LEADER 03746nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910778936203321 005 20240102235736.0 010 $a1-78268-563-4 010 $a1-283-45699-0 010 $a9786613456991 010 $a1-4008-4162-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841622 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC860079 035 $a(OCoLC)775873130 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43325 035 $a(DE-B1597)453795 035 $a(OCoLC)979749886 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841622 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL860079 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533601 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL345699 035 $a(CKB)2550000000084356 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000084356 100 $a20111024d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe I Ching$b[electronic resource] $ea biography /$fRichard J. Smith 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2012 215 $axxii, 278 p 225 1 $aLives of great religious books 311 $a0-691-14509-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tThe Hexagrams --$tChronology of Chinese Dynasties --$tPreliminary Remarks and Acknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPart One. The Domestic Evolution of the Yijing --$tChapter 1. Genesis of the Changes --$tChapter 2. The Making of a Classic --$tChapter 3. Interpreting the Changes --$tPart Two. The Transnational Travels of the Yijing --$tChapter 4. The Changes in East Asia --$tChapter 5. The Westward Travels of the Changes --$tConcluding Remarks --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago. In 136 BCE the emperor declared it a Confucian classic, and in the centuries that followed, this work had a profound influence on the philosophy, religion, art, literature, politics, science, technology, and medicine of various cultures throughout East Asia. Jesuit missionaries brought knowledge of the I Ching to Europe in the seventeenth century, and the American counterculture embraced it in the 1960's. Here Richard Smith tells the extraordinary story of how this cryptic and once obscure book became one of the most widely read and extensively analyzed texts in all of world literature. In this concise history, Smith traces the evolution of the I Ching in China and throughout the world, explaining its complex structure, its manifold uses in different cultures, and its enduring appeal. He shows how the indigenous beliefs and customs of Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and Tibet "domesticated" the text, and he reflects on whether this Chinese classic can be compared to religious books such as the Bible or the Qur'an. Smith also looks at how the I Ching came to be published in dozens of languages, providing insight and inspiration to millions worldwide--including ardent admirers in the West such as Leibniz, Carl Jung, Philip K. Dick, Allen Ginsberg, Hermann Hesse, Bob Dylan, Jorge Luis Borges, and I. M. Pei. Smith offers an unparalleled biography of the most revered book in China's entire cultural tradition, and he shows us how this enigmatic ancient classic has become a truly global phenomenon. 410 0$aLives of great religious books. 606 $aChinese literature 615 0$aChinese literature. 676 $a299.5/1282 700 $aSmith$b Richard J$g(Richard Joseph),$f1944-$0118377 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778936203321 996 $aThe I Ching$93808426 997 $aUNINA