The Classic of Changes

A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi

By: Richard John Lynn (Translator)

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Paperback | 31 March 2004 | Edition Number 1

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Used in China as a book of divination and source of wisdom for more than three thousand years, the "I Ching" has been taken up by millions of English-language speakers in the nineteenth century. The first translation ever to appear in English that includes one of the major Chinese philosophical commentaries, the Columbia "I Ching" presents the classic book of changes for the world today.

Richard Lynn's introduction to this new translation explains the organization of "The Classic of Changes" through the history of its various parts, and describes how the text was and still is used as a manual of divination with both the stalk and coin methods. For the fortune-telling novice, he provides a chart of trigrams and hexagrams; an index of terms, names, and concepts; and a glossary and bibliography.

Lynn presents for the first time in English the fascinating commentary on the "I Ching" written by Wang Bi (226-249), who was the main interpreter of the work for some seven hundred years. Wang Bi interpreted the "I Ching" as a book of moral and political wisdom, arguing that the text should not be read literally, but rather as an expression of abstract ideas. Lynn places Wang Bi's commentary in historical context.

For beginners and devotees alike, Columbia's "I Ching" is the clearest and most authoritative translation of this ancient classic.

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"This is the best I Ching that has so far appeared." - Times Literary Supplement (London); "The best entry into an I Ching world we have so far." - Shambala Sun; "This, I would suggest, is the single best introduction to the Yijing currently available." - Kidder Smith, Philosophy East & West"

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Non-Fiction Mind, Body, Spirit Fortune-Telling & Divination The I Ching Literature, Poetry & Plays Graphology Philosophy Non-Western Philosophy Oriental & Indian Philosophy Religion & Beliefs Other Non-Christian Religions Oriental Religions

Confucianism Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning Geography

Changes of the Zhou, by by Wang Bi
Commentary on the Appended Phrases

Commentary on the Appended Phrases

Providing the Sequences of the Hexagrams
The Hexagrams in Irregular Order
Explaining the Trigrams
The Sixty-Four Hexagrams, With Texts and Commentaries
Bibliography
Glossary
List of Proper Nouns
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The Classic of Changes

A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi

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