Contents of this article
- 1. Divination method of I Ching
- 2. How to determine the change of Yao hexagram in Zhouyi divination?
- 3. Among the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes, nine are useful except the Qian hexagram.
- 4. What does the change of hexagram mean?
Divination method of I Ching
This statement has been circulated in ancient books, but I personally think it is wrong because it is a rigid view that covers the origin of the usage of Zhouyi hexagrams and lines. Although the use of hexagrams and lines to separate hexagrams is an ancient method, it was only popular in that era and was not popular after the Han Dynasty. This is because the hexagrams and lines are just an application of Yili by King Wen, Duke Zhou and others. The Yili scholarship at that time was far less developed than after the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the application of Yi theory and Gua theory at that time was limited; it was still the early and relatively backward development stage of Yi study. The practice of judging hexagrams and lines in modern times seems to be relatively famous and has a large number of real judgment examples, and the only one is Japan's "Takashima Yijuan".
Why is Zhu Xi's judgment method a rigid cognition? Personally, I think that does not conform to the function of the hexagrams and lines of the Zhouyi. The sixty-four hexagrams of Zhouyi are only 64 original "Jing hexagrams", not all "hexagrams". Yaodong refers to a "moving hexagram" derived from a certain static hexagram, but this dynamic hexagram is not the same as the changed hexagram - the dynamic hexagram is the intermediate form between the static hexagrams. For example, if the first line of the Qian hexagram moves and changes to Tianfengji, then does the first line of the Qian hexagram move = Tianfengji? Absolutely not equal, these are different hexagrams. Therefore, Zhu Xi's statement that when there are more than three Yao changes, it depends on the change of hexagrams and Yao words, and that the five-yao changes are judged by static Yao and Yao words, both of which are nonsense.
For example, the first, second, and fifth lines of the Qian hexagram are moving, and the changing hexagram is the volcano brigade. This is a "moving hexagram", which is neither the Qian hexagram nor the Lu hexagram. You should not look at the hexagrams of the Qian hexagram and the Lu hexagram; instead, you should make a comprehensive judgment based on the first, second, and fifth lines of the Qian hexagram. Zhu Xi didn't understand this truth, but King Wen and Duke Zhou who invented this usage understood it, so he judged that all six lines of Qian hexagram were moving, and they gave a predicate of "Yong Jiu" - "Seeing a group of dragons without a leader is auspicious!" ". What is "Yongjiu"? It is a comprehensive predicate when all six lines of the Qian hexagram are in motion. This is definitely not equal to the static hexagram of the Kun hexagram (the hexagram of the six lines of the Qian hexagram in motion changes to the Kun hexagram), and it has nothing to do with the lines of the Kun hexagram!
How to determine the change of Yao hexagram in Zhouyi divination?
You don’t have to determine this yourself, it’s random. When you use the hexagram starting method to start the hexagram, if there are moving lines, they will appear, and if they don’t, they will disappear. For example, if you use the method of shaking money to make a hexagram, when you shake three words on the back or three words on the front, it is a move; if you use yarrow to make a hexagram, when you are counting yarrow, use 49 is subtracted from the yarrow that was taken out, and the resulting number is divided by four. If the resulting number is nine or six, it is a moving line; it would be easier to use the plum blossom easy counting method to start the hexagram, directly Divide by six to get the dynamic line. After getting the moving Yao, changing the Yao is even simpler. Just reverse the yin and yang attributes of the moving Yao and change it. Study it slowly and carefully. It's very simple.
Among the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes, nine are useful except the Qian hexagram.
1. Use yarrow and copper coins for divination, and the old yang and old yin that appear will change the Yao. The Book of Changes says that things must be reversed when they are extreme, so the old Yang and the old yin will change the Yao. Using these two methods, the lines obtained are counted from bottom to top, which are first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and upper.
