Studies of Richard Wilhelm’s I Ging and I Ching
Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Chinese Culture
ISBN: 978-981-9258-14-7
Verlag: Springer
This book scrutinizes Richard Wilhelm’s enormous contributions and multifarious legacies in the translation and globalization of the
. It brings together a group of leading scholars from Europe, United States, Mainland China, Hong Kong, as well as Bettina Wilhelm (Richard Wilhelm’s granddaughter), comprised of two parts and twelve chapters. Part I “The Making of
and
” examines the complex process through which Richard Wilhelm (1873–1930), a German Protestant missionary-cum-sinologist to China, published a German translation of the
in 1924, a monumental event for the global dissemination and reception of the
. Becoming a classic in its own right, Wilhelm’s
was subsequently re-translated into more than ten other European languages and versions, including the influential English re-translation
(1950) by Cary F. Baynes. Part II “The Reception and Impact of
and
” investigates how the Wilhelm-Baynes translation phenomenally transformed the
into a “book of wisdom” and “global classic” for Western audience. The Chinese canonical text has transcended cultural borders, strikingly well-received, and made a lasting impact on the Western society and culture, including literature, music, theatre, and popular culture and discourse. By propelling the cutting-edge research in the thriving field of the “Global
”, this groundbreaking volume will have profound interdisciplinary implications for
scholarship, Religious Studies, and Translation Studies.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
Richard Wilhelm: A Towering Contributor to the Globalization of the Yijing.- Richard Wilhelm’s I Ging and the School of Wisdom.- The Significance of Richard Wilhelm’s I Ging and his Recorded Aleatory Practices.- The Wilhelm-Jung-Baynes Partnership in Producing the I Ching.- Cheng Yi, Wilhelm, and Jung as I Ching Commentators: A Lineage of Ambiguous Influences.- The Impact of Carl Jung’s Psychological Views on Wilhelm/Baynes’s I Ching.- The Wilhelm/Baynes’s I Ching in Light of Susanne Langer's Philosophy of Symbolism.- The Multifaceted Reception of Richard Wilhelm’s I Ging in Weimar Germany.- The Three-Layered Reception of I Ging in Scandinavia: Richard Wilhelm as the Canonical Source.- The Representation of Wilhelm/Baynes’s I Ching in American Science Fiction.- The “Divine” Stage: The Reception of Wilhelm/Baynes’s I Ching in Postwar American Theatre.- A Translation that Transcends: The Wilhelm/Baynes’s I Ching in Academic and Popular Discourses.
