Chou dynasty (1122-249 BCE): Western & Eastern
Western Chou: Classic China: Traditional history
Duke of Chou establishes multiple Chinese legacies
China’s Feudal system
The Military Aristocracy both defends and exploits the Peasantry
Mandate of Heaven
Ruler's Responsibility: Welfare of the Citizenry
Context: the First Chinese Classic
History of the I Ching
Spirit transcends the Yin-Yang Polarity
Universal background of the I Ching
Crossing the Great River
Rivers in Journey to the West
Flowing Sand River
Regularity of the Seasonal cycle
Trigrams create ‘great field of action’
Divination and the I Ching
Warrior officials, the shih
The Literati, the ju
The 6 'talents' of the warrior officials/shih serve multiple functions.
Warriors become officials during the Chou