Simple Book - 三字经

Three Syllabic Classics or commonly known as SanZi Jing《三字经》is neither a Confusion nor a FengShui classic per-se but it can be taken as the fundamental entry level text book in Chinese Metaphysics. 

The opening passage: -

人之初 (rén zhī chū) People at birth,

性本善 (xìng běn shàn) Are naturally good (kind-hearted).

性相近 (xìng xiāng jìn) their natures are similar,

習相遠 (xí xiāng yuǎn) (But) their habits make them different (from each other).

Dictates that human nature in its origin is good but their “cultivations” made them different. What caught my attention, when my 7 years old daughter asked me what is: -

有连山 (you lien shan) have combined mountains,

有归藏 (you gui chang) have hidden and revealed,

有周易 (you zhou yi) have Zhou Yi,

三易详 (san yi xiang) three Yi(s) detailed.

I am speechless for a moment and I believed it is not just “pure fortune” telling as commonly taught by her teacher. If indeed true, is that how “cultivations” are meant to be in our modern society?