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The author, Richard Lynn, provides evidence by placing Wang Bi's commentary on the I Ching in historical context [1]. Lynn's introduction to the translation explains the organization of The Classic of Changes through the history of its various parts [2]. He also describes how the text was and still is used as a manual of divination, detailing both the stalk and coin methods [2].
For those new to fortune-telling, Lynn includes a chart of trigrams and hexagrams, an index of terms, names, and concepts, and a glossary and bibliography [2]. He also presents Wang Bi's commentary on the I Ching for the first time in English, noting that Wang Bi interpreted the I Ching as a book of moral and political wisdom, suggesting it should be read as an expression of abstract ideas rather than literally [2].
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and political wisdom, arguing that the text should not be read literally, but rather as an expression of abstract ideas. Lynn places Wang Bi's commentary in historical context. Categories: History Pages: 624 Snippet: Wang Bi interpreted the I Ching as a book of moral and political wisdom, arguing that the text should not be read literally, but rather as an expression of abstract ideas. Lynn places Wang Bi's commentary in historical context.
Title: The Classic of Changes Description: Used in China as a book of divination and source of wisdom for more than three thousand years, the I Ching has been taken up by millions of English-language speakers in the nineteenth century. The first translation ever to appear in English that includes one of the major Chinese philosophical commentaries, the Columbia I Ching presents the classic book of changes for the world today. Richard Lynn's introduction to this new translation explains the organization of The Classic of Changes through the history of its various parts, and describes how the…