Developing by Going Back While Going ForwardThe Metaphysical Significance of the Hypercycle

Ancient Chinese philosophers are good at exploring cosmology from human behavior. Based on the observation of human existence, the book I Ching · Repeated discovered the super-cyclic movement of the Universe. In this book, the hypercycle is best described as “developing by going back while going forward”. According to the logic of the natural sciences, the scientific laws are strictly followed by objects in this world, and those laws should not be contradictory to each other. However, the change of the object itself in the scientific world is never considered. In other words, the scientific laws based on the observation of repeated behavior or movement of an object, simplified the world. In fact, everything in this world does not simply repeat its movement without change. The hypercycle the author talks about is mainly based on the theory of Metaphysics and is not related with the increase of information in the Universe.“Hypercycle, Reflecting the spirit of the universe”, the author will criticize the world views of scientism and talk about the theory of the hypercycle put forward by ancient Chinese philosophers. In conclusion, all the movements in the Universe can be seen as the super-cyclic movements. The development of our human thinking is also derived from the super-cyclic movements.