What does 元亨利贞 really mean?

[MadePossible]

They aren't proto-Indo-Europeans. Romans in China have zero relevance to the Yijing.

 

It seems you've had a misunderstanding.

Edited 19 hours ago by MadePossible

[Cobie]

 

3 hours ago, Sanity Check said:

… https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-the-most-green-eyes …

(From the link) More than 75 percent of people who are born with green eyes can be found in Ireland and Scotland. 
 

 

[Cobie]

 

On 02/12/2025 at 10:37 AM, 心神 ~ said:

… I've always been interested in the appearance of a threefold pattern in the Daodejing, so that catches my eye. …

 

The “threefold”  =  the binary poles + integration.
It’s always about integration: {陰 (yin) + 陽 (yang)} ~> 中 (zhong)

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Cobie

[Nungali]

3 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

 

The “threefold”  =  the binary poles + integration.
It’s always about integration: {陰 (yin) + 陽 (yang)} ~> 中 (zhong)

 

 

 

 

One end .... the other end  ..... and the stuff in the middle  

 

 

 

[Cobie]

 ‘Tao ‘ sounds the same as the Dutch word for rope (touw). 
 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Cobie

[Nungali]

Noooo ..... you be mixed up with 'tow  rope '  ; 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited 3 hours ago by Nungali

[Sanity Check]

16 hours ago, MadePossible said:

They aren't proto-Indo-Europeans. Romans in China have zero relevance to the Yijing.

 

It seems you've had a misunderstanding.

 

 

If your goal was to prove europeans influenced china during that time. 1st step is to establish some type of precedent. Lost roman legion in china might help with this.

 

But if we're being honest, I think the actual influence occurred in the opposite direction. 

 

China had developed mercury based immortality elixirs long before europeans attempted to mimic these trends with their own mercury based philosopher's stones, etc.