by @jin-out on Brave-Smoke's Corner
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First part of the series: https://blurt.media/w/xycCUEfpYDPDos5Dh21T8t
In this second part of the video series, i delve into the origins of the two traditions of the I Ching.
One tradition stems from the original bronze age text of the Zhou Dynasty era; the other stems from the post-Han Dynasty influenced Confucianist interpretation.
The Yi from the Zhou period was radiacally different compared to what it became known as after the Han Dynasty (it became known as the Yi Jing..."Jing" meaning "Classic" in Chinese...meaning it became a "classic" of the Confucius school of philosophy...meaning the original bronze age text that was meant for a war-torn time became a book of wisdom in a time of peace through the Tang, Sung, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties...very far from the golden age of antiquity...).
I also speak about how it is impossible that Confucius ever got the chance to read the Yi in the Zhou era, let alone write up the "Ten Wings" commentaries for it. I also touch on the the different methods of divination.
FInally i speak about Shao Yong (邵康節), the Song philosopher and mathematician, who was one of the most learned man of his time in the Song/Sung dynasty. His method of divination is called "Plum Blossom Numerology" (梅花易數) is what i now use, as i find it very close to how the ancient Diviners interpreted the hexagrams, by means of imagery and raw instincts and a clear mind...rather than the Confucianist school of complex line phrasing, line positioning, poetry, line statements, the nuclear hexagrams, reverse hexagrams, etc etc.
I also touch upon Shao Yong's magnificent sequence of the 64 Hexagrams, how he was able to use mathematics and the Yi to predict the cycles of the world and at what period will the world fall into which hexagram.
At least 1000 years ago Shao was able to predict that in 2020 we would enter the age of tyranny, represented by Hexagram 36 "Ming Yi"/"Crying Pheasant"; we saw the utter halting of our world and followed by the beginnings of utter destruction to peoples lives.
Shao's prediction for 2021 was represented by Hexagram 22 "Grace", whereby the whole world begged to be cured of a non-existent virus. Another meaning for Hexagram 22 is "Adornment"...meaning to adorn the inner essence of a thing, situation or person, so that the outer appearance is refined. We experienced that when the truth and truthers were vilified by our friends, family, loved ones, work colleagues, neighbors...the whole world desperated wanted to keep to the image of a normal world by "adorning" themselves when what they think is right in order to maintain a semblance of what they believed was true (the image of normal societal functions and routine).
Shao predicted in 2022 will be utter chaos, represented by Hexagram 63 "Already Across"/"After Completion". The Hexagram statement for #63 reads:
Success in small matters.
Perseverance furthers.
At the beginning good fortune,
At the end disorder.
We saw the settling of the scamdemic Agenda 2030 narrative as being truth and widely accepted, widely adopted by the blue pilled sleeper masses; as the truthers all over the world were quelled: Canada's Trucker Convoy; Europe faced its worst drought in over 500 years; the Russia vs Ukraine War; the Convid Narrative/lockdowns begin to cease and right after that the economy starts to buckle; a new narrative grips people's hearts and that is the climate change hoax; and the USA-China tension increases it's momentum.
First there is order after the scamdemic narrative stops...then there is disorder. Hexagram #63.
Shao predicted that in 2023 that the world will return to orderly peace (more like artificial orderly peace Shao dude if you look upon the world today you would gouge your eyes out serious), represented by Hexagram #37 "The Family". Slowly slowly the woes of the plandemic was forgotten...the divide between truthers and those blue-pill causalities were cast aside. Truthers lost their fight and reverted back to their normie ways...mingling with the normies...the whole world wanted to forget what happened in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Shao predicted that in 2024 we will enter the year of abundance, represented by Hexagram #55 "Abundance". But take caution as we the people didn't gain any abundance...in fact we lost a bunch of shit. It was only abundant for the power brokers who play this world...yet in the eyes of citizens in society, everything was peaceful and opportunities were abound! Until the tarrif wars broke out...
In 2025 we enter the year of fire/electricity, represented by Hexagram #30 "Li"/"The Clinging"/"Net". Electricity means anything digital...computers...softwares...systems...and are we not seeing a very fast conversion from the old legacy systems into the digital systems? Have you been paying attention? AI prominence and taking over job sectors? The announcement of CBDC in Europe for Oct 25th? China social credit system widely accepted throughout the East? Bitcoin Reserve?
And in looking at 2026, Shao's prediction is that we will move into a year of "Revolution", represented by Hexagram #49 "Revolt"/"Revolution"/"Metamorphosis". It's self explainatory....http://wengu.tartarie.com/wg/?l=Yijing&lang=en&no=49