Lecture on Confucianism and Taoism to be held at China Book Center on November 25

The National Library of Belarus continues a series of lectures “Chinese Metaphysics”. The meeting on the topic “From Confucius to Taoists: Two Views on the I Ching and One Way” will be held at the China Book Center on November 25, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti news agency reports with reference to the NBB press service.

The speaker will be Nikolai Plotnikov, a specialist in Taoist practices and Chinese metaphysics. He will tell how the Book of Changes (I Ching) united the two main philosophical schools of China and laid the foundation for Chinese thought.

Listeners will learn why the Confucians saw the ancient system as a strict moral compass and guide for the ideal ruler, and the Taoists as the key to harmony with nature, mystical fusion with the Tao and the search for immortality.

The lecturer will help decipher the secret meanings of hexagrams and explain how two opposing views of the world eventually merged into one great cultural path.

Start at 17:30 in room number 207g. Entrance is carried out with a reader's card.