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Some Reflections On the Authorship of the i cHing

Some Reflections On the Authorship of the i cHing SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE I CHING BY J. Y. LEE Westerville, U.S.A. The origin of the I Ching or the Book of Changes is uncertain. Its authorship has become under debate throughout centuries in the past. In Shuo Kua, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the authors of the book are identified with the holy sages: "In ancient times the holy sages made the Book of Changes" 1). The much same idea is also expressed in Ta Chuan or the Great Treatise : "The holy sages instituted the hexa- grams, so that phenomena might be perceived therein. They appended the judgments in order to indicate good fortune and misfortune" 2). Ac- cording to the original version of Chinese texts, we do not know whether the term "shen jen" ( %l A ) was intended to signify the "holy sage" or the "holy sages." Since there is no distinction between the singular and plural nouns in Chinese, it is difficult to say whether it meant plural or singular. However, the translation of shen jen as the holy sages seems to be correct, because the multiple authorship of the I Ching has been accepted by Chinese tradition. According http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

Some Reflections On the Authorship of the i cHing

Lee, J.Y.
Numen , Volume 17 (3): 200 – Jan 1, 1970
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© 1970 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE I CHING BY J. Y. LEE Westerville, U.S.A. The origin of the I Ching or the Book of Changes is uncertain. Its authorship has become under debate throughout centuries in the past. In Shuo Kua, the Discussion of the Trigrams, the authors of the book are identified with the holy sages: "In ancient times the holy sages made the Book of Changes" 1). The much same idea is also expressed in Ta Chuan or the Great Treatise : "The holy sages instituted the hexa- grams, so that phenomena might be perceived therein. They appended the judgments in order to indicate good fortune and misfortune" 2). Ac- cording to the original version of Chinese texts, we do not know whether the term "shen jen" ( %l A ) was intended to signify the "holy sage" or the "holy sages." Since there is no distinction between the singular and plural nouns in Chinese, it is difficult to say whether it meant plural or singular. However, the translation of shen jen as the holy sages seems to be correct, because the multiple authorship of the I Ching has been accepted by Chinese tradition. According

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