{"product_id":"9780231533300","title":"Unearthing the Changes: Recently Discovered Manuscripts of the Yi Jing ( I Ching) and Related Texts","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, three ancient manuscripts relating to the  \u003ci\u003eYi jing\u003c\/i\u003e ( \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e), or  \u003ci\u003eClassic of Changes\u003c\/i\u003e, have been dixcovered. The earliest -- the Shanghai Museum  \u003ci\u003eZhou Yi\u003c\/i\u003e -- dates to about 300 B.C.E. and shows evidence of the text's original circulation. The  \u003ci\u003eGui cang\u003c\/i\u003e, or  \u003ci\u003eReturning to Be Treasured\u003c\/i\u003e, reflects another ancient Chinese divination tradition based on hexagrams similar to those of the  \u003ci\u003eYi jing\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1993, two manuscripts found in a third-century B.C.E. tomb at Wangjiatai contained almost exact parallels to the  \u003ci\u003eGui cang\u003c\/i\u003e's early quotations, supplying new information on the performance of early Chinese divination. Finally, the Fuyang  \u003ci\u003eZhou Yi\u003c\/i\u003e was excavated from the tomb of Xia Hou Zao, lord of Ruyin, who died in 165 B.C.E. Each line of this classic is followed by one or more generic prognostications similar to phrases found in the  \u003ci\u003eYi jing\u003c\/i\u003e, indicating exciting new ways in which the text was produced and used in the interpretation of divinations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book details the discovery and significance of the Shanghai Museum  \u003ci\u003eZhou Yi\u003c\/i\u003e, the Wangjiatai  \u003ci\u003eGui cang\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Fuyang  \u003ci\u003eZhou Yi\u003c\/i\u003e, including full translations of the texts and additional evidence that constructs a new narrative of the  \u003ci\u003eYi jing\u003c\/i\u003e's writing and transmission in the first millennium B.C.E.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084317540592,"sku":"9780231533300","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780231533300_p0.jpg?v=1763678946","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780231533300","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}