Teaching the I Ching (Book of changes)

Authors:Geoffrey P. Redmond, Tze-Ki Hon

Summary:Teaching the I Ching (Book of Changes) is intended as an authoritative source of information about the Book of Changes, arguably the most important of the Chinese ancient classics. The present work provides an in-depth background for teaching the Yijing, or for beginning serious study. It was developed in response to audience requests made at a major academic conference. Also provided is a detailed reader's guide through the challenges of reading the classic, including evaluation of the major translations and instructions for divination

eBook, English, 2014

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2014

Series:

AAR teaching religious studies

Genre:Llibres electrònics

Physical Description:1 online resource (1 recurs electrònic)

ISBN:

9780199396474, 9781322110769, 0199396477, 132211076X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1120332926

Subjects:

Confucianisme

Llibres electrònics

Yi jing

Contents:

Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Chronology of Chinese Dynasties ; Structure of the Yijing ; List of Illustrations ; Introduction: Studying an Ancient Classic ; Chapter 1 Divination: Fortune-Telling and Philosophy ; Chapter 2 Bronze Age Origins ; Chapter 3 Women in the Book of Changes ; Chapter 4 Excavated Manuscripts ; Chapter 5 Ancient Meanings Reconstructed ; Chapter 6 The Ten Wings ; Chapter 7 Cosmology ; Chapter 8 Moral Cultivation ; Chapter 9 The Yijing in Modern China ; Chapter 10 The Yijing's Journey to the West ; Chapter 11 Reading the Book of Changes ; Chapter 12 The Future of the Yijing ; Bibliography ; Index

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