josh wrote:I think it's supposed to be 欲擒故縱 (yu qin gu zong), which means that you intentionally let someone go when you want to capture them.
nianfong wrote:oh that's from the yi jing? sounds like sunzi bingfa where I remember several similar statements.
Wuyizidi wrote:nianfong wrote:oh that's from the yi jing? sounds like sunzi bingfa where I remember several similar statements.
Sun Zi, Kong Zi, Lao Zi,... they were all influenced by Yi Jing. That's why Yi Jing is called Bai Jing Zhi Shou 百經之首 (head/source of all classics).
I once asked my teacher what's the real benefit of reading Yi Jing. He basically said "its teachings formed the foundations of traditional Chinese thought, permeating almost all aspects of culture. You may not immediately recognize those ideas as they were filtered through later thinkers like Kong Zi, Lao Zi, etc. People regarded Kong Zi's philosophy as a yang adaptation of Yi Jing ideas, and Daoism the more yin adaptation... Today you can still read it for its wisdom, and get a deeper understanding of our culture."
I resisted reading it for a long time, just like I really resisted studying Taiji Quan. I am constantly surprised by common ideas like 欲擒故從 which I thought came from somewhere else.
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