When discussing the beauty of the I Ching in the second section, we touched upon the third subtopic: the beauty of Heaven and Earth. Previously, we might have only exclaimed, “Oh Heaven, oh Earth!” — expressions of awe — yet Heaven and Earth themselves contain inexhaustible, profound beauty. Here, “Heaven” (Qian) is the celestial principle; it is not “the day before yesterday,” nor does it possess yesterday, today, or tomorrow. This is the concept of Heaven as understood in the Chinese worldview.
The I Ching explicitly addresses this:
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