tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695897.post5208133315491970841..comments2023-10-21T09:55:42.505+01:00Comments on A touch of Ancients, Buddhas, Immortals and Zhouyi: Did the Yi speak? (2)Allanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07672893661330071037noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695897.post-72452863599257022892007-02-15T20:04:00.000+00:002007-02-15T20:04:00.000+00:00Luis, you could be surprised that the Yi spoke jus...<I>Luis, you could be surprised that the Yi spoke just before your comments – estimated time difference. See my entry on ‘Did the Yi speak?’(3). What the Yi said could be relevant to the three of us and/or other Yi aficionados.</I><BR/><BR/>Allan, my friend, nothing coming from the Yi surprises me anymore. I'm happy and grateful you are sharing so much here.<BR/><BR/>My best,<BR/><BR/>LuisSparhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775874448384975488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695897.post-70973727475429871042007-02-15T17:05:00.000+00:002007-02-15T17:05:00.000+00:00Regresso, you are correct. In the ancient past, th...Regresso, you are correct. In the ancient past, the Book of Changes was reserved for the Royal Court and historiographers were appointed to divine for royalties – emperors, kings and dukes for example. Probably with the waning of the Zhou Court power around 700 BC over the Zhuhou (nobles), more scholars were given access to the Yi by the vassal states.<BR/> <BR/>The Junzi is someone who shows Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07672893661330071037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695897.post-74432471835125516782007-02-14T20:07:00.000+00:002007-02-14T20:07:00.000+00:00But, as I said, here is a deeper issue than the is...<I>But, as I said, here is a deeper issue than the issue in e-ching's forum. If the Yi speaks to the Noble in a diferent way than a "commoner", does anybody asking the Yi is a Noble?</I><BR/><BR/>Allan, I hope you don't mind this exchange we are having with Rodrigo here... We span the world and at least two different languages when we exchange points of view on the Yi... lol! Since you know me Sparhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775874448384975488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695897.post-9092682574228857122007-02-14T19:30:00.000+00:002007-02-14T19:30:00.000+00:00Hi my friend LuisI didn't say he did....I did wrot...Hi my friend Luis<BR/><BR/>I didn't say he did....<BR/><BR/>I did wrote that Wilhelm made a defense on the Wings in his Book II, and then I wrote against the simplification of the Yi.<BR/><BR/>For more details, the simplification I was talking about in e-ching's forum was the process AFTER Zhu Xi (Yi Lin, Ling Chi Ching and so on)<BR/><BR/>But, as I said, here is a deeper issue than the issue in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695897.post-407413801968062542007-02-14T18:06:00.000+00:002007-02-14T18:06:00.000+00:00Hi Allan and Rodrigo,A great post and a nice conti...Hi Allan and Rodrigo,<BR/><BR/>A great post and a nice continuation to the other one, Allan. <BR/><BR/>Just a short comment on something Rodrigo wrote above: I hardly think that a sage like Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi) had the intention of simplifying or diminishing the meaning of the Yi, and least of all, of attacking the contents of the Ten Wings, when he published a system for interpreting multiple Sparhawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11775874448384975488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695897.post-12831226986504809012007-02-14T03:44:00.000+00:002007-02-14T03:44:00.000+00:00Hi AllanJust in e-ching's forum I was talking abo...Hi Allan<BR/><BR/>Just in e-ching's forum I was talking about Wilhelm's Book II. In particular, about it's defense of the Wings; and (me) against the simplification process to avoid long years of study and practice of the Virtues.<BR/><BR/>But here, we are talking deeper, I think. <BR/><BR/>Does the Yi talks?... I would put it in the other side of the coin... does anyone who ask is a Noble One?.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com