Master Chen Yikui's Efforts to Study the Modernization of Metaphysics
Master Chen Yikui in his early years and became a master in his youth. He is a traditional academic researcher with considerable achievements in Chinese medicine and acupuncture.
In the following years, Master Chen Yikui expanded the research field from the Chinese medicine system and began to explore the wisdom of ancient Chinese metaphysics.
Unlike ordinary Chinese metaphysical experts, Master Chen Yikui has escaped the general practice of studying metaphysics in the obscure way of ancient classical Chinese, but used the empirical method of modern Western scientific spirit to deeply explore these metaphysical knowledge that makes modern people obscure and unfamiliar. It was a great success.
"Back then, the thinking that I started to study in this way was like this," Master Chen Yikui explained in detail. "When I came into contact with the five famous methods of ancient China: mountain (feng shui), medicine (Chinese medicine), fate (numerology), phase (look at appearance), and divination (perdition), I found that they have a lot of information based on ancient thinking. The pattern is handed down.
"To put it simply, the knowledge in the field of metaphysics was recorded in classical Chinese, which was difficult to understand in ancient times, and even the values of the time. Difficult to understand the writing is a problem, and some people in ancient times considered the values to be the golden rule. It should be revised drastically in morden times."
Here are two simplest examples. For example, the most frequently mentioned "party rotation" and "presidential substitution", which are most frequently mentioned in democratic societies, were considered by the ancients to be so serious, not only can’t do it, it can’t even think about it.
In ancient times, as long as anyone had a slight idea of changing the regime, it would be heinous and heinous. Once found, it was often a catastrophe of ransacking and extermination. Like in modern times, anyone can elect the president as long as they can afford a deposit!
In addition, the definition of women’s happiness is very different in ancient times and modern times.
In ancient times, the requirements for women were obedient, virtuous, and male-oriented. Therefore, there are concepts such as marrying a chicken and being like a chicken, marrying a dog and being like a dog, or obedient to the father at home, obedient to the husband after marriage , and if the husband died then obedient to their children.
However, in ancient times, the definition of women’s happiness was too narrow. For modern women, "marrying a good husband" is not the only definition of happiness. In the face of such differences, should the original values need to be greatly revised?
"It's not just a matter of literal meaning, but even some things that have been circulating for many years but have not been verified. They should be explored in a research method that everyone can accept," Master Chen Yikui said affirmatively. "In short, it must be proved by a method that can be verified repeatedly before it can be truly called a practical knowledge."
Because of this concept, for more than sixty years, Master Chen Yikui has invested tremendous manpower and material resources to confirm many theories of ancient Chinese metaphysics through scientific research, and obtained quite amazing results in it.
The ancient Chinese culture is a way of interpreting everything in the universe in an era when people’s scientific knowledge has not yet been popularized. Its spirit is completely scientific. Due to the limitations of knowledge of that era, many ways of describing are very confusing for modern times. Master Chen Yikui played a role of "deciphering" in this link, transforming the distant and seemingly difficult text into content that can be easily understood by modern people. This is an achievement that many contemporary masters cannot expect.
