"Zhou Yi Chan Jie" Commentary and Discussion

Author: (Ming) Zhi Xu
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Both I Ching studies and Buddhist studies are profound and extensive fields. Integrating Confucianism and Buddhism and interpreting the I Ching through Chan Buddhism is an interdisciplinary field that is both ancient and novel. Among the research approaches to the I Ching, such as its philosophical meaning, symbolic numbers, and ancient history, interpreting the I Ching through Chan Buddhism is one of the more unique categories. The Ming Dynasty monk Zhi Xu was the epitome of integrating Chan Buddhism and the I Ching, and The Chan Interpretation of the I Ching is his representative work. This book is an advanced commentary on Zhi Xu’s work, arranged in the order of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching. It provides a commentary on Zhi Xu’s Chan interpretations, first with a preliminary explanation and then with a discussion. Additionally, it includes three essays: Zhi Xu’s Integration of Tiantai Buddhism and the I Ching, A Preliminary Discussion on the Symbolic School of Chan Buddhism, and Zhi Xu’s Chan Interpretation of the I Ching Contradicts the Original Intent of the I Ching, further elaborating and researching Zhi Xu’s ideas on integrating Chan Buddhism and the I Ching.
This book is an advanced commentary on Zhi Xu’s work, arranged in the order of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching, with each hexagram corresponding to a chapter. The content structure of each hexagram is divided into three parts in natural order: first, the main text of the hexagram; second, Zhi Xu’s Chan Interpretation; and third, Commentary and Discussion, which is presented in the order of first explanation and then discussion. At the same time, this book further elaborates and researches Zhi Xu’s ideas on integrating Chan Buddhism and the I Ching.