Easy with Buddhism Easy with Taoism

Author: Pan Yuting
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Publish Date: 2003-02-22
Features: The I Ching is a masterpiece passed down from ancient China, known as the "Supreme of the Six Arts." Over the millennia, countless scholars and experts have studied the I Ching. The author of this book is one such modern scholar. His two works, exploring the relationship between the I Ching and Buddhism and Taoism, are significant contributions to the field of I Ching studies in recent years and hold high academic value. The New Millennium Universal Library is a series of books published by Liaoning Education Press, aimed at "providing long-lasting and useful reading materials for those eager for knowledge, demonstrating the necessity of reading activities in modern society, and promoting the formation of a reading culture in society, creating a realm where book lovers can own a personal library." The series covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the general outline of human cultural development and selecting a basic reading list for modern people in the 21st century. The I Ching and Buddhism, The I Ching and Laozi is one of the third volume of this series, a posthumous work of the late renowned scholar Pan Yuting, compiled and published by his students and family. It is a collection of manuscripts on the topics of "The I Ching and Buddhism" and "The I Ching and Laozi" that Pan studied during his lifetime.
The section The I Ching and Buddhism primarily uses I Ching numbers, symbols, and principles, especially the Lo Shu and He Tu, to analyze and interpret Buddhist theories, integrating the I Ching and Buddhism in a unique and insightful way. It includes 14 manuscripts, divided into two parts. The first part discusses the relationship between the I Ching and Indian Buddhism, while the second part explores its connection with Chinese Buddhism.
The section The I Ching and Laozi is also divided into two parts. The first part examines the relationship between the I Ching and Laozi, including five essays that introduce the relationship between I Ching studies, Taoism, and Laozi himself and his works, as well as the philosophical and health-preserving ideas found in historical commentaries on the Tao Te Ching. The second part discusses the relationship between the I Ching and Zhuangzi. This book is one of the few works in history that extensively studies this topic and holds significant reference value.