{"id":6386,"date":"2025-07-25T16:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2025-07-25T16:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:36:37","slug":"oriental-health-aesthetics-the-time-of-professor-qiu-zhengluns-explanation-of-the-book-of-changes37%ef%bc%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/?p=6386","title":{"rendered":"Oriental Health Aesthetics: The Time of Professor Qiu Zhenglun&#8217;s Explanation of the Book of Changes(37\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video playsinline class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6386-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250725153806247.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250725153806247.mp4\">https:\/\/video.jlpapa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250725153806247.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Art is the prime mover of innovation. Art is the primordial happening of truth. Art is the very essence of life. That\u2019s why I always cite Zhu Xi, you see? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;A half-acre square pond, a mirror opened wide,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Where sunlight and clouds wander side by side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I ask, &#8216;How can its water stay so clear?&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8216;It has a source from which fresh currents appear.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This &#8220;source of fresh currents&#8221; is the stream of creation. So when we explore the fountainhead of something, when we discover the origin of life, the feeling is profoundly different. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How did creation happen? I won\u2019t elaborate much here, but look at the Xu Gua Zhuan (Sequence of Hexagrams) in the Yi Zhuan (Commentaries on the I Ching). This was written by Confucius and his disciples, specifically the section on the sequence of hexagrams, reaching the position of the Xian hexagram. What it says is truly brilliant. I could actually recite it from memory, but to be safe, I have it here. See: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;With Heaven and Earth, then came the myriad things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With the myriad things, then came man and woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With man and woman, then came husband and wife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With husband and wife, then came father and son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With father and son, then came ruler and subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With ruler and subject, then came high and low.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With high and low, then ritual and righteousness found their place (cu\u00f2).&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, this &#8220;cu\u00f2&#8221; (\u63aa) \u2014 don\u2019t mistake it for &#8216;mistake&#8217; (\u9519). It means &#8216;interwoven,&#8217; implying &#8216;to implement,&#8217; not &#8216;to err.&#8217; To be honest, when young men and women are together, I think making a few mistakes can also be quite beautiful. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As we understand these things, our ancient sages summarized them so well. This process continually transforms life, layer upon layer. Confucian thought, in summarizing this, planted the seeds for the future systems of ritual and music, and the institution of rites. That\u2019s why Dong Zhongshu\u2019s policy of &#8220;banning all schools of thought except Confucianism&#8221; drew its justification from these ideas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Look also at the Yue Lun (Discourse on Music), which states: &#8220;When the sage creates music, it is to harmonize with the nature of Heaven and Earth and embody the life of all things. Qian and Kun (Heaven and Earth) are simple and easy, thus elegant music is never tedious. When elegant music flows freely, all things find harmony.&#8221; Ji Kang, in his Sheng Wu Ai Yue Lun (Music Has Neither Sorrow nor Joy), spoke of &#8220;inherent harmony, sensed through the Grand Harmony, vast and all-encompassing.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You see, throughout history, musicians and musical thinkers, when discussing music, have always drawn their arguments from the I Ching. In the Li Ji (Book of Rites), there is a chapter called Yue Ji (Record of Music), which contains a profoundly important sentence. Yet many musicians today neglect it, forgetting the essence of Chinese musical culture: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Music springs from within; ritual takes form from without.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This statement touches the very root. Music springs from within, thus it is tranquil; ritual takes form from without, thus it is cultured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So, in the past, the system of rites and music was used to govern the world. But today, we have long cast aside the wisdom of these sages. The most fundamental point about music is this: music wells up from the inner heart \u2014 music springs from within. Ritual is social convention, externally prescribed and regulated \u2014 thus it takes form from without, creating culture, creating order. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><div class=\"floating-menu float-menu-1 notranslate\"><ul class=\"fm-bar\"><li class=\"fm-item-1-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doorm.cn\/recommend.php\" target=\"_self\" ><div class=\"fm-icon\"><i class=\"fab fa-youtube \"><\/i><\/div><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art is the prime mover of innovation. 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