Product Description: Translation of the first grand synthesis of classic Chinese thought.This is a translation, with a commentary and a long contextualizing introduction, of the only major work of Han (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.) philosophy that is still available in complete form...read more

Product Description: This book offers a radical reinterpretation of the formative stages of Chinese culture and history, tracing the central role played by cosmology in the formation of China's early empires. It crosses the disciplines of history, social anthropology, archaeology, and philosophy to illustrate how cosmological systems, particularly the Five Elements, shaped political culture...read more

Product Description: Composed in 2 B.C., as "The I Ching revised and enlarged, " The Elemental Changes is a divination manual providing a clear method for distinguishing alternative courses of action. Structured in 81 tetragrams (as opposed to the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching), the book offers much to the modern reader...read more

Product Description: Ten essays explore the boundaries between the metaphysical and human action in the philosophies of Chinese thinkers of the 17th to the 20th centuries. Some focus on individuals or groups, while others discuss broad patterns of thought and behavior; some consider only the elite culture or only popul...read more