The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life

Deng Ming-Dao

ISBN 10: 0060850027 / ISBN 13: 9780060850029

Editore: HarperOne, 2006

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Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: VXFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 244 x 31. Weight in Grams: 752. . 2006. 0th Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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• Titolo: The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life
• Editore: HarperOne
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0060850027
• ISBN 13: 9780060850029
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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From the author of 365 Tao and a leading authority on Taoist practice and philosophy comes a completely innovative translation of the classic text of Eastern wisdom, the I Ching.

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient manual for divining the future. Its basic text is traditionally attributed to the Chinese King Wen, the Duke of Zhou, and the philosopher Confucius. By tossing coins, rolling dice, using a computer, or, more traditionally, counting yarrow stalks, one can create a seemingly random combination of heads or tails, odd or even, yin or yang, to construct six lines (for example, solid for odd numbers or broken for even numbers). These six lines make up a hexagram that provides advice, predictions, and answers to questions on topics from love and career to family and finance.

While known mostly as a tool of divination, the I Ching is also a repository of centuries of wisdom. Most of the existing translations offer either dense, scholarly commentary or little more than fortune-cookie platitudes, but in The Living I Ching Deng Ming-Dao takes a more holistic approach. His new translation recovers the true wisdom and philosophy of this ancient classic, so that the I Ching becomes more than just a book of fortune-telling - it becomes a manual for living.

Informazioni sull?autore

Deng Ming-Dao is the author of eight books, including 365 Tao, The Living I Ching, Chronicles of Tao, Everyday Tao, and Scholar Warrior. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He lives in San Francisco.