Original text: The sage set up hexagrams and observations, which is a rhetoric!And Mingji is fierce, and rigidity and softness push each other to produce changes.
Explanation: The point is that the sage set up the form of the hexagram, observed the image of the hexagram, and clarified the good and evil by linking the words of the hexagram;Changes occur through the interaction of yin and yang. The focus here is on how the ancients set up the form of the hexagram and how to observe the image of the hexagram
The ancients believed that the foundation of all things in the universe was formed by the combination of yin and yang, and in order to represent yin and yang, the two simplest symbols were selected: long line and broken line. A long line represents yang, a broken line represents yin, and then by observing the way all things are composed of yin and yang, it is abstracted into a hexagram. In this way, no matter how complex everything in the world is, it will be abstracted into a symbol of the combination of yin and yang. This is the process of classifying by images, and all things are like images.
Let's take an example at random, the hexagram, the yin and yang symbols from top to bottom are: yin, yang, yin;Then everything that fits this combination can be summed up as a hexagram.
A peach, the outside is the soft flesh, the inside is the hard core, we see the soft flesh as yin, the hard core is yang, ** and the inner yang, can be expressed by the hexagram;In the same way, plums, plums, apricots, and apricots can all be represented by the Kan hexagram;On the other hand, if the outside is hard and the inside is soft, then it is represented by a hexagram, such as walnuts, coconuts, etc., which we are familiar with;
Some people will ask why the hexagram is a superposition of three yin and yang symbols, rather than two, four, or other numbersBecause the ancients believed that everything exists between heaven and earth, there is no existence that can transcend heaven and earth, and all things will be affected by the yin and yang of heaven and earth, if heaven is one pole and earth is one pole, everything between heaven and earth is the third pole, and all things are the manifestations of the third pole, so they cannot exceed three. This is also what the Tao Te Ching says, the truth that one life is two, two is three, and three is all things.
A yin and yang symbol we call a line, the combination of the three lines is the bagua, and the combination of the eight trigrams is 64 hexagrams, why is there a combination of two and two of the eight trigrams?Because it is necessary to use the body separately, the so-called body is useless and not obvious, and the body is not used without the body, and the body is another dimension of yin and yang, and the topic is very large, so I have the opportunity to talk about it in detail.
After the hexagram is established, go to the image again, and pay attention to the image here, which is the image of yin and yang, and the image of change. Finally, it is necessary to make a comprehensive judgment in connection with the changes in different hexagrams, the changes in the hexagrams, and the words summarized by the ancestors.
It is the auspicious and the evil, and the image of loss is also;The repentant is also a sign of sorrow;The one who changes, the image of advance and retreat;The one who is rigid and soft, the elephant of day and night. The movement of the six pillars is also the way of the three poles.
So, what is good and bad?The essence of good luck and evil is gain and loss, and through the image of gain and loss, good luck and evil can be reversed;What is remorse?The essence of repentance is sorrow, through the image of sorrow, you can push regret, what is change, the essence is advance and retreat, what is rigidity and softness, the essence is day and night, and the day and night here are extended to light and dark. No matter who moves, the six Yao can't escape the range of the three poles, and they all follow the avenue.