Yijing Research · Harmen Mesker
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Harmen Mesker
Historical sources · Translation · Research
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Johannes Bloemsma
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Translation Notes · 9 Mar 2020
Hexagram 10, line 1
素履往无咎 Su 素: in early texts almost exclusively used as a descriptive adjective: ‘unadorned, plain, not processed or modified’. This also means that what follows it is a noun, an object. We…
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Translation Notes · 9 May 2014
Hexagram 05, line 2
需于沙. 小有言. 終吉. Sha 沙: the sandy river shore. Lu Deming’s 陸德明 Jingdian Shiwen 經典釋文 says that Zheng Xuan 鄭玄 used zhi 沚, ‘islet’. The Shanghai Museum MSS has . The 古文字通假字典 says that is a known variant of 沙 in…
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Translation history · 10 Sep 2016
Going back to the source: the manuscripts of Richard Wilhelm (3)
Wenn die Begriffe nicht richting sind, so stimmen die Worte nicht; Stimmen die Worte nicht, so kommen die Werke nicht zustande… Lunyu, Ch. 13.3, tr. Richard Wilhelm If the terms are not…
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Harmen Mesker
Studying the Yijing since 1982, Harmen works with the history and language of the Zhouyi, early Chinese sources and traditional methods of divination. His research and teaching bring textual study and practical experience together.
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