I Ching The I Ching, also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes, Zhouyi and Yijing, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts.[1] The book contains a divination system comparable to Western geomancy or the West African Ifá system; in Western cultures and modern East Asia, it is still widely used for this purpose. Traditionally, the I Ching and its hexagrams were thought to pre-date recorded history,[2] and based on traditional Chinese accounts, its origins trace back to the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE.[3] Modern scholarship suggests that the earliest layers of the text may date from the end of the 2nd millennium BCE, but place doubts on the mythological aspects in the traditional accounts.[4] Some consider the I Ching the oldest extant book of divination, dating from 1,000 BCE and before.[5] The oldest manuscript that has been found, albeit incomplete, dates back to the Warring States period (475–221 BCE).[6] History[edit] Traditional view[edit] Modernist view[edit] Structure[edit]
Free Running Wiki Foreword to the I Ching - By C. G. Jung Forewordby Carl Gustav Jung HTML Edition by Dan Baruth Since I am not a sinologue, a foreword to the Book of Changes from my hand must be a testimonial of my individual experience with this great and singular book. It also affords me a welcome opportunity to pay tribute again to the memory of my late friend, Richard Wilhelm. If the meaning of the Book of Changes were easy to grasp, the work would need no foreword. I am greatly indebted to Wilhelm for the light he has thrown upon the complicated problem of the I Ching, and for insight as regards its practical application as well. I do not know Chinese and have never been in China. The Chinese mind, as I see it at work in the I Ching, seems to be exclusively preoccupied with the chance aspect of events. The manner in which the I Ching tends to look upon reality seems to disfavor our causalistic procedures. My argument as outlined above has of course never entered a Chinese mind. But how has this reaction come about? The fifth line says:
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I Ching, the Book of Changes - Yi Jing This famous system of 64 hexagrams plus their commentaries and transformations is at the root of Chinese thought. Tr. Wilhelm (en, fr). Extracts from the Wilhelm's I-Ching translation's introductory : « The Book of Changes – I Ching in Chinese – is unquestionably one of the most important books in the world's literature. « In the course of time, owing to the great repute for wisdom attaching to the Book of Changes, a large body of occult doctrines extraneous to it – some of them possibly not even Chinese in origin – have come to be connected with its teachings. « At the outset, the Book of Changes was a collection of linear signs to be used as oracles. , and “No” by a broken line . « These eight trigrams were conceived as images of all that happens in heaven and on earth. « These eight images came to have manifold meanings. The definitive English translation; from Chinese into German by Wilhelm, into English by Baynes. Endure and in enduring grow strong. "L'Image contains a typo. Bye
Cambridge Kung Fu: Tai Chi Chuan & Chi Kung Tai Chi Chuan means 'Supreme Ultimate System'. In the Tai Chi classes taught by Cambridge Kung Fu we seek to teach this amazing system as it was originally intended; equally balancing the four goals of Optimum Health, Self Defence, Wisdom and Longevity, forming a fully integrated and complete system for living a long, healthy, happy and succesful life. Learn more about 'Tai Chi Philosophy' and 'The 70% Rule of Exercising'. The Benefits of Tai Chi Chuan Although an extremely effective martial art, Tai Chi Chuan (T'ai Chi/Tai Ji) is usually practiced with the emphasis on improving and developing the health of the practitioner. Tai Chi Chuan is practised by people of all ages who would like to improve their posture, flexibility, sensitivity, coordination, pliability, physical strength and fitness, concentration, attention, and meditation. One of the many benefits of Tai Chi Chuan is that practising is not limited by your age, ability, equipment or environment. The Aims of Tai Chi Chuan Syllabus
Tzolkin The 260-day Tzolk'in, or sacred calendar, is the oldest calendar cycle known in Mesoamerica, dating back to at least 600 BC. While some scholars are still searching for an astronomical basis for this cycle, most agree it was based on the nine month human gestation period. As a testimony to the tzolk'in's centrality to Maya culture, it is still observed today among traditional Maya groups. The mechanics of the tzolk'in The mechanics of the tzolk'in involve 13 numbers paired with 20 day names. For those who seek meaning in the days of the Maya calendar, the tzolk'in is where they will find it. The twenty days of the Tzolk'in (Image adapted from Voss 2000) Regardless of which Mesoamerican culture one looks at, the 260-day calendar consists of 20 symbols, each one counted 13 times in the cycle. The 260-day is very much still in use among the Maya communities of the Highlands Guatemala and Chiapas. Prayers take place in various places, but usually around a freshly built Maya altar.
8 Energies (Ba Jin) of Taijiquan (Tai Chi) Chen Zhaokui Martial Arts Research Association, North America, Boston Massachusetts Here I make an attempt to verbalize some of the methods in Taijiquan. Be advised that I will probably edit this writing online as I go along. This explanation is mainly out of interest and for my own students, but of course anyone is welcome to read it. In short, go forward with the understanding that although it is interesting, in my view I am trying to write here, what can best be shown and felt. Taijiquan has eight historically recorded "powers" or methods. I noted in opening that there are eight historically recorded JIN, which is to say, these eight are what can be found in the really sparce number of texts that actually have any historic relationship to the taijiquan of antiquity. These are different facets of the meanings of these JIN, this difference should be noted as is can be a bit confusing. 1) PENG JIN (pronounced in English as something like [p'hung]) Peng jin is the mother of Taijiquan JIN because without it, nothing else works. 2) LU JIN (pronounced something like [leeu]
The Holy Mountain (1973 film) La montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 Mexican-American avant-garde drama film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, who also participated as an actor, composer, set designer and costume designer on the film.[1] The film was produced by Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music and Records, after Jodorowsky scored an underground phenomenon with El Topo and the acclaim of both John Lennon and George Harrison (Lennon and Yoko Ono put up production money). It was shown at various international film festivals in 1973, including Cannes,[2] and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco. After a confrontation with the alchemist, the thief defecates into a container. The excrement is transformed into gold by the alchemist, who proclaims: "You are excrement. You can change yourself into gold". The thief is introduced to seven people who will accompany him on his journey; they are said to be the most powerful but mortal, like himself.
Tai chi chuan philosophy In many extant t'ai chi classic writings the dependence of t'ai chi ch'uan on Chinese philosophy is acknowledged. T'ai chi teachers have historically asserted that the principles of tai chi chuan practice can be applied to a student's lifestyle.[1][2][3] The Yin-Yang symbol applied to T'ai Chi ch'uan, the tai chi tu or taijitu In the "Forty Chapter" t'ai chi classic text supplied by Yang Pan-hou to Wu Ch'uan-yu in the late nineteenth century, there are the following references to the philosophy of t'ai chi ch'uan as applied to a practitioner's lifestyle: 14. The spiritual is the essence, the martial is the application. 19. Without self-cultivation, there would be no means of realising the Tao. 20. As a martial art, T’ai Chi is externally a soft exercise, but internally hard, even as it seeks softness. 24 An Explanation of the Spiritual and Martial in Tai Chi See also[edit] References[edit] Jump up ^ Wu, Kung-tsao (1980, 2006).