Hexagram 09, line 1 & 2
Line 1 復自道. 何其咎. 吉. I have struggled for many months with the segmentation of the first sentence, 復自道. I was n…
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Going back to the source: the manuscripts of Richard Wilhelm (4) – The End
The prospect of spending more than three hours on a train & bus was not very tempting but the journey that I was about…
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Going back to the source: the manuscripts of Richard Wilhelm (3)
Wenn die Begriffe nicht richting sind, so stimmen die Worte nicht; Stimmen die Worte nicht, so kommen die Werke nicht…
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Going back to the source: the manuscripts of Richard Wilhelm (2)
Munich is a beautiful city, especially with the sunny weather that it has today. My mobile informs me that it is 25°C…
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Going back to the source: the manuscripts of Richard Wilhelm (1)
A few months ago publisher AnkhHermes, who publish the Dutch translation of Richard Wilhelm’s Yijing, asked me if I…
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Hexagram 09, Judgment
小畜. 亨. 密雲不雨自我西郊。 Xu 畜: accumulate, make it grow in small amounts. According to Lu Deming 陸德明 (556-627) i…
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Hexagram 08, line 6
比之无首。凶。 Shou 首: head; chief, leader; main points, essentials; the first, the highest. Also ‘towards…
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