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On the Dayan Yarrow Stalk Method
Exploring the philosophical significance and operational principles of the Great Expansion divination method from the I Ching
2. The Price of "Sincerity"
The Da Yan method emphasizes ritual and achieving "Unity of Heaven and Man" during the long counting process. As divination became secularized and commercialized, people became more concerned with the accuracy of the result rather than the psychological cultivation of the process.