The Philosophy of Change.pptVIP

The Philosophy of Change I. General Introduction History of the book Yin-yang/trigrams/hexagrams (1) Fu-hsi 伏羲 Yang 陽 Yin 陰  How Does It Work as an Oracle Book -- Yellow stalk -- Coin method – use 3 coins. Heads = 3 yang Tails = 2 yin 6 = - - 7 = — 8 = - - 9 = — II. Metaphysical Notions and Implications 易 I － change, easy, and constant 陰陽 Yin and Yang Synchronic Correlation and Bio-generative Causation 時 Time 人 Human 易 I － 1. Change 2. Easy “乾以易知，坤以簡能” 3. Constant “易，無思也，無為也，寂然不動，感而遂通天下之故，非天下之至神，其孰能與於此﹖夫易，聖人之所以極深而研機也。唯深也，故能通天下之志﹔唯機也，故能成天下之務﹔唯神也，故不疾而速，不行而至。……” “天尊地卑，乾坤定矣。卑高以陳，貴賤位矣。動靜有常，剛柔斷矣。” 陰陽 Yin and Yang 1. Everything entails yin and yang “一陰一陽之為道” “乾為天，為圜，為君，為父，為玉，為金，為寒，為冰，為大赤，為良馬，為老馬，為瘠馬，為駁馬，為木果。坤為地，[為方]，為母，為布，為釜，為吝嗇，為均，為子母牛，為大輿，為文，為眾，為柄，其於地也為黑。……” 2. Yin and Yang are complementary. “子曰：「乾坤，其易之門耶﹗」乾，陽物也；坤，陰物也。陰陽合德而剛柔有體，以體天地之撰，以通神明之德。” 3. These two forces mutually affect each other “是故闔戶謂之坤，闢戶謂之乾，闔一闢謂之變，往來不窮謂之通。” (1.11) “天地絪縕，萬物化醇；男女構精，萬物化生。”(2.5) 4. They mutually transform into each other “無平不陂，無往不復” (“泰”卦九三爻詞) Synchronic Correlation and Bio-generative Causation 1. Things grow out of their own nature 自然 Self so-ing 2. The place/relation of an object determines its causal roll -- A web without a weaver 時 Time 1. Concrete 2. Cyclic 复者，反本之谓也 (王弼注“復”卦) 3. Informs right action 人 Human 1. On a par with heaven and earth 與天地參 “君子終日乾乾，夕惕若。” (乾卦九三爻詞) 2. No mind-body duality 3. Moral implications “天地之大德曰生，聖人之大寶曰位，何以守位曰仁，何以聚人曰財，理財正辭禁民為非曰義。”(大傳 系辭下第一章 ) Quiz paper #1 -- 1. Write a list of metaphysical principles that are opposite of what the I Ching entails. 2. Think of at least two arguments that would either support the I Ching metaphysics or its antithesis. Daily One-minute Paper 1. What is the big point you learned in class today? 2. What is the main