Teaching the I Ching (Book of changes)
By: Geoffrey Redmond and Tze-Ki Hon
Contributors: Hon, Tze-Ki, 1958- author
Series: Teaching religious studies; AAR teaching religious studies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780199766819
Subjects: Yi jing
Description: "Teaching the I Ching (Pinyin Yijing) is a comprehensive and authoritative source for attaining an understanding of 3,000 year old Book of Changes, arguably the most influential Chinese classical text. It provides up-to-date coverage of key aspects, including bronze age origins, references to women, excavated manuscripts, the canonical commentaries, cosmology, and the Yijing in modern China and the West"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Concise Chronology of Chinese Dynasties (with reference to the book of changes); title: The Structure of the Yijing; title: The Rewards and Perils of Studying an Ancient Classic; title: Divination : Fortune-Telling and Philosophy; title: Bronze Age Origins; title: Women in the Yijing; title: Recently Excavated Manuscripts; title: Ancient Meanings Reconstructed; title: The Ten Wings; title: Cosmology; title: Moral Cultivation; title: Chapter 9. The Yijing as China Enters the Modern Age; title: The Yijing's Journey to the West; title: Readers Guide; title: Predicting the Future for the Yijing.