{"id":6596,"date":"2022-03-02T12:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=6596"},"modified":"2022-03-02T12:34:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T11:34:05","slug":"a-western-approximation","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/a-western-approximation","title":{"rendered":"A Western Approximation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A Western Approximation<\/em> refers to an interpretive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/model\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A model is a representation of reality, but not reality itself. In a model, complex relationships are simplified and reduced to their essential aspects. This allows aspects of reality to be grasped and understood more clearly than in the actual reality. Models are an important tool for understanding complex relationships. With a model, for example,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">model<\/a> that approaches the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/hexagram\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A hexagram is formed by two trigrams, with the movement going upwards, just like plant growth: in divination the hexagram is built from bottom to top and later read accordingly. Read more: Structure of a Hexagram Read more: Overview hexagrams\" class=\"encyclopedia\">hexagram<\/a>s from a Western perspective influenced by philosophical anthropology.<br>\nOne of the core concepts of this approach is that we, as human beings, are bound in opposites, such as &ldquo;relationship to ourselves \/ relationship to the world&rdquo;, &ldquo;individual \/ society&rdquo; or &ldquo;body \/ psyche&rdquo;. These pairs of opposites shape our experience, we can never leave them, we are inescapably bound, just as in the interplay of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/yin-and-yang\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Yin und Yang are central concepts of Chinese philosophy, especially Daoism, which applies this dualism to everything. According to Daoism Yin and Yang are fundamental aspects of reality, simultaneouly interdependent and complementary to each other, rhythmically alternating during the course of life.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Yin and Yang<\/a> &ndash; which closes the arc to the origin of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/i-ching\" target=\"_self\" title='The I&nbsp;Ching (Chinese &#63968;&#32147;, y&igrave; jing, W.-G. I&nbsp;Ching, auch: I Jing, YI&nbsp;Ching, Yi King; \"The Book of Changes\") is based on cosmology and philosophy of ancient China, particularly Daoism (Taoism). Basic ideas behind the I Ching include balance of opposites and acceptance of change. The book describes the world in 64 images which in turn&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">I Ching<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The interpretive model is explained in more detail here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/6322\">Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation<\/a><br>\nOn the hexagram pages you will find the respective texts and questions in the lower part, under the heading &ldquo;Follow the Path of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/dao\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Dao is traditionally referred to as &quot;the path&quot;. Within Daoist philosophy it describes the eternal and active principle of creation which encompasses both original unity and duality. Dao thus constitute the basic principle of the world's creation, it is a principle of immanence (= all-pervading) as well as transcendence (= undifferentiated emptiness, mother of the&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Dao<\/a>: A Western Approximation&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Western Approximation refers to an interpretive model that approaches the hexagrams from a Western perspective influenced by philosophical anthropology. One of the core concepts of this approach is that we, as human beings, are bound in opposites, such as &#8220;relationship to ourselves \/ relationship to the world&#8221;, &#8220;individual \/ society&#8221; or &#8220;body \/ psyche&#8221;.&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/a-western-approximation\">Weiterlesen:<span> A Western Approximation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-6596","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/6596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}