One Hundred Passages from the Zhouyi
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers new to the Zhouyi who are curious about this classic of traditional Chinese culture but daunted by its difficulty
- Lovers of literature and history seeking authoritative, concise interpretations of the Zhouyi without being overwhelmed by a mass of information
- Students in Chinese, philosophy, history, and related university programs who need a clear guide to the core concepts
- Modern thinkers seeking dialectical thinking and life insights from classical wisdom
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting this book to teach divination methods or offer specific fortune-telling guidance
- Senior scholars seeking comprehensive, systematic, textually rigorous academic research on the Zhouyi
Reading tips
- There is no need to read straight through; begin by browsing the contents and choosing a hexagram name or passage that interests you to form a first impression.
- As you read, combine the translation and interpretation for each passage, focusing on understanding its original philosophical concepts and modes of thought.
- Keep a notebook handy to jot down passages that resonate with you or prompt reflection, and connect them to real life.
About the publisher
Zhonghua Book Company is a publisher known for collating ancient texts and academic publishing, with its output centered on Eastern philosophy, culture, classic works, art, and historical reading. Its library contains 532 titles, including Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms, Guo Qingfan's Collected Commentaries on Zhuangzi, the four-volume Chinese Literature: Four Great Classical Novels, and the two-volume Table of Seal and Clerical Script Forms from Qin, Han, Wei, and Jin. These titles span historical classics, commentaries on the philosophers, classical novels, and philological reference works. Representative authors include Chen Shou, Guo Qingfan, Wu Cheng'en, Shi Nai'an, Cao Xueqin, Luo Guanzhong, Xu Wenwu, and the Hanyu Dazidian character-form group, reflecting a focus on primary sources and scholarly editors. Its publishing character lies in combining authoritative editions and annotated texts with both accessible classics and specialized research. Public information on its fuller catalog is limited; this note describes only the directions evident in the library's holdings.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 引言 先学点象数
- 潜龙勿用
- 飞龙在天
- 亢龙有悔
- 群龙无首
- 大哉乾元
- 自强不息
- 君子四德
- 修辞立诚
- 同气相求
- 天人合一
- 至哉坤元
- 厚德载物
- 积善余庆
- 直方大
- 美之至
- 屯难始生
- 蒙以养正
- 不速之客
- 等待时机
- 密云不雨
- 夫妻反目
- 志同道合
- 否极泰来
- 同人于野
- 应天时行
- 谦谦君子
- 作乐崇德
- 大亨以正
- 中正以观
- 白贲之美
- 天文人文
- 消息盈虚
- 反复其道
- 无妄之灾
- 日新其德
- 虎视眈眈
- 天下和平
- 大者为正
- 明出地上
- 明入地中
- 正家定天下
- 与时偕行
- 不失其亨
- 井养不穷
- 汤武革命
- 钟鸣鼎食
- 恐惧修省
- 思不出位
- 渐进正邦
- 天地大义
- 与时消息
- 顺天应人
- 与时行也
- 刚柔正而位当
- 物不可穷
- 天尊地卑
- 方以类聚，物以群分
- 原始反终
- 乐天知命
- 一阴一阳之谓道
- 见仁见智
- 生生之谓易
- 二人同心，其利断金
- 圣人之道
- 见乃谓之象
- 易有太极
- 崇高
- 探赜索隐，钩深致远
- 书不尽言，言不尽意
- 形而上者谓之道
- 天地之大德曰生
- 仰观俯察
- 易穷则变
- 垂衣裳而天下治
- 大壮宫室
- 象征
- 殊途同归
- 知几其神，居安思危
- 万物化生
- 阴阳合德
- 称名取类
- 易之道——忧患
- 唯变所适
- 三才之道
- 物相杂为文
- 穷理尽性
- 天人之道
- “天经地义”的礼
- 索引
- 后记
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About the author
Wang Zhenfu is an author about whom limited public information is available, but whose works are known in the Chinese book market for their strongly interdisciplinary orientation. Judging from the nine titles held in the catalogue, his writing spans the Yijing (Book of Changes), aesthetics, architectural culture, and historical archaeology. These range from systematic scholarly surveys such as A New History of Chinese Aesthetics to accessible introductions like General Knowledge of the Zhouyi, Detailed Lectures on the Zhouyi, and One Hundred Passages from the Zhouyi, which present the classical text's thought and aesthetic wisdom in plain, readable form. He also attends to traditional Chinese building and spatial experience: Architecture of China: From a Single Brick to Ten Miles of Towers approaches design, social culture, and historical memory through bricks, tiles, and buildings. His archaeology-themed set, titled loosely as Questioning the Deep Earth, Looking Up at the Stars, places fieldwork alongside imaginations of civilization. Overall, his writing combines scholarly grounding with a concern for general readers, building bridges among philosophy, history, and design for those who wish to understand the classics within a broader cultural context.
