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[Free PDF] Comic Book Artist & Life Long Yi Practioner
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[Free PDF] Comic Book Artist & Life Long Yi Practioner

"This work centres on the eight trigrams of the I Ching focusing on its orgins, history, yin and yang and the Han cosmology. It goes on to deal more specifically with the circular arrangements of the trigrams, their dating, structure and internal logic. Finally, the wider applications of the trigrams, their importance, their uses and the intricacies of Taoist magic are explored."

For those who haven't heard of Steve Moore, here's a little intro:

>Stephen James Moore was born at 2:00pm on June 11th, 1949, in a house on Shooters Hill in South London, where he lived all of his life, and died on or around the 16th of March, 2014, still in that house on the hill. In between, he produced a huge body of work, of a very high standard, most of it written in that same house. He was a hugely private man, but his life and mine intersected over the past few years, and I got to learn a lot about him in that brief time.
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>But, actually, I was aware of Steve Moore’s work long before that. I had only ever been a desultory reader, at best, of 2000 AD/Judge Dredd/Warrior (Comics), where he wrote a multitude of short sharp tales, but it’s probably not an exaggeration to say that Warrior*, where he was a vital component both in front of and behind the curtain, changed my life. However, I had probably been reading his uncredited work in British comics for years before that, all unknown....*

(read the brief biography here as well as his interviews)

>Moore has long been linked to Alan Moore, who has known him "since he [Alan] was fourteen" referring to him as "a friend... fellow comic writer [and] a fellow occultist". The two have so often been linked together that Alan joked that Steve would have 'no relation' engraved on his tombstone. > >Moore was an editor of Bob Rickard's long-running UK-based "Journal of the Unexplained" Fortean Times. In later years, he also edited that publication's more academic sister-publication Fortean Studies. He is listed as a 'specialist contributor' to the Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained, which also notes that he compiled the Fortean Times' General Index, and several derivative books. He was a freelance writer on diverse topics, and said he "lives in London [where he] interests himself mainly in ancient and oriental subjects". > >Moore was also a dedicated student and practitioner of the Yijing and consulted it every morning, without fail, from 1969 onwards, recording the results in his 'I Ching diary'. In 1988, he published "The Trigrams of Han: Inner Structures of the I Ching". This scholarly work led Moore to be inducted into the Royal Asiatic Society as a Fellow. > >From 1995 until its final issue in 2002, Moore edited The Oracle, The Journal of Yijing Studies. > >He was a co-author of I Ching: An Annotated Bibliography, published in 2002.

Over on Steve Marshall's website, Steve has a very brief write-up of Steve's book "The Trigrams of Han: Inner Structures of the I Ching". Steve's book is very very good. This is what Steve has to say about it:

>This is a hard book to take in at one sitting as it is so densely packed with information. Explores the philosophical and cosmological implications of the circular diagrams of the trigrams by picking up a kind of historical litter trail and using it to
develop connections and generate observations. An excellent compendium of personal researches. Out-of-print and difficult to find. Published by The Aquarian Press, 1989. [Ed's note – Steve Moore died in March 2014. His book is now available here in PDF.]

Thanks Steve!

Though i was brought up around the Yi, growing up in England and having to play "catch-up" with my own heritage, i had spent many years as a skeptic regarding the validity of the narrative of the Yi as drilled into us Cantonese folk from a young age. Coming across the Modernist Scholars in the last five years has really propelled my own reconnection with the Yi and my own cultural heritage with new found hope and a proper entry point into the true history of that forgotten realm of wizards, shamans, magicks, cosmology and the Yi.

The many books attributed to the Modernist approach to the Yi (the Jing part can stay far away from the Yi part...if you know what i mean), such as Richard Rutt's "Zhou Yi", Ed Shaugnessy's "Early Development of the Zhou Changes", Steve Marshall's "Mandate of Heaven" and Steve Moore's "Trigrams of Han" as well as the many excellent scholarly contributions on this new way of discovering the truth of the old/Yi has been a great gift.

I wish i was someone who can just be content in stopping myself at "what works" and be done with it...but as the dude once said...I GOTZ TO KNOW!!!

Nowdays the YiJing has lost it's hypnotic possession on my Cantonese mind, dropping all the cultural fallacies, myths and stories created around the Yi and it's history (whether as a means to reconcile what was once lost or for another ulterior motive pertaining to establashing a new (world/China/Dynastic) order and preventing the knowledge of the past to intrude on this delicate task conducted by the Qin Shi Huang the nutcase). It appears to me what it perhaps has always been...

