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Confucianism even in its primordial form had possessed the all-adoptive and creative spirit, and Confucianism at its very beginning had established inseparable relations with the Yi !
The relationship between Confucius and Yi Zhuan (the Commentaries on the Yi ) has always been a focus argued by the experts at the Yi and Confucian scholars. Lacking of convincing materials in the past, the relationship between Confucius and Yi Zhuan had been veiled. Yet, the Yi Zhuan on silk excavated in Mawangdui and published in 1990s recorded the discussions on the Yi between Confucius and his disciples. These manuscripts could prove the facts that Confucius had studied the Yi , acted by principles implicated in the Yi , and could verify Sima Qian and Ban Gu's assertion that Confucius “was interested in the Yi in his later years” and studied the Yi in such an earnest way that “the thong threading through the bamboo slips broke three times”. These evidences directly refute the suspects in the history. The Yi Zhuan on silk opened a new academic vision for us to make clear how the Zhouyi was adopted into Confucian system and turned out to be a treasure communicating the heaven and human.
http://zhouyi.sdu.edu.cn/english/newsxitong/selectedPapers/2007127105458.asp
Some newly translated materials plus recent archaeological discoveries indicate that Confucius, after leaving the Zhou court where he was a minor official in animal husbandry (but also seemed to be involved with the important rites associated with the regulation of the health of the animals throughout the kingdom traveled and taught among the Shang, now called the Sung or Song (pronoun..'soong'). Confucius was still relatively young at this time. Confucius' father had been a Shang military officer but had died young. His mother took him back to her own state of Lu where he was raised. It was said that Confucius never knew where his father's grave was located. Perhaps much of the good works down by Confucius at the city-state of Sung were a tribute to this father he never knew. Prevailing wisdom has it that Confucius in his later years only lamented that he wished he had more time to study the Yi. Recent evidence points to Confucius' dedication to Yi studies from his beginnings as a teacher (his middle years until his death
... the Yi Zhuan on silk excavated in Mawangdui and published in 1990s recorded the discussions on the Yi between Confucius and his disciples. These manuscripts could prove the facts that Confucius had studied the Yi , acted by principles implicated in the Yi , and could verify Sima Qian and Ban Gu's assertion that Confucius “was interested in the Yi in his later years” and studied the Yi in such an earnest way that “the thong threading through the bamboo slips broke three times.”http://tinyurl.com/3catnp
. When Confucius went to live among the Sung (now a city-state) the Yi had nearly died out among them. It appears that one reason for Confucius' visit to Lao Tzu ( 'I have met him ande he is a dragon!') was actually for the purpose of bringing the Yi back to the Sung where he established a school for study of the Yi that included the copying of the Zhouyi on bamboo slips kindly allowed to the Sung by the Zhou. It appears that the Guicang, originally said to be written during the Xia and Shang Dynasties was also restored to them:.
The Book of Rituals) , there is a
long paragraph describing Confucius "wishing to study the political
ideology of the Shang ( �� ) (Yin, �� ) dynasty. After proving that
the Song did not have enough documents, tai bu (Confucius) came to research Kun
qian ( �� , the ancient name for what is currently referred to as Gui
cang )." See Midaughter's List Message 8345
I wonder why the wording of the Zhouyi and the Yi Jing of the Sung is strikingly different in places and why the Sung version,especially Book III, The Commentaries and the Great Treatise have really taken their place among world literature while the Zhouyi seems to be of lesser stature. Whatever the reason, Confucius restored the study of the Book of Changes from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou to the Song where a school for the study of these ancient works was established.
