The last message of the old, dying China to Europe'. As Carl Jung put it, it is as if this book 'delivered Time this is not something that can be re-done, no matter how good fresh He was the right man in the right place at the right With the oral tradition at the very end of the Imperial era, via his teacher German by Wilhelm, into English by Baynes. The definitive English translation from Chinese into Versions of the I Ching I Ching: The Wilhelm-Baynes Translation Included in Edward Hacker's 'I Ching Handbook' covering many of the books For further information there is an excellent annotated bibliography The order is the order in which they came Where I am sure thatĪ book is out-of-print at present and can only be obtained secondhand or May prove difficult to find out and is worth knowing. It was not my intention to produce aīibliography, so publication details have been omitted, save where this Interest in the book, who cobble together rehashes at the same time as similar How much more this problem is compounded by authors who have little real WhenĮven familiarity with the Chinese is no guarantee of understanding, consider When attempting a paraphrase or commentary can result in a complete misinterpretationīecoming vogue, thereby hindering the progress of all who rely on it. Without understanding, even the slightest slip Often a view that hasn't even been digested at all, simply regurgitated I detect in many of the new versions is that they hand out an immature view, That represents thousands of years of slow organic growth and that can beĪssimilated only through prolonged reflection and meditation'. The Book of Changes is, as Wilhelm said, 'a work To understand the I Ching one must go through a number of phases, and none The false impression that Wilhelm is too austere. In the form of yet another version of the I Ching, which in turn fosters They see little return, preferring to cater over and over again for beginners So few publishers are willing to take on manuscripts of a high calibre as Trouble is that the mass market for I Ching books is not at this level, These are the kind of books that should be being published. Whole, the standard here is higher, the selection smaller, 27 books beingĬovered. In the second part I offer a few notes on books about the I Ching. Present perspective, I cannot honestly say there is anything in the book,īut remembering it was a start I have been cautious not to write off any Getting a feel for it before moving on to Wilhelm. The version I started with was by Alfredĭouglas, which was useful for learning how to construct a hexagram, and That said, a wise choice of supplementary material can be of immense The first part covers 54ĭifferent versions of the I Ching.
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