Lectures on the I Ching: Constancy and Change
Author(s):
Wilhelm, Richard
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher Name: | Routledge and Kegan Paul |
| Publication Year: | 1980 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| ISBN: | 9780691099026 |
| SKU: | 038597 |
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| Categories: | History - Asia and Australasia , Literary History and Criticism |
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xxvi, 186pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Top text block edge starting to fox and tan, remaining edges just starting to tan. Endpapers starting to fox. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun-fading, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient Chinese text that serves as both a philosophical guide and a divination tool. Richard Wilhelmwrote and lectured on the I Ching, examining the ideas and ways of thinking it reveals. Collected here are four lectures he gave in the late 1920s.
Keywords:
Ancient Chinese Text
I Ching
