Skip to main content alibris logo

I Ching Illustrated: The Ancient Chinese Book of Changes

by , ,

Write The First Customer Review
I Ching Illustrated: The Ancient Chinese Book of Changes - Powell, Neil, and Connolly, Kieron, and Wen, King (Commentaries by)
Filter Results
Shipping
Item Condition
Seller Rating
Other Options
Change Currency

The 2,500 year old Yi-jing or I Ching, translated as the 'Book of Changes', is an ancient Chinese work of divination and prophesy. Dating from the 4th century BCE, it is traditionally consulted by performing complex routines of dropping bundles of dried grass stalks. The particular patterns formed when six stalks are dropped are represented by 64 symbols called hexagrams, which show every possible combination of broken and unbroken stalks. The Book of Changes tells how to interpret the hexagrams to decide which is the best ...

loading
I Ching Illustrated: The Ancient Chinese Book of Changes 2023, Amber Books, London

ISBN-13: 9781838862749

Hardcover