The Yijing or Classic of Changes

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Dr. Richard J. Smith is George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities Emeritus, and a Research Associate at the Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University. Professor Smith's areas of expertise and research interests are Chinese intellectual and social history, as well as comparative history (China and Japan). He is currently working on a book-length study titled Magic Matters: Science and Medicine in Chinese Popular Culture, 1600-1800.

Glossaries for Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World: The Yijing (I-Ching, or Classic of Changes) and Its Evolution in China

Names (People, Places, etc.) (PDF|363 kB)
Titles (Books, Chapters, etc.) (PDF|318 kB)
Terms and Expressions (PDF|303 kB)
Hexagram Glossary (Alphabetical) (PDF|268 kB)
Hexagram Glossary (Received Text Order ) (PDF|302 kB)
Mawangdui Hexagram Glossary (Alphabetical) (PDF|166 kB)

Some Yijing-related writings

Translations of Hexagram Names (PDF|417 kB)
Jesuit Interpretations of the Yijing (PDF|443 kB)
Meditation, Divination and Dream Interpretation (PDF|646 kB)
The Yijing (Classic of Changes) in Global Perspective: Some Reflections (PDF|503.7Kb)
Some Divination-related terms (glossary) 1-13-12 (PDF|315 kB)
Some Yijing-related terms (glossary) 1-13-12 (PDF|236 kB)
Psychology of divination in cross-cultural perspective (6-26-10) (PDF|365 kB)

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Glossary of some divination related terms
(Rice University, 1/13/2012) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Glossary of some Yijing-related terms
(Rice University, 1/13/2012) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
The Yijing (Classic of Changes; 易經) in Global Perspective: Some Reflections
(Rice University, 2009-06) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
During the past three thousand years or so, the Yijing has gradually become a global property. Having originated in China as an occult prognostication text that later attained the status of a “classic,” its influence gradually spread to other areas within
Meditation, Divination and Dream Interpretation - Chan-Zen Buddhism, the I Ching (Book of Changes), and Other Chinese Devices for Jungian Self-Realization
(Rice University, 2006-09) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Jesuit Interpretations Of The Yijing (Classic Of Changes) In Historical And Comparative Perspective
(Rice University, 2001-10) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
This essay, based on research for a series of scholarly studies on the Yijing (I Ching or Classic of Changes), argues that the use of the Changes by the Jesuits in eighteenth century China, like the "accomodation strategy" of the Society of Jesus more gen
The Psychology of Divination in Cross-Cultural Perspective
(Rice University, 6/26/2010) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Contents: I. The Social Psychology of Chinese Divination -- II. Chinese Divination in Comparative Perspective: The Yijing and Jungian Psychology -- III. Concluding Remarks -- IV. References
Translations of Hexagram Names
(Rice University, 2020) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Hexagram Glossary - alphabetical
(Rice University, 2020) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Mawangdui Hexagram Glossary - alphabetical
(Rice University, 2020) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Hexagram Glossary - received text order
(Rice University, 2020) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Fathoming the Cosmos Glossary A (name of people, places and things)
(Rice University, 2020) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Fathoming the Cosmos Glossary B (titles of books and other documents)
(Rice University, 2020) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-
Fathoming the Cosmos Glossary C (terms and expressions)
(Rice University, 2020) Smith, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1944-

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