Description

A Landmark Translation of an Ancient Classic

The I CHING or Book of Changes is one of the world’s most influential books – comparable to the Bible, the Koran, and the Upanishads. Since its origin 3,000 years ago, it has become a compendium of wisdom used by people of many cultures and eras, analyzed by scholars and seekers alike.

This groundbreaking new translation is based on the core text created during the first centuries of the Zhou Dynasty (1045?-256 BCE). Freed from the distorting effects of commentaries written a thousand years later and after, the essential meaning of the original text comes through here with unusual directness.

For those wishing to use the text to clarify their thinking about decisions, Pearson also provides a step-by-step guide.

• Includes the complete Chinese text.
• The first translation to systematically remove gendered yin/yang abstractions (which do not exist in the original text, only in commentaries written centuries later).
• Offers analysis and interpretation guides for each hexagram.
• Provides useful references to other scholars’ works.