Zhu Xi (1130–1200), the most influential Chinese philosopher of the past two thousand years, was a crucial figure in the systematization of Neo-Confucian thought. Joseph A. Adler is professor emeritus of Asian studies and religious studies at Kenyon College. He is the author of Reconstructing the Confucian Dao: Zhu Xi’s Appropriation of Zhou Dunyi (2014) and The Yijing: A Guide (2022), among other works.
This is an invaluable contribution to East Asian Confucian studies. Joseph Adler has rendered Zhu Xi's commentary on the Scripture of Changes accessible and engaging. His impeccable scholarship and long devotion to Zhu Xi's thought shines throughout. This is a masterpiece relevant to our times as we seek mutually enhancing human-Earth relations. -- Mary Evelyn Tucker, translator and editor of <i>The Philosophy of Qi</i> Thanks to Professor Adler's careful and thoughtful rendition, The Original Meaning of the Yijing of Zhu Xi is now available to readers who are interested in divination as a tool of moral cultivation, coming to terms with the complexity of everyday life. -- Tze-ki Hon, City University of Hong Kong A welcome addition to the text and history of the Yijing. -- Peter K. Bol, Harvard University