A Study on the Original Meaning of the hexagrams Gu in the Book of Changes
The name of the hexagram Gu means"cheating and chaos".The theories of"saving cheating and controlling chaos","engaging in career","serving parents",and"divination occupying career"in the history of the Book of Changes are not its original meaning.The hexagram"元亨"refers to great prosperity,rather than the meaning of sacrificial rites.The hexagram"先甲三日,后甲三日"has nothing to do with sacrificial rites,weather forecasts,or serving parents,but contains a sense of warning.The"考"of"有子考无咎"in line 1 does not refer to"achievement",but rather to the father.The"干母之蛊"in line 2 and the"干父之蛊"in line 3 have nothing to do with inheriting the divination business of the father and mother generations.The original meaning of the two lines is related to rectifying corruption and disorder.The"裕父之蛊"in line 4 aimed to criticize the emperor's behavior of gov-erning corruption and chaos with too much tolerance.It was inappropriate for Yang Wanli to view this behavior as the correct mea-sure to control Gu.The"誉"of"用誉"in line 5 does not refer to the line 2,but should mean"honor".The line 6 seems to be based on silk books,stating that"不事王侯,高尚其事,凶".Its principles reflect the philosophy that kings should carry out the cause of governing corruption and chaos to the end.
The Book of ChangesGuRectifying the corrupt policies of our parentsRectifying the corrupt policies of the mother generationnot serving the princes
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