ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover White gilt-decorated cloth binding, fine. ix (inc. all prelims)+602 + hexagram chart unfolding to facilitate constant visibility beyond fore-edge; clean, tight and unmarked. Unclipped jacket generally fine but some faint spine creasing (will add protective sleeve when ordered). The commentary by Wang Bi (226-249 C.E.) differs significantly from those used by Legge and Wilhelm, the two previous translators. Slipped in broadsheet reprint of 1995 London Review of Books review by Brian Rotman + 2 other note slips. 13 cm x 23.5 cm
[Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1994]
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ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover
[alexandria, VA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1994]

ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: New York: Columbia University Press] Hardcover First Edition Number line beginning with 1. Near fine plus, if not fine hardback in very good plus, if not near fine unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Minor, if not trivial wear to spine, edges and corners of the dust jacket. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.
[Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1994]

New York Columbia University Press 1994 Hard cover Very Good. Dust jacket has light scratches and outer edges have minor scuffs, book content is in like new condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 602 p. Translations from the Asian Classics (Hardcover).

ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover
[Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1994]

ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2.36
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1994]

New York Columbia University Press 1994 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 602 p. Translations from the Asian Classics (Hardcover).

ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 1994]

ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover A new English translation of the classic book of changes used in China for over 3000 years. The introduction explains the organization of I Ching and gives an account of how the text is still used as a manual of divination with both the stalk and coin met.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1994]
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ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover A new English translation of the classic book of changes used in China for over 3000 years. The introduction explains the organization of I Ching and gives an account of how the text is still used as a manual of divination with both the stalk and coin met.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 1994]
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ISBN10: 0231082940, ISBN13: 9780231082945, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. Used 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.Richard 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.Lynn 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. A new English translation of the classic book of changes used in China for over 3000 years. The introduction explains the organization of "I ...