Christine Lee
Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period
1
4 March 2010
Symbolism in Eastern
Philosophy
top,
Blue on the
bottom
3 black bars in
the left top
corner
4 black bars in
(Toddler Drawing South...)
The “Unity of Opposites”
I Ching: the Book of Changes
(I Ching)
(Scholars in Ancient...) ((Digital Matrix)
Even 2300 Years Later...
Ken
K’an
Sun
Ch’ien
Tui
Li
Chen
K’un
Physics
Universe : Atom
DNA
Medicine
Fractals
Classroom Activity Ideas
• 1. Construct a small (6” x 6”) sand mandala. Various
geometric circular designs will be printed on card
stock. Students will be provided colored sand and
the tools with which they can construct the mandala.
• 2. Construct a simple origami or a paper snowflake
demonstrating fractals (the idea that each part has the
same essential character as the whole).
• 3. Students take a short Jungian psychology type
analysis and find out which of the eight types they
are. They will be “yang” in some personal qualities
and “yin” in others.
Works Cited
• Capra, Fritzjof. The Tao of Physics. New York: Bantam, 1983. Print.
• Hansen, Chad. “Taoism.” The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed. Edward N. Zalta. N.p.,
Winter 2008. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2008/entries/taoism/>.
• Hare, Martha L. “The Emergence of an Urban U.S. Chinese Medicine.” Medical Anthropology
Quarterly ns 7.1 (1993): 30-49. JSTOR. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/649245>.
• Hartz, Paula R. Taoism: World Religions. New York: Facts on File, 2004. Print.
• Karcher, Stephen. “Jung, the Tao, and the Classic of Change.” Journal of Religion and Health 38.4
(1999): 287-304. JSTOR. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/27511402>.
• Lee, Jung Young. The Principles of Changes: Understanding the I Ching. New Hyde Park, New York:
University Books, 1971. Print.
• Xin, Chen. The Illustrated Canon of Chen Family Taijiquan. China: INBI Matrix Pty Ltd, 2007. Print.
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