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Play easy | in the previous article In the Four Elephants (叁), we explore the meaning of the four elephants.
The four elephants each represent the change of yang qi in the four seasons of the year, so this change is actually the process of changing from one state to another.
This time, we also expressed the changes in yang and yin in the course of the day.
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Spring, summer, autumn, winter.
A year is divided into four seasons, and a day is also a condensation of a year.
The change of yang in the course of the day, drawn with a curve, is what it looks like.
There are also four nodes of the day that are the most important, one is dawn, one is noon, one is dusk, and one is midnight.
They correspond to the spring equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, and winter solstice.
Now, we substitute the yang and the yin into the above curve of the change of yang, and the result is consistent with the "four elephants of the yang curve", and I will not argue here. (For the argumentation process, please see playing easy |.) Four Elephant Ginseng (I))
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The previous yang change graph is a repetitive expression of trigonometric functions over time.
Are there any other easy charts to show this change?
Spring equinox - summer solstice (dawn - noon), the yang gradually climbs to the peak, is the yang of the yang.
Summer solstice - autumn equinox (noon - dusk), the yang begins to weaken, is the yin of the yang.
Autumn equinox - winter solstice (dusk - midnight), the yang qi is hidden, gradually weakening, is the yin of the yin.
Winter solstice - vernal equinox (midnight - dawn), the yang slowly rises from the lowest point, is the yang of the yin.
Let's simplify this four-quadrangle and express it in four quadrants.
Through the above simplification, a simple four-elephant yang qi chart can be obtained.
This diagram greatly reduces complex information and preserves only the changes in the operation law of yang qi.
Below, we will integrate the content change of yang qi into this four-elephant yang qi map.
The final picture of the four elephants of yang qi is very important.
It combines the dual characteristics of images and symbols, which correspond to each other in this diagram.
This picture of the four elephants and yang qi is the key chart for our later interpretation of the bagua and even the sixty-four gua.
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Play easy | In the correct posture of studying the I Ching, we talk about symbols as the easiest way to record culture, and the most direct way for us to understand culture.
Therefore, if we want to learn the I Ching, we must first understand the most basic symbols of the I Ching.
And between our understanding of the real world and the symbology, there must be an intermediate transition area.
This intermediate transition area is the image.
Symbols, on the other hand, are the elephantial digitization of images.
Let's go back and look at the initial four-image yang qi curve.
Cold comes and goes, winter goes to spring, this is a process of change with the advancement of the time dimension, the yang qi cycle reciprocates.
If we cut a complete curve of yang change in the graph (vernal equinox-summer solstice-autumnal equinox-winter solstice-vernal equinox), and then draw another circle outside.
Is this figure a bit similar to the Tai Chi diagram?
In the next article, let's explore the origin of Tai Chi Diagram together.
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Images are tools for ancestors to understand the world and to connect with the world.
Symbols are the first figurative systems established to describe the world.
—— "Play Easy" Shaoyang
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