The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes
The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes (World Thought in Translation) by Cheng Yi (Author), L. Michael Harrington (Translator)
2019 | ISBN: 0300218079 | English | 576 pages | PDF | 3 MB
2019 | ISBN: 0300218079 | English | 576 pages | PDF | 3 MB
A translation of a key commentary on perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China
This book is a translation of a key commentary on the Book of Changes, or Yijing (I Ching), perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China. The Yijing first appeared as a divination text in Zhou-dynasty China (ca. 1045–256 bce) and later became a work of cosmology, philosophy, and political theory as commentators supplied it with new meanings. While many English translations of the Yijing itself exist, none are paired with a historical commentary as thorough and methodical as that written by the Confucian scholar Cheng Yi, who turned the original text into a coherent work of political theory.