THE I CHING, A BIOGRAPHY, BY RICHARD SMITH, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, E-BOOK.

Description: 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤! 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟑𝟔 𝐁𝐂𝐄 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧, 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚, 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐚𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐭 “𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧. 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞—𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐛𝐧𝐢𝐳, 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐠, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐊. 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤, 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠, 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞, 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐃𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐉𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈. 𝐌. 𝐏𝐞𝐢. 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧. Review"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012""Winner of the 2013 Cover/Jacket Merit Award in the Professional, Scholarly Series category, New York Book Show""Smith's book succeeds admirably in making the history and importance of this esoteric and enigmatic classic accessible and understandable to a wide audience. A must read for anyone interested in fathoming 'the Way' (Tao/Dao) in ancient China." ― Choice"Smith's book demonstrates that if the Book of Changes is anything, it is alive."---James Carter, Los Angeles Review of Books"His biography is, at every turn, full of scholarship."---Jon Sweeney, Tablet"One of the advantages to this book is Smith's prose; not only is it clear and accessible, but he writes in a way that brings the material to life. He is an engaging writer. . . . This 'biography' of the Yijing is an attractive and thorough resource. It should prove to be a useful addition to any library (academic or not) and a valuable help in any high school or college courses that incorporate study of the Yijing in any classroom context."---Robert Steed, Education About Asia"[N]ever before in English has the substance of this vital text been explicated with such transparency, lucidity, and--on balance--objectivity. However, even in charitably demystifying it, Smith has simultaneously retained and even enhanced the compelling attraction of this ever-tantalizing essentialist work for the would-be initiated. Such is a balancing act deftly executed, for which we should commend the author lavishly."---Don J. Wyatt, Journal of Chinese Religions"Smith's biography does what an introduction should do: encourage the reader to want to know more and provide a smooth over-arching conceptual framework, in economic fashion, through which one may understand the details. It would, therefore, be a helpful tool in a university course on Eastern or World religions and is highly recommended."---Stephanie L. Derrick, Relegere"Smith offers an unparalleled biography of the most revered book in China's entire cultural tradition, and he shows us how this enigmatic ancient classic has become a truly global phenomenon."---RSR, Buddhism Now"This work serves both as a sinologically sound exposition of East Asia's Yijing, and a fearless foray into the West's endless fixations on the Yi's malleable meanings."---Russell Kirkland, Religious Studies Review"To all [I Ching] aficionados and many others, Richard J. Smith's book, The I Ching: A Biography, will be usefully informative."---Yu Liu, European LegacyReview"Richard Smith's 'biography' of the Book of Changes delivers to us just what the series promised: it is wide-ranging, clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and entertaining."―Jonathan D. Spence, author of The Search for Modern China"The I Ching has had many guises and uses in what Richard Smith calls its 'transnational travels' during its three-thousand-year course. Smith's accessible book combines general orientation and fascinating detail in ways that enable readers to grasp the complicated, transcultural history of a vital, enigmatic little classic."―Willard Peterson, Princeton University"Richard Smith synthesizes a great deal of information about the I Ching and presents it with admirable clarity. I know of no one else who commands the history of this text to the extent that he does, whether in China or especially in its global context. His excellent book will find a ready and wide readership."―Edward L. Shaughnessy, author of Confucian and Taoist Wisdom"This one-of-a-kind biography of the I Ching is a masterpiece of scholarship for general readers as well as scholars and teachers. The first book in English to explain the history and impact of this ancient text from a global perspective, it will remain a must-read in I Ching studies for a very long time. A welcome and important contribution."―Benjamin Wai-ming Ng, author of The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and CultureRead moreProduct detailsPublisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press; 1st edition (March 25, 2012)Language ‏ : ‎ EnglishHardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691145091ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691145099Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ouncesDimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.95 x 1.07 x 7.83 inchesBest Sellers Rank: #1,856,073 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,191 in Taoist Philosophy#2,524 in General History of Religion#3,943 in History of ReligionsCustomer Reviews: 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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