Can The Book of Changes be used as teaching material?

Can The Book of Changes be used as teaching material?
Feb 27, 2008 02:43
KEVIN0518 Points: Join Date: Mar 13, 2007 Status: offline	Recently, the teaching material for middle school students has become a great concern. Some experts suggest that Chinese traditional medicine, intangible cultural heritage, folk culture and patent and other knowledge should be included in the teaching materials. Right now, some people advise that the Book of Changes should also be introduced to middle students because it is also a part of Chinese traditional classic culture. However, some other guys strongly object to using the Book of Changes as teaching material. In their opinion, the Book of Changes is all about ancient witchcraft so that it is not proper to use it as teaching material. What do you think of the Book of Changes? Should it be used as teaching material?

Feb 27, 2008 02:43

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Recently, the teaching material for middle school students has become a great concern. Some experts suggest that Chinese traditional medicine, intangible cultural heritage, folk culture and patent and other knowledge should be included in the teaching materials. Right now, some people advise that the Book of Changes should also be introduced to middle students because it is also a part of Chinese traditional classic culture. However, some other guys strongly object to using the Book of Changes as teaching material. In their opinion, the Book of Changes is all about ancient witchcraft so that it is not proper to use it as teaching material. What do you think of the Book of Changes? Should it be used as teaching material?

Feb 27, 2008 09:40	#1
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: Offline	"Ancient witchcraft?" Hardly. I know people have used the Book of Changes for fortune telling and perhaps some people consider that witchcraft. IMO, the book teaches a fundamental principle: In any situation there are inferior and superior ways to behave and that the path of the superior man is the preferred path. I wish the entire world would embrace that principle.

Feb 27, 2008 11:23	#2
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	But who decides who is the superior man?

Feb 27, 2008 18:58	#3
LEOPOLD219 Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	The Book of Changes is not about ancient witchcraft. As Griz said, the book was once used for fortune telling and that makes people misunderstand the book. However, I don't think it is proper to use it as teaching material because the Book of Changes is hard to understand. As I know, the college authorities even don't use it as teaching material.

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