The Yijing : a guide / Joseph A. Adler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Joseph Alan, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Guides to sacred texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yi jing.

Physical Description:

206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This book is a concise introduction to the Scripture of Change, or Yijing (formerly spelled I Ching), for general readers, practitioners of divination, students, and non-specialist scholars. Sometimes called the Book of Changes or Classic of Changes, this ancient Chinese text, with roots going back about three thousand years, has traditionally been considered the most profound of the Chinese "classics." Originally a manual of divination, in the late 1st millennium BCE it accumulated appendices, traditionally attributed to Confucius, that transformed it into a uniquely Chinese expression of wisdom. Through the centuries it has inspired countless commentaries, mostly in China but also throughout East Asia. Since the 20th century it has gained global popularity for both its use in divination and its contribution to the world's wisdom literature"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. What Is the Yijing?

2. Layers of Change

3. Yijing Divination

4. The Early History of Yijing Interpretation

5. Early Modern Views of the Yi

6. The Yijing in Modern China and the West

7. Why the Yijing?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Adler, Joseph Alan. Yijing

ISBN:

9780190072469

0190072466

9780190072452

0190072458

OCLC:

1277183778

Publisher Number:

99991144129