I Ching
The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom
Reeks: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
John Minford
- The
- award-winning
- new
- translation
- of
- the
- ancient
- Chinese
- oracle
- and
- book
- of
- wisdom,
- by
- the
- acclaimed
- translator
- of
- the
- Tao
- Te
- Ching
- and
- The
- Art
- of
- WarPose
- a
- question,
- then
- toss
- three
- coins
- (or
- cast
- your
- yarrow
- stalks)
- to
- access
- the
- time-honored
- wisdom
- of
- the
- I
- Ching.The
- I
- Ching,
- or
- Book
- of
- Change,
- has
- been
- consulted
- through
- the
- ages,
- in
- both
- China
- and
- the
- West,
- for
- answers
- to
- fundamental
- questions
- about
- the
- world
- and
- our
- place
- in
- it.
- The
- oldest
- extant
- book
- of
- divination,
- it
- dates
- back
- three
- thousand
- years
- to
- ancient
- shamanistic
- practices
- involving
- the
- ritual
- preparation
- of
- the
- shoulder
- bones
- of
- oxen.
- From
- this
- early
- form
- of
- communication
- with
- the
- other
- world,
- it
- has
- become
- the
- Chinese
- spiritual
- book
- par
- excellence.
- An
- influence
- on
- such
- cultural
- icons
- as
- Bob
- Dylan,
- John
- Cage,
- Merce
- Cunningham,
- Philip
- K.
- Dick,
- and
- Philip
- Pullman,
- the
- I
- Ching
- is
- turned
- to
- by
- millions
- around
- the
- world
- for
- insights
- on
- spiritual
- growth,
- business,
- medicine,
- genetics,
- game
- theory,
- strategic
- thinking,
- and
- leadership,
- and
- of
- course
- for
- the
- window
- it
- opens
- on
- China.This
- new
- translation,
- over
- a
- decade
- in
- the
- making,
- is
- informed
- by
- the
- latest
- archaeological
- discoveries
- and
- features
- a
- gorgeously
- rendered
- codex
- of
- divination
- signs—the
- I
- Ching’s
- sixty-four
- Tarot-like
- hexagrams.
- It
- captures
- the
- majesty
- and
- mystery
- of
- this
- legendary
- work
- and
- charts
- an
- illuminating
- path
- to self-knowledge.
pro-mbooks3 : libris
