midaughter
July 20th, 2007, 08:50 PM
King Wen was dead at that time(whether 9, 2, or immediately before the battle of Muye 1045 BC)) so absolutely could have had no input into the writing of Hexagram 55 or 7, other than being carted around the battle field as a dessicated corpse (as Marshall maintains rather reverentially). because the time for mourning was not yet passed and thinks Wen died just before the battle in 1045 BC so his flilial.and militaristic sons placed the body on a stretcher and had the corpse carried onto the battlefield.
It was traditional to carry a wooden funeral tablet of a fallen comrade into battle and I think this makes more sense than "Weekend at Bernie's." I find his reasoning weak as he bases the idea on the line statement 'there is no skin on his thighs and walking comes hard' an allusion to another personage, early Yu whose blood was gone from his body as he had offered himself to the gods so we can infer that this may be what happened here. Indeed 'walking would come hard,' see the movie for an idea of how this could be accomplished. Why King Wen could have even walked into the battle and brandished a sword.. The best argument for all of this, however, is that Marshall says David Hawkes in an unpublished work and, had the Bernie idea originally However, no quote or citation to Hawkes is given. Source: The Mandate of Heaven
. Anyway, I always like it when someone pushes the envelope a bit and this corpse in the wagon idea definitely is a visual.
Attached Images: Weekend at King Wen's
It was traditional to carry a wooden funeral tablet of a fallen comrade into battle and I think this makes more sense than "Weekend at Bernie's." I find his reasoning weak as he bases the idea on the line statement 'there is no skin on his thighs and walking comes hard' an allusion to another personage, early Yu whose blood was gone from his body as he had offered himself to the gods so we can infer that this may be what happened here. Indeed 'walking would come hard,' see the movie for an idea of how this could be accomplished. Why King Wen could have even walked into the battle and brandished a sword.. The best argument for all of this, however, is that Marshall says David Hawkes in an unpublished work and, had the Bernie idea originally However, no quote or citation to Hawkes is given. Source: The Mandate of Heaven
. Anyway, I always like it when someone pushes the envelope a bit and this corpse in the wagon idea definitely is a visual.
Attached Images: Weekend at King Wen's