How does human society arise from the primordial world? How can it reflect Heaven's wisdom and integrate with the Earth's natural systems? How can humanity tame and structure society so it is socially and ecologically harmonious? How can we entrain the wisdom and energy of sacred natural principles—such as Heaven, Earth, the elements, and the seasons—into social structures and human interactions? The Yijing addressed these questions millennia ago.
The Yijing presents a narrative of healthy social development in the context of a profound, subtle, and sacred view of reality. Its concise, exquisitely structured multi-perspectival framework can support the essential inquiry of our time: how to create a good human society amidst today's spiritual, political, social, economic, and ecological chaos. The Yijing's map of social development is based on natural law, wisdom, and the practical application of social principles that are based on interdependence and virtue. It is at once spiritual, visionary, and intensely practical. It encompasses the profundity and unfathomable complexity of human society as it evolves, organizes itself, and matures in concert with the four seasons and five elements.
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