泽火革，囗雷火丰，囗地火明夷，囗地水师。只要知道了这个法则，以下艮、震、巽、离、坤、兑等六个卦都是一样，不必我一一详说，大家都会变，都会默诵了。