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Chung’s “I – Ching 易經” 8 – Chapter 3 of SyutGuaJun說卦傳

天地定位，山澤通氣，雷風相薄，水火不相射，八卦相錯。數往者順，知來者逆，是故《易》逆數也。

The about is the original paragraph of Chapter 3 in SyutGuaJun說卦傳.

When we translate it, we need to understand what did the original writer is talking about; otherwise we will make a fundamental mistake in the translation.

Chung’s “I – Ching 易經” 7 – How to study I-Ching

If you agree there’s lost in translation, then the original meaning of I-Ching will be downgraded each time a scholar translate the previous scholar’s interpretation. Thus, studying the earliest version of I-Ching will be more important and tasteful.

Chung’s “I – Ching 易經” 6 – The Interpretation and Translation of I-Ching

If your conversation is recorded and will be played thousands of years later, I can imagine that not too much people will understand the content regardless of the language used. It is because the terminologies and grammars that we use today are different than thousands of years later. Some of the daily products we used today will also be different.

Chung’s “I – Ching 易經” 5 – The core idea of I-Ching易經

Since the theory of “I易” was discovered by our ancestor, FokFei伏羲, the whole “I-Ching易經” were carried the same core idea – “天人合一 Harmonic between man and nature”. That is not only found by me, it was found by anyone who are deep in the “I’s易” principle. If a person is talking about I-Ching but against this basic principle, than the way of his I-Ching is not the original I-Ching易經, which is his own “I易”.

Chung’s “I – Ching 易經” 4 – How many types of I-Ching 易經

Start from the first article I was talking is “Chau-I周易”, in fact “I-Ching易經” has 3 types, the first type is “LinShan-I連山易”, the second is “KgwaiChong-I歸藏易”, the third is “Chau-I周易”.