...a human work of long trial and error by those with an acute affinity to the fabric of reality (aka Diviners and Shamans of Antiquity), who hoped to make sense of this world via a highly curated work of universal mnemonics that attempt uncover the hidden secrets of existence.

At first needed no language nor text to keep their Divination Arts alive by use of oral lineages; with a magnum opus of folk sayings, divinatory records and historical events, these guys rediscovered a system via Cosmic-Scale Mathematics (Lo Shu and He Tu) that was could be reworked into a new Divination system that moved away from the age old practice of crack-making with the oracle bones and tortoise shells. With the advent of the written Chinese language and bridging the gap between abstract and logic, condensing the age old divination practices first into 5 lined pentagrams, then 6 lined hexagrams, appending/keying such huge collections of folklore and historical occurrences into 5/6 line glyphs as a means to stimulate the connection between Diviner and their world and also as a means to keep the history of the ages intact, albeit in a very convoluted, curated way.

So what Yi was attributed to Fuxi, King Wen/Wu, Confucius was all a lie. This brings me great peace knowing that i have not been lead astray, through history or those who control the narrative behind (Chinese) history.

The line texts being the oldest part of the bronze age text really makes sense...

The Hexagrams being created before trigrams and their associations were established, linking it back to the Luo Shu and He Tu, is a breathe of fresh air!

That perhaps the origins of Trigrams came about at the same time yin-yang and Wu Xing observations were being developed really puts things into perspective.

And if it is true that the Hexagram Judgements (alongside the Hexagram tags/names) were of the last to be created and, traversing further along this line of thought, if say nine times out of ten we have no idea what the line texts originally meant, what they alluded to, and worse yet their original meaning has been utterly lost due to the philosophical works of the State-Controlled Scholars/Philosophers of the time, then the Yi of the Zhou's original usage has been lost to us and that we will never be able to satisfyingly use the Yi as taught by tradition as a tool for divining the occurances of the external world.

What's left of the Yi of the Zhou (and the Confucianited Yi) has become a book of self help, excelling at uncovering the workings of one's psyche and the many hidden layers of emotional, psychological and perhaps physical trauma. For Divination it only distorts the act and in truly asking oneself...just how accurate am i in using this "mode" when inquiring into the accuracy of external circumstances...i can now understand why none of the Yi masters in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China use the Yijing approach (that is consulting the book by rote and finding meaning in Judgements and line texts and forcefully creating meanings that attempt to fit the external circumstance of the subject/client) for their primary method of accurately Divining external circumstances in the last 700 years.

The times demand a book of wisdom and so the Yi has been forced into one. But hidden beneath is a wealth of hidden knowledge that bridges the gap between man and the world.

"Discard what is useless and keep what is useful."

No Judgements, no line text, no line phrasing, no pontifications, no interpretations, no confusion, only appreciation of the many different Yi's.

u/DimSumPimp — 2 days ago
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[Cantonese] 易經文理班-第一課公開給大眾 | 最容易理解的易經班程 | 文王證釋排列次序 | 解易法則 | 文王殿課程 | 講解：香子耀講師

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u/DimSumPimp — 5 days ago
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On The Wonders of Trigrams

Firstly please find time to watch the excellent video above.

In the video Harmen offers us another perspective on the usage of Trigrams within a Hexagram reading. This is in direct relation to the "line changing" concept, which did not form part of the tool-kit the Shamans and Diviners of Antiquity used; upon watching Harman's video we may get a sense of how active lines in a hexagram reading was interpreted.

As a side note i dig this very much as many years ago i came across a fortune teller in Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong (one of my favourite places to hang whenever i'm back home; especially after evening...i love Temple Street...) who gave a lady an interpretation on a hexagram the she already received from another fortune teller somewhere else. I did not know the exact details as i was just a by stander eavesdropping on the conversation.

The "client" (i say "client" as in HK we say "money talk bs walk", anyone can become a client if you got dollar) presented hexagram #11 Tai/Peace with no active lines (note: active does not mean changing, please refer to u/u/az4th 's many write ups on the matter here on this subreddit, he calls it the "Classical Approach") to the Fortune Teller and said that she received this hexagram when asking about her Father's illness and whether her father's health would improve; upon inquiring into her Father's condition it turned out that the Father had cancer. She then told the Fortune Teller that her Father had passed away from his condition and she was perplexed about the hexagram #11. She told this Fortune Teller on Temple Street that her reading for her Father was supposed to be a very positive one, according to the other guy she got the #11 from; her question was is the Yi a load of bollox?

