The I Ching (Zhouyi)
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- 想第一次完整通读《周易》经传、需要白话译文辅助的普通读者
- 对先秦思想、经学有兴趣，希望了解卦爻辞义理脉络的文史爱好者
- 中文、哲学、历史等专业需要一部可靠通行整理本的学生
- 书法、国学者或传统文化从业者，需要案头常备的查阅本
Not a good fit for
- 只想要简明占卜口诀或快速算命手册的读者，本书重在解读文本
- 已有深厚易学功底、专攻象数或版本校勘的研究者，可能觉得注释偏基础
- 期待插图、图表化讲解和轻松漫画式阅读的入门者
Reading tips
- 先读前言与《系辞》，把握《周易》经传结构与成书过程，再回到六十四卦逐卦阅读
- 每卦按“卦辞—译文—注释—评析”的顺序读，不必一开始就纠结生僻字词
- 准备一支笔和笔记本，记录反复出现的“元亨利贞”“吉凶悔吝”等用语，形成自己的术语表
- 不必按顺序通读，可先挑乾、坤、泰、否、既济、未济等常被引用的卦入手
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
- Preface
- The Upper Classic: Qian, Kun, Zhun, Meng, Xu, Song, Shi, Bi, Xiaoxu, Lu
- Tai, Pi, Tongren, Dayou, Qian, Yu, Sui, Gu, Lin, Guan
- Shike, Bi, Bo, Fu, Wuwang, Daxu, Yi, Daguo, Kan, Li
- The Lower Classic: Xian, Heng, Dun, Dazhuang, Jin, Mingyi, Jiaren, Kui, Jian, Sun
- Yi, Guai, Gou, Cui, Sheng, Kun, Jing, Ge, Ding, Zhen
- Gen, Jian, Guimei, Feng, Lü, Xun, Dui, Huan, Jie, Zhongfu, Xiaoguo, Jiji, Weiji
- Xici, Part I
- Xici, Part II
- Shuogua
- Xugua
- Zagua
FAQ
这本书是完整的《周易》吗？
底本和注释依据是什么？
“三全本”与中华经典藏书版有何不同？
没有古文基础能读吗？
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About the author
Yang Tiancai is an author about whom little public information is available; his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Judging from the two works held in the collection, Zhouyi and Can You Really Understand the I Ching, his writing centers on the Zhouyi, the ancient Chinese classic, and consists of interpretations and popularizations aimed at general readers. Such works usually combine attention to the original text with exposition of its meaning, seeking to render the difficult hexagram and line statements intelligible to modern readers, and to develop a personal mode of expression somewhere between historical writing and literary prose. On the available evidence, Yang Tiancai's focus is on guiding readers into the world of Yijing studies in plain language and helping them grasp its ways of thinking and cultural content, rather than on purely academic textual research. His output remains small, and the reach and reception of his work call for further observation; his choice of subject nonetheless reflects a sustained interest in making traditional classics accessible.
Zhang Shanwen was born in 1949 in Changle, Fujian. He is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Literature of Fujian Normal University and director of its Institute of Yi Studies, where he has long been engaged in research and teaching on the Book of Changes. Trained under the Yi scholar Huang Shouqi and inheriting the scholarly lineage of Zhang Taiyan, he gives equal weight to image-number and meaning-principle approaches. His publications include An Annotated Translation of the Zhouyi, A Dictionary of the Zhouyi (revised edition), Image-Number and Meaning-Principle, and The Zhouyi and Literature, along with more than a hundred articles; he has also served as vice president of the Chinese Association for Yi Studies. Writing for readers of history, culture, and Eastern philosophy, he combines translation, annotation, and thematic study to connect the text of the Zhouyi with its intellectual context. His style is rigorous and plain, offering general readers a reliable and accessible introduction to the classic, and his work has exerted a steady influence in Chinese reading circles.
