I Ching
the book of changes
$48.00
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2020
Summary
I Ching: The Book of Changes - A Timeless Guide to Understanding the World
Also known as Yî jing or The Book of Changes, the I Ching is an ancient Chinese text of vast historical and cultural influence.
Spanning the fields of divination, cosmology, morality, and philosophy, with strong links to Confucianism, it has been interpreted in many different ways over the centuries and ultimately demonstrates an early attempt to understand the world and the human place within it.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839641497 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839641495 |
| Series: | Great Works that Shape our World |
| 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 |
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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 Würzburg, 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 Yì jīng. 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 Yì jīng studies.
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