Jizi

Character Profile He was the son of Wen Ding, the brother of Di Yi and the uncle of King Zhou. In the era of the alternation of the Shang and Zhou dynasties and the great upheaval of history, he was unable to carry out his mission or fulfill his ambition, so he went to Joseon …

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Bi Gan

Bi Gan (about 1110-1047 B.C.) was a native of Muye (present-day Weihui, Henan Province), who was also known as Prince Bi Gan because he was enfeoffed in the land of Bi, and was the concubine son of King Wen Ding of Shang. He was an intelligent and diligent scholar at an early age. He was …

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Jiang Ziya

Jiang Ziya (c. 1156 – c. 1017 B.C.), surnamed Jiang, Lu, was named Shang, Ziya, and Fei Xiong. He was an outstanding politician, military man and tactician in ancient China, the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty, and the founder of military science in the late Shang and early Zhou dynasties. Half of his life …

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King Wu of Zhou

About King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa (? -(1043 BC), surnamed Ji Fa (often referred to as the King of Inferiority in Western Zhou bronze inscriptions), was a native of Qizhou (Qishan County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province), and the first son of King Wen Ji Chang and Ta Si of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Biography …

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What exactly is the use of the I Ching?

About the I Ching, we have heard too much about its legend. For example, the two meters, four elephants and eight trigrams, and then such as the five elements of yin and yang, Hetu Luoshu, taiji diagram, and so on and so forth. They are mysterious and obscure, but also fascinating to think about. It …

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The Influence of the I Ching on Chinese Art

The I Ching is the source of classical Chinese aesthetics, in which the natural beauty of the unity of heaven and man, the harmony of rigidity and flexibility, and the abstract beauty of metaphorical symbolism have profoundly influenced the way of thinking and aesthetic habits of the Chinese people. The I Ching laid an unshakable …

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The God of Feudalism

Story Prototype Its prototype can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty’s “The Vermilion Text of King Wu’s Expulsion of Zhou”, which may also refer to the “Shang Zhou Yi” and “Kunlun Eight Immortals’ Journey to the East”. Story Outline Background The world of “The Legend of the Gods” is divided into the “Immortal …

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