I ching : the oracle / Kerson Huang ; Ho Yi Kai, in-house editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huang, Kerson, author.

Contributor:

Yi Kai, Ho, editor.

Standardized Title:

Yi jing. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yi jing.

Divination.

Philosophy, Chinese.

Confucianism--Sacred books.

Confucianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Hackensack, New Jersey ; Singapore : World Century : World Scientific, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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. An introductory part of this book provides the historical and philosophical background to the I Ching . The story is told of the ancient Chinese civilization, pointing out events and figures mentioned i

Contents:

Preface; Preface to first edition; Acknowledgement; CONTENTS; Part I: ABOUT THE I CHING; 1. INTRODUCTION; The Binary Nature of Things; The Eight Elements; The Sixty-Four Hexagrams; The Idea of Change; About this Book; 2. LEGEND OF THE I CHING; In The Beginning; The Dawn of History; The Great Bronze Age; Jou The Terrible; The Mandate of Heaven; The Oracle of Change; 3. THE LEGACY OF CONFUCIUS; Every Five Hundred Years; China Got Her Name; I Ching Enshrined; 4. ROOTS OF THE I CHING; Fact of Fiction?; The Oracle Bones of Shang; Mystery of the Dragon Bones; Wang Hai the Ancestor

Wu Ding's Boar Hunt"Perseverance Brings Disaster"; Rummaging Among Old Books; 5. MEANING OF THE I CHING; Hexagram Order; Hexagram Names; Editors and Scribes; The Medium; The Message; The Many Faces of the I Ching; Where is God?; 6. HOW TO USE THE I CHING; The Coin Oracle; Layout of the I Ching; Reading the Message; Basic Rules; The Yarrow Oracle; Numerology; Part II: THE HEXAGRAMS; 1 HEAVEN; 2 EARTH; 3 RETRENCHMENT; 4 BLINDNESS; 5 WAITING; 6 THE COURT; 7 THE ARMY; 8 SUPPORT; 9 SMALL CATTLE; 10 TREADING; 11 PEACE; 12 STAGNATION; 13 GATHERING; 14 GREAT HARVEST; 15 MODESTY; 16 WEARINESS

17 THE CHASE18 WORK; 19 PREVAILING; 20 VIEW; 21 BITING; 22 DECORATION; 23 LOSS; 24 RETURN; 25 PROPRIETY; 26 BIG CATTLE; 27 THE CHEEKS; 28 GREAT EXCESS; 29 WATER; 30 FIRE; 31 CUTTING; 32 STEADFASTNESS; 33 THE LITTLE PIG; 34 GREAT INJURY; 35 ADVANCE; 36 THE CRYING PHEASANT; 37 THE FAMILY; 38 ABANDONED; 39 ADMONISHMENT; 40 LETTING LOOSE; 41 DECREASE; 42 INCREASE; 43 STRIDE; 44 RENDEZVOUS; 45 ILLNESS; 46 ASCENDANCE; 47 TRAPPED; 48 THE WELL; 49 REVOLUTION; 50 THE CALDRON; 51 THUNDER; 52 MOUNTAIN; 53 PROGRESS; 54 THE MARRYING MAIDEN; 55 ABUNDANCE; 56 THE TRAVELER; 57 WIND; 58 LAKE; 59 FLOWING

60 FRUGALITY61 SINCERITY; 62 SMALL EXCESS; 63 FULFILLMENT; 64 UNFULFILLMENT; APPENDICES; A. TRIGRAMS AND HEXAGRAMS; Table of Trigrams; Matrix of Hexagram Numbers; Table of Hexagrams; B. THE CHINESE PINYIN SYSTEM; INDICES; A. HEXAGRAMS; B. CHINESE NAMES

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

981-4522-62-7