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I Ching

The Book of Changes
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A key work of the Chinese Classics in an accessible and beautiful edition, an ideal companion to our titles on Chinese myths, legends, folk tales and ancient history. Also known as Yî Ching or The Book of Changes, I Ching is an ancient Chinese text of... Read More
Format: Hardback
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I Ching, also known as Yî Ching or The Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese text of vast cultural influence, spanning divination, cosmology, morality and philosophy. With ties to Confucianism, it offers an early attempt to understand the world and humanity's place in it. This compact edition revives James Legge’s classic translation.

A key work of the Chinese Classics in an accessible and beautiful edition, an ideal companion to our titles on Chinese myths, legends, folk tales and ancient history.

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A key work of the Chinese Classics in an accessible and beautiful edition, an ideal companion to our titles on Chinese myths, legends, folk tales and ancient history. Also known as Yî Ching or The Book of Changes, I Ching is an ancient Chinese text of vast historical and cultural influence.

Spanning the fields of divination, cosmology, morality, and philosophy, with strong links to Confucianism, it has been interpreted in many different ways over the centuries and ultimately demonstrates an early attempt to understand the world and the human place within it.

Reviving James Legge's classic nineteenth-century translation, this compact and accessible edition includes an illuminating introduction that casts fresh light on this fascinating text.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835627860

Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 March 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flame Tree Publishing

Illustration: 3 Line drawings, black and white

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Dennis Schilling

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 168.0mm

Weight: 308g

Pages: 416

About the Author

Dennis Schilling (Introduction) is the Professor for Chinese Philosophy at the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China. He studied Sinology, Philosophy and Japanology at the universities of Würzburg, Munich, Wuhan/PR China, and received his Doctor degree and the habilitation at the University of Munich. His doctoral thesis explores metaphysical, political and ethical ideas in Chinese divination texts imitating the composition and style of the ancient manual Yì jīng. Currently, his research focuses on ideas of life and death in ancient and medieval China and on the metaphysics of time and change in Chinese philosophy. He is also engaged in comparative philosophy and teaches Chinese Metaphysics, Daoist philosophy and Yì jīng studies.

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