First of all, how to know:

1, the Book of Changes is called the Book of Changes, but it is not called the Book of Changes, which means that the Book of Changes is easy to learn. If the Book of Changes is described as "difficult to get started, difficult to learn and difficult to master", it means that the general public will be excluded from the Book of Changes, while only a few people master the Book of Changes, and they are culturally exclusive and self-prominent! What is the Book of Changes? The Book of Changes is the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors. It talks about the objective laws of the universe and the general source of China culture ... Since the Book of Changes is the general source of China culture, it should belong to the category of culture and should not be defined as science. Just like our Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Pingyao Ancient City in Shanxi, Old Town of Lijiang in Yunnan and so on. It is a cultural heritage, but it is not defined as a scientific heritage.

2. At present, experts and professors in the academic circles have mentioned that Yi-ology has been divided into Yi School and Image School since ancient times:

3. The study of the Yi-ology theory is mainly carried out from the aspects of literature, history and philosophy.

4. The image number school, that is, the skill number school, focuses on practical operation and prediction.

Generally speaking, there are two schools: academic school and folk school. Academic school pays attention to the study of Yi-ology theory, while folk school pays attention to practical learning prediction, and the latter school accounts for the vast majority of Yi-ology students. In fact, both factions are biased. The Book of Changes includes theory, image, mathematics and occupation, most of which are indispensable. Is the lack of one item called the Book of Changes? Science, image, mathematics and industry must be combined to be a real Yi-ology scholar.

5. The role of the Book of Changes should be summarized in two aspects: first, epistemology: understanding the universe, understanding human beings and understanding everything. The second is methodology: teaching people how to adapt to nature, transform nature and benefit mankind. Fourth: As the saying goes, "The Book of Songs learns to speak, and the Book of Changes learns to calculate hexagrams." Grandpa Mao said: "The purpose of learning is to apply what you have learned." Yes, the purpose of learning the Book of Changes is to apply what you have learned. Otherwise, why bother to learn! The most basic function is prediction. A real Yi-ology scholar should not only focus on the macro and overall situation, but also start from the micro and subtle!

Secondly, how to learn:

1. If you don't know anything about the Book of Changes, I think Nan, a master of contemporary Chinese studies, has two excellent books, Miscellanies of the Book of Changes and Biography of the Book of Changes, which can stimulate students' interest in learning and have a comprehensive and fair understanding of the Book of Changes.

2. Starting from the knowledge of the origin of the Book of Changes, the Book of Changes can be divided into congenital and acquired. The innate Yi is Fuxi Yi, and there are no words in the Yijing, only eight diagrams, Taiji diagram and heavenly stems and earthly branches. The acquired Yi is the Yijing written by King Wen, Confucius and Duke Zhou, which represents the understanding of Zhougong, Confucius and later generations, but not all. Taiji, Eight Diagrams, Five Elements and Ganzhi are the most basic things in the Book of Changes, especially five lines of gossip.

3. Work hard on Taiji diagram, Eight Diagrams, Five Elements, and the system of cadres and branches, and memorize the orientation distribution and constraints.

How to study the Book of Changes;

First, pan-understanding

There are too many works and famous artists of Yi-ology, so I don't need to go into details.

Because the modern books of the Book of Changes are too complicated and there are many introductory directions, it is very important to choose a suitable introductory book. I think if you have a foundation in classical Chinese, you can start with the original masterpieces directly. For the books on the market, I recommend the phonetic version of Zhouyi by Southeast University (simple horizontal phonetic version, with phonetic symbols and simple notes, with large words, but the disadvantage is that the well-meaning illustrations are messy). Another book recommended Zhonghua Book Company to read the Book of Changes (general edition, green book and audio can be required), without interchangeable words and illustrations. No matter which book it is, some controversial words, broken sentences and pronunciations will be different. Learn according to a book first, then read more books and judge for yourself. (for example, changing one's mind: one day/the next day is a blessing, etc. )