I never cease to be surprised at the number of ‘quiet scholars’ who spend whole lifetimes studying the Yi and who produce wonderful results. Paul Martyn McGowan is just one of these.
He lives in beautiful County Mayo in Eire (Ireland) and has studied the Yi for over 45 years and has discovered a link between the He Tu and Luo Shu diagrams (The Yellow River Map and the Luo Map) which have befuddled students for centuries. It is a mathematical relationship, but that was to be expected of two clearly mathematical designs.
There are some surprising and interesting observations in his conclusion and on his own site. This is definitely worth reading.
Paul is in the process of publishing a book on the Yijing, “The Sum of Things” which I hope to review here when it is available.
I would also like to offer my heartfelt condolences for the recent loss of his partner Karen.