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.
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
424 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2002-10-17 |
| ISBN |
9780700716081 |
