Hi Bruno, This may not be the final answer, but the I Ching demonstrates that comp is possible. That Yi is a complete, homogeneous (and all of that good stuff) semantic field, the set of all possible human experiences to 64 bit resolution (the hexagrams) in numerical (binary) form.
When I say "all", I mean all, because the hexagrams are generated combinatorially from yin (0) and yang (1), or 2 bits per line, there being six lines in a hexagram, which gives a total of 2^6 = 64 bits per hexagram. And there are 8x8 =64 corresponding hexagrams . The hexagrams are constructed based on the 64 situations. This construction (combining trigrams) would be your "calculation ". Assuming that as in tao, the world is made of a mixture of yin and yang, the hexagrams are top/bottom combinations of three line trigrams, where top=outer (public) situations and bottom are inner (subjective) experiences. As I have indicated previously, public versions of experiences are given as 3p(1p), so 3p = top trigram (environment) 1p = bottom trigram (personal situation). For example, suppose the 3p top (dominant, environment) is a man, which reading right to left is 111. And a woman 000 is the bottom. Then you have 111000, which means stagnation. Reversing the trigrams so that the woman is top or dominant gives "bliss". Any wopman will tell you that these meanings are correct. As an example of how the hexagrams of the Yi are constructed, see http://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/learn/gua/trigrams/ This site is run by an old acquaintance of mine, Hilary. Roger Clough, [email protected] 10/22/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
