A Change in the Rules of War
Causes of change: Nomads on horses
Iron farm implements & Irrigation
Politics of metal
The State of Ch’u controls the artistic South
History
Properties
Scientific processes involved
Chuang Tzu (350-275 BCE)
Chuang Tzu, the man – Chuang Tzu, the book
Dispelling Taoist Myths
Themes of the Chuang Tzu
Internal Rectification precedes Leading by Example
Holding fast to the Source
The Obliteration of Words, Ideas & Categories
The Chuang Tzu seen through the I Ching filter
Mirrors & the Chuang Tzu
Similarities: Chuang Tzu & Journey to the West
I Ching: A Three-pronged Method of Communicating a Sage’s Thoughts
Nei-yeh, Lao Tzu & Chuang Tzu: the same Self-Cultivation Tradition
The Chia-hsia Academy
The Nei-yeh: ‘Lost’ for Millennia, then ‘Found’
The Tao: Differing Perspectives
Nei-yeh Overview
Create a tranquil internal space to attract cosmic powers
Origination
5 Elements, Agents or Phases?
Basics of Wu-hsing
Identifying the Proper Solution via the 5-phases
Fire points to dynamic phases
Earth as container
Sha Monk, as Earth protector, in Journey to the West
Water flows, nourishes & adapts
Mixing Fire’s Attention, Water’s Desires, & Earth’s Containment
Wood as Life, the fuel for the Fire of Attention
Metal/Discipline refines Wood/Growth
Metal & Immortality
Applying Wu-hsing to Tai Chi, Music & Child rearing
Journey to the West: Importance of the Five Phases
The Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean
Congruence: Taoists & the Followers of Confucius
Legalism
The Rise of the Ch’in & the End of Feudalism
The 'First Emperor' of Ch’in
Legalism to rule the new Chinese Empire
Book burning & Scholar burying
First Emperor Standardizes Chinese Ideograms
Chinese Ideograms, Algebraic Notation, & the Alphabet
Ch’in accomplishments