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Ta Chuan: The Key to Understanding the I-Ching and Its Place in Your Life (Hardcover)

by Stephen L. Karcher (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 159 pages
  • Publisher: Carroll & Brown Publishers Limited; illustrated edition edition (29 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903258057
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903258057
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19.4 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 490,761 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ta Chuan is at the heart of the "I Ching" or "Classic of Change", the world's most profound divination system and the basis of Chinese cosmology. Now, in a lyrical and scrupulously faithful Taoist translation and commentary, Stephen Karcher opens up this revolutionary classic and explores it for the benefit of Western readers, explaining to them how its insightful teachings can be applied to life in the modern world. Much of the Ta Chuan is focused on telling readers how to use the techniques of change. This is the most potent spiritual tool in existence, a way to radically transform awareness, open the heart and contact the helping spirits. The book teaches readers to free themselves from fear and compulsion, achieve their full potential, become wiser and more able, become more helpful to others and to fulfil their fates.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A much needed translation of a vital work., 10 April 2002
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In many ways the Ta Chuan is the core of the I Ching, it provides the philosophical and cosmological background for the I Ching. Yet most translations ignore it. I don't read Chinese, so I rely on the work of others to render these classics into English. This new translation by Karcher is excellent. It has a strong Taoist inclination and is filled with spirit. I would suggest that if you work with the I Ching, this is a necessary addition to your library.

The book is attractive and well presented and my only criticism is a lack of references and notes.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good!, 29 Jun 2001
By J. Scott "whitefort" (Co. Down United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ta Chuan: The Great Treatise (Hardcover)
I was given this book by a friend who was aware of my interest in the Tao (at least, he knew I was interested in Taiji, I Ching, etc.)

There's a problem with much of what is currently being written about the Tao, and the problem is best summed up by pointing out that you're more likely to find books on the Tao in the 'new age' section of the bookshop, rather than in religion or (better still) philosophy.

So I was grateful for the present, but had no high expectations of it. But as it turned out, I'm delighted with the book.

Those few people who have even heard of THE GREAT TREATISE have probably enountered it via Richard Willheim's I CHING. This is a much more accessible version, and gives the background, key terms, and so on, in a very readable style.

So, what is it?

Well, it's not the I CHING - you'll need to buy a copy (or copies) of that as well. But it's a treatise on the meaning and use of the I CHING, written by ancient sages who were far closer to the meaning of the original than the new age loons and con-artists of today.

I have no problem giving this book 5 stars (VERY rare in my reviews). If you have any sort of serious interest in the I, then it's worth having on your self. It's readable, and you'll return to it as a reference book.

Oh, and it has pretty pictures too! Very important in a book about the Tao!!!

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