The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes Contributor(s): Cheng Yi (Author), Harrington, L. Michael (Translator), Wang, Robin R. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0300218079 ISBN-13: 9780300218077 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $93.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Confucianism - Religion | Eastern - Philosophy | Eastern |
Dewey: 299.512 |
LCCN: 2018964796 |
Series: World Thought in Translation |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.6" (2.15 lbs) 576 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A translation of a key commentary on perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China This book is a translation of a key commentary on the Book of Changes, or Yijing (I Ching), perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China. The Yijing first appeared as a divination text in Zhou-dynasty China (ca. 1045-256 bce) and later became a work of cosmology, philosophy, and political theory as commentators supplied it with new meanings. While many English translations of the Yijing itself exist, none are paired with a historical commentary as thorough and methodical as that written by the Confucian scholar Cheng Yi, who turned the original text into a coherent work of political theory. |