Understand the Mandate of Heaven from the Book of Changes. Four methods to view life
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Four methods in the Book of Changes: image, number, principle, and divination.
"The Book of Changes is about images. Images are likenesses." The basic composition of the "Book of Changes" is the hexagram images. Hexagram images simulate the natures and appearances of external things. Any complex thing will show its image at a specific time, in a specific category, at a specific level, and in a specific position. Astronomy, geography, and human physiognomy are all images. If one can intuitively sense the image of a thing, one can further analyze, experience, summarize, and induce, and understand the laws of the development and change of things.
"The Commentary on the Appended Phrases of the Book of Changes" says, "In heaven, images are formed. On earth, forms are shaped. Changes are thus manifested." The sun, moon, and stars form images in the sky. Flying birds, animals, and plants take shape on the earth, and changes are manifested. In the "Book of Changes", images are manifested by hexagrams and lines. People often use the method of images to understand things. The so-called "the mind follows the image" means that a person's image is determined by the mind. The mind determines the transformation of appearance. With a correct mind, the tongue is correct, the facial features are correct, and the physiognomy is correct.
The hexagram "Jie" in the "Book of Changes" has "The superior man regulates the measures and degrees and deliberates on moral conduct."; "The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part I)" has "Understanding the future by exhausting numbers is called divination."; "The Tract on the Trigrams Explained" has "In ancient times, when the sages made the 'Book of Changes', they secretly received assistance from the spirits and created the milfoil for divination. They relied on numbers by taking three as heaven and two as earth." This reflects the characteristic of the "Book of Changes" using numbers to understand and grasp the world.
Number is a unique symbol and quantitative form in the "Book of Changes." The so-called number is a measure and a standard. Being methodical, advancing and retreating with grounds, rising with the trend, following the trend, and becoming powerful by leveraging the trend are all numbers. The numbers in the "Book of Changes" are not mathematics. Mathematics is fixed, while the numbers in the "Book of Changes" are alive. This number is a fixed number, a state, and a result. It is the basis for us to grasp things.
The hexagram "Kun" in the "Book of Changes" has "The superior man has yellow in the center and is in harmony with principle. He is correctly positioned and embodies it. Beauty is within and flows freely through the four limbs. It is manifested in undertakings. This is the highest degree of beauty." The superior man has harmony within and understands principles externally. He finds his place and makes a living in a proper position. Beauty is within, fills the four limbs, and is manifested in undertakings. This is the highest realm of beauty.
"The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part I)" has "When one understands simplicity and ease, one obtains the principles of the world. When one obtains the principles of the world, one can establish one's position within it." Understanding simplicity and ease, one obtains the principles of the world. When one obtains the principles of the world, one can establish one's own position within it.
"The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part II)" has "Managing wealth, correcting speech, and forbidding the people from doing wrong is called righteousness."; How to protect one's position? With benevolence. How to gather the people? With wealth. Managing wealth, correcting orders, and forbidding the people from doing wrong is called righteousness.
"The Tract on the Trigrams Explained" has "Being harmonious and compliant with morality and managing in accordance with righteousness. Exhausting principles and realizing nature to reach the mandate of heaven." Being harmonious and compliant with the laws of the universe to seek proper governance. Exhausting the principles of things and realizing nature to reach the mandate of heaven.
"In ancient times, when the sages made the 'Book of Changes', it was to conform to the principles of the nature and the mandate of heaven." In ancient times, the sages created the "Book of Changes" with the purpose of conforming to the natures of all things and the laws of the universe. Principle is the philosophical elaboration of the object numbers and is similar to science. A person who deduces according to principles can foretell the future without divination and know the result without the need to divine.
The hexagram "Ge" in the "Book of Changes" has "The great man changes like a tiger. Without divination, there is trustworthiness." The great man promotes changes with the might of a tiger. Without divination, he can win people's hearts. "The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part I)" has "Therefore, when the superior man is at rest, he observes the images and ponders the words. When he takes action, he observes the changes and ponders the divination." When the superior man is at rest, he contemplates the hexagram images and ponders the hexagram words. When he takes action, he observes the changes of the hexagram images and contemplates the divination. "The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part II)" has "Understanding things through images to know implements. Knowing the future through divination."
Divination is the specific application of image, number, and principle in social life and life practice. There are many auspicious and inauspicious signs in the "Book of Changes", which are the language of divination. What is divined may be auspicious or inauspicious. This is not fatalism. The most frequently used word in the "Book of Changes" is "ru", which means "if" or "suppose". If this is the case, what will happen to you? If that is the case, what will happen to you? The auspicious and inauspicious signs in the "Book of Changes" are conditional and can change.
