Fathoming The Cosmos And Ordering The World - The Yijing (I Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China |
University of Virginia Press (2008) |
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Hardcover 0813927056
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Among its major contributions, this study reveals with many vivid examples the richness, diversity, vitality, and complexity of traditional Chinese thought. In the process, it deconstructs a number of time-honored interpretive binaries that have adversely affected our understanding of the Yijing?most notably the sharp distinction between the "school of images and numbers" ( xiangshu) and the "school of meanings and principles" ( yili). The book also demonstrates that, contrary to prevailing opinion among Western scholars, the rise of "evidential research" ( kaozheng xue) in late imperial China did not necessarily mean the decline of Chinese cosmology. Smith's study reveals a far more nuanced intellectual outlook on the part of even the most dedicated kaozheng scholars, as well as the remarkable persistence of Chinese "correlative" thinking to this very day. Finally, by exploring the fascinating modern history of the Yijing, Fathomingthe Cosmos and Ordering the World attests to the tenacity, flexibility, and continuing relevance of this most remarkable Chinese classic.
More Reviews and RecommendationsRichard J. Smith is George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University. He is author, coauthor, or coeditor of a dozen scholarly books, including China's Cultural Heritage: The Qing Dynasty, 1644-1912 and Cosmology, Ontology, and Human Efficacy: Essays in Chinese Thought.
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