A Companion to Yi Jing Numerology and Cosmology

ISBN-13: 9780700716081 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 424 str.

Bent Nielson;Nielsen Bent

Opis

Translations of the Yi jing into western languages have been biased towards the yili ('meaning and pattern') tradition, whereas studies of the xiangshu ('image and number') tradition - which takes as its point of departure the imagery and numerology associated with divination and its hexagrams, trigrams, lines, and related charts and diagrams - has remained relatively unexplored. This major new reference work is organised as a Chinese-English encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically according to the pinyin romanisation, with Chinese characters appended. A character index as well as an English index is included. The entries are of two kinds: technical terms and various other concepts related to the 'image and number' tradition, and bio-bibliographical information on Chinese Yi jing scholars. Each entry in the former category has a brief explanation that includes references to the origins of the term, cross-references, and a reference to an entry giving a more comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Spis treści

List of plates Common Abbreviations Conventions Introduction A Companion to Yi Jing Numerology and Cosmology Plates (between pages 348 and 349) Selected Bibliography Index of Common English Translations of the Hexagram names Index of Chinese Works

O autorze

Bent Nielsen