Ge Gua is a kind of divination about revolution. The so-called "revolution" means that fate has changed. "Ge Gua Xiang Ci" said: "There is fire in Zezhong, Ge; A gentleman governs the calendar by time. " "There is fire in the river" is a celestial phenomenon, and fire and water coexist. Either the fire goes out or the river dries up, both of them will die, the contradiction will be irreconcilable, and heaven will change. "Meiji calendar" is the change of dynasty. The ancients believed that emperors ruled the world by destiny, the succession of the throne and the movement of celestial bodies, and each emperor had his own calendar. "The Analects of Confucius Yao Yue": "Consultation, harmony, the number of days is in your bow". Whoever is in the calendar will inherit the throne, and the emperor will change his surname, which means changing the calendar. If the weather changes, the emperor will change the calendar.
Managing calendars means recalculating calendars and times and starting a new rule. "Biography of Gegua" said: "Heaven and earth change at four times, and the Tang-Wu revolution is in accordance with God's will and people's wishes. When the skin is big! " More clearly, it is pointed out that Ge Gua is a revolutionary divination in which heaven changes fate and emperor changes calendar.
Judging from the hexagrams, Ge hexagrams evolved from Dazhuang hexagrams. Gegua was originally the sixth five-year plan of Dazhuanggua, and the sixth five-year plan of Dazhuanggua was king, but it was not the ninth five-year plan, because it had just been put in place. After the hexagrams were changed, the ruler of the Sixth Five-Year Plan was ousted, and finally returned to the middle of the inner hexagrams and went home to sell sweet potatoes. It was Gegua's Ninth Five-Year Plan that ousted him. Gegua's Ninth Five-Year Plan "ruled from the Ming Dynasty", completed the change of dynasty and began a new rule. The six hexagrams in Ge Gua were originally the six hexagrams in Dazhuang Gua, occupying a high position. They are the elders and ministers of the old dynasty, and now the dynasty changes, and where to go has its own evolution.
"Great change" is Gegua's ninth five-year plan, which means to seize the imperial power and ascend to the throne. "Tiger" is the symbol of the king in the Book of Changes. Tigers are solitary animals and have their own territory. Ancient kings like to call themselves lonely, or "unique", just to emphasize their unique position. The so-called "one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and one country can't accommodate two masters." As the saying goes, "companions are like tigers". First, tigers are powerful and terrible. Second, tigers don't allow others to challenge their own strength and opportunities. Once the tiger feels threatened and challenged, it will be desperate to rule it out. The tiger is the king of beasts. In ancient times, tigers were used to describe kings, not dragons. In Zhouyi, the dragon is just a mount driven by people, which must be clear. There is a saying in Gangua that "Wang is the only one who can't have six at the same time, let alone be driven by others". Later generations' understanding of Zhouyi gradually became superficial, self-righteous and misleading. I don't know when I took the dragon as the symbol of the emperor, and even the king was misled.
"A leopard cannot change his spots, but a leopard cannot change his spots" are the last six words in Ge Gua, which means that the old ministers in high positions have two choices and performances after the regime change, that is to say, the last six have two completely different images. One is that a leopard becomes a gentleman, and the other is a little man with a leather face. The transformation of villains is to show obedience and submission; A gentleman is bold as a leopard, which means to avoid. Tiger and leopard are all big cat carnivores, all have their own territory and belong to the same level of food chain, so the relationship between tiger and leopard does not belong to the relationship of submission from top to bottom. Tigers generally don't hunt leopards, but when they meet leopards, they usually take an evasive attitude. They dare not compete with tigers, but they will not submit to them. Tigers are bigger and stronger, but leopards are more agile and better at climbing trees. When a leopard gets its prey, it usually drags it to a tree. Being good at climbing is actually an ability to avoid. After the revolution, if Shang Liu was a gentleman, he would take the attitude of avoiding the new emperor and not surrendering, taking peace as the principle; If it is a villain, it will take the initiative to smile and express obedience. "Changing your face" means changing your appearance, from smiling at the old gentleman to smiling at the new gentleman.
From the perspective of divination, the ninth five-year plan and the sixth six-year plan are two hexagrams, one is yang and the other is yin. The negative image is dotted and the positive image is striped. "Ge Gua" was in the middle of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and the middle and five elements belonged to soil, and the color was yellow; And five thrones, all with yellow stripes, were kings among all the animals. Who is the tiger? So "the big man has changed." This tiger is mainly seen from its stripes, so Xiang Zhuan explains: "Great men and tigers have changed, and their writing style is brilliant."
The upper six parts of Gegua are cloudy, and their lines are intermittent and staggered, and occupy a high position, which shows that the upper six parts occupy the top position in the food chain and are good at climbing. Shangliu occupies the top of the food chain, a little mottled and good at climbing. It is also like a leopard, so it is called "leopard change". In addition, the sixth part of Gegua is to exchange the body, "exchange the theory", "say" and "yue", and you will smile when you are happy, so the sixth part has a smiling image. Gegua evolved from Dazhuang Gua, in which the sixth part occupied the seismic body. After the Gua became Gegua, the seismic body became an exchange body. Shock is thunder, which makes people feel terrible. "Earthquake Gua Xiang Ci" said: "Earthquake, the gentleman is afraid to repair the province." Before and after the hexagrams changed, the first six people were afraid and then laughed, and their faces turned pale, so they were called "changing faces". The sixth chapter is feminine. The Book of Changes takes softness as small, so it is called "villain", so it is called "villain to turn over a new leaf". "Gegua" is adjacent to the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and Liu's smiling face shows the Ninth Five-Year Plan, indicating obedience to the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Since the Ninth Five-Year Plan is the monarch, Xiang Xiang explained, "villains should turn over a new leaf and obey the monarch." .
After the victory of King Wu's revolution, the leopard became an escapee such as Ji Zi. Those who run counter to it are like tiny children; And the rebels are like Wu Gengxu's father. After the downfall of Shang Dynasty, Ji Zi refused the reuse of Zhou Wuwang, left Hongfan Jiuchou to escape from North Korea, and then established Ji Zi Dynasty in North Korea. Known as "Jizi Korea", it has been recognized and respected by Zhou Wang, and it does not regard Jizi Korea as a vassal.
Long before the demise of the Shang Dynasty, Ji Zi said to Cabbage, "When the Shang Dynasty perished, I was not a servant" (Shangshu Cabbage). After the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, Wei Zi used sacrificial vessels to build it in the military gate of the King of Wu. He stuck his face, led the sheep on the left and the hair on the right, and marched forward with his knees as a warning. So King Wu released Wei Zi and resumed his original position. After that, Wei Zi was sealed in Zong Yi of Shang Dynasty, and established the Song State, called Song Gong, which enabled him to maintain his admiration for merchants. When Dick was a teacher, he appointed Wu Geng, the son of Shang Zhou, to lead the adherents of Yin. After Wu Geng wooed the dissatisfaction with the Duke of Zhou, Cai Shu and others rose up again, and the situation was once very serious. However, it is the general trend that the Shang Dynasty ruled the world with the Zhou Dynasty. The Duke of Zhou personally led the army eastward, concentrating his forces to annihilate Wu Geng, then killed Guan Shu and exiled Cai Shu, thus destroying the central force of the rebel army. After three years of hard struggle, the eastern countries have been pacified one after another, and the cause of eliminating commerce has been completely completed.