Reflection and Reconstruction of the Contemporary Studies of The Book of Change in China

Abstract: Today the studies on The Book of Change has achieved much results in the aspects of resuming classical texts, elucidating philosophy, the history of research, and scientific studies, which far-surpassed those in the past either in depth or in breadth. But, with the change of the time and the development of academic culture, there exist problems which are prominent with each passing day, which are to be thought over and solved by the researchers of The Book of Change, such as being lack of far-reaching view, of the new methodology for breaking through the status quo, of the concern for reality, and of essential academic interaction. Therefore, in the future studies, the new moves and targets should be carried out in the following aspects, i.e., to fulfill and sum up the achieved results so as to open new fields, to build new system of studying The Book of Change starting from the original texts and from the current reality by a China-West philosophical culture mutually used for reference with a global view, and to make the studies of The Book of Change go to the outside world and participate the world dialogue.