1. The Hetu, Luoshu, and cultural origins
The course opens with traditional accounts connecting Henan, the Yellow and Luo rivers, the trigrams, and the textual lineage of the Changes. Legendary and disputed attributions are identified as tradition or as the author’s interpretation rather than presented as settled history.
- Fuxi, King Wen, and Laozi in the traditional narrative
- Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist strands
- The Changes as an evolving textual and philosophical tradition
