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Transcript of IChing & Geographygeog.ucsb.edu/~zhu/Presentations/LightingTalk2017_RuiZhu.pdf · 2 What is IChing?...
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IChing & Geography
Rui ZhuSTKO Lab, Geography Department
University of California, Santa Barbara
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What is IChing?● '' The book of change ''● Late 9th century BC● Originally a divination manual: was the subject of scholarly commentary and the basis for divination practice
Song Dynasty (960-1279)Shang Dynasty (1200 BC)
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What is IChing?● The root of Chinese culture and philosophy: Taoism,
Confucius, Fengshui, Astrology... ● Non-polarity → bipolar (Yin and Yang) → 4 shapes → 8
patterns → 64 diagrams
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Why IChing?Core philosophy: ● Everything is changing ● But there are rules/patterns behind these changes ● IChing summarizes and simplifies these rules/patterns
Superstitions or Sciences?
Chinese medicine, Architecture, Management, Philosophy…..
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IChing and Geography?● Was it going to rain? And if so, would the crops be affected?
● Is it a good time to go hunting?
● Where should I build a house?
● When is the good time to get married?
● …...
● Was it going to rain? And if so, would the crops be affected?
● Is it a good time to go hunting?
● Where should I build a house?
● When is the good time to get married?
● …...
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IChing and Geography?
● Could we use the finer-scaled compass for doing science?● Could we regard IChing as a statistical model based on
big spatiotemporal data? ● What is the relation between Fengshui and Urban Planing?● Spatial simulation and Divination? ● Could we regard the 64 diagrams as an ontology? ● But what are the semantics of these patterns/diagrams?● Could we use a bottom-up approach to interpret IChing?
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Conclusion