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I Ching : The Book of Change: a New Translation by David Hinton (2015, Hardcover)

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Teasing out an elegant vision of the cosmos as ever-changing yet harmonious, Hinton reveals the seed from which Chinese philosophy, poetry, and painting grew. Though informative, these versions rarely hint at the works philosophical heart, let alone its literary beauty.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374220905

ISBN-139780374220907

eBay Product ID (ePID)208611675

Product Key Features

Book TitleI Ching : the Book of Change: a New Translation

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicAsian / Chinese, I Ching, Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, Eastern

IllustratorYes

GenreBody, Mind & Spirit, Religion, Poetry

AuthorDavid Hinton

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-046629

ReviewsPraise for I Ching "[The I Ching is] the only thing that is amazingly true, period . . . You don't have to believe anything to read it, because besides being a great book to believe in, it's also very fantastic poetry." -Bob Dylan "The I Ching has never left my side." -John Cage, [The I Ching is] the only thing that is amazingly true, period . . . You don't have to believe anything to read it, because besides being a great book to believe in, it's also very fantastic poetry., "[The I Ching is] the only thing that is amazingly true, period . . . You don't have to believe anything to read it, because besides being a great book to believe in, it's also very fantastic poetry." -- Bob Dylan "The I Ching has never left my side." -- John Cage

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal299.5/1282

SynopsisA master translator's beautiful and accessible rendering of the seminal Chinese text In a radically new translation and interpretation of the I Ching , David Hinton strips this ancient Chinese masterwork of the usual apparatus and discovers a deeply poetic and philosophical text. Teasing out an elegant vision of the cosmos as ever-changing yet harmonious, Hinton reveals the seed from which Chinese philosophy, poetry, and painting grew. Although it was and is widely used for divination, the I Ching is also a book of poetic philosophy, deeply valued by artists and intellectuals, and Hinton's translation restores it to its original lyrical form. Previous translations have rendered the I Ching as a divination text full of arcane language and extensive commentary. Though informative, these versions rarely hint at the work's philosophical heart, let alone its literary beauty. Here, Hinton translates only the original strata of the text, revealing a fully formed work of literature in its own right. The result is full of wild imagery, fables, aphorisms, and stories. Acclaimed for the eloquence of his many translations of ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy, Hinton has reinvented the I Ching as an exciting contemporary text at once primal and postmodern.

LC Classification NumberPL2478.D38 2015