| Abstract |
Li Kung was a famous Yi scholar in the early Quing Dynasty. He studies Yi and writesZhouy-zhuanzhu. The purpose of this study is to discuss how Li inherits, criticizes and developsMao’s academic achievement, hoping to make clear the differences and the similarities betweentheir learning, and further to point out the characteristics in Li’s Yijing learning and his influenceon later development of Yijing learning. This study points out not only the standpoints of Li’sand Mao’s research on Yijing learning in either the Han or the Tang Dynasties; but also Li’sinheritance of Mao’s evaluating explaining diagrams and discriminating the paradigm ofnumerology in the Song Dynasty. Li puts emphasis on understanding the essence of etiquetteand musical cultivation, and the practical application; and his mastering in Yawing manifestsYen Yuan’s essential claim of feasible practice. Li’s most important contribution lies in hissurvey and selection of different views of paradigm of numerology. In addition to providing hispersonal opinions, Li collects and selects other scholars’ viewpoints, which helps show thewhole picture of paradigm of numerology in the early Qing Dynasty.
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