China has a history of 5,000 years of civilization, and predictive science runs through it in a unique way. Some people worship, some people despise, in various historical periods, sinking or floating, and at the same time she dominates the ups and downs of history. Because of the difficulty of mastering its methods and the use of them by successive rulers, it is now hidden in the wilderness and makes it more magical, so it has been studied by scholars of all generations, but because of the ancient portal views and the conservatism of the learners, it has developed in the middle of development and in the intermittent.
While studying, developing and perfecting forecasting, the ancients derived many new methods, and there were new sects, which can be described as endless, such as Plum Blossom Yi, Liu Yao Na Jia, Liu Ren, Four Pillars, Qi Men, Tai Yi, Zi Wei, Iron Plate God Number, Astrology, Hand Face, etc., each with its own magic. However, no matter how the strange law is, its easy rationality is connected, and it cannot be separated from the five elements of yin and yang, the branches of heaven and earth, that is, it cannot be separated from the laws of matter, time and dialectics.
Now there are many people who have not yet learned to learn the flute first, the foundation is unstable and eager to achieve, of course, it is also in line with the current situation of society, everything has a crash course, of course, this is the wrong way to learn. So the question is, so many books or schools, where to start first?
Personally, I think that on the basis of fully understanding the five elements of yin and yang and the restraint of life, it is necessary to read through the original text of the I Ching, not to be boring, not to be tired, and to study itself is a chore, but at the same time it is a fun thing. With our existing knowledge and a certain foundation of literature and language, to open up and explore the traditional culture that has been sealed for thousands of years, there is both bitterness and happiness. Some practitioners do not think hard, but only want to find a trick or a mantra to make themselves open up the eight veins of the Qijing and become masters of fate overnight. In fact, where is the mantra? Here's a little poem to exhort:
The world's words are true, and they disdain the false transmission of thousands of books.
The first letter reads ten thousand volumes, and fang realizes the truth in it.
In terms of learning Yi Li, teacher Zhang Yansheng believes that it is more difficult to learn the scriptures of the I Ching. In order to enable everyone to grasp the philosophical content of the "I Ching" quickly, from the Confucius period, the content of its scriptures was summarized and improved to the world outlook methodology to learn the "Yi". Therefore, Confucius and his disciples added the "Ten Transmissions" (also known as the Ten Wings) to the sixty-four gua sutras, attached their experience of personally using "Yi" and studying "Yi" to the scriptures, and told future generations to learn "Yi" and imitate "Yi". If you want to learn the I Ching well, you must first grasp the truth that the "Ten Wings" tell us. The "Ten Wings" are about learning the basic knowledge necessary for the I Ching, and when these basic knowledge is mastered, the I Ching verses are easy to understand.