The ancient "Book of Changes" handed down has only sixty-four sets of symbols and words composed of hexagram names, hexagram images, and hexagram lines. Each hexagram image is composed of six lines, and the hexagram images are composed of six lines. There are only two symbols "—"

The handed down ancient scripture " I Ching " has only sixty-four sets of symbols and words composed of hexagram names, hexagram images, and hexagram lines. Each hexagram image is composed of six lines, and the hexagrams are composed of six lines. There are only two symbols like "-" and "--", which are generally called " Yang Yao " and "Yin Yao". In other words, the hexagrams that people rely on for divination are all combinations of these two symbols, which can then explain that the good and bad luck of all things in the world comes from the combination of yin and yang in different situations: if the yin and yang are properly combined, naturally Everything goes well, otherwise it will lead to consequences such as "stigility", "regret", "blame", "severity", and "fierceness".

Yin Yao and Yang Yao

What do the two basic symbols "-" and "--" in the hexagram diagram represent? This is the basic premise for observing the hexagrams and correctly interpreting the "Book of Changes".

According to the generally accepted saying, "-" and "--" represent the yin and yang, the pros and cons of everything, so what are they like? Through a thorough reading of the sixty-four hexagrams, especially the analysis of the two hexagrams of Qian and Kun, we can find that the so-called "yang" and "yin" are two states that exist within everything, which are relatively active, dominant and relatively cooperative. Cooperation, the internal state of being in a subordinate position, such as: men and women in life, leaders and employees at work, etc.

Specific to personnel:

" Yang " is the representative of strong culture, which is the "gan" in " Zhouyi ". It is characterized by being masculine, proactive, assertive, and benefiting from realizing one's own ideas. and others.

" Yin " is the representative of weak culture, which is the "Kun" in "The Book of Changes". It is characterized by femininity and generosity, obedience and cooperation, accommodating cooperation, and achieving oneself by fulfilling other people's ideas.

These understandings of the connotation of yin and yang can also be verified through the perceptual evaluation in " Series of Ci ":

"Xici" says:

Qian knows the beginning, Kun makes things;

Qian is easy to know, Kun makes things Simple can be done;

is easy to understand and simple is easy to follow.

means:

Qian means grasping the direction and taking the initiative; Kun means working hard and achieving goals;

Qian is characterized by constant thinking and adjusting direction; Kun is characterized by simple mind and strong execution;

only keeps thinking. , in order to establish the correct goal, if the mind is simple, it is easy to obey unconditionally;

Of course, there are two sides, Yin and Yang, in any thing, and these two sides are not static. Often:

What is shown in one time and space is "Yang", and in another time and space, it may be "Yang". It can appear as "yin";

is yang in a small space, but it may be yin in a large time and space;

is yang at this time, and it may be yin at that time;

is yang in one aspect, and may be yin in another aspect. Negative.

For example:

Someone is in an absolutely dominant position in the family, and he is absolutely obedient to the captain of the team to which he belongs;

Someone is absolutely dominant within the department, but in a subordinate position at the company level;

As the head of the department, he is decisive when arranging work, but in the specific implementation, he may fully rely on and cooperate with the flexible decisions of employees;

He can speak clearly in the areas he is good at, but in areas he is not familiar with And they are willing to obey the opinions of their partners.

What needs to be explained is that if everyone can achieve the timely conversion of the master-slave relationship, then the world will be peaceful and everything will be fine! The actual situation is that it is difficult for anyone to achieve the perfect conversion of these yin and yang roles, which is why there are so many disputes and disasters in the world, which is what people often say "all disasters stem from the imbalance of yin and yang."

白丁

August 2022