From the Book of Changes written by Jichang in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Original: "Xiang" said: Ze has no water and is sleepy. The ambition of a gentleman is fatal.
Translation: "Xiang Ci" cloud: The hexagrams and words in this book are exchanged, and the interchanger is Ze; The next divination is a ridge, and the ridge is water. The water seeps into the bottom of the Ze River and the middle of the Ze River dries up. This is the divination image of being trapped in divination. A gentleman looks at this divinatory image, encouraging himself with difficulties, thinking about change when he is poor, and giving his life to fulfill his ambition.
In the early society of China, due to the low productivity and underdeveloped science, the ancestors could not give scientific explanations to natural phenomena, social phenomena and human physiological phenomena, which led to the worship of God and thought that there was a supreme God behind things, which dominated everything in the world.
When people suffer from natural and man-made disasters repeatedly, they sprout the desire to predict sudden disasters and their behavioral consequences with the help of providence, so as to achieve the purpose of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. In the long-term practice, various prediction methods have been invented to communicate between man and god, and the Zhouyi, which can best reflect the meaning of god, is produced under such conditions.
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Ji Chang (formerly known as1152-formerly known as 1056) was born in qi zhou (now Qishan County, Shaanxi Province). Founder of Zhou Dynasty, grandson of King Tai of Zhou Dynasty, son of Ji Li. A generation of wise kings in the history of China.
After his father died, he inherited the position of Xibohou, so he was called Xibohou. After 42 years in office, he officially became king, known as Zhou Wenwang in history. ? During Ke Mingde's reign, he was cautious in punishment, diligent in administration and attached importance to agricultural production.
Corporal, talented, worshipped as a strategist, strategized, subdued, conquered Li Guo (now Changzhi City, Shanxi Province), Guo Guo (now Qinyang City, Henan Province) and other countries, making the world three points and the next week. Bianjing Fengjing (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi) laid the foundation for the king of Wu to destroy merchants. The interpretation of Zhouyi and the establishment of Zhou Li were highly praised by later Confucianism, which Confucius called "three generations of English". ?
Zhou Wenwang died in fifty years (before 1056), enjoying his life at the age of 97, and was buried in Biyuan (the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty is located at the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain in Qishan County, Shaanxi Province). BC 1046, the second son, Zhou Wuwang Ji Fa, destroyed the Shang Dynasty and made Ji Chang king of literature.
In the first year of God's will (690), Wu Zetian claimed to be a descendant of Ji Chang and was honored as the ancestor of Emperor Wen.
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