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.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: The "Original Meaning" of the Zhou Changes (Zhouyi benyi ¿¿¿¿)
Zhouyi benyi ¿¿¿¿
1. Part A: Hexagrams 1-30
2. Part B: Hexagrams 31-64
3. Treatise on the Appended Remarks (Xici zhuan ¿¿¿)
4. Treatise Discussing the Trigrams (Shuogua zhuan ¿¿¿)
5. Commentary on Assorted Hexagrams (Zagua zhuan ¿¿¿)
Appendix: Divination Ritual (Shiyi ¿¿)
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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.

Product details

• Authors: Xi Zhu
• Assisted by: joseph Adler (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.2024
• EAN: 9780231216609
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21660-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Translations from the Asian Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; China, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, RELIGION / Confucianism, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / I Ching, Chinese, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Confucianism, The I Ching