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Teaching the I Ching (Book of changes) / Geoffrey Redmond and Tze-Ki Hon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: AAR teaching religious studiesPublisher: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780199396474
  • 0199396477
  • 132211076X
  • 9781322110769
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Teaching the I Ching (Book of changes).DDC classification:
  • 299.5/1282 23
LOC classification:
  • PL2464.Z7 .R436 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Concise chronology of Chinese dynasties -- Structure of the Yijing -- Introduction: The rewards and perils of studying an ancient classic -- Divination: fortune-telling and philosophy -- Bronze Age origins -- Women in the Yijing -- Recently excavated manuscripts -- Ancient meanings reconstructed -- The Ten Wings -- Cosmology -- Moral cultivation -- The Yijing as China enters the modern age --The Yijing's journey to the West -- Readers guide -- Predicting the future of the Yijing.
Summary: Teaching the I Ching (Book of Changes) is intended as an authoritative source of information about the Book of Changes, arguably the most important of the Chinese ancient classics. The present work provides an in-depth background for teaching the Yijing, or for beginning serious study. It was developed in response to audience requests made at a major academic conference. Also provided is a detailed reader's guide through the challenges of reading the classic, including evaluation of the major translations and instructions for divination.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)842820

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Teaching the I Ching (Book of Changes) is intended as an authoritative source of information about the Book of Changes, arguably the most important of the Chinese ancient classics. The present work provides an in-depth background for teaching the Yijing, or for beginning serious study. It was developed in response to audience requests made at a major academic conference. Also provided is a detailed reader's guide through the challenges of reading the classic, including evaluation of the major translations and instructions for divination.

Concise chronology of Chinese dynasties -- Structure of the Yijing -- Introduction: The rewards and perils of studying an ancient classic -- Divination: fortune-telling and philosophy -- Bronze Age origins -- Women in the Yijing -- Recently excavated manuscripts -- Ancient meanings reconstructed -- The Ten Wings -- Cosmology -- Moral cultivation -- The Yijing as China enters the modern age --The Yijing's journey to the West -- Readers guide -- Predicting the future of the Yijing.