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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; I Ching was among "the five classics" edited by Confucius, and the philosopher is reputed to have wished for fifty more years of life to study it. The Book of Changes, as it is known in the Western world, dates back to before

Ixia Pr, 2019. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 448 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

Ixia Pr, 2019. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 448 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.25 inches.

-Ixia Press (2019)-. First Ixia Press edition 2019. Facsimile of the 1899 Clarendon Press edition. Paperback. Spine uncreased. Unread. Near fine. The I Ching , also known as Classic of Changes or Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese divination text and the oldest of the Chinese classics. Possessing a history of more than two and a half millennia of commentary and interpretation, the I Ching is an influential text read throughout the world, providing inspiration to the worlds of religion, psychoanalysis, business, literature, and art. Originally a divination manual in the Western Zhou period (1000–750 BC), over the course of the Warring States period and early imperial period (500–200 BC) it was transformed into a cosmological text with a series of philosophical commentaries known as the "Ten Wings." After becoming part of the Five Classics in the 2nd century BC, the I Ching was the subject of scholarly commentary and the basis for divination practice for centuries across the Far East, and… Read More