- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (14 Oct 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0700704671
- ISBN-13: 978-0700704675
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 4.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,567,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
Product Description
Product Description
Modern research has revealed the Book of Changes to be a royal divination manual of the Zhou state (500100 BC). This new translation synthesizes the results of modern study, presenting the work in its historical context. The first book to render original Chinese rhymes into rhymed English.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
There is no need to add comments about the content of the book. The book is clearly very important. However with numerous suppliers charging from £70 - £90 for a Print on Demand Book of only 500 pages this has got to be one of the most seriously overpriced books I have seen. It is not even what I call a proper 'Hardback' but is a 'Paperback in Disguise'. By this I mean that the spine is held together only by glue, in 'Paperback' style. This marks it as cheaply produced. It is not even a very rare book. It certainly does not merit a price above that usual for a 'Hardshell Paperback' of its kind:- around £20 - £25 Max.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I have investigated a large number of English translations of the I Ching and this is the only one I know of with serious historical background, including the latest archaeological data including the Mawangdui bamboo strip texts, and a critical approach. In addition to the history of the book there are histories and descriptions of various forms of divination that are presented in a scientific/anthropological fashion, as well as a history of the reception of the book in the West. I was a little alarmed by the rhyming translations of the actual text at first (they can sound rather trite in comparison with Wilhelm/Baynes), but good justifications are given to show that this is the form the original took and that it is similar to the style of the Book of Odes.
For readers with critical intelligence and a sense of history this is the only English edition of the I Ching that can be taken seriously.
For readers with critical intelligence and a sense of history this is the only English edition of the I Ching that can be taken seriously.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3 reviews
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
The best book on the I Ching
31 Jan 2000
I have read many books on I Ching but this is the best byfar. It is the only one which made its history as a text clear tome. The so called Zhouyi is the portion set in writing during the Zhou(later Chinese bronze age). Most of what we consider I Ching is actually commentary from the Han, half a milennium later. Rutt restores the early primitive text which was used for such things as deciding the auspicious occasion for (human?) sacrifices. Rutt sees the Zhou Yi as neither moral or spiritual. We can then see how the Confucian tradition made something quite different of the text with the addition of the Ten Wings. Rutt translates the original Zhou text which consists of what are the hexagram statements and line texts in later forms.He also translates the Ten Wings separately, rather than mixed with the Zhou text as Wilhelm and later Chinese editions do. Rutt's book is the best on the actual, as opposed to mythical text of the Changes. Yet he includes its history in the west and a section entitled, the Fascination of Zhouyi. If you have a serious interest in I Ching, you MUST read this book. It does not supercede the classic Wilhelm/Baynes translation but does far better in letting us see it also as an ancient Chinese text.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A scholarly study on the original meaning of the I Ching.
16 Aug 1999
There is everything here about the history of the I Ching. Richard Rutt has used among others the studies by Kunst on the oldest meaning of the book (that was lost to the later Confucian commentators of the Ten Wings) to attempt a translation that comes as close as possible to the original meaning. . This brings Bronze Age China back to life, a civilization that even performed human sacrifices. A must for all serious I Ching lovers.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Best English I Ching
11 Mar 2006
I have investigated a large number of English translations of the I Ching and this is the only one I know of that provides serious historical background, including the latest archaeological data and the Mawangdui bamboo strip texts, and a critical approach. In addition to the history of the book there are histories and descriptions of various forms of divination that are presented in a scientific/anthropological fashion, as well as a history of the reception of the book in the West. I was a little alarmed by the rhyming translations of the actual text at first (they can sound rather trite in comparison with Wilhelm/Baynes), but good justifications are given to show that this is the form the original took and that it is similar to the style of the Book of Odes.
For readers with critical intelligence and a sense of history, this is the only English edition of the I Ching that can be taken seriously.
For readers with critical intelligence and a sense of history, this is the only English edition of the I Ching that can be taken seriously.
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia
- Books > History > Cultural History
- Books > History > Other Historical Subjects > Historiography
- Books > History > Religious History > Other Religions
- Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Thought & Practice > New Age
- Books > Religion & Spirituality > New Age > Occult
- Books > Religion & Spirituality > Other Religions > Confucianism
- Books > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