This was one of my many great educations in the Yi that stemmed from this dialogue. The Fortune Teller at Temple Street said to the "client" that the Hexagram #11 in regards to her Father was not wrong. This was the part that caused me to throw my curry fish balls skewers in the bin...

He said the hexagram said everything required regarding her Father...no Hexagram Blurb/Judgement nor line text needed. He asked the "client" to look at the Hexagram again....look at the trigrams....Heaven under Earth. Can you see it my friends?

The great education that i received was, the Yi cannot be fully mastered by rote or memorization. I have had the privilege of not being bound by language or text or books, due to my upbringing of having to contend with learning multiple languages (written and spoken) across three different countries growing up; naturally i am not bound by a left-brained mode of thinking or observing the world and naturally my right-brainedness allowed me to be lateral. Being lateral was the requirement of many successful people in the Occultist or Esoteric arts (which i am not promoting - unless you have been invited into a lineage, or if you have a verifiable Master who can teach you, or unless you are born into it...do not mess with these things).

In my youth watching my Elders use Qimen Dunjia, the Yi, Da Liu Ren and even incorporating all of this into Liu Ren (a martial arcane discipline that's mainly for ghost-hunting and that line of work, different to Da Liu Ren), i realize the importance of intutition and having a flexible lateral mind. This is where the Chinese language excels, as the way our language works is in a lateral fashion - when we say one word multiple meanings and contexts are held in our minds simultaneously; adding to the fact that speak Cantonese which has 9 vocal tones. All of this has been instrumental to me.

So when the Fortune Teller at Temple Street spoke on the trigrams of #11, it was a deep seed being planted that now flourishes everytime i do the Mei Hua Yi.

Somewhere along the line we lost our connection with all our Shamanic roots (doesn't matter the culture you come from, we all come from Shamanic roots respectively); in the course of the degeneration cycle we lost our connection with the world at large...going from a right-brain way of living to a very very left brained society (all in our heads, all trapped around language, words, definitions, "logic", linear progression in language/thought/observations and even living...).

In regards to the Yi the people who called themselves Confucianists, who believe the folk tale of Confucius having studied the Yi and refined the Ten Wings, especially those Western Yi scholars coming from the Wilhelm influence are all caught up in system of Yi that is very far from the way it was used in Antiquity and how actual spiritually achieved Shamans (meaning their six senses of the eyes that can see from one realm to the next; ears that can hear the sounds of the mortal realms and also beyond, especially after the Yang energy of the day wanes and the Yin powers rise; the nose that can distinguish between the aromas of normal people and odors of evil spirits/demons etc; the tongue that can communicate with the Ancestors and spirits in actual dialogue, with the power and command of the Voice through divine arts and incantations to subdue the ten thousand demonic forces; tactile sensitivity that allows their mortal bodies to pick up subtle sensastions and changes of frequency as well as incorporating them in their internal arts of Antiquity, such as the many elemental or Talisman arts to strengthen the body and bones or even Chakra points ready for astral projection warfare on the other side and Consciousness that was a vessal for the wisdom held deep in what we now know as the "collecftive unconsciousness") used it.

To reconcile such a loss the Scholar class came together after the Zhou era, especially in the Warring states period where 100 philosophies were competing for relevance/dominance and new age Daoism (aka Post-Zhou dynasty Daoism) and even Confucianism/Neo Confucianism, to recreate a simulacrum the Yi...we can consider this the Yi of the Common World/Secular World....all the so called Confucian philosophies...all of the interpretations the Neo-Confucianists (who were nothing more that state funded agents promoting a certain cultural narrative that was curated, just like the Dao De Jing, as a means for effective governence in Ancient China)...all stem from such a disconnect.

Of course the times have changed and we are situated in a world-culture based on hedonism and degeneracy. The demand of the times is self-cultivation and not divination; therefore there are mertis regarding the new age Yi lineage aka the IChing lineage (or the so called Confucius's Yi). I just want you to know that this is not the "dog's bollocks" of the Yi as we say here in England; that you should distinguish the difference being the philosophical Yi aka IChing (lineages such as Wilhelm, Legge, Blofield, Karcher, Hatcher, Huang, Benebell, Ritsema, James DeKorne, Cleary, RL Wing, etc) and the Yi of the spiritual masters. They both serve two different functions and is unwise to intermingle them.

