Yi is the source of Chinese civilization and the root culture of the Chinese nation.
The I Ching contains a wealth of wisdom, philosophy and science, which is an important basis for our understanding of the world and the universe. As the first of the group classics, "Zhou Yi" is a classic of traditional Chinese culture. The Book of Changes is a theoretical model formed by the ancient philosophers of China after a high degree of abstract generalization of natural and social phenomena, which uses the law of yin and yang changes to explain the changes of various things in nature and their interrelationships. "Zhou Yi Department Biography" said:"It is easy to have the four ways of a saint: those who speak are still their words; Those who move are still changing; The one who makes the instrument is still the image; The diviner is still occupied", this"Four meanings", that is, a high summary of the connotation of the I Ching.
1. The basic content of "Zhou Yi".
Zhou Yi Department of Words":"There are four ancient scholars: benevolence, knowledge (wisdom), courage, and strength"。Here"Benevolence"、"Wisdom"、"Courage"、"Strong", which represent the four basic elements in the spiritual realm of human beings - benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, and the spirit of unremitting self-improvement.
The benevolent love others"，"The wise know the man"，"The brave are not afraid"，"The strong are unyielding"。These qualities are the fundamental conditions for a person to live in the world, and they are also the moral norms and spiritual realm that a person should have. (1) Rende Confucianism refers to the Yi Chuan (including the Ten Wings) as Confucian"The head of the group scriptures"Because it is a classic work revered by Confucius and Confucianism.
The Analects of Yongye: Zizhang asked the way of the good man on the day of Confucius:"What is it? "Confucius replied:"There are three types of taxis. A person of high virtue can be called a scholar. A person who is knowledgeable can be called a scholar. A brave and fearless person can be called a scholar. "；Mencius argued"The gentleman is different from others, and he has his heart"。(2) Gambit "Xunzi. Unmasked", one of which is very revealing:"Therefore, the saint is also deeply observed, familiar with the consideration, and the detailed discernment of the essence of the examination, auspicious in the heaven and earth, ghosts and gods, the sun and the moon, wind and rain, thunder, hail, mountains and rivers, grass, trees, insects, birds, beasts, people, and all things, thinking that the world and the country are auspicious and bad, from the birth, rise and fall, success or failure, from the beginning of prosperity and decline, the way of growth, so it does not go out of the house, becomes the world's trend, omniscient, omnipotent, through the hidden hole, the micro-candle, the hidden interpretation, the praise of the Ming, the foolishness, the opening of things, the cultivation of all things, the preparation of things, this is not a saint, who can be with this!