The Yijing and Chinese Politics

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The Yijing and Chinese Politics
Classical Commentary and Literati Activism in the Northern Song Period, 960-1127

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Tze-ki Hon - Author

SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture

Price: $75.00
Hardcover - 231 pages

Release Date: December 2004

ISBN10: 0-7914-6311-7
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6311-6

Price: $29.95
Paperback - 231 pages

Release Date: January 2006

ISBN10: 0-7914-6312-5
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6312-3

Price: $29.95
Electronic - 231 pages

Release Date: February 2012

ISBN10: N/A
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-8400-5

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Summary

Discusses interpretations of the Yijing (the I Ching or Book of Changes) during the Northern Song period and how these illuminate the momentous changes in Chinese society during this era.

This book is the first comprehensive study of Yijing (Book of Changes) commentary during the Northern Song period, showing how it reflects a coming to terms with major political and social changes. Seen as a transitional period in China's history, the Northern Song (960–1127) is often described as the midpoint in the Tang-Song transition or as the beginning of Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism. Challenging this traditional view, Tze-ki Hon demonstrates the complexity of the Northern Song by breaking it into three periods characterized by, alternately, the reestablishment of civil governance, large-scale reforms, and a descent into factional rivalry. To illustrate the distinct characteristics of these three periods, Hon compares commentaries by Hu Yuan, Zhang Zai, and Cheng Yi with five other Yijing commentaries, highlighting the broad parameters, as well as the specific content, of an extremely important world of discourse—the debate on literati activism. These differing views on the literati's role in civil governance prove how lively, diverse, and intense Northern Song intellectual life was, while also reminding us how important it is to understand the history of the period on its own terms.

“…Hon has performed a valuable service to Song specialists by interpreting and explicating eight major Yijing commentaries.” — The Journal of Asian Studies

"Tze-ki Hon provides a fresh and valuable perspective on the legendary factionalism of the Song. This book is undeniably important, both timely and insightful, and every scholar of late imperial China will want to own a copy." — Richard J. Smith, author of Fortune-Tellers and Philosophers: Divination in Traditional Chinese Society

Tze-ki Hon is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Chronology of Northern Song Emperors

Introduction

1. The Northern Song Historical Context

2. The Northern Song Yijing Text

3. Mission of Civil Bureaucrats: The Yijing of Hu Yuan, Li Gou, and Ouyang Xiu

4. Inner Roots of Ordering the World: The Yijing of Zhang Zai, Sima Guang, and Shao Yong

5. Coming to Terms with Factional Politics: The Yijing of Cheng Yi and Su Shi

Conclusion

Appendix I: Names and Images of the Eight Trigrams

Appendix II: Names and Images of the Sixty-four Hexagrams

Notes

Glossary of Chinese Terms and Names

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

Asian Religion and Philosophy
Asian Studies
Chinese Studies
History

43571/44000(NE/MS/MC)