I Ching
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Friday Yi Jing Blogging: Yankees will win Wild Card playoff game next week!
Using the Yi Jing to predict the outcome of sporting events is a tricky enterprise, as my Super Bowl forecast demonstrated this year. But the Yi always leaves open the possibility of human folly and contingency, and, thus, is not… Continue reading
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An Yi Jing Super Bowl Prediction: Seahawks Win!
Following up on my Sunzi Super Bowl analysis, I thought it might be good to consult the Yi Jing about the outcome of tomorrow's big game. This was made easier last evening by a group of friends who urged me… Continue reading
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New Year’s Yi Jing Blogging: Be Careful of that Tiger’s Tail!
Happy New Year! 2012 ended, as far as blogging was concerned, in a rather desultory manner: only two posts in all of December! So, here's a resolution: more and better blogging in the new year (which would seem to contradict… Continue reading
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Baseball Yi Jing Wisdom
On Friday night I had the pleasure of talking with Jim Bouton, a former pitcher for the New York Yankees. Regular readers will remember that I am a Yankees fan, a Daoist Yankees fan at that. So, it was quite… Continue reading
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The I Ching: A Biography
Read a good book recently: Richard J. Smith's The I Ching: A Biography. Composed by an accomplished academic, it is written for a general audience. Smith provides a concise and clear background to the text and how it emerged into… Continue reading
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Friday Yi Jing Blogging: Predicting a Williams College Football Victory
It's been a long time since my last Friday Yi Jing blogging. I return to it today with a local focus. In my tutorial on ancient Chinese philosophy today I was referring to the Yi Jing and decided to consult… Continue reading
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The Return of the Light
Happy Winter Solstice! Instead of reposting my annual reflection on our fear of the dark (which can be found here), I thought it might be better to throw the Yi Jing (I Ching), which I have not done for some… Continue reading
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Randomness
In class today, talking about the YIjing, I found myself suggesting that using the text as a divination manual, as it was designed to be used, confronts us with randomness and chance. We throw the coins to generate a hexagram… Continue reading
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Teaching the Yi Jing (I Ching)
We're getting serious in my ancient Chinese thought class this week, turning to the texts themselves. I may be a bit unconventional because the first text I have the class read is the Yi Jing (I Ching). Manyul mentioned (on… Continue reading
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Heavenly Balance
Roland translates a Chinese blog post, "Is the CCTV fire an act of God?" (I would quibble here, preferring a translation: "Is the CCTV fire an act of Heaven" – original Chinese here). The post speaks to the horrible fire… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 