THE I CHING or, Book of Changes

Wilhelm, Richard

ISBN 10: 071001581X / ISBN 13: 9780710015815

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, United Kingdom, 1975

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or, Book of Changes. Key for Identifying the Hexagrams. For 3,000 years the Book of Changes has proffered an incomparable guide to divination, or prediction of the future, and is probably the oldest book in the world and the most powerful distillation of Chinese wisdom. Rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes. Foreword by C.G. Jung. Preface by Hellmut Wilhelm. Third Edition, Reprinted. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London 1975 hb dw shelf wear, pict black dw, gilt blue boards, book near fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE I CHING or, Book of Changes
• Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071001581X
• ISBN 13: 9780710015815
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.9 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • DIVINATION (3)
  • PC: Special Stock (777)
  • SACRED TEXTS (7)

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Synopsis

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is one of the 1st efforts of the human mind to place itself within the universe. It has exerted a living influence in China for 3000 years and interest in it has spread in the West.

Set down in the dawn of history as a book of oracles, the Book of Changes deepened in meaning when ethical values were attached to the oracular pronouncements; it became a book of wisdom, eventually one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, and provided the common source for both Confucianist and Taoist philosophy.

Wilhelm's rendering of the I Ching into German, published in 1924, presented it for the 1st time in a form intelligible to the general reader. Wilhelm, who translated many other ancient Chinese works and who wrote several books on Chinese philosophy and civilization, long resided in China. His close association with its cultural leaders gave him a unique understanding of the text of the I Ching. In the English translation, every effort has been made to preserve Wilhelm's pioneering insight into the spirit of the original.

This 3rd edition, completely reset, contains a new forward by Hellmut Wilhelm, one of the most eminent American scholars of Chinese culture. He discusses his father's textual methods and summarizes recent studies of the I Ching both in the West and in present-day China. The new edition contains minor textual corrections, bibliographical revisions and an index.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)