1st Edition
Zhouyi A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes
By Richard Rutt
Copyright 1997
510 Pages
by
Routledge
510 Pages
by
Routledge
510 Pages
by
Routledge
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Modern research has revealed the Book of Changes to be a royal divination manual of the Zhou state (500100 BC). This new translation synthesizes the results of modern study, presenting the work in its historical context. The first book to render original Chinese rhymes into rhymed English.
List of diagrams and tables, Preface, Romanization and Pronunaation, PART I, 1. The background: Bronze Age China, 2. The history of a book, 3. The fascination of Zhouyi, 4. European translations, 5. The contents of Zhouyi, 6. Divination, PART II, ZHOUYI, TRANSLATION NOTES, PART III, APPENDIX: The Ten Wings: Introduction, NOTES: References and further reading, GLOSSARY of Chinese characters, Index
Biography
Richard Rutt