Geoffrey Redmond

Reading the I Ching (Book of Changes)

Themes, Imagery, Expressions, and Rhetoric

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Reading the I Ching (Book of Changes) includes an interlinear Chinese text, a glossary of important words in English, Chinese, and pinyin, and an appendix. These features make it essential reading for students taking courses in Chinese philosophy, Chinese religion, and early Chinese history, as well as readers looking for a clear and accessible gloss of this text"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781350443532
• ISBN-10: 1350443530
• Artikelnr.: 72652860

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Redmond is an independent scholar, USA. He is the author of The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Bloomsbury, 2017).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Table
Preface
Note to the Reader
Acknowledgements
Part I. Background
Introduction: Starting to Read a 3,000 Year Old Book
1. Engaging With the Archaic Text
2. Divination: Managing Uncertainty
3. Is The Book of Changes Esoteric?
Part II. Grammar and Structure
4. Divinatory Prognostic Terms in the Zhouyi
5. The Grammar of the Zhouyi
6. Rhetoric and Forms of Expression
Part III. Imagery
7. The Nature of Omens
8. Divining about Numbers and Durations
9. Daily Life: Joys and Hazards
10. Women's Lives
11. Emotions and the Body
12. Hierarchy: Kings, Nobles, Commoners
13. Travel and Its Hazards
14. Ritual Cruelty: Human Sacrifice
15. Animals in Early China
16. Warfare
17. Optical Imagery: The Diagrams
Part IV.
18. Final Reflections
19. Table of Prognostic Terms
20. Glossary of Names and Specialized Terms
21. Hexagram Chart
22. Hexagram Locator
Notes
Bibliography
Index