The essentials of the Yi Jing / translated, annotated, and with an introduction and notes Chung Wu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wu, Chung, 1919-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yi jing.

Physical Description:

lxix, 566 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

St. Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, [2003]

Summary:

The Yi Jing (I Ching) is a classic Chinese literary and philosophical work on the relationship of people to one another and to nature. This book goes beyond all previous renderings of the Yi Jing in both scope and methods of presentation. The Yi Jing proper and its ten Wings are all included. This text is well-organized and the methods and procedures used by scholars since ancient times have been reviewed and explained, enabling the reader to distinguish acceptable interpretations from specious ones. Each of the 64 hexagrams ends with a synopsis of the essence of the hexagram or its relation with others. This synoptic commentary on the Yi Jing has not been done before.

Contents:

Section 1. The Nature of the Yi Jing xvii

a. The Meaning of Yi

b. Gua and Yao

c. The Meanings of Jing and Zhuan

d. The Jing Proper and Its Ten Wings

e. Arrangement of the Textual Material and General Plan of the Work

Section 2. On the Origin and Lore of the Yi Jing xxv

a. The Origin of the Yi Jing

b. Authorship of the Yi Jing

c. The Three Sages and the Yi Jing

d. The Yi Jing after Confucius

Section 3. The System of the Yi Jing xxxiii

a. The Binary System and the Yi Jing

b. Symbolism in the Yi Jing

c. The Yi as a Means of Divination

d. Calendrical Terms in the Yi Jing

Section 4. The Investigative Tools of the Yi Jing xlvi

a. Complementarity and Antiparallelism

b. Derivation of the Hexagrams

Section 5. On Translating the Yi Jing lx

a. General Observations on Some Past Translations

b. Some Characteristics of Chinese Grammar

c. Transliteration of Chinese Terms in the Yi Jing

Chapter I Treatise on the Appended Words 1

Chapter III Treatise on the Discourses on the Trigrams 75

Chapter IV The Hexagrams 101

1. Qian, The Originator 105

2. Kun, The Bearer 126

3. Zhun, Distress 138

4. Meng, Ignorance 146

5. Xu, Waiting 153

6. Song, Litigation 160

7. Shi, The Army 166

8. Bi, Subservience 172

9. Xiao Chu, Restraint of the Small 178

10. Lu, Cautious Treading 184

11. Tai, Prosperity 190

12. Pi, Stagnation 197

13. Tong Ren, Fellowship 203

14. Da You, Great Wealth 210

15. Qian, Humility 216

16. Yu, Merriment 222

17. Sui, Following 228

18. Gu, Misdeeds 234

19. Lin, Condescension 240

20. Guan, Admiration 245

21. Shi He, Biting 252

22. Bi, Adornment 257

23. Bo, Tearing 264

24. Fu, Renewal 269

25. Wu Wang, Freedom from Vainness 276

26. Da Chu, Restraint of the Great 282

27. Yi, Nurturing 288

28. Da Guo, Excess of the Great 294

29. Kan, Entrapment 299

30. Li, Allegiance 304

31. Xian, Affection 309

32. Heng, Constancy 315

33. Dun, Retreat 320

34. Da Zhuang, Great Strength 325

35. Jin, Advancement 330

36. Ming Yi, Light Obliterated 335

37. Jia Ren, The Family 341

38. Kui, Incongruity 346

39. Jian, Difficulty 352

40. Jie, Relief 357

41. Sun, Loss 363

42. Yi, Gain 369

43. Guai, Eradication 375

44. Gou, Rendezvous 381

45. Cui, Congregation 386

46. Sheng, Ascension 391

47. Kun, Hardship 396

48. Jing, The Well 401

49. Ge, Reform 406

50. Ding, The Cauldron 413

51. Zhen, Motion 418

52. Gang, Stoppage 423

53. Jian, Gradualness 429

54. Gui Mei, Marrying a Maiden 434

55. Feng, Abundance 439

56. Lu, Traveling 444

57. Sun, Complaisance 449

58. Dui, Joy 454

59. Huan, Dispersion 459

60. Jie, Regulation 464

61. Zhong Fu, Sincerity 470

62. Xiao Guo, Excess of the Small 476

63. Ji Ji, Mission Accomplished 482

64. Wei Ji, Mission Yet Unaccomplished 487

Chapter V Treatise on the Sequence of the Hexagrams 493

Chapter VI Treatise on the Non-Sequence of the Hexagrams 509

Table A. Transcription of the names of the hexagrams with the Hanyu Pinyin and the Wade-Giles system 529

Chart A. The 64 Hexagrams arranged in order of the sequence numbers 531

Chart B. The 64 Hexagrams arranged in the alphabetical order of their names 532

Chart C. The principle yao of the sixty-four hexagrams 533.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-527) and index.

ISBN:

1557788278

OCLC:

51817545