Overview

In imperial China, the Yijing (Book of Changes) was not just read as a Confucian classic for moral cultivation, but also put into practice to solve problems of everyday life. To explain why the Yijing was so widely used in China, this volume examines its multiple textual layers, its divinatory practices, its medical uses, and its role in Chinese modernity. Together, the ten chapters demonstrate that the Yijing is indeed a living text used by both the educated elite and the populace to alleviate their fear and anxiety. Contributors are: Andrea Bréard, Chang Chia-Feng, Constance A. Cook, Stéphane Feuillas, Tze-ki Hon, Liao Hsien-huei, William Matthews, Tao Yingna, Xing Wang, and Zhao Lu.

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Author:   Tze-ki Hon
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   8
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9789004472150

ISBN 10:   9004472150
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   02 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

A Note on Style List of Tables and Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction: From “Historical Turn” to “Everyday Life Yijing”  Tze-ki Hon Part 1 The Unique Voice of the Yijing 1 Stalk and Other Divination Traditions before the Changes Canon: Views from Newly Discovered Texts  Constance A. Cook and Andrea Bréard 2 The Book of Changes as a Cosmological Manual in Han China  Zhao Lu 3 Yijing Divination and Religion during the Tang Dynasty  Xing Wang Part 2 The Yijing Prediction Practices 4 Predicting Success: Song Literati’s Uses of the Changes in Divination  Liao Hsien-huei 5 Prediction Based on the Past: Yang Wanli’s (1127–1206) Commentary on the Changes  Stéphane Feuillas 6 Yijing and Medicine: Discussions of the Gate of Life in Late Imperial China  Chang Chia-Feng 7 Hexagrams and Mathematics: Symbolic Approaches to Prediction from the Song to the Qing  Andrea Bréard Part 3 Yijing and Modernity 8 Predicting a Regime Change: The Politicization of the Yijing in Twentieth Century China  Tze-ki Hon 9 Simplified Procedure and Extended Divination Objects: A Study of Plum Blossom Yi Numerology  Tao Yingna 10 Reducing Uncertainty: Six Lines Prediction in Contemporary China  William Matthews Index

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Tze-ki Hon, Ph.D. (1992), University of Chicago, is Professor of Chinese and History at the City University of Hong Kong. He published monographs and articles on Chinese philosophy and classical studies, including The Yijing and Chinese Politics (SUNY Press, 2005).

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