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周易本義

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi

朱熹 (Zhu Xi) · Song (1177 AD)

Zhu Xi's influential commentary on the Book of Changes, which became the standard examination text for the Yijing in imperial China. Emphasizes the divination origins of the text and provides concise, philosophically grounded readings of each hexagram.

Table of Contents

1

Bibliographic Summary of the Zhouyi Benyi

周易本義提要

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2

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi, Volume 1: Upper Classic

周易本義卷一·上經

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3

Zhouyi Benyi: The Lower Classic

周易本義下經

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4

Preface to the Zhouyi

周易序

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5

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi: Prefatory Volume

周易本義卷首

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6

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi, Volume 3: Great Commentary, Upper Section

周易本義卷三·繫辭上傳

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7

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi, Volume 3: Great Commentary, Lower Section

周易本義卷三·繫辭下傳

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8

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi, Volume 4: Commentary on the Trigrams

周易本義卷四·說卦傳

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9

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi, Volume 4: Sequence of the Hexagrams

周易本義卷四·序卦傳

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10

Original Meaning of the Zhouyi, Volume 4: Miscellaneous Notes on the Hexagrams

周易本義卷四·雜卦傳

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11

Textual Collation Notes for the Zhouyi Benyi

周易本義考證

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