I Ching
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Huang, Kerson / Huang, Rosemary, PUBLISHER: Workman Publishing, For three thousand years, people have sought personal insight and a window on ong>theong> future from ong>theong> I Ching, or ong>theong> Book of Cong>hangong>es, ong>theong> classic Chinese oracle and book of wisdom. Drawing on archeological findings, previously published only in Chinese, indicating how ong>theong> I Ching was actually used by those who created it, and motivated by a lifetime of personal use and fascination, Kerson Huang has created a new translation of great significance. Restoring ong>theong> I Ching to its original form, Huang underscores its first use as a practical oracle by Chinese farmers. His translation beautifully preserves ong>theong> starkly poetic voice of ong>theong> original, while his comments clearly and simply explain ong>theong> images and detail ong>theong> historical references buried within ong>theong> verse. Huang reveals ong>theong> I Ching as an epic poem equivalent to "ong>Theong> Iliad" and "ong>Theong> Odyssey"--one hexagram recalls ong>theong> dethroning of Feng Feng; a series of lines portray Wang Hai, one of ong>theong> three High Ancestors of ong>theong> Song>hangong> dynasty; a third contains a sage proclamation of Lord Tang. Each hexagram and its corresponding interpretation is presented on a two-page spread, making this version unusually easy to use and understand. Introductory chapters detail ong>theong> evolution of ong>theong> I Ching, from ong>theong> philosophical reinterpretations of Confucius to ong>theong> modern musings of Carl Jung, and clearly explain both ong>theong> coin method and yarrow-stalk method for consulting ong>theong> oracle. Over copies in print.