Why can the Book of Changes be used to predict the future!?
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The Book of Changes can be applied in various industries and fields because it is the root of Chinese philosophy, and its influence spreads across philosophy, aesthetics, religion, astronomy, arithmetic, Sinology, and more. The way of the Book of Changes emphasizes the mutual response of yin and yang and the balance of firmness and flexibility, advocating continuous self-improvement and having great virtue to carry all things, which has permeated the spirit of our Chinese nation. The Book of Changes tells us that when encountering difficulties, instead of seeking help from idols, we predict the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of nature and human affairs through the Eight Trigrams and other information. The Book of Changes is claimed to be able to predict the heaven above, the earth below, and human affairs in the middle. It enables us to be prepared for any eventualities, better understand the world, and grasp life. Many people must be curious about why the Book of Changes can predict. What are the secrets within?
To know the secrets of prediction, we must first understand the basic composition of the Book of Changes, which consists of four aspects: "image", "number", "principle", and "divination".
"Image" can be understood as appearance, symbol, and metaphor. All things in time form various images of the world. The Book of Changes expresses them in the form of trigrams, becoming trigram images. For example, in the form of Fuxi's Eight Trigrams, they represent all things. Such as the Qian trigram, representing heaven, yang, and firmness. Yang has metals, men, and Qian also represents the head. By analogy, what is the leader of a person? It is the leader, the superior, and so on. Through the understanding and grasping of "image", we can observe, describe, and infer the world.
"Number" is the description of the relationships among various images and is a way used by the ancients to describe all things in the universe. The most basic are numbers and mathematics. Things in space will inevitably have differences in size, firmness and flexibility, and in time, there will be differences in length and urgency. In terms of quantity, there will be more or less, few or many, which are calculated through the numbers of the Book of Changes. However, these are not simple mathematical calculations but also refer to the numbers of fullness and emptiness, growth and decline, auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, and good fortune and misfortune.
"Principle" is the deduction and summary of the images and numbers, forming the principles of natural changes, social changes, and human affairs changes. It is the logical way of judging and deducing things. The cognition of principles can achieve the effects of inferring past events and predicting the future. Just like many people who understand principles and have wisdom, although they do not understand the Book of Changes, they can analyze the ins and outs and future trends of things based on "principles". For example, those who understand the principles of economics can understand the situation of economic development, and those who understand geography can know the trends and patterns of climate change and environmental changes. In fact, people apply the principles of the Book of Changes in their lives, but we just don't know it. Confucius said, "We use it every day without realizing it."
"Divination" is to infer and calculate based on the relationship principles of the images, numbers, and principles of the Book of Changes. Through various relationships of the images, numbers, and principles, we predict and grasp the development process and patterns of things and take countermeasures. Images, numbers, and principles are inseparable. For example, when people predict using birthdays, this is a number. Behind the number is a principle. When it is converted into the eight characters of the birth date, corresponding to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to take images, one can calculate a person's physical appearance, personality traits, and the trajectory of fate. Images, numbers, and principles blend with each other, and the mystery of prediction lies in their application.
To know the secrets of prediction, we must first understand the basic composition of the Book of Changes, which consists of four aspects: "image", "number", "principle", and "divination".
"Image" can be understood as appearance, symbol, and metaphor. All things in time form various images of the world. The Book of Changes expresses them in the form of trigrams, becoming trigram images. For example, in the form of Fuxi's Eight Trigrams, they represent all things. Such as the Qian trigram, representing heaven, yang, and firmness. Yang has metals, men, and Qian also represents the head. By analogy, what is the leader of a person? It is the leader, the superior, and so on. Through the understanding and grasping of "image", we can observe, describe, and infer the world.
"Number" is the description of the relationships among various images and is a way used by the ancients to describe all things in the universe. The most basic are numbers and mathematics. Things in space will inevitably have differences in size, firmness and flexibility, and in time, there will be differences in length and urgency. In terms of quantity, there will be more or less, few or many, which are calculated through the numbers of the Book of Changes. However, these are not simple mathematical calculations but also refer to the numbers of fullness and emptiness, growth and decline, auspiciousness and inauspiciousness, and good fortune and misfortune.
"Principle" is the deduction and summary of the images and numbers, forming the principles of natural changes, social changes, and human affairs changes. It is the logical way of judging and deducing things. The cognition of principles can achieve the effects of inferring past events and predicting the future. Just like many people who understand principles and have wisdom, although they do not understand the Book of Changes, they can analyze the ins and outs and future trends of things based on "principles". For example, those who understand the principles of economics can understand the situation of economic development, and those who understand geography can know the trends and patterns of climate change and environmental changes. In fact, people apply the principles of the Book of Changes in their lives, but we just don't know it. Confucius said, "We use it every day without realizing it."
"Divination" is to infer and calculate based on the relationship principles of the images, numbers, and principles of the Book of Changes. Through various relationships of the images, numbers, and principles, we predict and grasp the development process and patterns of things and take countermeasures. Images, numbers, and principles are inseparable. For example, when people predict using birthdays, this is a number. Behind the number is a principle. When it is converted into the eight characters of the birth date, corresponding to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches to take images, one can calculate a person's physical appearance, personality traits, and the trajectory of fate. Images, numbers, and principles blend with each other, and the mystery of prediction lies in their application.
