A Companion to Yi jing Numerology and Cosmology

421 Pages·2002·9.927 MB·English

by  Bent Nielsen

A COMPANION TO
YI JING NUMEROLOGY
AND COSMOLOGY
A COMPANION TO
YI JING NUMEROLOGY
AND COSMOLOGY
*
Chinese Studies of Images and Numbers from
il
Han (202 220 to Song (960-1279
BCE - CE) CE)
Bent Nielsen
First published in 2003
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CONTENTS
ListofPlates ix
Common Abbreviations xi
Conventions Xlll
Introduction xv
ACompanionto YijingNumerology andCosmology
Plates (betweenpages348 and349)
SelectedBibliography 349
IndexofCommonEnglishTranslationsofthe Hexagramnames 367
IndexofChinese Works 373
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LIST OF PLATES
Platesappearbetweenpages348 and349.
(1)The [Yellow] RiverDiagram [YJJC28:9].
(2)The Luo [River] Document[YJJC28:10].
(3)The Sequence ofFuXi's EightTrigrams [YJJC28:13].
(4)TheDiagramPrecedingHeaven [YJJC28:15].
(5) The Sequence ofFuXi's 64 Hexagrams [YJJC28:17-20].
(6)The DirectionalPositions ofFuXi's64 Hexagrams [YJJC28:24f.].
(7)TheDiagram SucceedingHeaven [YJJC28:31].
(8)The CircularDiagram ofthe Hexagramsandthe Vital MaterialForceand
67/80 days [YJJC 147:169f.].
(9) TheDiagram ofthe GreatExtreme [ZZMJ33:59].
(10)TheDiagram ofthe CorrectBranches ofthe 64 Hexagrams [YJJC 161:44].
(11)The Diagram ofInterlocking[Trigrams] PrecedingHeaven [YJJC 115:133].
(12)The Diagram ofKing Wen's Vital Material Force ofthe Hexagrams ofthe
12Months [Shi Wei 1995,603].
IX
Common Abbreviations
abbr. abbreviation(s), abbreviate
ace. according
aka also knownas
alt. alternative
annot. annotate(d)
app. appendix, append(ed)
approx. approximate(ly)
attrib. attribute(d)
b. born
bib!. bibliography
biog. biography
c. circa
chp(s). chapter(s)
col(s). column(s)
comm. commentary,commentator,comment
comp. compilation, compilor, compile(d)
d. died
div. division(s)
ed(s). edition(s), editor(s), edit(ed)
h. hao5m (sobriquet)
inc!. include(d)
lit. literally
ms. manuscript
n. note(s)
orig. original
p. posthumousnameortitle
posth. posthumous(ly)
pref. preface(d)
pres. present
r. reigned
sect. section(s)
xi
xii
trad. traditional(ly)
transl. translation(s), translator(s),translate(d)
voles). volume(s)
z. zi':f: (courtesyname)