Proofreading and Verification of Variant Texts in the I Ching

Author: Wu Xinchu
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: The upper part of the book is an overview of variant texts of the Book of Changes (Zhou Yi): it mainly introduces the basic materials for studying variant texts of the Book of Changes, the types of variant texts, their academic value, and research methods. The middle part is a collation of variant texts of the Book of Changes: it compares the commonly accepted version of the Book of Changes with the silk manuscript version (Zhou Yi), collects various materials of variant texts, and analyzes related difficult issues. The lower part is an analysis of the language of the Book of Changes: it combines the study of variant texts to examine the meanings of words in the Book of Changes, and analyzes grammatical and rhetorical phenomena in the Book of Changes. At the end of the book are two valuable Book of Changes texts: the Zhou Yi silk manuscripts from Fuyang and the Zhou Yi commentaries from Mawangdui. This book is rich in reliable data, well-organized and practical, and provides an important reference value for learning and studying the Book of Changes.