The "I Ching," or Book of Changes, has been one of the two or
three most influential books in the Chinese canon. It has been used
by people on all levels of society, both as a method of divination
and as a source of essential ideas about the nature of heaven,
earth, and humankind. During the eleventh and twelfth centuries,
Sung dynasty literati turned to it for guidance in their
fundamental reworking of the classical traditions. This book
explores how four leading thinkers--Su Shih, Shao Yung, Ch'eng I,
and Chu Hsi--applied the "I Ching" to these projects. These four
men used the Book of Changes in strikingly different ways. Yet each
claimed to find in it a sure foundation for human values. Their
work established not only new meanings for the text but also new
models for governance and moral philosophy that would be debated
throughout the next thousand years of Chinese intellectual history.
By focusing on their uses of the "I Ching," this study casts a
unique light on the complex continuity-within-change and rich
diversity of Sung culture.
Originally published in 1990.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
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These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
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