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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of America, Incorporated
ISBN-100761813152
ISBN-139780761813156
eBay Product ID (ePID)512619
Product Key Features
Book TitleDivination, Order, and the Zhouyi
Number of Pages428 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEastern, Divination / General
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Religion
AuthorRichard Gotshalk
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-050879
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal299/.51282
SynopsisDivination, Order, and the Zhouyi deals with the interpretation of the Zhouyi, a divination work of early China composed during the late 9th century BC that embodies a unique method of divination through symbolic, verbally formulated images. This divination system was originally meant to serve the Zhou King as he carried out the Mandate of Heaven. After the Western Zhou dynasty ended, biased interpretation by those other than the royal scribes appeared. Richard Gotshalk seeks to return to the original meaning of the work, which facilitates a greater understanding of the concrete world as a realm of change in which something is at stake and action needs to be appropriate to the reality of the changing world., Divination, Order, and the Zhouyi offers an interpretation of the Zhouyi, the 9th century BC divination core of the Book of Change. After presenting the historical background and setting for the creation of the Zhouyi, Richard Gotshalk portrays the type of divination the method was constructed originally to affect, the orderliness of the means it uses, and the order of the world that is presupposed in such a divination. Gotshalk also offers a translation of the Zhouyi, and provides an accompanying commentary to guide understanding. Finally, in an appendix, he discusses the earliest record of the use of the Zhouyi, which reflects some of the early reinterpretations of the work, including the beginning of its construal as a wisdom book., Divination, Order, and the Zhouyi offers an interpretation of the Zhouyi , the 9th century BC divination core of the Book of Change . After presenting the historical background and setting for the creation of the Zhouyi , Richard Gotshalk portrays the type of divination the method was constructed originally to affect, the orderliness of the means it uses, and the order of the world that is presupposed in such a divination. Gotshalk also offers a translation of the Zhouyi , and provides an accompanying commentary to guide understanding. Finally, in an appendix, he discusses the earliest record of the use of the Zhouyi , which reflects some of the early reinterpretations of the work, including the beginning of its construal as a wisdom book.
LC Classification NumberPL2464.Z7G67 1999
