Starting point, the problem of stopping updating and starting a new bookStopping updating and starting a new book were common problems in web novel creation. For details, you can refer to the following explanation:
[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][ The interruption would affect the reader's reading experience, but if the interruption was short, the loss of readers might be smaller. If he stopped updating for a long time, the reader base might gradually shrink or even be irreparable.
2. New book: This meant that the author would update the novel and publish a new chapter after a period of time. The purpose of a new book was usually to attract the attention of readers and increase the attention of the new book. After the release of a new book, the author would usually do some publicity and hype to increase the attention and reading volume of the readers.
On the Qidian platform, the author could set the rules for not updating or starting a new book. They could also adjust the update time according to the specific situation. Generally speaking, authors should try their best to maintain good updating habits and maintain the attention of readers in order to achieve success in online novels.
The Book of Changes, starting from scratchThe following are some methods and key points to learn the Book of Changes from scratch:
** 1. Understanding of Basic Concepts **
1. ** Wuji, Yin-Yang Concepts **
- First of all, he had to understand the Wuji state. It was the state before Yin and Yang appeared. If one didn't comprehend Wu Ji, they would encounter difficulties when learning the Qian hexagram's Yuan character and other contents. For those who needed to meditate and cultivate, they wouldn't be able to enter a meditative state without comprehending Wu Ji. The Yin and Yang lines were the basic elements that formed the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes. Being familiar with the basic knowledge of Yin and Yang was the prerequisite for in-depth study.
2. ** Concept of Three Talents **
- The three talents were the unity of heaven, earth and man. This was the ultimate goal of the Book of Changes culture. Understanding the concept of the three talents would help to study the Book of Changes in depth.
3. ** Four Symbols Concept **
- It was necessary to understand the evolution process of Yin and Yang producing the Four Symbols, because this would help to understand the thoughts of balance in the Book of Changes and the contradictions and conflicts in the opposition of Yin and Yang.
4. ** Five Elements Concept **
- Although the original scripture of the Book of Changes did not explicitly mention the five elements, the principle of mutual promotion and restriction of the five elements was hidden in the culture of the Book of Changes, so it was necessary to understand it.
** 2. Study related to divinatory symbols **
1. ** Eight basic hexagrams **
- The first step was to familiarize yourself with the eight basic hexagrams, namely Qian, Kun, Zhen, Gen, Li, Kan, Dui, and Xun. Their original symbol was the natural world, corresponding to heaven, earth, thunder, mountain, fire, water, swamp, and wind. Moreover, to learn how to draw the eight hexagrams, one could learn by memorizing the 24-word formula written by the ancients.
2. ** Sixty-four hexagrams **
- The second step was to understand the sixty-four hexagrams. This was the main content of the Book of Changes. One needed to spend time and effort to memorize the order of the sixty-four hexagrams. One could spend ten minutes reciting it every day and practice it a few times to memorize it. One could also use the Book of Changes 'hexagram preface song written by Zhu Xi to assist in memorizing it.
- The third step was to learn how to draw the sixty-four hexagrams. Because these divinatory symbols were composed of eight basic divinatory symbols, when reading a certain divinatory symbol, the divinatory symbols of the basic divinatory symbols had to appear in his mind. He had to draw the six lines of divinatory symbols according to the habit of drawing from bottom to top (although reading the divinatory symbols was from top to bottom).
3. ** Gua Words and Line Words **
- The fourth step was to understand the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes. This was the more difficult part, and could be understood with the help of the Yi Zhuan (including the first and second chapters of the Biography of Qi, the first and second chapters of the Biography of Xiang, the first and second chapters of the Biography of Wen Yan, the first and second chapters of the Biography of Xi Ci, the Biography of Shuo Gua, the Biography of Xu Gua, and the Biography of Za Gua, a total of seven kinds of 10 chapters, also known as the "Ten Wings"). Among them, the Biography of Qi explains the hexagram words, and the Biography of Xiang explains the hexagram images and the line words. As for the parts that were difficult to understand, one could use the study method of "finding the answer first, then finding the reason" because the hexagrams and line statements could be regarded as the answer, and one had to find the reason for writing them this way.
** 3. Other supplementary learning methods **
1. ** Book of Changes Card Memory Method **
- He made 64 cards and wrote the 64 hexagrams and line statements of the Book of Changes on each card. He also marked them with numbers.(For example, the Qian hexagram was written 11 because both the upper and lower hexagrams of the Qian hexagram were Qian. In the Eight Trigrams, the number of the Qian hexagram was 1. The upper hexagram of the Meng hexagram was Gen, which represented 7. The lower hexagram was Kan, which represented 6. Therefore, the number was 76.) Randomly mix up the order of the cards and pick one at random. Read it three times silently and expand your mind. This way, you can comprehend knowledge and deepen your memory.
In addition, one could also deepen their understanding of the Book of Changes by learning some classic sentences and the philosophy contained in them, such as "Heaven is vigorous, and a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement","The terrain is Kun, and a gentleman should carry things with virtue","A family that accumulates good deeds will have blessings, and a family that accumulates bad deeds will have disasters", etc.
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