易经的最神秘之处是什么?
凡属神秘,即数不清。易经的神秘也是这样。不过可以看它的产生和表现。
易经的来源是:
《系辞下传》说:“古者包羲氏之王天下也,仰则观象于天,俯则观法于地,观鸟兽之文与地之宜,近取诸身,远取诸物,于是始作八卦,以通神明之德,以类万物之情。”
元代《易纂言》说:“河图者,羲皇时,河出龙马,背之后毛,后一六,前二七,左三八,右四九,中五十。以象旋毛星点,而谓之图。羲皇则其阳奇阴偶之数,以画卦生耆。”
《易纂言》又说:“洛书者,禹治水时,洛出神龟,背之拆文,前九,后一,左三,右七,中五,前之右二,前之左四,后之右六,后之左八。以其拆文如字画,而谓之书。禹则自其一至九之数,以叙其洪范九畴。”
易经最主要的表现是:
太极生两仪,两仪生四象,四象生八卦,八卦生六十四卦,并用六十四种卦象来预测万物的现在与未来。
太极生两仪,是宇宙根本力量的第一变。在这一变完成以后,就产生了一个一级的“阴”和一级的“阳”。然而这两个一级的“阴”和“阳”内部仍然存在阴阳的力量的作用,还是会继续演变。这样的结果,一级的“阴”就产生了“阴中之阴”——太阴和“阴中之阳”——少阳;一级的“阳”就产生了“阳中之阴”——少阴和“阳中之阳”——太阳。太阴、少阳、少阴、太阳是第二级的阴阳组合,统称为“四象”。这个过程就叫做“两仪生四象”。在四象的基础上,由于阴阳力量的继续作用,又生成了新的阴阳组合。太阳分解为太阳之阳——“乾”和太阳之阴——“兑”;少阴分解为少阴之阳——“离”和少阴之阴——“震”;少阳分解为少阳之阳——“巽”和少阳之阴——“坎”;太阴分解为太阴之阳——“艮”和太阴之阴——“坤”。
乾、兑、离、震、巽、坎、艮、坤是第三级的阴阳组合,统称为“八卦”。这个过程则称为“四象生八卦”。八卦不过是阴阳,四象不过是二物,太极动生阴阳,天地不过一阴一阳而已!
八卦二二组合,可演变出六十四种变化,代表了天地人间一切场境界和情景。此为八卦生六十四卦。
结论7:用六十四卦涵括了世界一切秘密,正是易经的最神秘地方!
DNA 与易经有什么联系?
1973年法国学者M•申伯格出版了《生命的秘密钥匙:宇宙公式、易经和遗传密码》,首次阐明了64个生物遗传密码与《易经》六十四卦之间的对应。由DNA三联体组成64个排列顺序,64个密码惊奇地与《周易》六十四卦圆图相吻合,其中碱基A腺嘌呤对应于少阳,G鸟嘌呤对应于太阳,C胞嘧啶对应于太阴,U/T尿嘧啶对应于少阴。
1990年日本学者间中喜雄将嘌呤类假定为阴(A和G太阴、少阴),嘧啶类假定为阳(T和C太阳、少阳),应用到遗传密码表中解读易学,结果表示氨基酸的三联体惊人地与“易经八卦”相对应。
1996年,首幅大型人类基因图谱的发表绘出了1.6万个基因染色体所在的位置,它说明人一生的确定性和它们的遗传性程序,是由4个碱基中任取三个构成64个密码子基因控制的,如果用二进制表示“卦”的顺序,并以太阴、少阴、少阳、太阳分别表示胸腺嘧啶、胞嘧啶、鸟嘌呤、腺嘌呤四个碱基的遗传密码表,发现竟像是同一个密码关系.
The information in DNA is stored as a code made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). Human DNA consists of about 3 billion bases, and more than 99 percent of those bases are the same in all people. The order, or sequence, of these bases determines the information available for building and maintaining an organism, similar to the way in which letters of the alphabet appear in a certain order to form words and sentences.
DNA bases pair up with each other, A with T and C with G, to form units called base pairs. Each base is also attached to a sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule. Together, a base, sugar, and phosphate are called a nucleotide. Nucleotides are arranged in two long strands that form a spiral called a double helix. The structure of the double helix is somewhat like a ladder, with the base pairs forming the ladder’s rungs and the sugar and phosphate molecules forming the vertical sidepieces of the ladder.
An important property of DNA is that it can replicate, or make copies of itself. Each strand of DNA in the double helix can serve as a pattern for duplicating the sequence of bases. This is critical when cells divide because each new cell needs to have an exact copy of the DNA present in the old cell.
What is the I Ching?
The I Ching, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, combines divinatory art with numerological techniques and ethical insight. Accordingly there are said to be two complementary and this Classic of Changes is a means of understanding, and even controlling,future events.