Why does the Yijing have ‘backward-moving numbers’?
Examining a cryptic sentence from the Shuogua 說卦.
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No regrets: about hui 悔
The character hui 悔 appears many times in the Zhouyi, the core text of the Book of Changes, and is often translated…
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Etymology of Chinese characters, meaning and sound components (2)
Lotti replied to my article, and added a message from Hilary as well. I’ll address both Lotti’s reply and Hilary’s…
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Etymology of Chinese characters, meaning and sound components (1)
In my The Mystery of the Text online course I talk about the etymology of Chinese characters, and how the majority of…
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‘The Power of the Hexagrams’ course coming up!
In September I’ll start another The Power of the Hexagrams Course! If you agree with one or more of the following…
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Crossing the great river
In this video we are going to look at the phrase she da chuan 涉大川, ‘cross the great river’ and the early usage of…
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The history of nuclear hexagrams
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