Understanding of I-Ching and Tai Chi
Understanding of I-Ching and Tai Chi
Tai Chi, The Great Ultimate, was found earliest in the Book of
Change, or otherwise known as I-Ching. Legend said that this
scripture has written by the first emperor of the Zhou Dynasty -
Zhou Wen Wang. Thus I-Ching is also known as Zhou-Yi.
I-Ching, or the Book of Change, with its name implies, stated
that life is in constant flux of change. The word I (Yi in
pinyin) means 'change' in Chinese. It is formed from the
characters of the sun and the moon, which represents yang and
yin respectively.
It has a verse stating, "Changes has the Great Ultimate, which
give rise to the Two Elements. The Two Elements give rise to the
Four Phenomena, and the Four Phenomena give rise to the Eight
Hexagrams..."
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