I Ching Theory

Author: Hou Min
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The I Ching is the foremost of the Five Classics. For a considerable period in its development, it was either regarded as a divination text or as an obscure philosophical work. Treating the I Ching from a literary and artistic perspective marks a new starting point for its study. On the Images of the I Ching begins with the text of the I Ching and analyzes the symbolic connotations from the Eight Trigrams to the Sixty-Four Hexagrams. Following the line of thought that observes and takes images, it explores the expression of "establishing images to exhaust meaning" and transitions from the category of ideological analysis to the realm of literature and art. It connects the images of the I Ching with the "arousing" of the Book of Songs, investigating the formation process of classical imagery thinking. In the intersection of thought and literature, it presents a unique landscape.