Yijing text and interpretation
Study layers of text and Wings, Han, Wang Bi, Song, Qing and modern excavated traditions.
03Institute · Research
Trace the source. Reconstruct the method.
Test the claim. Understand the people.
Our research in Chinese mantic arts and the Yijing is built on source tracing, repeatable procedures, version comparison and discussion of limits.
INDEXPAGE CONTENT
What we study, how we study it and what the work produces.
This page separates subjects, procedures, long-term projects and output standards so that an abstract claim to research never substitutes for material, method and responsibility.
01Research matrix
Eight long-term research directions
From text to algorithm, object to society, Chinese context to global translation: every project states its material, edition, method and limits.
Excavated mantic manuscripts
Oracle inscriptions, numerical hexagrams, Chu silk, Qin-Han daybooks, boards and Dunhuang manuals.
Astronomy, calendars and time
Separate observations, calculations, political calendars and astrological interpretation; reconstruct stems, seasons and months.
Structural and comparative method
Decompose Six Lines, Plum Blossom, Qimen, Taiyi, Liuren and fate systems into input, rules, inference and output.
Objects and spatial culture
Study bones, yarrow, cosmic boards, compasses, almanacs, site manuals, maps and orientation.
Social history and living traditions
Examine roles in family, commerce, migration, rites, community, religion and modern media.
Efficacy narratives and empirical study
Separate retrospective cases, prospective records, selection bias and reproducible tests; publish scoring rules first.
Translation, digital archives and circulation
Build terminology, edition genealogies, corpora, bilingual annotation and open education.
02Method
A six-step research method
Name → establish edition → date → reconstruct → compare → evaluate. Every step leaves an auditable record.
- 01
Name
Separate same-name different arts and different-name same arts; record Chinese, aliases, pinyin and preferred translation.
- 02
Establish edition
State edition, fascicle, base text, facsimile source and significant variants.
- 03
Date
Separate a person's dates, textual composition, surviving witness and modern edition.
- 04
Reconstruct
Rewrite formulas as steps, marking inputs, constants, exceptions and school choices.
- 05
Compare
Compare region, period, lineage, text and cases instead of making one route stand for the whole.
- 06
Evaluate
Assess historical value, internal coherence, empirical support and ethical risk separately.
03Research projects
Core research projects
The institute organizes priority work through a project system with research leads, collection partners, peer review, version records and publication rules.
Core knowledge program
↗Panoramic atlas
A bilingual graph of systems, branches, texts, people, concepts and historical nodes.
Comparative research
↗Comparative Three Boards
Compare epochs, palaces, rotating boards, agents and host-guest models across Taiyi, Qimen and Liuren.
Public textual guide
↗Guide to excavated mantic texts
A reliable public pathway into oracle bones, numerical hexagrams, daybooks, boards and Dunhuang.
Terminology standard
↗Terminology and translation standard
Record aliases, historical semantics, preferred equivalents and concepts that resist literal translation.
Method and data standard
↗Transparent algorithms and case registry
Versioning, timestamps, anonymization and pre-registration for charts and efficacy claims.
Oral history and fieldwork
↗Global oral history
Document practitioners, regional differences and modern transformation with informed consent.
What may represent the institute
Traceable
Dates, texts, editions and quotations return to identifiable sources.
Repeatable
Another researcher can reproduce the procedure using the same version.
Open to disagreement
Schools, gaps and uncertainty remain visible instead of being flattened by authority.
Responsible
Protect privacy, consent and autonomy; do not create fear or dependence on certainty.
MANTICARTS · INSTITUTE
Do you hold a text, object, algorithm or field record worth studying?
Write to JesunsWu@gmail.com with provenance, research question, publication limits and the collaboration you propose.