The Origin And Early Development Of The Zhou Changes
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The Origin And Early Development Of The Zhou Changes
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Author : Edward Shaughnessy
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-08-15
The Origin And Early Development Of The Zhou Changes written by Edward Shaughnessy and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The Zhou Changes, better known in the West as I Ching, is one of the masterpieces of world literature. This book, the climax of more than forty years of research in Chinese archaeology, explores the text’s origins in the oracle-bone and milfoil divinations of Bronze Age China and how it transformed over the course of the Zhou dynasty into the first of the Chinese classics. The book provides an in-depth survey of the theory and practice of divination to demonstrate how the hexagram and line statements of the text were produced and how they were understood at the time.
The Origins Of Chinese Literary Hermeneutics
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Author : Martin Svensson Ekström
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2024-03-01
The Origins Of Chinese Literary Hermeneutics written by Martin Svensson Ekström and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Explores how China's oldest poetry collection was interpreted in a Confucian exegetical text—the Mao Commentary—in the mid-second century BCE. The Shijing ("Canon of Odes") is China's oldest poetry collection, traditionally considered to have been edited by Confucius himself. Despite their enormous importance for Confucianism and Chinese civilization, the 305 odes have for millennia also puzzled readers. Why did the Sage include in the Canon apparently lewd poems about women promising men to "hitch up" their skirts and "wade the river," and men "tossing and turning in bed" yearning for young women? What did the innumerable representations of plants, beasts, and birds, and of various climactic and astronomical phenomena, signify beyond their immediate function as natural descriptions? One such puzzled reader was Mao Heng, a learned Confucian employed at a minor court in the mid-second century BCE. The object of this study is the Commentary that Mao composed on the Odes, and in particular the hermeneutic tool-the xing-that he invented to explain the figurality and tropes at play in them. Mao's "xingish" interpretation of the Odes is both genuinely hermeneutic, in that it explains the rhetorical organization of these poems, and thoroughly ideological, since it allows Mao to transform them into Confucian dogma. The book also argues that the xing, content, function, and cultural importance, is comparable to the Aristotelian concept of metaphor (metaphora), and that the xing, the Odes, and the practice of shi (Chinese "poetry") demand an intercultural, "comparative" reading for a more nuanced understanding.
Contemporary Interpretations And Readings Of The Yijing
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Author : Geir Sigurðsson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2025-04-29
Contemporary Interpretations And Readings Of The Yijing written by Geir Sigurðsson and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-29 with Philosophy categories.
This book questions whether the ancient, iconic Chinese book of divination, The Classic of Changes (Yijing) might help us navigate the precarious, complex, and seemingly unpredictable intricacies of present contemporary times. The essays contained in this book respond affirmatively to this question in seeking to show how The Classic of Changes can help us think through the particularly human challenge of establishing meaning and making choices between alternatives. The author’s book explores and discusses novel and often surprising ways for contemporary readers to interpret and apply this ancient Chinese classic, touching upon fields such as narration, technology, ecology, psychology, aesthetics, ontology, cognition, semiotics, and gender issues. This book is of appeal to both students and informed readers with an interest in the mysteries of The Classic of Changes, and to researchers in areas of Chinese philosophy, Chinese history, religious studies, and East Asian approaches to health and well-being.
Traces Of A Daoist Immortal
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Author : Louis Komjathy
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-04-22
Traces Of A Daoist Immortal written by Louis Komjathy and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-22 with Religion categories.
Traces of a Daoist Immortal is a Daoist-infused tour de force on the Daoist mountain hermit Chén Tuán 陳摶 (Xīyí 希夷 [Infinitesimal Subtlety]; d. 989) and his fellow “hidden immortals.” Breaking various academic taboos, including hyper-historicism, social constructivism, and conformist mentalities, here Komjathy, in an aspirational gesture towards unbridled inquiry, offers annotated translations and scholarly introductions to ten major works associated with the Daoist immortal. The book also contains a cutting-edge, mythopoetic introduction that addresses the life and legend of Chén Tuán, his connection to the Western Marchmount of Huàshān 華山 (Mount Hua; Huàyīn, Shǎnxī), Daoist views about sleeping, dreaming, waking, as well as Daoist time-being.
The Fear Of Witchcraft And Witches In Imperial China
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Author : Barend Ter Haar
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2025-01-27
The Fear Of Witchcraft And Witches In Imperial China written by Barend Ter Haar and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-01-27 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
In historical surveys of witches and witchcraft, the Chinese case is surprisingly absent. This book intends to fill that gap. Traditional China had at least two different strands of fear, directed at women and sometimes also men. The fear of witches harming people through figurines remained limited to individual social and personal conflicts, for instance between women competing for the attention of their partner or a carpenter and his customers. There was usually a clear winning party. The fear of witches using animal or demon familiars to harm members of their own community indiscriminately led to social exclusion or worse.
The Classic Of Poetry
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language : en
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Release Date : 2025-03-05
The Classic Of Poetry written by and has been published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-05 with Poetry categories.
