"Zhou Yi" learning roadblock
If you want to get started with "Zhou Yi", you are bound to encounter a lot of obstacles. For example, some basic concepts of Yili, multiplication and bearing ratio, zhongzheng, hexagram change, and so on.
In the process of learning "Zhou Yi", the most systematic obstacle is the hexagram of the sixty-four hexagrams.
There are two reasons why hexagrams can become an obstacle to learning.
First, the hexagrams are all simple and simple Chinese words, which is extremely unfriendly to contemporary people, and many beginners who lack literary background look at it like a book from heaven, and it is naturally easy to be successfully dissuaded.
Second, hexagrams are only one of the sets of passwords to help understand the connotation of the 64 hexagrams, and the core password is not words, but hexagrams, which is the most difficult thing to understand in "Zhou Yi". Therefore, if someone can comprehend the true meaning of the hexagram in one step, then they can completely ignore the content of the hexagram.
Analyzing this, is it necessary for beginners of "Zhou Yi" to recite the hexagrams of the sixty-four hexagrams?
Are you a genius?
Why ask such a question?
Because, geniuses don't go the ordinary way!
As mentioned above, the hexagrams hide the ultimate secrets of the sixty-four hexagrams, and the hexagrams are only a single interpretation of these secrets. In short, a top master who truly understands hexagrams can compose a set of hexagrams to explain hexagrams, and for such a genius, is there any point in memorizing hexagrams other than wasting time?
Do you have a teacher who is a master of "Zhou Yi"?
The reason why most people have the difficulty of getting started with "Zhou Yi" is not only due to its own limitations, but also because of the lack of corresponding teachers. It can be said that there are very few people in China who have really studied the 64 hexagrams of "Zhou Yi" in depth and are good enough to be teachers, and even experts who have explained "Zhou Yi" on various forums have not seen any of them really explain the hexagrams, and there are many vague and unclear statements.
Since there is basically no corresponding famous teacher in China, it is impossible to rely on the help of teachers to avoid hexagrams.
The choice of ordinary people
The reality is so cruel, looking at the dense hexagrams, beginners basically have no choice, it is best to memorize it quickly if you have a good memory, and it is best to memorize it with a poor memory, not to memorize it certainly, but it is also best to understand the general meaning.
Why is it recommended to memorize as much as possible?
Because the perception of the hexagram of "Zhou Yi" may be triggered at a certain moment and a certain event, if the beginner has no impression of the hexagram, it is naturally difficult to associate the perception of certain things with the hexagram, so they will miss the rare opportunity to perceive.
For example, if a person gives everything he has to help a friend solve a financial problem, he puts himself in a difficult situation.
If he is a learner of "Zhou Yi" and has a basic impression of all the hexagrams, he will definitely think of the "Loss" hexagram, the ninth of the first month: the past is gone, there is no blame, and the damage is considered. Then, he will reflect on his too radical approach, at least the "loss" hexagram does not encourage unconditional all-out giving, but supports doing what he can, especially when he has just entered the "loss" hexagram, which is completely unsuitable for himself to be compensated in order to help others. In this way, in the later stage of the "Loss" hexagram, do you still have the ability to hurt yourself and help others?
On the contrary, if you have no impression of the hexagrams, and you only know when you pick up the book and see it, and you will lose your sense of connection with reality when you put down the book, then you don't want to learn and understand "Zhou Yi" in this life, and I am afraid that you may not even be able to get started.
epilogue
"Zhou Yi" is a book of heaven, and it is also a life secret full of great wisdom. But anyone who really wants to understand and learn the intentions of "Zhou Yi", as long as they memorize the hexagrams of the sixty-four hexagrams, often experience them, and combine them with historical facts and reality, even if it takes a long time, they can get great happiness and wisdom from it, which is a great joy in life!