易经简介--英文.pptx

Amelia Zhang
I Ching
I Ching---- Yijing
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Basic meaning
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Trigrams
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influence
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introduction
introduction
The I Ching, also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changs, Zhouyi and Yijing, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts.
The book contains a divination parable to Western geomancy[风水] system; in Western cultures and modern East Asia, it is still widely used foe this purpose.
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8 trigrams[八卦]----Traditionally it was believed that the principles of the I Ching originated with the mythical Fu Xi. In this respect he is seen as an early culture hero, one of the earliest legendary rulers of China.
64 hexagrams[64卦]----by the time of the legendary Yu, the trigrams had supposedly been developed into 64 hexagrams.[begin with the hexagram Bound(艮)]
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Gua Ci[卦辞]----at the time of Shang’s last king, Zhou Wang, King Wen of Zhou is said to have deduced the hexagram and discovered that the hexagram beginning with Initiating[乾]revealed the rise of Zhou. He then gave each hexagram a description regarding its own nature.
Yao Ci [爻辞]---- King Wu of Zhou, his brother is said to have created Yao Ci, to clarify the significance of each horizontal line in each hexagram.
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Shi Yi/Yi Zhuan [易传]----during the time of Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius is traditionally said to have written the Shi Yi, a group mentaries of the I Ching.
Together with mentaries by Confucius, I Ching is also often referred to as Zhou Yi.
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