Description: This book explains the different ways that the Yijing (Book of Changes) was used in Chinese society. It demonstrates that the Yijing was a living text used by the educated elite and the populace to address their fear and anxiety.
Review Quotes: "this volume should be praised as a refreshing examination of a crucial text in the study of Chinese religion. It comfortably achieves what it sets out to accomplish, casting the Yìjīng in a new scholarly light that will undoubtedly generate further discussion and scholarship."- Joseph Chadwin, Religious Studies Review, 22 (2022).