2005•Unpublished venueRequires access
A rectification of the meanings of the remarks affiliated to the hexagram and lines of Zhen in Zhouyi
Cheng Jian-gong
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Abstract
For the remarks affiliated to the hexagram and lines of Zhen (hexagram 51 in the current version of Zhouyi) , most of the exegetes from the ancient to the present interpreted it as the stir of thunder. Yet, according to the contents and the remarks and the circumstances described, this kind of interpretation is obviously irrational. If we interpret it as an earthquake, it will make sense and be fluent in meaning. Therefore, this paper, from the hermeneutic angle of ancient texts, makes a new interpretation to the remarks to Zhen, pointing out that Zhen refers to earthquake and the remarks recorded a whole course of an earthquake occurred at the ancient time.