Cheng, Chung-Ying.  “Chinese Philosophy and Symbolic Reference.”  Philosophy East and West 27 (July 1977): 307-322.

Abstract

This article discusses and explains Whitehead's doctrine of symbolic reference and then applies this doctrine to illuminate and explicate some important but often ignored features of thinking and philosophizing in the  I Ching and the Tao Te Ching. [Abstract from The Philosopher’s Index]