Yijing Wondering And Wandering

Yijing Wondering and Wandering, a unique contemplation of Yijijng as a Book of Wisdom, is comprised of two complementary studies of meaning in Yijing.

In the first part, Wondering, Jane Schorre ponders the meaning of the hexagrams, taking into consideration their arrangement, their relationships as thirty-two reflecting pairs, and their characters - the Chinese names. In so doing, she offers a solution to the puzzling hexagram arrangement we find in Yijing. Along her way, she retells selections from the classics of Laozi and Zhuangzi for illustration and clarification. It is also illustrated with ancient paintings and the powerful calligraphy of Chen Zhongsen, master seal carver and artist.

In the second part, Wandering, Carrin Dunne carries the meditation further, wandering through the labyrinth of trigrams, nuclear trigrams, and line texts - exploring psychological and spiritual meaning in the individual lines and their movements. She designates the four polar hexagram pairs that are not mirror reflections as Dragon Gates (the way of Being and Non-being) and the four pairs that are both polar and mirror reflections as River Crossings (the way of Becoming). Then, noticing the interplay of the core lines, ruling lines and boundary lines of these hexagrams, she discovers the "foursomes" and a kaleidoscopic view of Yijing as a whole -- a new approach ("key, not the key") to meaning in Yijing!