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...
| Subtitles: | "Special Forum on The I Ching and World Literature" |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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| 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frad012 |