Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing (I-Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China (Richard Lectures) - Tapa dura
Críticas
"In the West this book stands very much alone." - Edward Shaughnessy, University of Chicago, editor of China: Empire and Civilization "A major contribution to the fields of Chinese intellectual history and religion. To my knowledge it is the first work in a Western language that attempts an overall picture of the place of the Yijing in Chinese history and culture." - Joseph A. Adler, Kenyon College, author of Chinese Religious Traditions"
Reseña del editor
"Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World" is the first full-length study in any Western language of the development of the Yijing in China from earliest times to the present. Drawing on the most recent scholarship in both Asian and Western languages, Richard J. Smith offers a fresh perspective on virtually every aspect of Yijing theory and practice for some three thousand years. Smith introduces the reader to the major works, debates, and schools of interpretation surrounding this ancient text, and he shows not only how the "Book of Changes" was used in China as a book of divination but also how it served as a source of philosophical, psychological, literary, and artistic inspiration.Among its major contributions, this study reveals with many vivid examples the richness, diversity, vitality, and complexity of traditional Chinese thought. In the process, it deconstructs a number of time-honored interpretive binaries that have adversely affected our understanding of the Yijing - most notably the sharp distinction between the "school of images and numbers" (xiangshu) and the "school of meanings and principles" (yili). The book also demonstrates that, contrary to prevailing opinion among Western scholars, the rise of "evidential research" (kaozheng xue) in late imperial China did not necessarily mean the decline of Chinese cosmology. Smith's study reveals a far more nuanced intellectual outlook on the part of even the most dedicated kaozheng scholars, as well as the remarkable persistence of Chinese "correlative" thinking to this very day.Finally, by exploring the fascinating modern history of the Yijing, "Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World" attests to the tenacity, flexibility, and continuing relevance of this most remarkable Chinese classic.
"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
- EditorialUniversity of Virginia Press
- Año de publicación2008
- ISBN 10 0813927056
- ISBN 13 9780813927053
- EncuadernaciónTapa dura
- IdiomaInglés
- Número de páginas448
Comprar nuevo
Ver este artículo
EUR 243,12
Gastos de envío:
EUR 3,97
A Estados Unidos de America
Resultados de la búsqueda para Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing...
Imagen de archivo
Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing (I Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China
Publicado por
University of Virginia Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 0813927056
ISBN 13: 9780813927053
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 4 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is tight and square. Cover label on rear cover has a series of small stains. No dust jacket, as issued. 393pp. Nº de ref. del artículo: 055785
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing I Ching, or Classic of Changes and Its Evolution in China (RICHARD LECTURES)
Librería: Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Nº de ref. del artículo: Scanned0813927056
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles