Understanding the I Ching
by Hellmut Wilhelm, Richard Wilhelm
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Author: Hellmut Wilhelm, Richard WilhelmTranslator: Cary F. Baynes
Translator: Irene Eber
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-05-15
ISBN: 0691001715
Number of pages: 308
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Book Review: Mainly essays regarding secondary topics about the I Ching
Summary: 3 Stars
I was hoping this book would help teach me how to read the I Ching and how to read the individual lines within each hexagram but was a little disappointed. I admit, this book did help in some regard, but there is nothing that the original Wilhelm/Baynes text has that this book explains any better.
This book basically goes in detail about everything expressed in the original work - detail that doesn't seem to be needed, at least for me. Like it says on the back cover, this book is pretty much essays on the I Ching that help explain its origins, eastern philosophy, and some concepts pertaining to the hexagrams.
Instead of buying this book, I recommend just reading the original Wilhelm/Baynes work and soaking up as much information as possible. Furthermore, it would help to get another I Ching just to get another interpretation and hence, another point-of-view.
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