Macbeth’s and ZHUGE Liang’s Fate Explained Through I Ching

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.455How to use a DOI?

Keywords

I Ching, Macbeth, ZHUGE Liang, the Kun Hexagram

Abstract

I Ching, also translated as Yijing or The Changes, is a work on the “law of change” that is universally applicable to the natural world and human society. It originated from China but belongs to all the human kind. It is a treasure to the world civilization and is still valuable to all walks of life. The philosophy of I Ching’s Kun Hexagram is used to analyze the fate of two literary characters: Macbeth and ZHUGE Liang. Macbeth’s collapse of nice fame and good fortune lies in his dashing out of the way of a subordinate in his “top-yin” period; by contrast, ZHUGE Liang’s integrity and prosperity lies in his humility from his “first-yin” period to the “top-yin” period.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TI  - Macbeth’s and ZHUGE Liang’s Fate Explained Through I Ching
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)
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