The Book of Changes, Trigrams and Life
I have studied the I Ching for more than 30 years, and I have given countless lectures at home and abroad, and I have continuously put traditional I Ching theories into experiments and applications. However, I am still often asked: "How did I Ching and Bagua come from? and What does humanity have to do with them?''
Simply put, the formation of the Book of Changes and the Eight trigrams are inseparable, and the relationship with humans can be summarized into three major functions: physiological, psychological, and gravitational.
The evolution of trigrams must be traced back to the time of the ancestors, and thousands of years of oral teachings must be accumulated. It was not until the time of Fuxi that it was sorted and classified to produce trigram patterns; it can be seen that trigram is the basis of classification, classifying people and nature relationship, and producing physical, psychological and gravitational effects.
During the Shang Dynasty, the psychological role of the Fuxi era was brought into full play to form a divination; the Zhou Dynasty combined the psychological role of the Shang Dynasty with the gravitational effect of the external environment to form the divination of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Zhouyi; the magnetic needle phenomenon and the Eight Diagrams of the Book of Changes have been combined to explain the influence of magnetic fields and human psychology and physiology, laying the foundation for the current feng shui theory and the theory that feng shui creates the future.
Several important figures in the Song Dynasty gave further play to the I Ching; after Zhu Xi classified the temporal and spatial changes of major environments, they developed a physical and psychological relationship with people; Shao Kangjie classified the role of time and space at the time according to time cycles. It is used to predict the future development of the parties or things at the time of the incident; Laizhide classifies and interprets the laws of the entire natural world. These are all functions of Yi Gua and human psychology.
The concept of the physiological function of the Book of Changes began with Confucius, and finally Wang Weiyi, who invented acupuncture and moxibustion for the bronze figure in the Song Dynasty. Yang Jizhou of the Ming Dynasty officially combined it in the "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Dacheng" to form a combination of characters. This set of theories positions heaven and earth in the universe. The hexagram, also known as the second channel of Ren Du, is the necessary theoretical basis for practicing Qigong and meditation; Shanze Tongqi represents the four meridians of the spleen, stomach, lung, and large intestine. It is attached to the hands and feet, but is classified as the chest, and Shanze is Gen trigram and Dui trigram; water-fire phase shooting represents the four meridians of the heart, small intestine, bladder, and kidney, and the center point is also attributed to the chest, water and fire are the Kan trigram and Li trigram; Lei Feng phase represents the four meridians of the triple jiao, pericardium, gallbladder, and liver, and categorized in the chest, Lei Feng is the Zhen trigram and Xun trigram, so the chest is the gathering point of the trigrams; the above four principles are also necessary common sense for all those who practice qigong, external alchemy.
The divination of the Shang Dynasty was summarized as the Twelve Souls in the Book of Changes; the Song Dynasty Zhu Xi's exploration of the twelve souls were attached to the twelve earthly branches; the book "Fire Pearl Forest" written by the Mingren determined the brothers yao representing the competition and the emotional to official and ghost yao, wife and wealth yao representing wealth, and parents yao representing the environment and clothe, the descendants and grandchildren yao represent thinking and hope for the future.
In order to solve the suffering of human beings physically and mentally, I combined the theories and wisdom of the predecessors with modern science and technology to develop three major research directions: "Food Reformation", "Divination Reformation" and "Feng Shui Reformation". "Food to change luck" is carefully designed for the physiological function; "Divination to change luck" is the play of the field of psychological function; "Feng Shui to change luck" is the concrete realization of the effect of gravity.
I always think that if any knowledge or theory can't be presented to the public in the most simple and easy-to-understand manner, and deliberately put on a mysterious cloak to make people feel unattainable and discouraged, it will completely lose its meaning and function.
The Yijing gossip concept is also the same. It turned out to be a very lifelike thing. It should be given its original fresh look. It is rare that Mr. Yan Ruwei has the same philosophy as me. I dictated it and recorded it. After the two of us worked together to complete "Chen Yikui food for lick”, after that, the book "Chen Yikui's Divination for luck" was released again. If the opportunity is right, I hope that the book "Chen Yikui's Feng Shui for luck " will also be presented to readers in the near future.
Life is alive, who doesn’t want to live a healthy, happy and happy life, regardless of good or bad fate, I am convinced that as long as you actively strive for it, you will achieve the goal of success, and you don’t need to ask someone to change your fortune. It is completely in your own hands, and food changes your fortune, divination and Feng Shui are both providing you with the rules for self-exercise and operation. They are also a winning manual in response to the modern busy business society’s DIY demand. If you study carefully, you will find that the ancient Chinese theories are really interesting and not as good as you imagine. The boring and tediousness of Chinese culture is exactly what I intend to promote for a long time.
