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How immeasurably vast is the Dao in I-ching is! As its bigness is concerned, we can’t see the borders; while it sits gently and quietly in front of us, we can see all of its smallness and details. As it is, it concludes all rules in the universe. The symbol of Qian is composed of six symbols represents Yang, showing that Qian is purely Yang (open, positive, vigorous, upswing, male, etc.). When it stays still and unchanged, it is so pure and concentrated without a single dot unrelated. But when it makes changes, nothing could obstruct it. So it creates the university in this way. The symbol of Kun, with the meaning of supporting and flexibility, is composed of six symbols that represents Yin, which means staying still, hiding, accumulating, downswing, female, etc. When it keeps still and unchanged, it constringing and hiding; but when it moves and makes changes, it spreads vastly, in which way creates all substance in the world. The greatness of the principle of I-ching goes according to the rules of the sky and the earth, with its changes and transformations timing rightly to the four seasons (represents time), and the principle of Yin-Yang working together with the sun and moon. The purest goodness in I-ching cooperates precisely with the highest morality in the world.

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Confucius said, “the theory of I-ching is the greatest, with which the saints advocate the morality and those noble things”, “one should stop until he have been at the top of knowledge and begin his courtesy at humility”, “we study the loftiness of the sky and the humility of the earth”. Since the sky and the earth are set up in their position, the Dao of I-ching have been working between them. To achieve the greatest goodness, one should keep accumulating and fostering it inside. This is the gate that created by the principle of Dao.