Symbolic Structural Theory Of Book Of Changes

For everything in the universe, if you follow its source, you will find the reason. Just as water will run forever if you dredge the channel and keep the water running. Likewise, only when you have really understood the origin of The Book of Changes can you grasp the essential and get its pith.When Fuxi ruled China, people had formed the concepts of the year, the month, the day, and the four seasons by watching the changes of the Heavenly bodies, withering and the growth of grass and trees, the alternation of cold and heat, and the natural phenomena of fog, dew, frost, snow and so on. For example, by watching Big Dipper, Chinese ancient had found that spring is for sowing, summer for growing, autumn for harvesting, and winter for storing. People have had a rule to follow in their lives. But all these things are superficial natural phenomena. Behind such superficial phenomena there must be something more profound and more universal hidden, only that can be said to be the true meaning of the universe. It turns out the true meaning is hidden in the people's practice of watching the natural changes and allocating time accordingly as described by the saying "Set up a pole to measure its shadow, so as to determine the farming seasons. " The ancient had already detected its profound mystery from the functional level. It was the temporal and spatial background of the Book of Changes depended on.Nonsensical world is not human world, the mankind does not need symbols to be unable to express any meanings and the reverse is also true, so symbolize is qualification of the human civilization. German philosopher Cassirer says in Theories of People:"In order to understand the diversity of human culture life, rationality is an insufficient designation. However, all these cultural forms are symbolic forms. Therefore, we should define people as the animal symbolicum replaces defines people as the rational animal. Only in this way, we could point out the uniqueness of human being, could understand new way that open to people--Lead to the way of culture."Semiology is the theory of studying relationship or pattern of bedeuten. The Semiology research object is semiosis, including signification, communication and interpretation. Among the symbolism that mankind use, language oversize system, symbol linguistics has already form independent discipline, but Semiology in narrow sense pays close attention to the non-language symbol and non-narrative text. The Semiologic eidos is based on the introspection of all the human knowledge. Semiology in modern times should not be limited to the achievement of the west, there should be the era to " Chinese Semiology ".In order to anaerobic Chinese symbol history, we have to anaerobic Zhou Yi. In Chinese cultural history, Zhou Yi respected by the Confucianists and Taoist school. but what is Zhou Yi on earth? The scholars have disputed for more than 2,000 years and still argued back and forth without coming to an agreement. Mr. Pan YuTing points out in Reading the Summary of Exchanging:" regard the changing phenomenon as symbol to be most appropriate." In Song Dynasty, a Taoist priest who named Chen Chuan notes in the beginning of the notes of Zheng Yi Xin Fa:"Exactly getting easy, call divinatory symbol draw, just like the present Confucian classics. "In a sense, it is apt to study symbols and so diagrammatic as to Chinese Semiology research results. Where does " change" come? It has been said in Xi Ci:" whether sage set up alike to in order to try purpose best, set up divinatory symbol with heartily false", " set up alike " and " have the divinatory symbol", point and establish the system of symbol. Zhou Yi whether sage use form to express thought, the need of expression make Zhou Yi symbol. Since the emperor Fu Xi draws and drives it first, symbol thinking becomes culture genes of Chinese nation promptly, determine Chinese appearance of culture, determine the developing direction of Chinese characters as the previous symbol and the mark of characters. Regarded as the carriers of heaven and earth, the semiotic system apt to study symbolism to be logic from illustrational show aspect show Chinese ontology consciousness, value orientation, cognitive method and humane spirit of great thinker of the past. The research of Book of Changes From ancient times to the present, Tai-Chi's pictures, elements of these Semiologies of Yao of the Eight Diagrams picture and divinatory symbol are necessary. It is obviously to say that the study of relationship between Zhou Yi and Semiology is very important. As one of the oldest maturity symbolism in the world, Book of Changes can be called old Chinese Semiology.Numerous study achievements indicate that Book of Changes in the past text only as count symbol have no diction even more in Zhou Yi, compared with Shang Shu, The Book of Songs, Book of Rites, Spring and Autumn, Lao Tzu, Zhuang Zi, Mo Zi, Guan Zi,etc. Zhou Yi is the only work formed by symbol and diction, only forms two key elements of symbol, diction (some scholars think there are three key elements of appearance, counting, diction). Since symbolism is the pillar of Zhou Yi, if it without symbol being a key element, Zhou Yi will not have the distinctiveness.Because of the above understanding, this paper will investigate the motion and variation of Zhou Yi from the perspective of semiotics. Because the symbolism of Zhou Yi itself intension self-sustaining, this paper will only quotes the modern Semiotics theory as the tool of symbolic construction of Zhou Yi to think of the circumstantial evidence. This paper will probe into Zhou Yi depend on both Chinese Philosophy and western philosophy.The key standpoint herein is:Structural change of universal things is typically the motion of matter wonderful most. It is apt to study symbolism and mode of thinking of symbol to form Book of Changes—Appendices of the Book of Changes. The progressive theory of philosophy of China apt to study, has built appearance—mode—inner principle.The thinking and line of reasoning of narration herein are as follows:Chapter one:From combing Semiotics, academy looks at the professional height and Semiotics from the moment that it is set up that the literature studies the survey; Expound the joint that the Semiotics and Zhou Yi symbol of the structural doctrine is close especially. This chapter may be suspected of paper, but if not to sturdy understanding that the Semiotics system is approximate and uninteresting and foreshadowing of narrating, the argumentation behind of this text is like a tree without roots, water without a source.Chapter two:It is related to the fact that it is apt to study the mode of thinking of symbols to introduce from the historical angle like the thinking origin question of the number, it enter since history by quote as proof like counting by symbol the understandings of the ontology it last course.Chapter three:Show the way of deducing through the symbol by illustrate, investigate by Map of the Yellow River and Book of the Luo River, and old structural symbolism that the Eight Diagrams construct together of day of priority. And then state Zhou Yi structural function, unit of symbol bind, mean inference, etc. make symbol become meaning tool course of expression. Chapter four:This chapter is the summarize of the above three chapter, present the standpoint relative in Zhou Yi symbol. If the first three chapter is annotate Yi Zhou symbol by literature basically, this chapter is my personal humble opinion then. This paper thinks, there are too many criticism about the opinion of Wang Bi, so that has already formed Wang Bi's unconscious mistaken idea of collective of sweeping appearance criticizing in the academic circles. If use semiotics way of thinking to read Wang Bi's original works, can find Zhou Yi Lue Li precise and penetrating Semiology explain to Zhou Yi, as can absolve some great pain for Wang Bi. Finally, this paper introduces several religious doctrine given by Diamond Sutra, to prove that symbolic space is just the symbolic philosophy property of Zhou Yi.