{"product_id":"i-ching-the-oracle-rev-ed-hardcover","title":"I Ching: The Oracle (REV Ed) - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKerson Huang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a dramatic and revealing translation of this ancient classic into English. The Chinese original is set side-by-side with the translation. Two things set this work apart from other translated versions. First, archeological findings are used to uncover the meaning of passages obscured for thousands of years. Second, it preserves the flavor of the original in a poetic rendition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn introductory part of this book provides the historical and philosophical background to the \u003cem\u003eI Ching\u003c\/em\u003e. The story is told of the ancient Chinese civilization, pointing out events and figures mentioned in the \u003cem\u003eI Ching\u003c\/em\u003e. The undisguised face of the \u003cem\u003eI Ching\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to the modern reader, who will read it in his or her own individual way, as poetry, as discoverer of self, or as soothsayer. It is in the grand tradition of the \u003cem\u003eI Ching\u003c\/em\u003e for different people to see different things.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTo Confucius, who was born in 550 B.C., it was a source of ethics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTo Leibnitz, the eighteenth-century inventor of calculus, it was the essence of binary mathematics.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTo Jung Freud's rival in psychology, it was an explorer of the unconscious.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTo some Wall Streeters, it predicts the stock market.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis revised edition includes a new chapter on a historical perspective, and other additions, changes and minor reformatting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a dramatic and revealing translation of this ancient classic into English. The Chinese original is set side-by-side with the translation. Two things set this work apart from other translated versions. First, archeological findings are used to uncover the meaning of passages obscured for thousands of years. Second, it preserves the flavor of the original in a poetic rendition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An introductory part of this book provides the historical and philosophical background to the I Ching. The story is told of the ancient Chinese civilization, pointing out events and figures mentioned in the I Ching. The undisguised face of the I Ching will appeal to the modern reader, who will read it in his or her own individual way, as poetry, as discoverer of self, or as soothsayer. It is in the grand tradition of the I Ching for different people to see different things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To Confucius, who was born in 550 B.C., it was a source of ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To Leibnitz, the eighteenth-century inventor of calculus, it was the essence of binary mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To Jung Freud's rival in psychology, it was an explorer of the unconscious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To some Wall Streeters, it predicts the stock market. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This second edition includes a new chapter on a historical perspective, and other additions, changes and minor reformatting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460562174130,"sku":"9789814522601","price":61.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/acc79df3c8c7f7773854195652ef22d5.webp?v=1778924722","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/i-ching-the-oracle-rev-ed-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}