I Ching: The Oracle (Revised Edition)

by Huang Kerson

Overview

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 in the I Ching. The undisguised face of the I Ching will appeal to the modern reader, who will read it in his or her own individual way, as poetry, as discoverer of self, or as soothsayer. It is in the grand tradition of the I Ching for different people to see different things.

• To Confucius, who was born in 550 B.C., it was a source of ethics.
• To Leibnitz, the eighteenth-century inventor of calculus, it was the essence of binary mathematics.
• To Jung Freud's rival in psychology, it was an explorer of the unconscious.
• To some Wall Streeters, it predicts the stock market.

This revised edition includes a new chapter on a historical perspective, and other additions, changes and minor reformatting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814522601
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/24/2014
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface v

Preface to first edition vii

Acknowledgement ix

Part I About the I Ching

1 Introduction

The Binary Nature of Things 3

The Eight Elements 4

The Sixty-Four Hexagrams 5

The Idea of Change 6

About this Book 7

2 Legend of the I Ching

In The Beginning 9

The Dawn of History 10

The Great Bronze Age 10

Jou The Terrible 11

The Mandate of Heaven 12

The Oracle of Change 13

3 The Legacy of Confucius

Every Five Hundred Years 15

China Got Her Name 16

I Chinfi Enshrined 17

4 Roots of the I Ching

Fact of Fiction? 19

The Oracle Bones of Shang 19

Mystery of the Dragon Bones 20

Wang Hai the Ancestor 21

Wu Ding's Boar Hunt 23

"Perseverance Brings Disaster" 25

Rummaging Among Old Books 26

5 Meaning of the I Ching

Hexagram Order 30

Hexagram Names 31

Editors and Scribes 32

The Medium 34

The Message 36

The Many Faces of the I Ching 40

Where is God? 43

6 How to Use the I Ching

The Coin Oracle 45

Layout of the I Ching 46

Reading the Message 47

Basic Rules 48

The Yarrow Oracle 49

Numerology 51

Part II The Hexagrams

1 Heaven Qian 54,55

2 Earth Kun 56,57

3 Retrenchment Tun 58,59

4 Blindness Meng 60,61

5 Watting Xu 62,63

6 The Court Song 64,65

7 The Army Shi 66,67

8 Support Bi 68,69

9 Small Cattle Xia ochu 70,71

10 Treading Lü 72,73

11 Peace Tai 74,75

12 Stagnation Pi 76,77

13 Gathering Tong Ren 78,79

14 Great Harvest Da You 80,81

15 Modesty Qian 82,83

16 Weariness Yu 84,85

17 The Chase Sui 86,87

Is Work Sui 88,89

19 Prevailing Lin 90,91

20 View Guan 92,93

21 Biting Shi Ke 94,95

22 Decoration Ben 96,97

23 Loss Bo 98,99

24 Return Fu 100,101

25 Propriety Wu Wang 102,103

26 Big Cattle Da Chu 104,105

27 The Cheeks Yi 106,107

28 Great Excess Da Guo 108,109

29 Water Kan 110,111

30 Fire Li 112,113

31 Cutting Xian 114,115

32 Steadfastness Heng 116,117

33 The Little Pig Tun 118,119

34 Great Injury Da Zhuang 120,121

35 Advance Jin 122,123

36 The Crying Pheasant Ming Yi 124,125

37 The Family Jia Ren 126,127

38 Abandoned Kui 128,129

39 Admonishment Jian 130,131

40 Letting Loose Jie 132,133

41 Decrease Sun 134,135

42 Increase Yi 136,137

43 Stride Guai 138,139

44 Rendezvous Hou 140,141

45 Illness Cui 142,143

46 Ascendance Sheng 144,145

47 Trapped Kun 146,147

48 The Well Jing 148,149

49 Revolution Ge 150,151

50 The Caldron Ding 152,153

51 Thunder Zhen 154,155

52 Mountain Gen 156,157

53 Progress Jian 158,159

54 The Marrying Maiden Gui Mei 160,101

55 Abundance Feng 162,163

56 The Traveler Lü 164,165

57 Wind Xun 166.167

58 Lake Dui 168,169

59 Flowing Huan 170,171

60 Frugality Jie 172,173

61 Sincerity Zhong Fu 174,175

62 Small Excess Xiao Guo 176,177

63 Fulfillment Ji Ji 178,179

64 Unfulfillment Wei Ji 180,181

Appendices

A Trig Rams and Hexagrams

Table of Trigrams 183

Matrix of Hexagram Numbers 183

Table of Hexagrams 184

B The Chinese Pinyin System 187

Indices

A Hexagrams 189

B Chinese Names 191