Reviews
The following pages present reviews of some of the material that I have found of interest. Some of these reviews have previously appeared in print.
Cheng, Chung-ying.
- On Five Senses of Yi (Change/Creativity) and the Onto-Cosmological World of Yi. (PDF) This was presented by Professor Cheng as an invited paper at The Second International Conference on I-Ching (Yijing) Studies and Contemporary Civilization, Tainan, Taiwan, November 27–30, 2005 and was published on pp17–35 of the conference proceedings. This response is based on the English language abstract for the paper published in the Proceedings, plus an additional English handout on the material provided by Professor Cheng at the conference, and further personal communication with Professor Cheng subsequent to the conference. This review was first published in the Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Volume 33, Number 2, June 2006, pp279-285. © 2006 Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
Huang, Alfred.
- The Numerology of the I Ching. This is a companion volume to Huang's translation The Complete I Ching, which provides material that underpins and illuminates the main text. This review originally appeared in print in Volume 2, Number 12 of The Oracle: the Journal of Yijing Studies, January 2002, pp14-17.
Nielsen, Bent.
- The Changes in Cultural Continuity (PDF) This paper was presented at The Second International Conference on I-Ching (Yijing) Studies and Contemporary Civilization, Tainan, Taiwan, November 27-30, 2005 and was published on pp274-282 of the conference proceedings.
A Companion to the Yi Jing Numerology and Cosmology: Chinese Studies of Images and Numbers from Han (202 BCE – 220 CE) to Song (960 – 1279 CE). (PDF) Published by Routledge Curzon, London and New York, 2003. This excellent volume is a landmark publication in the English language and a must-have for anyone interested in the Image and Number aspects of Change. This review has been submitted for consideration to the Journal of Chinese Philosophy.
Salyer, Monica and Gilbert Leal.
- The Omei I Ching: Mechanics of the I Ching. This work presents a new analysis of the square Fu Xi arrangement with an interesting mathematical characterisation of its axes of symmetry. This review originally appeared in print in Volume 2, Number 10 of The Oracle: the Journal of Yijing Studies, January 2000, pp41-46.
Sung, Z.D.
- Symbols of the Yi King. This book was originally published in Shanghai in 1934. It is an interesting volume packed with ideas that prefigures a lot of recent work, including my own Boolean lattice analysis.