“Alone”, as a Result of Divination: A Study of the Wangjiatai Gui cang’s Pure Yin Hexagram

Q2 Arts and Humanities
Adam Craig Schwartz (施沃慈)
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The present study offers a new reading of the Wangjiatai Gui cang’s pure yin hexagram text. I make a comprehensive analysis of the composition and layered texture of the text, by employing a methodology to engage with its images and narratives at an emic level. I determine that there is an iconographic resemblance between the hexagram picture and the graph writing its name, identify an image program centered on being “alone”, “inhumanity”, and “water”, and provide a context for the independent but interlocking narratives of Xia king Qi and Gong gong. Taken together, evidence points to Gua 寡 “Alone” as the candidate with the lowest odds among various proposals for the hexagram’s name. The overall meaning of “Alone” is that being bad, self-serving, and immoral will lead to one being divested of spiritual blessings and support of the people. The image of water in the two narratives is a metaphor for wantonness that also functions as a conduit for its disposal.
“独”是占卜的结果——王家台《归苍》纯阴卦研究
本研究为解读王家台龟仓的纯阴卦文提供了一种新的思路。我对文本的构成和层次结构进行了全面的分析,采用了一种方法论,在主位层面上处理文本的图像和叙事。我确定了卦图和写名字的图之间有着图像上的相似性,确定了一个以“孤独”、“非人”和“水”为中心的图像程序,并为夏王齐和龚独立但环环相扣的叙事提供了背景。综合来看,有证据表明Gua寡 “孤独”是各种提议中几率最低的候选人。“孤独”的总体含义是,坏的、自私的和不道德的行为会导致一个人失去精神上的祝福和人民的支持。在这两个故事中,水的形象是对肆意的隐喻,也是对其处理的管道。
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