I Ching
The Book of Changes
$48.00
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2020
Summary
Also known as Yî jing or The Book of Changes, the I Ching is an ancient Chinese text of vast historical and cultural influence. Reviving James Legge’s classic 19th-century translation, this new version features a new introduction by Dennis Schilling that casts fresh light on this core text, and the assumptions behind Legge’s first translation.
FLAME TREE’s Great Works That Shape Our World is a new series of definitive books drawing on ancient, medieval and modern writing. Offering a f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839641497 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839641495 |
| Author: | Dennis Schilling |
| Publisher: | Flame Tree Publishing |
| Imprint: | Flame Tree Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 760g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Great Works that Shape our World |
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About The Author
Dennis Schilling
Dennis Schilling is the Professor for Chinese Philosophy at the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China. He studied Sinology, Philosophy and Japanology at the universities of Wurzburg, Munich, Wuhan/PR China, and received his Doctor degree and the habilitation at the University of Munich. His doctoral thesis explores metaphysical, political and ethical ideas in Chinese divination texts imitating the composition and style of the ancient manual Yi jing. Currently, his research focuses on ideas of life and death in ancient and medieval China and on the metaphysics of time and change in Chinese philosophy. He is also engaged in comparative philosophy and teaches Chinese Metaphysics, Daoist philosophy and Yi jing studies.
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