If you have a mind to get reconnected with how the Diviners of Old used the Yi and not how the Scholar Class uses the Yi; if we've ever wondered why after thousands of years of debates we are still confused about the Yi in our readings and why other such systems like WWG or Plum Blossom is so prevalent in Asia for thousands of years...then the answer may lie in the approach and purpose/intent of these various Yi's.

We can keep guessing at what the Judgement and line text means in relation to our lives; we may even have the ability to see the interplay of cause and effect in the trigrams and line phrasing; we may even be able to locate such line phrasing directly in our daily lives...seeing the interplay of the lines on paper play out right before us in our daily lives....but we are still at a huge disadvantage when we let go of the books and interpretations.

Another resource:

- https://youtu.be/xDQoTbEyIjA?si=mvzsgsWPtpJ7MluE

I bow to you!

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u/DimSumPimp — 6 days ago
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[Free PDF] Like a Cold Splash To The Face

Firstly here's Steve Marshall's excellent "Mandate of Heaven" book for free in PDF on his most peruse-worthy website.

Here's a review by via IChing with Clarity:

>Tradition says King Wen and his family wrote the Zhouyi. Those rediscovering the roots of the Yi have tended to leave this tradition out of the equation altogether, as if their work superseded it. Meanwhile traditionalists have ‘kept the faith’ and not taken too much notice of historical discoveries about the text. S.J. Marshall’s book bridges the divide. It is a compilation of original research and thought, discovering historical references ‘hidden in plain view’ within the text itself.

>In fact, Wen and his son, King Wu, are historical characters as well as legendary ones: Wu did overthrow the Shang dynasty in about 1000BC, at the time when the Zhouyi was being composed. Marshall’s essays interweave the story of this conquest with the almost equally exciting story of how he discovered references to it in the Zhouyi. (Practically my only criticism of this book is in that ‘almost’. I didn’t feel I needed to know the precise wording of the message he left on an internet bulletin board when researching eclipses.)

>Most of the essays are based on the lines and judgements of specific hexagrams. Most of the book is taken up with a discussion of Hexagram 55, Abundance: the name of the hexagram, Feng, is the name of a garrison city, and Marshall maintains that it is the record of an actual eclipse that was visible there on June 20th 1070BC. This, he feels, was the omen that transferred the mandate of heaven from the Shang to the Zhou, and he offers new ideas and translations for every line of the hexagram. (While in fact the omen this hexagram describes seem to be sunspots, not an eclipse at all – see Pankenier’s unflattering review of the book – this doesn’t alter the fact that the hexagram shares its name with the city and its themes reflect what happened there.)

>These are remarkable discoveries in themselves, but there is much more to the book, including thoughts on Hexagrams 18 (divining the source of an illness), 1 (calling the rain dragon) – and 43, 44, 53, 7, 4… The highlight for me, though, was his account of the original meaning of the title itself, Yi, as the sun breaking out from behind clouds.

>Marshall’s imagination and enthusiasm, as much as his scrupulous researches, challenge conventional thought on the I Ching from both sides of the history/tradition divide. It is a vivid, direct stimulus for anyone interested in working with the I Ching. This research has transformed my understanding of several hexagrams and influenced many subsequent translations, including mine, Karcher’s Total I Ching and Freeman Crouch’s Chameleon Book.

Extra Resources:

- 'The Mandate of Heaven' and the value of history in the Zhouyi

u/DimSumPimp — 7 days ago
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The above is a photo of my Yi-DC...a pun on the term EDC (every day carry).

A softbound pocket Moleskin that i always keep in my breast pocket everywhere i go.

I chose to draw and handwrite the entire Bronze Age text, no Ten Wings. At the back of the Moleskin i have a hexagram table/chart (though i don't have much need for it, as i can recite all the hexagrams by rote, or by the lyrical prose of trigram combinations); a Heavenly Stem & Earthly Branches chart for the hours and the Hou Tian Ba Gua (off topic note: in Cantonese slang "Bat Gua" or Mandarin for "Ba Gua" means "one who is nosy", like..."why are you so nosy" type of thing) for my Mei Hua Yi usage.

I don't do readings for people but i do like to read the world. With eyes open and heart clear, the computer of my mind whirls into action, like a mentat from Frank Herbert's Dune books.

Somedays my computer-mind is muddled, sometimes my heart ain't clear, but i do trust my eyes and the eyes of my soul; thought it's good to have an old friend accompany me throughout my day, reminding me just where my roots are as a Cantonese man.

