This study will therefore argue that the Zhouyizhu presents man as a microcosm of the universe which follows its own patterns and who must emulate the virtues of Heaven and Earth in order to achieve self-realization and, that this discovery will inevitably lead us to understand the kind of humanist worldview it advocates, through an exploration of the relationship between the natural world and humanity wherein there is mutual respect, as well as the absence of domination, among man and nature. In particular, however, this study aims to reveal the notion of wu 無 as that which makes change possible, articulated by the commentaries made by Wangbi otherwise known as Zhouyi zhu, and looks at it as an innovative work that can provide an apt ontological framework for an inclusive ethical worldview, precisely due to the continuity of the cosmos it advocates.

The primacy of change conveyed here was what led the Chinese mind, guided by the Zhouyi, to envision the cosmos in general and man in particular as an undivided totality. In order to do this, this study looks at the Zhouyi, also known as the Changes of Zhou or Book of Changes for reasons that it presented reality as a coherent whole, and through its 64 hexagrams, which supposedly emulated the transformations of Heaven and Earth, conveyed the idea that there is an underlying pattern to the workings of the universe. This study thus aims to confront the issue of the fragmentation of consciousness rampant in the 21st century, which leads to considerable conflicts both political and ethical. Philosophy, if it endeavors to have significance in the contemporary intellectual arena at all, must be able to confront the nagging issues of society while being able to go back to its foundational ontology.

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