Wang Bi was a scholar of the Yi Jing (also known as I Ching). He lived in the third century of the Common Era and died at the age of 23. His commentaries dominated Yi Jing scholarship until the eleventh century. Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Simplified Chinese: 易经; Traditional Chinese: 易經, Hanyu Pinyin: Yì Jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ... Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...
WangBi (Wang Pi), styled Fusi, is regarded as one of the most important interpreters of the classical Chinese texts known as the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) and the Yijing (I Ching).
Wangs approach, as far as we can tell from what remains of the commentary, was to focus on those passages that stress the limited capacity of language, especially with respect to the inability to define in language the nature of the sage.
Wangs commentary on the hexagrams draws heavily from passages in the Daodejing and Zhuangzi.
"Wang Ch'ung provided a skeptical review of the superstitions and religions of his day and strengthened the component of rationality in Chinese philosophy."
Brief history of the third- and fourth-century "second flowering of Taoism," including the Pure Conversation School and WangBi.
Brief account of the "Mysterious Learning" movement of WangBi and Guo Xiang.
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