"The Book of Changes is about images. Images are likenesses." The basic composition of the "Book of Changes" is the hexagram images. Hexagram images simulate the natures and appearances of external things. Any complex thing will show its image at a specific time, in a specific category, at a specific level, and in a specific position. Astronomy, geography, and human physiognomy are all images. If one can intuitively sense the image of a thing, one can further analyze, experience, summarize, and induce, and understand the laws of the development and change of things.
"The Commentary on the Appended Phrases of the Book of Changes" says, "In heaven, images are formed. On earth, forms are shaped. Changes are thus manifested." The sun, moon, and stars form images in the sky. Flying birds, animals, and plants take shape on the earth, and changes are manifested. In the "Book of Changes", images are manifested by hexagrams and lines. People often use the method of images to understand things. The so-called "the mind follows the image" means that a person's image is determined by the mind. The mind determines the transformation of appearance. With a correct mind, the tongue is correct, the facial features are correct, and the physiognomy is correct.
The hexagram "Jie" in the "Book of Changes" has "The superior man regulates the measures and degrees and deliberates on moral conduct."; "The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part I)" has "Understanding the future by exhausting numbers is called divination."; "The Tract on the Trigrams Explained" has "In ancient times, when the sages made the 'Book of Changes', they secretly received assistance from the spirits and created the milfoil for divination. They relied on numbers by taking three as heaven and two as earth." This reflects the characteristic of the "Book of Changes" using numbers to understand and grasp the world.
Number is a unique symbol and quantitative form in the "Book of Changes." The so-called number is a measure and a standard. Being methodical, advancing and retreating with grounds, rising with the trend, following the trend, and becoming powerful by leveraging the trend are all numbers. The numbers in the "Book of Changes" are not mathematics. Mathematics is fixed, while the numbers in the "Book of Changes" are alive. This number is a fixed number, a state, and a result. It is the basis for us to grasp things.
The hexagram "Kun" in the "Book of Changes" has "The superior man has yellow in the center and is in harmony with principle. He is correctly positioned and embodies it. Beauty is within and flows freely through the four limbs. It is manifested in undertakings. This is the highest degree of beauty." The superior man has harmony within and understands principles externally. He finds his place and makes a living in a proper position. Beauty is within, fills the four limbs, and is manifested in undertakings. This is the highest realm of beauty.
"The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part I)" has "When one understands simplicity and ease, one obtains the principles of the world. When one obtains the principles of the world, one can establish one's position within it." Understanding simplicity and ease, one obtains the principles of the world. When one obtains the principles of the world, one can establish one's own position within it.
"The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part II)" has "Managing wealth, correcting speech, and forbidding the people from doing wrong is called righteousness."; How to protect one's position? With benevolence. How to gather the people? With wealth. Managing wealth, correcting orders, and forbidding the people from doing wrong is called righteousness.
"The Tract on the Trigrams Explained" has "Being harmonious and compliant with morality and managing in accordance with righteousness. Exhausting principles and realizing nature to reach the mandate of heaven." Being harmonious and compliant with the laws of the universe to seek proper governance. Exhausting the principles of things and realizing nature to reach the mandate of heaven.
"In ancient times, when the sages made the 'Book of Changes', it was to conform to the principles of the nature and the mandate of heaven." In ancient times, the sages created the "Book of Changes" with the purpose of conforming to the natures of all things and the laws of the universe. Principle is the philosophical elaboration of the object numbers and is similar to science. A person who deduces according to principles can foretell the future without divination and know the result without the need to divine.
The hexagram "Ge" in the "Book of Changes" has "The great man changes like a tiger. Without divination, there is trustworthiness." The great man promotes changes with the might of a tiger. Without divination, he can win people's hearts. "The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part I)" has "Therefore, when the superior man is at rest, he observes the images and ponders the words. When he takes action, he observes the changes and ponders the divination." When the superior man is at rest, he contemplates the hexagram images and ponders the hexagram words. When he takes action, he observes the changes of the hexagram images and contemplates the divination. "The Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Part II)" has "Understanding things through images to know implements. Knowing the future through divination."
Divination is the specific application of image, number, and principle in social life and life practice. There are many auspicious and inauspicious signs in the "Book of Changes", which are the language of divination. What is divined may be auspicious or inauspicious. This is not fatalism. The most frequently used word in the "Book of Changes" is "ru", which means "if" or "suppose". If this is the case, what will happen to you? If that is the case, what will happen to you? The auspicious and inauspicious signs in the "Book of Changes" are conditional and can change.
