I Ching World

Author: Xiong Yi
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Among all rigorous interpretations of the I Ching, this book is the most accessible; among all accessible interpretations of the I Ching, this book is the most rigorous! With lighthearted narration, rigorous research, direct methods, and concise content, it explains the perplexing question—the I Ching, making understanding the I Ching as enjoyable as reading a mystery novel! Among all rigorous interpretations of the I Ching, there is no book more accessible than this one! Among all accessible interpretations of the I Ching, there is no book more rigorous!! Among all published interpretations of the I Ching, there is no book more engaging!!! To read the I Ching, to learn divination, look no further than I Ching World!!! What is written in this book are the mysteries of the I Ching that I once desperately sought to solve, such as: How exactly did the I Ching calculate divinations? How did the people of the Zhou Dynasty use the I Ching for divination? What attitude did the Zhou people have toward the I Ching—did they truly believe in it? When ancient people used the I Ching for divination, did they believe in this method, or was there another reason? What was the original form of the I Ching, and how did later generations modify it? How much distortion exists between the I Ching we see today and the true I Ching? How much of the profound philosophical thought in the I Ching is original, and how much is later fabrication? Are the concepts of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, binary, etc., in the I Ching true or false? Throughout history, countless works have been written about the I Ching—how did they argue their points, and was their reasoning rigorous? Can the enigmatic hexagram texts in the I Ching be interpreted with certainty, rather than leading to nine different explanations from nine experts? Please rest assured, this book avoids pretentious language (a common issue in I Ching literature), and every sentence is written to be easily understood. I go into great detail explaining ancient divination cases, even when the ancients were deliberately obscure—I break it all down and make it crystal clear.—Xiong Yi
The I Ching is famously enigmatic and difficult to grasp, so how did the ancients read the I Ching? How did they use it? This book begins by examining historical documents closest to the I Ching's time of origin, providing a detailed explanation of the rich hexagram examples in the Zuo Zhuan, then weaves them together with the twists and turns of historical events—narrative is engaging, explanations are easy to follow, historical evidence is solid, and analysis and insights are so captivating that you can treat them like a mental game.