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The I Ching or Book of Changes (Bollingen Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: R Wilhelm
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 301093
Media: Hardcover
Edition: New Ed
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Pages: 806
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 4.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 069109750X
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.51482
EAN: 9780691097503
ASIN: 069109750X
Publication Date: July 1, 1992
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Not the easiest but the best May 23, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Wilhelm translation was my first introduction to the I ching. Finding it incredibly useful I sought out other books and was consistently disappointed.
Many books over simplify, thinking that this will make the text more accessible. Unfortunately they often remove what is essential for individual interpretation. Many remove things that sound too oriental to appeal to western thinking and also end up restricting the way a text can be interpreted. The worst of all are those that try to make the I Ching fit in with modern 'mystic' thinking. They turn a useful, practical book into another tree-hugger's companion!
The value of the Wilhelm translation is that it gives you the text and trusts you to apply it honestly to the issue you are trying to resolve. It takes time to get used to the terminology but reading the introduction will help, as will regular usage. This book doesn't so much answer the questions of your life as tell you which direction to head in if you honestly want to find your answers. As such I find it more useful, practical and, above all, truthful than many books you can find taking up the 'self-help' or 'esoteric' sections of bookstores.
A living treasure....... May 6, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have studied the I Ching for the past 28 years and have many translations of the book. However as the years have gone by I am drawn more and more to Richard Wilhelm's transliteration. At first reading the language is obscure and the content difficult to understand, and yet it sits on my bookshelf and I get very anxious and annoyed if even a close friend were to pick it up and God forbid open it let alone attempt to read it. I guess that I don't need to ask a question of the oracle in the traditional way. I just sit and meditate for a short while with the book on my lap and then open it, it answers me sometimes shockingly, sometimes with great serenity but always with clarity from great depths. The rendition by Richard Wilhelm is a classic and no other translation comes any where near competing with it
Struggle with the imagery and watch your life change July 27, 2001
31 out of 35 found this review helpful
I've used this translation for 18 years and my understanding of its imagery continues to expand. Most other versions are trite and attempt to explain situations too directly for meaningful interpretation. This version, although hard work, releases and guides your own boundless imagination and creativity to come to bear upon the consultation process.
This really is THE i ching!!! June 5, 2001
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I've only had this book a week or so and it is truly a fantastic translation, written with both clarity and insight. Many versions of the I-Ching are hard work and can actually put you off attempting to use the oracle ever again. Not so with this one. There is a real sense of movement contained within the text, that breathes both life and depth into this inspirational classic. Carl Jung's introduction is not to be missed either. If you can only afford one translation make it this one.
 The original, but is it the best? December 16, 2000
36 out of 40 found this review helpful
This is the translation that really brought the I Ching to the West, and it's still going strong. It's worth buying just for Jung's preface, which is absolutely fascinating. Wilhelm translated all of the I Ching, which is more than can be said for many later versions, and gives extensive commentaries of his own. Still, it's not my favourite translation: it concentrates very strongly on Neo-Confucian moralising at the expense of the more imaginative, magical aspect of the I Ching. (To be fair to Wilhelm, not much was known about that in his time.) A generation has depended on this book for their contact with the oracle, and it still has a great deal to offer - but I'm not sure that it's compulsory reading any more.
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