易经 英语简介
About The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes is actually a new inquiry into the essence of the world and all the individual existence. A new perception of the world: two basic elements or poles: yin (阴) -- yang (阳) —
The Book of Changes (易经)
The origin of I-Ching
《易•系辞传》曰:“古者包牺氏(伏羲氏)
王(rule)天下也,仰者观象(phenomenon) 于天、俯者观法(rules and laws)于地,观 鸟兽之文(lines and veins),与地之宜,近 取诸身,远取诸物,于是始作八卦,以通 神明之德、以类万物之情”。
韦编三绝 (Confucius broke The Book of Changes many times for he read it with such high frequency that the thread had to be replaced and renewed again and again. )
大肠 (large intestine)
辰时(7点-9点):胃(stomach) 巳时(9点-11点):脾(spleen)
午时(11点-13点) :心 (heart) 未时(13点-15点) : 小肠 (small intestine) 申时(15点-17点) : 膀胱 (urinary bladder) 酉时(17点-19点) :肾 (kidney) 戌时(19点-21点) :心包 亥时(21点-23点) :三焦
A metaphysical perception of physical world ( astrology )
The Book of Changes was firstly a book of astrology. It starteines and textures on turtle shell to interpret the changes of the world. Later it was broadened and became a classic of Confucius’ reading and was listed the first great work of Confucius’ classics.
I-Ching and directions
西北
太阴
北 东北
少阴
西
东
少阳
西南
南
东南
太阳
Other perspectives: ① day ( hour change) ② month and season (season change) ③ body part
《易传· 说卦》: “乾为首 ( head ), 坤为腹 ( belly ), 震为足 ( foot ), 巽为股 ( thigh ), 坎为耳 ( ear ), 离为目 ( eye ), 艮为手 ( hand ), 兑为口 ( mouth )
乾 震
三个阳爻,像天heaven;坤
三个阴爻,像地earth; 上面一个
下面一个阳爻,上面两个阴爻,像雷thunder;艮
阳爻,下面两个阴爻,像山mountain; 个阴爻,像水water;离
坎
中间一个阳爻,上下两 下面两个阳
中间一个阴爻,上下两个阳爻,像火fire;
巽
上面两个阳爻,下面一个阴爻,像风wind;兑 爻,上面一个阴爻,像泽lake;
春夏养阳(nurture the power of Yang) ,秋冬养 阴(nurture the power of Yin): 春养肝(liver),夏养
心(heart),秋养肺(lung),冬养肾(kidney)。
子时(23点-1点): 胆
(gallbladder)
丑时(1点-3点):肝 (liver) 寅时 (3点-5点): 肺 (lung) 卯时 (5点-7点) :
I-Ching and Health Maintenance
《易传· 文言· 乾》 提出了人身( human body )小宇宙
( mimesis of the external universe ) 之论:“大人者,与天地 合其德( in accordance with the rules and laws of the heaven and earth ),与日月合其明 ( in concordance with the change of light of the sun and moon ),与四时合其序 ( in harmony with the advance of time ),与鬼神合其凶。”