Abstract

In the interpretation of Yijing by the Yizhuan, the receptive text of Yijing should be regarded as a stratified living structure, from solid writing, to metaphysical images, and ultimately, to the ontological idea. It is by no means an “objective” historical book or record of divination. It is closely related to the concrete social lives and practical behaviors, which cannot be confined as a materialized existence, because this stratum of text, composed by the solid symbols of hexagrams and lines as well as characters, does not mean the accomplishment of the text of Yijing. The life existence of the receptive text of Yijing would not be integral until it is interpreted by the later interpreters, during which the interpretation of Yijing goes through the stratified intentional structure of Writing-Image-Idea, along with the life transcendence of Yi. In this sense, the receptive text of Yijing is not a fixed and purely objective text, but an appealing text which is always inclusive of the interpretation by the later receptors.