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The Book of Changes quotes

3 passages in English · Dating varies by source tradition · Pre-Qin Classics.

Overview

The Book of Changes is represented in Philosophy Blind Box through curated English quotations. In some cases the name denotes a historical thinker; in others it denotes a scripture, school text, or traditional attribution. School label in this archive: Pre-Qin Classics.

Main ideas

Recurring concerns in this selection include Self, Desire, Gentleman, Virtue, Philosophy. Read each passage with its source note, then follow theme links to see how related thinkers frame the same questions.

Major works

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Legacy

Readers use The Book of Changes as an entry point into Pre-Qin Classics and into cross-cultural comparison within this archive.

Themes in this archive

Self (1) · Virtue (1) · Change (1)

  1. Heaven moves with vigor; the gentleman accordingly strengthens himself without cease.
  2. Earth's condition is receptive devotion; the gentleman accordingly thickens his virtue to bear things.
  3. When exhausted, change; when changing, one gets through; when getting through, one endures.