Title: Understanding the I Ching: The Wilhelm Lectures on The Book of Changes (Bollingen Series/Mythos)
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0691001715
ISBN 13: 9780691001715
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine

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An illuminating introduction to the ancient classic of Chinese divination—the must-have companion to the bestselling Wilhelm-Baynes translation of the I Ching, or Book of Changes

The West’s foremost translator of the I Ching, Richard Wilhelm thought deeply about how contemporary readers could benefit from this ancient work and its perennial insights into change and chance. For him and his son, Hellmut Wilhelm, the Book of Changes represented not just a mysterious book of oracles or a notable source of the Taoist and Confucian philosophies. In their hands, it emerges, as it did for C. G. Jung, as a vital key to humanity’s collective unconscious. Understanding the I Ching bring the observations and insights of the Wilhelms together in a single volume. This invaluable book is the essential introduction to the I Ching and the meaning of its hexagrams.

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Richard Wilhelm (1873–1930) was a sinologist, theologian, and missionary who translated many ancient Chinese works and wrote several books on Chinese philosophy and civilization. Hellmut Wilhelm (1905–1990) was a scholar of Chinese literature and history and a world-renowned expert on the I Ching. Cary F. Baynes (1883–1977) was a translator and Jungian psychologist. Irene Eber (1929–2019) was an Israeli sinologist and the author of several books, including Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures.

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