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Understanding the I Ching: The Wilhelm Lectures on the Book of Changes
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Understanding the I Ching: The Wilhelm Lectures on the Book of Changes
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Hellmut Wilhelm
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By (author) Richard Wilhelm
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Translated by Cary F. Baynes
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Translated by Irene Eber
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| Series | Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:352 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Confucianism |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691001715
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| Classifications | Dewey:299.51282 |
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| Audience | | General | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
2 illus.
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
4 June 1995 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
The West's foremost translator of the I Ching, Richard Wilhelm thought deeply about how contemporary readers could benefit from this ancient work and its perennially valid insights into change and chance. For him and for his son, Hellmut Wilhelm, the Book of Changes represented not just a mysterious book of oracles or a notable source of the Taoist and Confucian philosophies. In their hands, it emerges, as it did for C. G. Jung, as a vital key to humanity's age-old collective unconscious. Here the observations of the Wilhelms are combined in a volume that will reward specialists and aficionados with its treatment of historical context--and that will serve also as an introduction to the I Ching and the meaning of its famous hexagrams.
Author Biography
This book was originally published in two volumes, Change: Eight Lectures on the 'I Ching' by Hellmut Wilhelm and Lectures on the 'I Ching': Constancy and Change by Richard Wilhelm.
Reviews"This volume is a fascinating look at the I Ching and the researchers who study it."--Religious Studies Review
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