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Zusatztext The authors are well-informed regarding the traditional Chinese context and modern issues alike...This volume belongs in all collections. Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey Redmond's dual background is in textual criticism, which he studied at the University of Virginia under the eminent philologist Fredson Bowers, and biomedical science, which he studied at Columbia and Rockefeller Universities. His research concerns systematic cosmological thought in the ancient and modern world, using the ancient Zhouyi as a primary source His six published books include Science and Asian Spiritual Traditions. He has lectured extensively in Asia, Europe, and North America Tze-ki Hon is Professor of History at the State University of New York at Geneseo.He is the author of The Yijing and Chinese Politics: Classical Commentary and Literati Activism in the Northern Song Period, 960-1127. His articles and book reviews have appeared in the American Historical Review, China Review International, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Journal of Chinese Studies, Modern China, Monumenta Serica, and Philosophy East and West. Klappentext Teaching the I Ching (Book of Changes) is a comprehensive and authoritative source for understanding the 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. Zusammenfassung Teaching the I Ching (Book of Changes) is a comprehensive and authoritative source for understanding the 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