I hope you can take the Yi with you everyday. Let it unfold in your daily life. The meanings will come to you in time without you seeking; just be quiet, stay still, eat some fruits and drink water.

Find a translation worthy of your time (i would wholesomely recommend u/I_Ching_Divination 's "A complete Modernist translation of the I Ching. No commentaries, just the original Zhou Yi text." topic which you can find here on reddit (just do a search).

The Yi is a compass and not a fortune teller. It does not have a life of it's own; it is not your imaginary friend, it will not speak with you, it does not offer you advice, it does not offer you consolation. It's a compass, just like the Suunto MC2.

We humans are meaning making machines, but if you create the wrong meanings (such as a personification of a Bronze age text into some entity that you talk to...or that you identify it with a specific gender...or that it has humour or no humour) then you end up being your own worst enemy.

The Yi is a compass and a mirror. Look at it. Just look at it. What it reveals to you, via the ritual of the Yarrow or even via Plum Blossom, or whichever system you use...is in direct relation to the subject being revealed. In this sense the tool/compass/mirror/bronze age text itself is enough. Regarding interpretations, leave that for those who do not trust in themselves (of course this is only applicable to those who have spent at least a year building up the foundational mastery of the Yi).

Okay bye.

u/DimSumPimp — 15 days ago
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by u/GlitteringGrade1773

"The Truth About the I Ching: It’s a Compass, Not a Fortune Teller"

The I Ching reveals energy trends, not specific answers. It helps you read situations clearly and make choices with calm confidence.

When we flip through its pages nervously, seeking definite answers,Will this job work? Will this relationship last? Will this investment pay off? we’re missing the core wisdom of this ancient text.

The I Ching never has, and never will, give you a one-size-fits-all answer to life’s specifics. Instead, it does something deeper and more valuable: it shows you“shi”(the current momentum).

What is “shi”?

Think of it like a seasoned captain. He won’t tell you there’s a specific ship 50 nautical miles ahead, but he’ll teach you to observe: which way the wind blows, how fast and warm the currents are, what the clouds signal about upcoming weather. He gives you the ability to read the connections between sea, sky, and wind to see the invisible energy and trends driving everything.

Fixating on “yes” or “no” hands over control of your life to an ancient set of symbols. That’s missing the point. You’re reducing a teacher that hones your wisdom and insight to a simple yes/no machine.

The I Ching’s greatness lies in its openness. It unfolds a map of the current energy landscape, showing mountains, valleys, wind direction, water flow. Then it hands you the wheel.

Once you see the “shi” you’ll know:

When to move forward, like sailing with the wind

When to pause, like rowing against the current

How to adjust your state, be as strong as heaven or as gentle as earth

This is what “Those who truly understand the I Ching don’t need to divine often” means. A master doesn’t consult the book constantly. They’ve internalized the wisdom of its 64 hexagrams, gaining the ability to read momentum anytime, anywhere. Through the I Ching, they’ve learned a foundational logic for understanding change, keeping them calm and clear amid life’s chaos.

So let go of the need for exact answers. When you open the I Ching, you’re not asking a prophet for your fate. You’re inviting a wise friend to examine your current situation and explore possibilities with you. In the end, the choice and action are always yours.

True power comes from seeing the“shi”clearly, and taking steady steps from that clarity. That’s the I Ching’s most sincere, precious gift.

[At the end of the day, the I Ching isn’t here to tell you what will happen](https://blurt.media/w/qMp6kGNfdHmpVGvUdiv1ys), it’s here to help you see what’s happening, so you can decide what to do. It’s about trusting your own judgment, guided by ancient wisdom.

u/DimSumPimp — 15 days ago
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Richard John Lynn's translation of Wang Bi's \"Classic Of Changes\", softbound.

​ I like Wang Bi's work (but not the Lynn translation so much, as the guy adds so much unnecessary extra words in his Chinese translation - a sign of not really grasping the essence of a text and needing to supplement with roundabout-vernacular).

When you read the original work of Wang Bi in classical Chinese, he is straight and to the point.

Bi was a prolific philosopher; he invented his own framework for how he saw the Yi and also due to his close proximity with the original Daoism of the Zhou era (post Han-Dynasty Daoism already became something different, something new age, far from the original Daoism), his views on such with the Yi are very interesting. For me it's easier to seperate his views on Daoism with the Zhou era's Changes, though he often draws parallels and concepts from the Daoism of the time; also his views on governence, morality etc is very "old skool", not fettered by Post Han dynasty Confucianist/Neo Confucianist flim flam.

