
Understanding the I Ching
The Wilhelm Lectures on the Book of Changes
Princeton University Press
Published on 4. June 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-691-00171-5 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
"This volume is a fascinating look at the I Ching and the researchers who study it."--Religious Studies ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
2 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 123 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-00171-5 (9780691001715)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) was a sinologist, theologian, and missionary who translated many ancient Chinese works and wrote several books on Chinese philosophy and civilization. Hellmut Wilhelm (1905-1990) was a scholar of Chinese literature and history and a world-renowned expert on the I Ching. Cary F. Baynes (1883-1977) was a translator and Jungian psychologist. Irene Eber (1929-2019) was an Israeli sinologist and the author of several books, including Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures.
Content
Change: Eight Lectures on the I ChingPreface31Origins82The Concept of Change203The Two Fundamental Principles334The Trigrams and the Hexagrams475The Hexagrams Ch'ien and K'un636The Ten Wings837The Later History of the Book of Changes1018The Oracle Book120Lectures on the I Ching: Constancy and ChangeIntroduction139Opposition and Fellowship154The Spirit of Art According to the Book of Changes194Constancy in Change236Death and Renewal286Notes317Index327