The Classic of Poetry (Shijing), also known as the “Mao Poetry” (Mao Shi), is the oldest existing collection of poetry in China, or indeed anywhere in the world. As a fountainhead of the Chinese literary tradition, it has endured over two and a half millennia of continuous readership. In this volume, eminent sinologist Edward L. Shaughnessy presents a complete English translation of the 305 discrete poems from the Classic of Poetry, divided into the Feng 風 “airs,” Ya 雅 “odes,” and Song 頌 “hymns.” Combining the received text with newly unearthed manuscript discoveries, Shaughnessy offers a modern, authoritative interpretation that departs from the dated translations of earlier scholars. His masterful rendering encapsulates the essence of this poetic treasury, reflecting the diverse aspects of life, love, nature, and ritual in ancient China. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Shaughnessy’s translation of the Classic of Poetry provides us with a new and definitive rendition of this classic in world literature. For both specialists and general readers, this is certainly the definitive Classic of Poetry translation to have. —Joseph Allen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Solidly grounded in classical and modern scholarship, this book offers a thoughtful and highly readable English version of an archaic monument of world literature that in many of its lines appears once again as fresh and beautiful as it remains richly ambiguous and open to every new reader’s intuition. —Martin Kern, Princeton University Professor Shaughnessy has translated the verses and prefaces of the Classic of Poetry into colloquial English that belies the philological labor subtending each line, with a preface that lays out the current state of manuscript variants. Here the classic appears in a less burdened form, regaining its directness and continuity. —Haun Saussy, University of Chicago
The Historical Roots Of Technical Communication In The Chinese Tradition
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Author : Daniel Dingxiong Ding
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2020-09-23
The Historical Roots Of Technical Communication In The Chinese Tradition written by Daniel Dingxiong Ding and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book traces Chinese technical communication from its beginnings, investigating how it began and the major factors that shaped its practice. It also looks at the major philosophical and historical traditions in Chinese technical communication, and how historical and philosophical threads play out in contemporary Chinese technical communication practice. In considering such issues, the book gives attention to some of the major classical Chinese texts, but treats them as artefacts of technical communication. It explores the roots of Chinese technical communication, reviews traditional philosophy that has shaped such practice, discusses the key links in the history of Chinese technical communication, and recounts historical roots and contemporary practice side by side. It provides the reader with compelling perspectives on the historical roots of Chinese technical communication.
Craft Production And Social Change In Northern China
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Author : Anne P. Underhill
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Craft Production And Social Change In Northern China written by Anne P. Underhill and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Social Science categories.
This book offers an anthropological analysis of how craft production changed in relation to the development of complex societies in northern China. It focuses on the production and use of food containers-pottery and bronze vessels-during the late prehistoric and early historic periods. A major theme is how production and use of prestige vessels changed in relation to increase in degree of social inequality. The research and writing of this book took place intermittently over a period of several years. When I first outlined the book in 1994, I planned to offer a more limited and descriptive account of social change during the late prehistoric period. In considering the human desire to display status with prestige goods, my initial approach emphasized how the case of northern China was similar to other areas of the world. I began to realize that in order to adequately explain how and why craft production changed in ancient China, it was crucial to consider the belief systems that motivated produc tion and use of food containers. Similarly, a striking characteristic of ancient China that I needed to include in the analysis was the preponderance of food containers, rather than other goods, that were buried with the deceased. I decided to investigate the social and ritual uses of food, bever ages, and containers during more than one period of Chinese history. Some strong patterns could have emerged during the late prehistoric period.
Routledge Handbook Of Early Chinese History
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Author : Paul R. Goldin
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-15
Routledge Handbook Of Early Chinese History written by Paul R. Goldin and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with History categories.
The study of early China has been radically transformed over the past fifty years by archaeological discoveries, including both textual and non-textual artefacts. Excavations of settlements and tombs have demonstrated that most people did not lead their lives in accordance with ritual canons, while previously unknown documents have shown that most received histories were written retrospectively by victors and present a correspondingly anachronistic perspective. This handbook provides an authoritative survey of the major periods of Chinese history from the Neolithic era to the fall of the Latter Han Empire and the end of antiquity (AD 220). It is the first volume to include not only a comprehensive review of political history but also detailed treatments of topics that transcend particular historical periods, such as: Warfare and political thought Cities and agriculture Language and art Medicine and mathematics Providing a detailed analysis of the most up-to-date research by leading scholars in the field of early Chinese history, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese history, Asian archaeology, and Chinese studies in general.
Encyclopedia Of Chinese History
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Author : Michael Dillon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-01
Encyclopedia Of Chinese History written by Michael Dillon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-01 with Art categories.
China has become accessible to the west in the last twenty years in a way that was not possible in the previous thirty. The number of westerners travelling to China to study, for business or for tourism has increased dramatically and there has been a corresponding increase in interest in Chinese culture, society and economy and increasing coverage of contemporary China in the media. Our understanding of China’s history has also been evolving. The study of history in the People’s Republic of China during the Mao Zedong period was strictly regulated and primary sources were rarely available to westerners or even to most Chinese historians. Now that the Chinese archives are open to researchers, there is a growing body of academic expertise on history in China that is open to western analysis and historical methods. This has in many ways changed the way that Chinese history, particularly the modern period, is viewed. The Encyclopedia of Chinese History covers the entire span of Chinese history from the period known primarily through archaeology to the present day. Treating Chinese history in the broadest sense, the Encyclopedia includes coverage of the frontier regions of Manchuria, Mongolia, Xinjiang and Tibet that have played such an important role in the history of China Proper and will also include material on Taiwan, and on the Chinese diaspora. In A-Z format with entries written by experts in the field of Chinese Studies, the Encyclopedia will be an invaluable resource for students of Chinese history, politics and culture.