Notes of the Yi Learning in reading the neo-Confueianism of the Song and Ming dynasties

is the source of (human) nature and destiny, and therefore it was deeply stressed by the Song-Ming (the Song and Ming dynasties) neo-Confucianists. By adopting the images of the eight tri-grams, Xing (Nature) and Li (Idea) possess the quality of images: trigrams Qian (乾) and Zhen (震) symbolize nature; Qian, Kun (坤) and Xun (巽) symbolize Idea; Qian also symbolizes Shen (spirit) and (change); Qian and Xun symbolize Ming (destiny) ; and Gen (艮) symbolizes arresting movement and the quality of nature; Kan (坎) symbolizes will, mind, and wisdom. Through analyzing the remarks of the Great Images of the hexagrams of Xiao Xu (小畜, Small Restraint) , Da Xu (大畜, Great Restraint) , Wu Wang (无妄, Innocence), (益, Increase), Kun (困, Oppression), Kan (坎, The Perilous Pit), Xian (咸, Influence), Heng (恒, Perseverance), Gen ( 艮 , Arresting Movement) and Da Zhuang (大壮, The Power of the Great) with nature, idea, and images, you could get new philosophical interpretations of Yi. Besides, the author discusses different views on the of between CHENG Hao and ZHU Xi: there was the concept of Yi body in the philosophy of the former, while there not need this concept in the philosophy of the latter.