I Ching Illuminated: A Contemporary Study of the I Ching Series

Author: Lü Shaogang
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Mr. Lü Shaogang is a renowned scholar of the I Ching in the modern era. His research on the I Ching adheres to the Confucian tradition of interpretation pioneered by Confucius and promoted by Wang Bi. The I Ching Unveiled was written after completing The Complete Explanation of the I Ching in collaboration with his teacher, Jin Jingfang. It is a representative work of the interpretive school of the 20th century. The book offers new interpretations of major issues in the history of the I Ching, such as the nature and authorship of the I Ching, divination methods, and the philosophical implications it contains, as well as the attribution of the I Ching Commentaries and the evaluations of the Xiangshu (Image School) and Shusu (Number School) throughout history. Based on traditional texts and incorporating newly unearthed bamboo and silk documents from the 20th century, the author argues that after Confucius praised the I Ching, it transformed from a divination text into a philosophical one, with its core being the theory of life.