Comparison between Hegel’s Being-Nothing-Becoming and I-Ching’s Yin-Yang-I (Change)
John Z. G. Ma *
California Institute of Integral Studies, 1453 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
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Abstract
This article introduces a cross-cultural comparative study on Hegel’s Western triad of Being-Nothing-Becoming and I-Ching (including Tao-Teh-Ching, TTK)’s Eastern triad of Yin-Yang-I (Change). The study exposes the similarities and differences between the two triads in three aspects: concept, internal motivation, and external manifestation. Results include: (1) Hegel’s “Tao” is not identical to that of the Yin-Yang paradigm; (2) Hegel’s envision of Becoming is intrinsically far away from the essence of I-Ching’s I.
Keywords: Being, nothing, becoming, I-Ching, Yin, Yang, Tao, I (Change)