I Ching: Ancient Texts, Modern Readings

Author: Song Jie
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: The author attempts to present the I Ching as a "philosophy of human youth," offering concise and vivid interpretations through illustrations and text. The sources used are the holdings of the Beijing Normal University Library, specifically the Zhengyi Shiyao (Ten Volumes of the I Ching Justice) and the Thirteen Classics Annotations from Shanghai Jin Zhang Book Bureau, as well as authoritative versions such as the I Ching Bamboo Slips from Zixin Zhai. The I Ching is illustrated with both images and text, its wonderful hexagrams and lines exactly resemble men and women, and ordinary people perfectly embody the ebb and flow of yin and yang. The I Ching's measure is universal across the four seas. Excess and deficiency depend on one person. The I Ching explains the world through men and women, while I explain men and women through the I Ching. Where worldly matters intersect, there is no distinction in understanding. Reading ancient books while reflecting on the present world is the essence of reading ancient texts in the modern era.