Six lines remain unchanged and are judged by the original hexagram;
One line changes and the original hexagram changes and the line is judged;
<x3 > Two-line changes are judged by the two lines of the original hexagram, but the above one is the main one;
Three-line changes are judged by the words of the original hexagram and the change hexagram; the original hexagram is Zhen (body), and the change hexagram is For regret (use);
The four-line changes are based on the two unchanged lines of the hexagram, but the following ones are the main ones;
The five-yao changes are based on The unchanged hexagrams of the changing hexagrams are judged by the word "yao";
The six-line hexagram changes are judged by the wording of the hexagrams of the changing hexagrams, while the two hexagrams of Qian and Kun are judged by the word "use".
2. Divination is easy with plum blossoms Divide the sum of the year, month, day and hour in the four pillars by dividing 8 and the remainder is the upper hexagram. Divide by the sum of the year, month, day and hour in the four pillars. The remainder of 8 is the lower hexagram. Divide the sum of the year, month, day and hour in the four pillars and the remainder of 6 is the change line.
For example:
For example: If a person is born on June 3rd of the Wuzi year, the hexagram should be 1+6+3=10 plus 2 equals 12, 1+6+3=10 divided by 8 Equal to 1 and the remainder 2 is the Dui hexagram. The sum of the year plus the month plus the day is 10. When adding Chou, it is 2 equals 12 divided by 8 equals 1 and the remainder 4 is the Zhen hexagram. The upper hexagram plus the lower hexagram is the hexagram Zeleisui.
Searching for moving lines:
After forming a hexagram, you must first find out the moving lines. The method is: the sum of year plus month plus day plus time is divided by 6 and the remainder is the moving line. If the remaining 1 is the moving line of the first line, the remaining 2 is the moving line of the second line, the remaining 3 is the moving line of the third line, and the remaining 4 is the moving line of the fourth line, The remaining 5 are five-line movements, and those that are eliminated are six-line movements.
The hexagrams corresponding to the 8 numbers are: 1 for Qian, 2 for Dui, 3 for Li, 4 for Zhen, 5 for Xun, 6 for Kan, 7 for Gen, and 8 for Kun. This is the location of the innate Bagua diagram.
Using yarrow to make hexagrams is too cumbersome but comprehensive, copper coins are too simple, and plum blossom Yi has only one change.
What does the change of hexagram mean?
Use yarrow and copper coins for divination, and the old yang and old yin that appear will change into Yao. The Book of Changes says that things must be reversed when they are extreme, so the old Yang and the old yin will change into Yao. Using these two methods, the lines obtained are counted from bottom to top, which are first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and upper.
The six lines remain unchanged and are separated by the hexagrams and hexagrams;
When a line changes, it is judged by the change of the original hexagram into a line;
The two-line changes are based on the two lines of the hexagram, but the above ones are the main ones;
The three lines of change are separated by the words of the original hexagram and the changing hexagram; the original hexagram is Zhen (body), and the changing hexagram is regret (use);
The four lines of change are judged by the two unchanged lines of the change of hexagrams, but the following ones are the main ones;
The five lines of change are judged by the unchanged lines of the changed hexagrams;
The six-line hexagram is judged by the hexagram "bian", and the two hexagrams of qian and kun are judged by the word "yong".
There are two main methods of divination in ancient times: one is divination and the other is divination.
The method of divination has a long history. Bone divination has appeared at least in the Longshan Culture period. Bone divination and tortoise divination have been widely used in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. In the later Zhou Dynasty, in addition to bone divination and turtle divination, a large number of divination instruments were used.
Divination mainly talks about good and bad luck and predicts the future. However, good and bad, misfortunes and blessings, the smoothness of fate, and the gains and losses of behavior are actually determined by social environmental factors and the initiative of the subject. They are just two possible trends that contain inevitability.
In the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the good and bad omens shown in divination were judged based on the cracking patterns of Zhuohou's oracle bones. Of course, it is worth exploring whether this classification of omens is the classification of Yin Bu. During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, there were many types of divination matters, and the content was very complex. It was difficult to deal with only five kinds of omens. Therefore, the five kinds of divination shapes may be long-standing major categories, and each major category of omens has different meanings. There may be more detailed classifications for elephants.
The above is all about the fortune-telling changes in the I Ching, the methods of interpreting the hexagrams in the I Ching, and the related content about the free fortune-telling in the I Ching. I hope it can help you.