| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Translations from the Asian Classics |
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Translations from the Asian classics.
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| Contents |
Divining the past, divining the future: archaeology and the rediscovery of the changes -- The context, content, and significance of the Shanghai Museum manuscript of the Zhou Yi -- Translation of the Shanghai Museum manuscript of the Zhou Yi -- The Wangjiatai bamboo-strip manuscripts of the Gui Cang -- Translation of the Gui Cang fragments -- The Fuyang Zhou Yi manuscript -- Translation of the Fuyang Zhou Yi manuscript |
| Summary |
In recent years, three ancient manuscripts relating to the Yi jing (I Ching), or Classic of Changes, have been discovered. The earliest?the Shanghai Museum Zhou Yi?dates to about 300 B.C.E. and shows evidence of the text's original circulation. The Gui cang, or Returning to Be Treasured, reflects another ancient Chinese divination tradition based on hexagrams similar to those of the Yi jing. In 1993, two manuscripts found in a third-century B.C.E. tomb at Wangjiatai contained almost exact parallels to the Gui cang's early quotations, supplying new information on the performance of early C |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Yi jing -- Criticism, Textual
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Yi jing fast |
| Subject |
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0231533306 |
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9780231533300 |
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