{"product_id":"9789814522632","title":"I Ching: The Oracle (Revised Edition): The Oracle","description":"\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 \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e. The story is told of the ancient Chinese civilization, pointing out events and figures mentioned in the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e. The undisguised face of the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e for different people to see different things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Confucius, who was born in 550 B.C., it was a source of ethics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Leibnitz, the eighteenth-century inventor of calculus, it was the essence of binary mathematics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Jung Freud's rival in psychology, it was an explorer of the unconscious.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo some Wall Streeters, it predicts the stock market.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\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\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the I Ching:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegend of the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Legacy of Confucius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoots of the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeaning of the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to Use the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hexagrams:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetrenchment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlindness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaiting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Court\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Army\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall Cattle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTreading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStagnation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGathering\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Harvest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModesty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeariness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Chase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrevailing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eView\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePropriety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBig Cattle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cheeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Excess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCutting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSteadfastness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Little Pig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat Injury\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crying Pheasant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbandoned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdmonishment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetting Loose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecrease\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncrease\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRendezvous\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAscendance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrapped\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Well\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Caldron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThunder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProgress\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Marrying Maiden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbundance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Traveler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlowing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrugality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSincerity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall Excess\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFulfillment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnfulfillment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Graduate and undergraduate students, academic researchers, scholars who are interested in Chinese classics, history and culture; general audience interested in Chinese classics and culture.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185298030832,"sku":"9789814522632","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814522632_p0.jpg?v=1763691163","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814522632","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}