Hence, it was thought that the turtle had a special connection with the universe.
In the old days, the turtle was used because of the perceived connection to the He Tu, and because it was thought that the turtle's shell depicts the 10 stems, 12 branches and 24 mountains. Of course, nowadays, and probably due to the protection against needless killing of turtles for their shell, most people practice this method without the turtle shell. The pattern of the coins enables the derivation of a Gua or Hexagram image, which then provides the answer to the query. You put coins inside a turtle shell, shake it and pour out the coins.
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Now, almost everyone is familiar with this or has seen it some time or another in a TVB serial show.
The first method is the method pioneered by King Wen (Wen Wang) which is the turtle shell method. Yi Gua, which is a method of probability science, derived from Yi Jing, has three principle methods. So what then is Yi Gua you might be wondering?Ĭoin tossing, yarrow sticks and turtle shells We can only say that fundamental concepts of the Yi are assimilated in the formulas of the Feng Shui practice. It still falls under the broader umbrella of Chinese Metaphysics but it is not Feng Shui. It is a complementary discipline for many Feng Shui and BaZi practitioners, but it is a completely different and separate field of study. Yi Gua, which is a form of science of probability, or as the Chinese philosophers called it, the science of divination, is derived from the concept of "Yi" in Yi Jing and was later developed by King Wen (Wen Wang) but technically, it is not Feng Shui. Also, there are 6 Yaos (lines) in the Hexagram with each giving a different meaning to the entire reading. With this kind of approach, you can read just about anything into everything when in actual fact, the concept of Qian Gua as 'A Dragon Flying Towards the Sky' is actually a form of mnemonic, to help sages and students remember that Qian Gua is actually upward moving pure Yang energy. That is taking the Yi Jing not just literally, but with substantial quantities of liberal and highly subjective interpretation. From here, it is expanded to mean that a person with such a figurine can have the power of a King or Emperor, as that is what Qian Gua stands for, amongst other things. Some New Age Feng Shui practitioners claim that placing a figurine of a Dragon Flying Towards the Sky creates the power of Qian Gua (the Heaven Hexagram) because Qian Gua is described in the Yi Jing's texts as 'A Dragon Flying Towards the Sky'. A very good example of this liberal interpretation of the Yi Jing's original text is the importing of the imagery of the Guas (Hexagrams) into Feng Shui by way of man made figurines. This means that you cannot import something from the Yi Jing's text directly into Feng Shui and call it Feng Shui. But Feng Shui systems involve taking the basic "Yi" information, and deriving a process and method, to use that information in an environmental context. There is indeed a connection between the "Yi" in Yi Jing (Yi being Change) because Feng Shui draws upon the concepts of changing lines, duality of polarity and the Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, which are components of the Yi aspect of the Yi Jing. Often, people misunderstand the connection between the Yi Jing and Feng Shui. Yi Jing and Feng Shui: Connected yet Disparate These trigram and hexagram images were later used by a philosopher called Jing Fang to develop the science of probability, and to develop a means to compute outcomes and events, through understanding causality, time, space and the universe, known as Yi Gua. The ancient sages used the Yi Jing to depict the universe as man knew it and derive philosophical conclusions from it. The Yi Jing in its original form, is very much a form of pictorial philosophy, as represented by trigrams (the dual polarities of Yin and Yang, depicted in three lines) or hexagrams (six lines of Yin and Yang combinations). Strictly speaking, it has nothing to do with Feng Shui per se.
The word "Yi Jing" means sutra or classics of change. The Yi Jing tells you, based on your rank or position in society, how you should behave and go about your daily life, as a wife, as a general, as a king, as a Minister. Written during the Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BC), it is about the way of life, or if you're more Zen-inclined, the Tao of Life.
The Yi Jing (often mis-pronounced as I-Ching) originally started out as a book about the philosophy of life and behaviour. Let's get the facts right first as always, so that we have a proper context for the conversation.
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