I Ching

Also known as Yî Jing or The Book of Changes, the I Ching is an ancient Chinese text of vast historical and cultural influence. Reviving James Legge's classic 19th-century translation, this new version features an introduction by Dennis Schilling, which casts fresh light on this core text and the assumptions behind Legge's first translation.

FLAME TREE's Great Works That Shape Our World is a new series of definitive books drawing on ancient, medieval, and modern writing. Offering a fund of essential knowledge and spell-binding stories, it satisfies every facet of human interest: scientific, philosophical, sociological, romantic, dramatic, and mysterious.

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

This latest title in a series of Great Works includes an illuminating new introduction that revives James Legge's classic nineteenth-century translation, casting fresh light on this fascinating text.

Author: Dennis Schilling 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 habilitation at the University of Munich.

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