Binding: Paperback
Description: A landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom in a stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition 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.
Title: I Ching
Author(s): Minford John
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780143106920
Pages: 928 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 12/1/2015
Category: The I Ching