LI Guang-di’s vision on Zhouyi can tong qi

LI Guang-di is a famous official expert in both Neo-Confucianism and Yi studies.He has a deep insight into Zhouyi can tong qi (Talisman of the Three Receptacles Based on the Zhouyi) and holds that the book is about human body. Meanwhile, he interprets Can tong qi by Neo-Confucianism which is compared by LI with Yi, and proposes his original views. LI believes that what Can tong qi explicates is the theory of human body which actually embodies the heaven and earth; furthermore, LI elucidates the theory of soul in Can tong qi; he analyzes the book from Confucian standpoint, regarding that Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism have different sources but the same theory of cultivation and practice, being a refutation to the confucian scholars' view in the Ming dynasty. LI plumbs the correlation between Can tong qi and Yi and holds that they share many identical ideas. LI's conclusion on the book is of high value in the beginning of the Qing dynasty and it is still significant for us to study Can tong qi today.