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The I Ching, or Book of Changes, has been one of the two or three most influential books in the Chinese canon. It has been used by people on all levels of society, both as a method of divination and as a source of essential ideas about the nature of heaven, earth, and humankind. During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Sung dynasty literati turne



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. The I Ching Prior to Sung, pg. 7*CHAPTER TWO. The Sung Context: From Ou-yang Hsiu to Chu Hsi, pg. 26*CHAPTER THREE. Su Shih and Culture, pg. 56*CHAPTER FOUR. Shao Yung and Number, pg. 100*CHAPTER FIVE. Ch'eng I and the Pattern of Heaven-and-Earth, pg. 136*CHAPTER 6. Chu Hsi and Divination, pg. 169*CHAPTER SEVEN. Sung Literati Thought and the I Ching, pg. 206*APPENDIX: The Fu Hexagram, pg. 237*Glossary, pg. 255*Bibliography, pg. 259*About the Authors, pg. 267*Index, pg. 269

Sung Dynasty Uses of the I Ching Princeton Legacy

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691607764, 978-0691607764
      ISBN10: 0691607761
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The I Ching, or Book of Changes, has been one of the two or three most influential books in the Chinese canon. It has been used by people on all levels of society, both as a method of divination and as a source of essential ideas about the nature of heaven, earth, and humankind. During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Sung dynasty literati turne



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*CHAPTER ONE. The I Ching Prior to Sung, pg. 7*CHAPTER TWO. The Sung Context: From Ou-yang Hsiu to Chu Hsi, pg. 26*CHAPTER THREE. Su Shih and Culture, pg. 56*CHAPTER FOUR. Shao Yung and Number, pg. 100*CHAPTER FIVE. Ch'eng I and the Pattern of Heaven-and-Earth, pg. 136*CHAPTER 6. Chu Hsi and Divination, pg. 169*CHAPTER SEVEN. Sung Literati Thought and the I Ching, pg. 206*APPENDIX: The Fu Hexagram, pg. 237*Glossary, pg. 255*Bibliography, pg. 259*About the Authors, pg. 267*Index, pg. 269

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