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The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
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The I Ching has influenced thinkers and artists throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. This new, accessible translation of the entire early text brings to life the hidden meanings and importance of China's oldest classical texts.
Complemented throughout by insightful commentaries, the I Ching: A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text simplifies the unique system of hexagrams lying at the centre of the text and introduces the cultural significance of key themes including yin and yang, gender and ethics. As well as depicting all possible ethical situations, this new translation shows how the hexagram figures can represent social relationships and how the order of lines can be seen as a natural metaphor for higher or lower social rank.
Introduced by Hon Tze-Ki, an esteemed scholar of the text, this up-to-date translation uncovers and explains both the philosophical and political interpretations of the text. For a better understanding of the philosophical and cosmological underpinning the history of Chinese philosophy, the I Ching is an invaluable starting point.
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978-1472505248
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Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date
July 13, 2017
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Among the many recent translations of the I Ching/Yijing, this book stands out in that it offers clear and insightful interpretations of the polymorphous philosophical structure and meaning of the complicated classical text. Redmond's highly readable renderings and commentaries provide useful guides to a broad spectrum of readers, helping them to explore the fascinating world of divination defined by the trigrams and hexagrams.
Geoffrey Redmond provides his readers with an excellent point of entry into the fascinating world of the I Ching-a lucid, insightful and extremely valuable translation, undertaken with a full appreciation of the scholarly controversies that have surrounded the cryptic classic for more than two thousand years.
This highly competent translation of one of the Ur-classics of China, the I Ching (or Yijing, the Book of Changes), not only accurately renders archaic words into accessible contemporary English, but also intervenes in the ancient text so that its present-day relevance is thrown into sharp relief. Offering patulous interpretations of the purport and import of the hexagrams, Geoffrey Redmond's capacious readings reach beyond the literal meanings to reveal the latent senses of this often befuddling canonic composition, thereby re-presenting the I Ching as a world classic with plural significances in our global world.
This new translation of the Zhouyi - the original divinatory portion of the Yijing - breaks new ground by incorporating recent scholarly advances in our understanding of its original historical context and making them accessible to users, as well as readers, of the book. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
About the Author
Geoffrey Redmond is an independent scholar. He is the author of The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Bloomsbury, 2017). --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic; 1st edition (July 13, 2017)
Publication date : July 13, 2017
Language : English
File size : 3118 KB
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Among the many recent translations of the I Ching/Yijing, this book stands out in that it offers clear and insightful interpretations of the polymorphous philosophical structure and meaning of the complicated classical text. Redmond's highly readable renderings and commentaries provide useful guides to a broad spectrum of readers, helping them to explore the fascinating world of divination defined by the trigrams and hexagrams.
Geoffrey Redmond provides his readers with an excellent point of entry into the fascinating world of the I Ching-a lucid, insightful and extremely valuable translation, undertaken with a full appreciation of the scholarly controversies that have surrounded the cryptic classic for more than two thousand years.
This highly competent translation of one of the Ur-classics of China, the I Ching (or Yijing, the Book of Changes), not only accurately renders archaic words into accessible contemporary English, but also intervenes in the ancient text so that its present-day relevance is thrown into sharp relief. Offering patulous interpretations of the purport and import of the hexagrams, Geoffrey Redmond's capacious readings reach beyond the literal meanings to reveal the latent senses of this often befuddling canonic composition, thereby re-presenting the I Ching as a world classic with plural significances in our global world.
This new translation of the Zhouyi - the original divinatory portion of the Yijing - breaks new ground by incorporating recent scholarly advances in our understanding of its original historical context and making them accessible to users, as well as readers, of the book. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
About the Author
Geoffrey Redmond is an independent scholar. He is the author of The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Bloomsbury, 2017). --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
Product details
ASIN : B06XV6Z1QL
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic; 1st edition (July 13, 2017)
Publication date : July 13, 2017
Language : English
File size : 3118 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 464 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 1472505247
Lending : Not Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #305,373 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
#26 in I Ching (Kindle Store)
#70 in I Ching (Books)
#143 in Greek & Roman Philosophy (Kindle Store)
Customer Reviews: 4.8 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY USEFUL INTRODUCTION TO THE “BOOK OF CHANGES”
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2021
The Introduction by Ch’u Chai and Winberg Chai explains, “The most important literature of the five Confucian Classics is the ‘I Chin,’ usually called in translation the ‘Book of Changes.’ The original corpus or the I Ching is made up of the famous Pa Kua (Eight Trigrams), consisting of various combinations of straight lines … and arranged in a circle… Tradition asserts that the eight trigrams were invented by the mythological Emperor Fu His, and that the sixty-four hexagrams were formulated by wither Fu His or King Wen, one of the founders of the Chou dynasty (1150-249 B.C.).” (Pg. xxvii-xxviii)
They continue, “The I Ching was first of all a book of divination. To divine is to resolve doubts of the mind or mysteries of the universe. Would a particular day be auspicious for hunting or an expedition? Would rain come to relieve a long drought and the threat of death and famine? And, ever more important, would Heaven or Shang Ti (Supreme Being) be gracious enough to grant deliverance from the menacing calamities of the day such as the eclipse of the sun, the falling of meteors, and the incursion of barbaric tribes? Indeed, could its divine blessings be invoked and relied upon on the even of a great battle against an enemy attack? The proper course of action for such weighty matters was usually sought from the indications on the tortoise shell or the way in which the milfoil stalks grouped themselves.” (Pg. xxix)
They add, “The I Ching is also called the Chou I. ‘It was named Chou from the fact that it was composed by the people of the Chou dynasty, and ‘I’ because its method of divination was an easy one.’ The word ‘I’ means ‘easy’ as well as ‘change.’ … The book was originally a Chou manual on divination… but ‘we find nothing [in it] to justify’ its name as one of the Confucian Classics, until the commentaries and appendices known as the ‘Ten Wings’ were added to it.” (Pg. xxxi)
The authors state, “The I, as we have seen, was originally a book of divination. By manipulating the milfoil stalks, one finds a certain line of a certain hexagram, and then… consults the Tz’u attached to that line which is supposed to provide information as to what attitude should be adopted toward a given matter at a given time and in a given place.” (Pg. lxv)
They explain, “The authors of the I Appendices accepted the Confucianist tradition and emphasized a concern for human affairs. However, they were influenced by the Taoists and so were able to advance in their philosophical thinking and to attain the sublime… The Chinese mind oscillated between Taoism and Confucianism for a long time. Confucianism, since it is generally regarded as the philosophy of social organization, is therefore also the philosophy of daily life. It is concerned chiefly with performing the common task, rather than attaining the sublime. This is why Confucianism appears ‘this-worldly’… Taoism, on the other hand, is the philosophy that is essentially naturalistic and antisocial. This kind of philosophy is generally concerned with the transcendent sphere and sublime life, but it is incompatible with the manner of life in the world of affairs. Because of this, Taoism appears ‘other-worldly’ and reaches up to the sublime. These two streams of Chinese thought are somewhat like the traditions of classicism and romanticism in Western thought. They have been running counter to each other for centuries; and so they remain to this day.” (Pg. lxxxvi)
This edition (due to its excellent Introduction) is an excellent presentation of the I Ching.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I Ching as a living text about the complexity of everyday life
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2017
In clear prose, Redmond's translation makes the I Ching accessible and understandable to general readers. It provides a new framework to understand the sixty-four hexagrams and to see them as mirrors of everyday life. For those who want to read the I Ching as a living text, they must read Redmond's translation.
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