Original Meaning of the Yijing Commentary on the Scripture of Change

One of the most influential commentaries on the Yijing (I Ching), or Scripture of Change, for the past thousand years has been that of Zhu Xi (1130-1200). Joseph A. Adler's translation of the Yijing includes for the first time in any Western language Zhu Xi's commentary in full.

About the author

Zhu Xi (1130–1200), the most influential Chinese philosopher of the past two thousand years, was a crucial figure in the systematization of Neo-Confucian thought.

Joseph A. Adler is professor emeritus of Asian studies and religious studies at Kenyon College. He is the author of Reconstructing the Confucian Dao: Zhu Xi’s Appropriation of Zhou Dunyi (2014) and The Yijing: A Guide (2022), among other works.

Summary

One of the most influential commentaries on the Yijing (I Ching), or Scripture of Change, for the past thousand years has been that of Zhu Xi (1130–1200). Joseph A. Adler’s translation of the Yijing includes for the first time in any Western language Zhu Xi’s commentary in full.

Additional text

A welcome addition to the text and history of the Yijing.

Product details

• Authors: Zhu Xi, Xi Zhu
• Assisted by: Joseph Adler (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.11.2019
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780231191241
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19124-1
• Pages: 400
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Classics; Translations from the Asian Cl
• Subjects: China, I Ching, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Divination, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, RELIGION / Confucianism, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / I Ching, Chinese, Yijing, Zhu Xi, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Confucianism, The I Ching, Book of Changes; Chu Hsi; Classic of Changes; divination; hexagram; I Ching; Master Chu; Shuogua; trigrams; Yijing; Zagua; Zhouyi; Zhu Xi, Zhouyi, hexagram, Classic of Changes, Master Chu, trigrams, Zagua, Chu Hsi, Shuogua