I Ching Translation and Notes

Author: Huang Shouqi
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: The Book of Changes, also known as the I Ching, can refer to the hexagram and line texts of the Book of Changes, or the sixty-four hexagrams, which are divided into the Upper Canon (thirty hexagrams) and the Lower Canon (thirty-four hexagrams). Excluding the Commentaries, known as the Ten Wings, the title Book of Changes can encompass both the canonical texts and the commentaries. Moreover, the name Book of Changes has a long history; it is referred to as such in the Rites of Zhou·Spring Office·Grand Diviner, and most works on the Book of Changes have traditionally used this title, such as the Commentary on the Book of Changes by Wei Yuobi, Jin Han Kangbo, and Tang Kong Yingda, the Collected Explanations of the Book of Changes by Tang Li Dingzuo, and the Fundamental Meanings of the Book of Changes by Song Zhu Xi. Therefore, the book title remains the Book of Changes.