A LOGIC ORIGINATING FROM YIN-YANG AND FORMED IN DAO:A TENTATIVE STUDY OF THE LOGIC OF THINKING IN LAOZI

摘要

1.Introduction In the previous discussion on the logic of thinking of Zhou Yi,we have attempted to examine the evolution from the eight diagrams to the sixty-four hexagrams,in the hope of fi nding out what it tries to convey to its readers and how it achieves its aim.1Our conclusion is:Zhou Yi set up a thinking model which deeply infl uenced the Chinese traditional culture and we can see its infl uences in today’s China.Moreover,the interpretations of the symbolic diagrams provided