Interesting and fascinating as they may be, the Mawangdui manuscripts were written long after Confucius' time and most of today's scholars don't believe that Confucius actually bothered himself with the Yi, a book which at his time was associated with divination and spirits - the latter of which Confucius said, "Respect ghosts and spirits, but keep them at a distance" (Analects 6:20). I made a video about Confucius' alleged involvement with the book, see my channel for the video titled 'EoEYD (3) Supplement: Did Confucius study the Book of Changes?' During the Han dynasty many apocryphal books were attributed to Confucius or quoted him, but in later time his authorship was questioned (see for instance Fung Yulan, 'A History of Chinese Philosophy', Vol. II, p. 89)
Thank you very much for your thoughtful comments. There is no consensus on whether Confucius really read the I Ching. But there are several references about I Ching in The Analects. There is no contemporary written records of Confucius fondness of I Ching other than The Analects.
@@dr.gaosclassroom I think I address these supposed references to the Yi in the Analects in my video but maybe you refer to other chapters in the Lunyu and I'd be happy to hear of them to enlarge my knowledge and broaden my perspective.
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Interesting and fascinating as they may be, the Mawangdui manuscripts were written long after Confucius' time and most of today's scholars don't believe that Confucius actually bothered himself with the Yi, a book which at his time was associated with divination and spirits - the latter of which Confucius said, "Respect ghosts and spirits, but keep them at a distance" (Analects 6:20). I made a video about Confucius' alleged involvement with the book, see my channel for the video titled 'EoEYD (3) Supplement: Did Confucius study the Book of Changes?' During the Han dynasty many apocryphal books were attributed to Confucius or quoted him, but in later time his authorship was questioned (see for instance Fung Yulan, 'A History of Chinese Philosophy', Vol. II, p. 89)
Thank you very much for your thoughtful comments. There is no consensus on whether Confucius really read the I Ching. But there are several references about I Ching in The Analects. There is no contemporary written records of Confucius fondness of I Ching other than The Analects.
I just checked your channel. It looks very interesting. I'll be catching up with your videos and looking forward to future exchanges with you.
@@dr.gaosclassroom I think I address these supposed references to the Yi in the Analects in my video but maybe you refer to other chapters in the Lunyu and I'd be happy to hear of them to enlarge my knowledge and broaden my perspective.
@@dr.gaosclassroom Thank you, that is very kind of you 🤗