The I Ching Or Book Of Changes
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 3rd ed., repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: fold-out chart intact.
At the heart of ancient Chinese civilisation lies one of humanity's oldest and most enigmatic texts — The I Ching or Book of Changes — a work of divination, philosophy, and cosmology that has guided emperors, scholars, and seekers for over three thousand years. Richard Wilhelm's landmark translation, rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes and introduced with a celebrated foreword by the renowned Swiss psychiatrist C. G. Jung, presents this foundational classic with a depth and scholarly authority that no other Western edition has matched. The text itself chronicles sixty-four hexagrams — symbols formed from broken and unbroken lines — each accompanied by layered commentaries that illuminate the dynamic interplay between heaven, earth, and human affairs, offering a complete cosmological framework for understanding change as the fundamental nature of reality. Wilhelm's translation, far from being a mere linguistic exercise, interprets the I Ching as a living system of thought, one that bridges Confucian ethics, Taoist naturalism, and a profound psychology of the unconscious — a dimension Jung argued in his foreword connects the ancient oracle to the deepest structures of the human mind. The additional preface to the Third Edition by Hellmut Wilhelm further situates this text within the broader tradition of Chinese scholarship, tracing its influence across millennia and across cultures. Whether encountered as a manual of divination, a work of philosophy, or a cornerstone of world literature, The I Ching leaves its reader forever altered — standing at the threshold of a wisdom tradition that does not merely describe the world, but teaches one how to move within it.
Author: Richard Wilhelm
Format: Hardback
Published: 1977, Routledge & Kegan Paul
Genre: Religion
Edition: 3rd ed., repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: fold-out chart intact.
At the heart of ancient Chinese civilisation lies one of humanity's oldest and most enigmatic texts — The I Ching or Book of Changes — a work of divination, philosophy, and cosmology that has guided emperors, scholars, and seekers for over three thousand years. Richard Wilhelm's landmark translation, rendered into English by Cary F. Baynes and introduced with a celebrated foreword by the renowned Swiss psychiatrist C. G. Jung, presents this foundational classic with a depth and scholarly authority that no other Western edition has matched. The text itself chronicles sixty-four hexagrams — symbols formed from broken and unbroken lines — each accompanied by layered commentaries that illuminate the dynamic interplay between heaven, earth, and human affairs, offering a complete cosmological framework for understanding change as the fundamental nature of reality. Wilhelm's translation, far from being a mere linguistic exercise, interprets the I Ching as a living system of thought, one that bridges Confucian ethics, Taoist naturalism, and a profound psychology of the unconscious — a dimension Jung argued in his foreword connects the ancient oracle to the deepest structures of the human mind. The additional preface to the Third Edition by Hellmut Wilhelm further situates this text within the broader tradition of Chinese scholarship, tracing its influence across millennia and across cultures. Whether encountered as a manual of divination, a work of philosophy, or a cornerstone of world literature, The I Ching leaves its reader forever altered — standing at the threshold of a wisdom tradition that does not merely describe the world, but teaches one how to move within it.