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The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life

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From the author of 365 Tao and a leading authority on Taoist practice and philosophy comes a completely innovative translation of the classic text of Eastern wisdom, the I Ching.

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient manual for divining the future. Its basic text is traditionally attributed to the Chinese King Wen, the Duke of Zhou, and the philosopher Confucius. By tossing coins, rolling dice, using a computer, or, more traditionally, counting yarrow stalks, one can create a seemingly random combination of heads or tails, odd or even, yin or yang, to construct six lines (for example, solid for odd numbers or broken for even numbers). These six lines make up a hexagram that provides advice, predictions, and answers to questions on topics from love and career to family and finance.

While known mostly as a tool of divination, the I Ching is also a repository of centuries of wisdom. Most of the existing translations offer either dense, scholarly commentary or little more than fortune-cookie platitudes, but in The Living I Ching Deng Ming-Dao takes a more holistic approach. His new translation recovers the true wisdom and philosophy of this ancient classic, so that the I Ching becomes more than just a book of fortune-telling — it becomes a manual for living.

About the Author

Deng Ming-Dao is the author of eight books, including 365 Tao, Everyday Tao, Scholar Warriorand Chronicles of Tao. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. He studied qigong, philosophy, meditation, and internal martial arts with Taoist master Kwan Saihung for thirteen years, and studied with two other masters before that. He is an award-winning graphic designer and fine artist whose work is in several collections, including those of the Brooklyn Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Deng’s watercolors appear at the beginning of each chapter in this I Ching.

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ISBN:
9780060850029
Subtitle:
Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life
Author:
Deng Ming Dao
Author:
Deng, Ming-DAO
Author:
by Ming-Dao Deng
Publisher:
HarperOne
Subject:
Spiritual life
Subject:
Taoism
Subject:
Divination
Subject:
I Ching
Subject:
Eastern - General
Subject:
Eastern - Taoism
Subject:
Taoist
Subject:
Divination -- China.
Publication Date:
April 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
406
Dimensions:
9.04x7.48x1.28 in. 1.79 lbs.

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