Author : Cheng Yi
Release : 2019-05-28
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes by : Cheng Yi
Download or read book The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes written by Cheng Yi. This book was released on 2019-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.