I-Ching: China’s Ancient Fortune-Telling Tradition Could Be Relevant to the Modern Age

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Commentary During the 1920s, there was a debate in China between science and the school of metaphysics. “Metaphysics,” in this context, has a different meaning: it refers to traditional Chinese mysticism, of which one salient example is, of course, I-Ching (易經). Shen Yuting (沈有鼎 1908–1989), a pioneer mathematical logician, was also a leading exponent of I-Ching. This debate is considered a sequel to the “May Fourth New Culture Movement,” an intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reform movement, which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919. It was a push toward independence and rebuilding society and culture. This period marked Western domination in China. ...

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