A companion to Yi jing numerology and cosmology : Chinese studies of images and numbers from Han (202 BCE-220 BCE) to Song (960-1279 CE)

Translations of the __Yi jing__ into western languages have been biased towards the __yili__ ('meaning and pattern') tradition, whereas studies of the __xiangshu__ ('image and number') tradition - which takes as its point of departure the imagery and numerology associated with divination and its hexagrams, trigrams, lines, and related charts and diagrams - has remained relatively unexplored. This major new reference work is organised as a Chinese-English encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically according to the __pinyin__ romanisation, with Chinese characters appended. A character index as well as an English index is included. The entries are of two kinds: technical terms and various other concepts related to the 'image and number' tradition, and bio-bibliographical information on Chinese __Yi jing__ scholars. Each entry in the former category has a brief explanation that includes references to the origins of the term, cross-references, and a reference to an entry giving a more comprehensive treatment of the subject. Bent Nielsen. Technical Terms And ... Bio-bibliographical Information On Chinese Yi Jing Scholars ... Organized As A Chinese-english Encyclopaedia, Arranged Alphabetically According To The Pinyin Romanisation, With Chinese Characters Appended--p. 4 Of Cover. Dynasty Names In Subtitle Also Appear In Chinese Characters. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 352-366) And Indexes. In Chinese And English.