Lin, Zhongjun. "On the Hermeneutics in the Yi Zhuan."  (Conference Paper- International Conference on Creativity and Process: East-West Dialogue). Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan. 2007. 

Abstract

The first hermeneutic principle in the Yi Zhuan (commentaries on the Test of  Zhouyi, also called the Ten Wings) is "adaptability".  This principle is set forth in conformity to the Dao (way) to indicate that the Dao gives birth to the myriad of things and man who can interpret, understand it, can unite with the Dao.  To unite with the Dao is the ultimate purpose of the hermeneutics of the Yi  studies.  So far as the interpretation of the Dao is concerned, the connotations of the Dao is, on one hand, definite, clear and concrete, but, on the other hand, it is indefinite which is exhibited in the reality as diversity and adaptability.  This characteristic of the Dao allows the interpretations to have a broad and indefinite space in doing interpretations.  Departing from this principle, the Yi Zhuan realized three transformations from the anciet Text of the Zhouyi:  (1) from a divinatory interpretation to a virtuous interpretation; (3) from the interpretation of the original meaning of the hexagrams and lines to the interpretation of the significance of the hexagrams and lines.  Thereby the present paper reveals that in ancient China there was a form of hermeneutics, which differs not only from the early Western exegetics but also from modern philosophical hermeneutics.  So, the hermenuetics in the Yi Zhuan  was unique.