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Sergio:H... I am reading "Researches on the I Ching:by Iulian Shutskii ... pointed out that some scholars theorize that the Yi is an extension of a former oracle comprised of pentagrams not hexagrams.Apparently the sixth line was a Chou improvement...
hi SergioThus the 64 hexagrams could be produced from 32 symbols composed of 5 lines each to which one line was added,yang or yin.
Thanks, very much, Sergio:... Shchutskii deals at length with the I Ching as an ancient text examining its structure both textually and semantycally,its origins,its history,authorship and its huge commentatory tradition not only Chinese but Japanese as well...He then goes on to say that"-.. Chu Shi in his book Science of the I Ching for beginners develops an entire theory ...of the gradual increase of the lines in the symbols of the Book of Changes...
From this considerations it might follow that at some time before the appearance of the 64 hexagrams and their texts there were only 32 symbols of 5 lines;to these symbols then was added the corresponding text which in a significantly expanded form became the Boof of Changes we know...
hi SergioTo me a system based on 5 lines would be a more philosophically logical one from the Chinese perspective hence the importance of the number 5.Each line would perfectly fit one of the elements for example,the top line would be obviously the most important in position-the highest_and of course ,the emperor's line.
Sergio:... Shchuskii's take on the 5 line symbols was more related to mantic formulas that might be attached to them ... .Whatever meaning or significance was attached to the 5 line line symbols is lost in history once again; we can only speculate but so far the only reference to them I found was in a book translated by Jean Huon de Kermadec called "Heavenly Pennies".He says that this is a more common form of divination used for more mundane issues-the hexagrams been reserved for more important and profound issues...
Hola Charly;
Shchustkii was trying to find a connection re:the 32 five line guas but there was no match so the theory was quickly dismissed.He claimed that the phrase "yuan hen li yen has been mistranslated and also taken as a sentence when it is ,in his opinion,a compound of four different adjetives or qualities .He saw those terms used not only together but separated in different combinations so he reasoned they might be placed in those 32 guas thus giving away the older configuration of the Yi in 5 line guas.Nice try but no results....
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