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  • The Huangting Jing in Journey to the West

    In the first chapter of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong encounters a woodcutter singing verses from the Huangting Jing (Yellow Court Canon), a foundational Taoist text.

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  • Huangji Jingshi and Journey to the West

    Authored by Shao Yong (Shao Kangjie) during the Northern Song Dynasty, Huangji Jingshi (The Supreme Principles Governing the World) is a seminal work of Chinese philosophy. It employs Yijing (Book of Changes) principles to explore the universe’s origins, natural evolution, and historical societal transformations. Rooted in the He-Tu and Luo-Shu numerological traditions and Xiang-Shu (“image-number”) cosmology, the text profoundly influenced ancient Chinese philosophy, science, and culture—including Journey to the West.

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