Easy to Buddhism. Easy to Laozhuang. A Series of Contemporary Research on the I Ching

Author: Pan Yuting
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: "Yi and Buddhism" consists of fourteen essays, divided into two parts. The first part discusses the relationship between "Yi" and Indian Buddhism, covering major Mahayana Buddhist texts such as "Huayan," "Vimalakirti," "Observing the Limitless Life," and Yogacara, as well as their connection to primitive Buddhism. The second part explores the relationship between "Yi" and Chinese Buddhism, focusing on the core ideas of major Chinese Buddhist schools such as Chan (Zen), Esoteric Buddhism, and Pure Land Buddhism. "Yi and Lao-Zhuang" is also divided into two parts. The first part covers "Yi and Laozi," including five essays that introduce the relationship between Yi studies, Taoism, and Laozi himself and his works, as well as the philosophical and health-preserving ideas found in the annotations of the "Laozi" throughout history. The second part, "Yi and Zhuangzi," includes two manuscripts and two essays. The manuscript "Analysis of Zhuangzi Texts" discusses the key meanings of each of the thirty-three chapters of the "Zhuangzi"; "Interpretation of Names in Zhuangzi" explains the historical facts and Yi symbolism associated with the names in the "Zhuangzi." The essays "On the Seven Inner Chapters" illustrate the correlation between the seven inner chapters and the Three Noble Truths; "On the Thought Structure of Zhuangzi" outlines the overall philosophy of Zhuangzi.