“(T)he essential thing is to keep in mind all the strata that go to make up the book. Archaic wisdom from the dawn of time, detached and systematic reflections of the Confucian school in the Chou era, pithy sayings from… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“The first, clearer, type suggests the musical pattern of theme and variations. The chosen theme persists through the six stages, in various aspects. The… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“There are many indications that the hexagrams were the original images from which the trigrams were then later abstracted and that the configurations of… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image
“(T)he essential thing is to keep in mind all the strata that go to make up the book. Archaic wisdom from the dawn of… — Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm Understanding the I Ching Copy Share Image