A Companion to Yi jing Numerology and Cosmology
€273.90
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780700716081 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bent Nielsen |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 424 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.806 |
| Publishing Date | 17/10/2002 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €258.40 |
| Tax | €15.50 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €273.90 |
| Availability | 2 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
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.