{"product_id":"b01hanocnu","title":"The Classic of Changes: A New Translation of the I Ching as Interpreted by Wang Bi (Translations from the Asian Classic)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsed in China as a book of divination and source of wisdom for more than three thousand years, the  I Ching  has been taken up by millions of English-language speakers in the nineteenth century. The first translation ever to appear in English that includes one of the major Chinese philosophical commentaries, the Columbia  I Ching  presents the classic book of changes for the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Lynn's introduction to this new translation explains the organization of  The Classic of Changes  through the history of its various parts, and describes how the text was and still is used as a manual of divination with both the stalk and coin methods. For the fortune-telling novice, he provides a chart of trigrams and hexagrams; an index of terms, names, and concepts; and a glossary and bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLynn presents for the first time in English the fascinating commentary on the  I Ching  written by Wang Bi (226-249), who was the main interpreter of the work for some seven hundred years. Wang Bi interpreted the  I Ching  as a book of moral and political wisdom, arguing that the text should not be read literally, but rather as an expression of abstract ideas. Lynn places Wang Bi's commentary in historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52836755603672,"sku":"YSL63433","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/71mSjiC3iSL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793274375","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b01hanocnu","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}