Bi created a framework of viewing and using the Yi firstly away from all the clever devices (especially the whole "changing line polarity" idea) and convoluted concepts (numerology, complex mathematical calculations, mysticism); THE GREATNESS OF WANG BI was that he understood the "finger pointing to the moon" (from the Shurangama Sutra, made famous by Bruce Lee)...

The way the ancient Diviners composed the bronze age text of the Yi alludes to the "finger pointing to the moon" principle. Words to are there to describe concept/idea/theme of hexagrams images; the imagery inherent within the hexagrams captures the essence of the hexagram; and the essence lies in abstract principles, very (original) Daoist. From being stuck in the left brain mode of language, meanings, etymology, words, Wang Bi moves the reader into the realms of imagery (Diamond Sutra: once you arrive at the other shore you let go of the the raft); from there we are lead into the journey of the abstract ideas inherent within all the Yi. (Another great Author in this regard is Zhu Xi - his minimalist commentary style in the "Original meaning of the Yijing" as well as his rule of keeping his views and opinions to a bare minimum in his commentary).

An example is the argumenet that Qian #1 represents a horse in associative terms...often the Yi practioners of his time took it very literally...that Qian is a horse....but in his General Remarks and the following chapters, he strikes this fallacy down and encourages us to think otherwise.

This is important as Bi captures the intutiive way of viewing the Yi just as the old Diviners of antiquity (unhindered by language, operating on a right-brained level of lateral thinking/observation/application of the Yi); this is what is missing in the Western practice of the Yi (which as a Hong Kong man seems to me a huge case of "Chinese Whispers" gone way out of control; especially when you have Westerners supplementing their own misunderstandings of the Yi with their own interpretations, often gotten from others suffering the same problem).

Wang Bi teaches us how to learn.

What i also like about Bi's thought-framework is his views on Yin & Yang applied to hexagram structures. The general rule is that in a hexagram, the inherent interplay an relationship of the trigrams acting upon each other; the relationship of the lines; the ideas of yin yang attraction; the ideas of line phrasing; the appointment of the appropriate masters/ruler/leader of the hexagrams either by means of the hexagram essence (take #44 for example, the structure of the hexagram and it's line imagary tells you what the essence of the hexagram, where the master of the hexagram is - first 6 - before even reading any of the judgements or line texts...let alone the Wings...especially the ones created after the 3rd BC...) or by virtue of position (5th position). All of these are prolific ideas to digest.

Wang Bi's coherent thought-structure is expressed throughout the his work; he never deviants from his "world-building" (taking inspiration from fiction writers like JRR Tolkien). His Yi world-building is amazing...i would have been very nice to have a conversation with the man.

It belies his single focused mind and how he has really took the Daoist views of THE ONE in relationship to the TEN THOUSAND THANGS into his journey with the Yi.

Lynn's book is very good to hold; the book can be held and read with a single normal sized hand; it has a very good weight to it; the pages are jam packed with goodness and the book is compact! I also like the way Lynn manages the notes of each hexagram chapter....unlike say Joseph Adder's Zhu Xi book "THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE YIJING" oh my i sometimes want to rip this book apart....because the notes are at the back of the book whilst the hexagram chapters are at the front....so basically you are constantly flipping back and forth to get to the notes and further readings...

With Lynn's book, the formatting, the typography, the paper used, the ink, the binding, even in soft cover is very well done.

I enjoy taking my highlighters and using them on the pages of this book. I personally love highlighting stuffs and Lynn's book is amazing to highlight on.

Everyone needs to get this book; this one book alone, if studied exclusively for at least half a year will elevate your Yi-game to a next level.

Put down the Wilhelm, Legge, Blofield, Alfred Huang, Ritsema/Karcher, Hatcher and the elk...these are all interpretations that only pollute your understanding on whats more important: Understanding the system and principles of the Yi, rather than other people's thoughts.

I personally don't ascribe to much of Wang Bi's own interpretation of the Yi as it's still heavily influenced by early Confucianism and also pre-Zhou/Zhou/Post-Zhou dynasty Daoism. What's valuable to me is how Bi opened by eyes to the mechanics, the essence, the principles of the Yi and the hexagrams; the gift of his Yi-framework is a great boon in the practice and study of the Yi.

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u/DimSumPimp — 22 days ago