Most people do not realize that Lao Nauxian was himself of the Sung Dynasty and that Nauxian-Wilhelm-Baynes is a Sung Dynasty work; it is not the Zhouyi (The Changes of Zhou). Of course, this work was not available to the West until NWB was published first in Germany (1924?) and then English in 1950. Do we have Kong Fu Tzu to thank for this? It looks like it. Happy Birthday Venerable One! August 27th is his birthday,& the time to gather yarrow during the full moon which occurs Aug 28th
The relationship between Confucius and Yi Zhuan (the Commentaries on the Yi ) has always been a focus argued by the experts at the Yi and Confucian scholars. Lacking of convincing materials in the past, the relationship between Confucius and Yi Zhuan had been veiled. Yet, the Yi Zhuan on silk excavated in Mawangdui and published in 1990s recorded the discussions on the Yi between Confucius and his disciples. These manuscripts could prove the facts that Confucius had studied the Yi , acted by principles implicated in the Yi , and could verify Sima Qian and Ban Gu's assertion that Confucius “was interested in the Yi in his later years” and studied the Yi in such an earnest way that “the thong threading through the bamboo slips broke three times”. These evidences directly refute the suspects in the history. The Yi Zhuan on silk opened a new academic vision for us to make clear how the Zhouyi was adopted into Confucian system and turned out to be a treasure communicating the heaven and human.
http://zhouyi.sdu.edu.cn/english/newsxitong/selectedPapers/2007127105458.asp
Some newly translated materials plus recent archaeological discoveries indicate that Confucius, after leaving the Zhou court where he was a minor official in animal husbandry (but also seemed to be involved with the important rites associated with the regulation of the health of the animals throughout the kingdom traveled and taught among the Shang, now called the Sung or Song (pronoun..'soong'). Confucius was still relatively young at this time. Confucius' father had been a Shang military officer but had died young. His mother took him back to her own state of Lu where he was raised. It was said that Confucius never knew where his father's grave was located. Perhaps much of the good works down by Confucius at the city-state of Sung were a tribute to this father he never knew. Prevailing wisdom has it that Confucius in his later years only lamented that he wished he had more time to study the Yi. Recent evidence points to Confucius' dedication to Yi studies from his beginnings as a teacher (his middle years until his death
... the Yi Zhuan on silk excavated in Mawangdui and published in 1990s recorded the discussions on the Yi between Confucius and his disciples. These manuscripts could prove the facts that Confucius had studied the Yi , acted by principles implicated in the Yi , and could verify Sima Qian and Ban Gu's assertion that Confucius “was interested in the Yi in his later years” and studied the Yi in such an earnest way that “the thong threading through the bamboo slips broke three times.”http://tinyurl.com/3catnp
. When Confucius went to live among the Sung (now a city-state) the Yi had nearly died out among them. It appears that one reason for Confucius' visit to Lao Tzu ( 'I have met him ande he is a dragon!') was actually for the purpose of bringing the Yi back to the Sung where he established a school for study of the Yi that included the copying of the Zhouyi on bamboo slips kindly allowed to the Sung by the Zhou. It appears that the Guicang, originally said to be written during the Xia and Shang Dynasties was also restored to them:.
The Book of Rituals) , there is a
long paragraph describing Confucius "wishing to study the political
ideology of the Shang ( �� ) (Yin, �� ) dynasty. After proving that
the Song did not have enough documents, tai bu (Confucius) came to research Kun
qian ( �� , the ancient name for what is currently referred to as Gui
cang )." See Midaughter's List Message 8345
I wonder why the wording of the Zhouyi and the Yi Jing of the Sung is strikingly different in places and why the Sung version,especially Book III, The Commentaries and the Great Treatise have really taken their place among world literature while the Zhouyi seems to be of lesser stature. Whatever the reason, Confucius restored the study of the Book of Changes from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou to the Song where a school for the study of these ancient works was established.
Most people do not realize that Lao Nauxian was himself of the Sung Dynasty and that Nauxian-Wilhelm-Baynes is a Sung Dynasty work; it is not the Zhouyi (The Changes of Zhou). Of course, this work was not available to the West until NWB was published first in Germany (1924?) and then English in 1950. Do we have Kong Fu Tzu to thank for this? It looks like it. Happy Birthday Venerable One! August 27th is his birthday,& the time to gather yarrow during the full moon which occurs Aug 28th