I Ching: The Book of Changes Paperback – March 1, 2018

If you are open to such things then get this book. Others will sadly say it’s fake. Sadly they say most things “we” believe are fake.

It only had one dot art per sheet. Nothing on back, crazy. Only half workable pages....Sad no safety check, etc....

If you know anything about translations of the "I Ching", this is the Gold Standard of them all. James Legge has translated the 5 Chinese classics and so much more (the Li Chi, the Book of Poetry, the Texts of Taoism, etc). I was fortunate enough to find his 4 volume "The Chinese Classics" before I went to teach English in China back in 1992 and they were invaluable to framing my understanding of the Chinese mindset and culture (even in this post-Mao era). His 50+ page Introduction is worth the price of the book in itself. I was very glad I found a hardback copy of the book, as this would be one paperback I would wear out.

Great read

I am not an afficianado of the written word. I am not sure I even spelled that one right. However I have been using James Legge's translation of the I Ching since 1975. I never did care whether he used an outdated method of interpretation. Needless to say my copy of the book is in disrepare regardless of the care taken to preserve it. I has been read and re-read until the pages have turned yellow and beyond. I have recently ordered other translations and have been left much less than satisfied. The translation from James Legge is the most clear and concise that I have read. I have found that the more you read the I Ching, the more you understand yourself. Perhaps that is the key. and...Perhaps I will never truly understand everything and have quite frankly have misinterpreted the outcomes on more than one occasion, but I also can say without a doubt that it is usually spot on. All I will advise is to try it, what have you got to lose. Really read it. Don't try to understand it all at once. Just a bit at a time. It's amazing what you will learn. Not just for the oriental's but for the occidental's as well. Change is change no matter who you are, what your religion is, or where you live. Enjoy.

Get the pocket i ching.

World changing read, it was a total mind fuc

Tao

I read through the meanings because there’s no real introduction or context but this is supposed to be the best available translation but alas not for me, this is my 4th book on the I Ching having had an interest in divination since my teens.

"What is the price of experience?Do men buy it for a song?Or wisdom for a dance in the street?"- William BlakeAround the time that King's David and Solomon composed the Psalms, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes of the Bible, in China, King Wen and the Duke of Chou put what they believed to be wisdom into the structure of the lineal figures that make up the basis of the I Ching. The James Legge translation here, originally published as part of the Sacred Books of the East series, is one of the earliest translations of the Book of Changes into English that we have. Whilst not having the poetic prose of the Wilhelm/Baynes version it is non the less a complete and usable translation with its own particular merits and drawbacks. For myself this is the first version that I came across over 30 years ago and so its prose still resonates for me. There are many other possibly superior versions available nowadays, leaving this version by Legge as something of an historical document, but the I Ching is best studied by use and as some learned Alchemist said, "one book opens another".