Instructions: This Scripture Discussion has two parts: (1) Ancient Chinese Reli

Instructions: This Scripture Discussion has two parts: (1) Ancient Chinese Religions; (2.) Scriptures of Confucianism & Daoism. Please complete both parts in a single original post, and then comment on others’ posts. You will need to complete the readings on Confucian & Daoist Scripture in order to complete Part 2.
[PART 1 — Ancient Chinese Religion] Try your own hand at the Coin Method of Divination for the Yijing (I Ching — Book of Changes) as described here: How to Consult the I Ching. (Be sure to have a question you want to ask that you are okay with sharing with the whole class!) The linked website also features a handy guide for looking up the number of the relevant hexagram(s): Hexagram Identification Chart. (There are also YouTube Videos you can search for if you need further guidance.)
Next, use this website (Chinese Text Project: Book of Changes) to look up the passage from the Yijing corresponding to the Hexagram number you came up with using the coin method. Try to interpret the answer to your question on the basis of what the Yijing has to say about your Hexagram and post your interpretation and a discussion of how you came up with that interpretation on the basis of the Hexagram here.
I know this might be a challenge. Just give it a go: it may be difficult; you can add your questions, concerns, doubts, and intrigues to your post. (The first website linked above has linked interpretations of each Hexagram, but they aren’t necessarily reliable to the original Yijing text — they’re trying to sell a product.)
I also don’t expect you to have any confidence in the reliability of this procedure of “divination”–I just want you to see a bit of what is involved in the process and the text of the Yijing.
After you have completed your post, please comment respectfully and thoughtfully on a fellow student’s post.
[Part 2: Confucian & Daoist Scripture]
Compare and contrast the teachings of either Confucius (Kongzi) or Mencius (Mengzi) when it comes to the proper way to live one’s life and deal with its challenges to the teachings of either Laozi or Zhuangzi on these matters. Explain your answers by reference to (and citation of) the text of the scriptures in this submodule.

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