Connectivity, Grounding, and Amplification: The Base-Line in Changing and its Functions

This essay is by the author of Changing (CH), "a composite poem … based closely on the Chinese Book of Changes". Here, I explore the multiple functions of the "base-line" in this work. I then discuss Western artists' emphasis on chance in the I Ching, and argue that this is...

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Subtitles:"Special Forum on The I Ching and World Literature"
Main Author: Berengarten, Richard 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2023
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 166-180
IxTheo Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B I Ching
B Changing
B Richard Berengarten
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Summary:This essay is by the author of Changing (CH), "a composite poem … based closely on the Chinese Book of Changes". Here, I explore the multiple functions of the "base-line" in this work. I then discuss Western artists' emphasis on chance in the I Ching, and argue that this is not the sole quality to be appreciated in the ancient masterpiece. In this context, I apply ideas from quantum theory to suggest that entanglement may be a key to better understanding the I Ching. Since this essay is primarily an exploration of my own compositional procedures as a poet, I implicitly acknowledge the subjective basis of this interpretative enquiry.
ISSN:1477-4623
Contains:Enthalten in: Literature and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frad012