The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes

Cheng Yi, L. Michael Harrington, Robin R. Wang

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Yale University Press
09 July 2019

Oriental & Indian philosophy; Oriental religions; Confucianism

Series: World Thought in Translation

A translation of a key commentary on perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China

This book is a translation of a key commentary on the Book of Changes, or Yijing (I Ching), perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China. The Yijing first appeared as a divination text in Zhou-dynasty China (ca. 1045–256 bce) and later became a work of cosmology, philosophy, and political theory as commentators supplied it with new meanings. While many English translations of the Yijing itself exist, none are paired with a historical commentary as thorough and methodical as that written by the Confucian scholar Cheng Yi, who turned the original text into a coherent work of political theory.

By: Cheng Yi
Introduction by: Robin R. Wang
Translated by: L. Michael Harrington
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 1.049kg
ISBN: 9780300218077
ISBN 10: 0300218079
Series: World Thought in Translation
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 09 July 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cheng Yi (1033–1107) was a Confucian philosopher of Song-dynasty China. L. Michael Harrington is associate professor of philosophy at Duquesne University. Robin R. Wang is professor of philosophy and director of Asian and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University.

Reviews for The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes

For readers who are interested in Neo-Confucianism of late imperial China, they must thank Harrington and Wang for translating Cheng Yi's commentary on the Book of Changes. Their translation deepens our understanding of Cheng Yi's philosophy as well as the moral-metaphysics of Neo-Confucianism. --Tze-ki Hon, author of The Yijing and Chinese Politics, and the co-author of Teaching the I Ching