She stated that it is the most familiar of the five Chinese classics, and without doubt, the best-known Chinese book that laid the foundation of modern Western culture beginning the 17th century. American historian Michael Nylan, representing UC Berkeley noted the considerable influence of the I Ching on intellectuals in Europe and America.This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items. The Hagakure, a collection of commentaries on the Way of the Warrior, cautions against mistaking it for a work of divination. Prior to the Tokugawa period (1603–1868 CE) in Japan, the Book of Changes was little known and used mostly for divination until Buddhist monks popularized the Chinese classic for its philosophical, cultural and political merits in other literate groups such as the samurai. It has influenced Confucians and other philosophers and scientists ever since.
said that if he had fifty years to spare, he would devote them to the I Ching." The ten commentaries of Confucius, (or Ten Wings), transformed the I Ching from a divination text into a "philosophical masterpiece". Joseph Campbell describes the I Ching as "an encyclopedia of oracles, based on a mythic view of the universe that is fundamental to all Chinese thought." Confucius Ĭonfucius was fascinated by the I Ching and kept a copy in the form of "a set of bamboo tablets fastened by a leather thong, was consulted so often that the binding had to be replaced three times. It has influenced fields as varied as mathematics, science, medicine, martial arts, philosophy, history, literature, art, ethics, military affairs and religion. The Zhou Yi has been called one of the most important sources of Chinese culture. Thus, the earliest layer of the I Ching has been shown to preserve a hidden history that went undetected for three millennia. This account has been matched with a solar eclipse that occurred on June 20, 1070 BCE. An account of Wu's conquest tells of a solar eclipse believed by the King to be an omen from Heaven to march against the Shang. It played a role in their overthrow of the Shang dynasty by Zhou King Wu in 1070 BCE. One of the earliest versions of the I Ching (called, Zhou I, or Changes of Zhou) was the oracle of the Zhou. Fazang, patriarch of the Huayan school, is believed to have drawn on a mode of thought derived from the I Ching. In addition to the I Ching's broadly recognized influence on Confucianism and Taoism, it has been shown to have influenced Chinese Buddhism. Thus, it reflects a thread of thinking and a common cosmology that have been passed through successive generations. Significance for Chinese culture įrom its mythological origins in prehistory ( see Fu Xi) and the earliest dates of recorded history in China, the I Ching has been added to by a succession of philosophers, scholars and rulers. The Hindu numerals were added by Leibniz. A diagram of I Ching hexagrams sent to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from Joachim Bouvet.
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