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The I Ching or Book of Changes (1991)

by Richard Wilhelm

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The I Ching, or Book of Changes, a common source for both Confucianist and Taoist philosophy, is one of the first efforts of the human mind to place itself within the universe. It has exerted a living influence in China for 3,000 years, and interest in it has been rapidly spreading in the West.… (more)
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Jason Louv says this is the most important occult book there is -- Richard Wilhelm translation.
  Susieqbarker | May 3, 2024 |
Everyone must at least understand the mechanics of this text and try them. This is technology of knowledge in the making. The writing is fascinating though as it actually on occasion goes out of its way to predict something specific, taking risks to be wrong.

An amazing book, idea and tool from thousands of years back. ( )
  yates9 | Feb 28, 2024 |
I finally realized the I Ching was more about politics and generalship than about problem solving. ( )
  mykl-s | Apr 23, 2023 |
Impossibile dare un giudizio all’ I Ching, libro di divinazione e libro di saggezza. La versione Adelphi presa in considerazione è in completo accordo, cito testualmente:
[L'I Ching è] Un' opera enigmatica per definizione, che non si finisce mai di scoprire e che ha suscitato fino a oggi innumerevoli interpretazioni, edizioni, traduzioni. Lo presentiamo qui sulla base dell'edizione allestita dal grande sinologo Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930): apparsa nel 1924, essa rimane uno degli eventi più significativi nella storia della comprensione dell'antica Cina da parte dell'Occidente...

Un'opera maturata attraverso una lenta elaborazione, nel corso di millenni. Si può assimilarla solo riflettendo e meditando.

Struttura del testo:

Due prefazioni, una di C.G. Jung e una risalente alla prima edizione di Richard Wilhelm.

L’ introduzione di ben ``50`` pagine, passa in rassegna i principali utilizzi del libro (oracolare o di saggezza), la storia e una breve spiegazione delle scelte nella traduzione.

Il Testo ("As Is").

Il Materiale, anche noto con il nome Dieci Ali. Queste Ali o chiarimenti, contengono di fatto la più antica letteratura di commento al Testo.

I Commenti. Formati da due traduzioni dei testi Shuo Kua, Discussione dei trigrammi, e Hsi Tz'u Chuan, Commento alle sentenze aggiunte, chiamato più propriamente Ta Chuan, Grande Trattato. Seguono poi ragguagli sulla struttura dei segni, che provengono da varie fonti e sono importanti per la comprensione della successiva parte dell'opera.

L’ Appendice, per la consultazione rapida dell’oracolo con tavole ausiliarie.

Non posso dare un giudizio critico sulla traduzione, non avendo a disposizione ne la copia originale ne altri testi di riferimento. Invito quindi chiunque ad aggiungere un proprio giudizio o indicarmi versioni alternative ed altre fonti attendibili.

In conclusione, consiglio vivamente la lettura di questo antico libro di saggezza a chiunque stia facendo un qualsiasi percorso di crescita personale. Se si è interessati all' aspetto oracolare, consiglio di non essere frettolosi e studiarsi bene commenti e interpretazioni, ampiamente trattati e descritti in questo testo.
  giacomomanta | Aug 23, 2022 |
No se hizo la miel para la boca del asno, sentencia el proverbio. Así, este “Libro de las mutaciones”: aparentemente sencillo, en ocasiones con afirmaciones pueriles; yergue un muro apenas penetrable para unos pocos, aunque muchos son los que afirman haber entendido sus más profundos arcanos.
El prólogo de Jung de esta edición es fundamental para entender las carencias de muchos lectores a la hora de internarse en el “I ching”. Durante siglos, muchos chinos se han acercado al libro, ya oracular o sapiencialmente, generalmente a través de los comentarios de Confucio. Jung establece las diferencias, claramente favorables a los chinos frente a los occidentales, para entender el libro: una profundidad de perspectiva que nunca puede provenir de un conocimiento puramente académico de la filosofía china, dejar de lado ciertos prejuicios occidentales, la asunción de que cada proceso natural se ve interferido por el azar (entiéndase esto también como causas no conocidas o al menos no previstas), …
Jung insiste en que es una obra poco adecuada para intelectualizantes y racionalistas. Afirma que es una invitación al conocimiento de uno mismo: carácter, actitud y motivaciones; y éste se mueve en el ámbito del falible juicio subjetivo.
El lector, leyendo los hexagramas y sus comentarios, puede intuir que Jung está en lo cierto, que apunta al corazón mismo de la obra; pero también comprobará la gran dificultad de aprehender el significado del “I ching”. Bienaventurados quienes lo consigan. ( )
  GilgameshUruk | Jul 17, 2022 |
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De Yijing (I-tjing) is een oud Chinees orakelboek opgebouwd rond 64 figuren gevormd door hele en onderbroken strepen, die samen alle mogelijke situaties in hun ontwikkelingstendens representeren. Rond deze zgn. hexagrammen hebben zich van de 10e tot de 4e eeuw v.Chr. talrijke, meestal duistere, commentaren verzameld. Deze uitgave is de ongewijzigde druk van de Nederlandse hervertaling door A. Hochberh-van Wallinga (1953) van de Duitse vertaling door Richard Wilhelm, oorspronkelijk verschenen in 1923. Wilhelm doet in zijn bewerking geen poging de verschillende historische lagen te onderscheiden, maar biedt het werk aan als één bron van wijsheid. Zijn vertaling en zijn uitvoerige toelichting dragen sterk het stempel van zijn tijd, maar zijn indrukwekkende prestatie is nog steeds niet verbeterd. De Nederlandse hervertaling bevat ook een vertaling van het voorwoord door C.C. Jung geschreven voor de Engelse hervertaling (1950).
(Biblion recensie, Dr. W.L. Idema.)

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Wilhelm, Richardprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Baynes, CaryTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jung, Carl GustavForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wilhelm, HellmutPrefacesecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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There are many different translations of the I Ching, most of which are radically different from one another. Avoid combining them into one work unless you are certain they are substantially the same. Here is an excellent summary of the different editions: http://www.biroco.com/yijing/survey.h...
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