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- That’s when Richard Wilhelm, a theologian who had lived and studied in China for more than two decades, published a German translation of the text with the help of Chinese scholar Lao Naixuan.
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The earliest published complete translation of the I Ching into a Western language was a Latin translation done in the 1730s by the French Jesuit missionary Jean-Baptiste Régis and his companions that was published in Germany in the 1830s.
The best known translation and commentary on the I Ching by a Westerner is the one made by Richard Wilhelm, a German scholar who lived in China during the first part of the twentieth century, and it is his translation that my friends referred to, and that I am most familiar with.
The complete text of the Yi Jing is presented here with side-by-side translation. The English text of the translation is derived from "Sacred Books of the East, Volume 16, The I Ching" by James Legge, 1899.
May 4, 2023 · Starting in 1950, experimental composer John Cage used the I Ching as a source of random numbers for a complex mathematics-based process of writing music. Other musicians, poets, and artists, including Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, and John Lennon referenced it.
Apr 22, 2014 · How to recognise a good I Ching book – Without a real translation, you can’t consult the I Ching at all – just someone else’s idea of it. Here’s how to know if you’re looking at the real thing.
Mar 23, 2019 · Who Wrote the I Ching? There are two main views regarding the authorship of the I Ching. According to the traditional Chinese view, the I Ching was written by the mythical sage king Fu Xi, who is believed to have lived during the first half of the 3 rd millennium BC.
Sep 13, 2022 · Many great scholars have studied the ‘Yi Jing’ (which is still widely known as ‘I Ching’ following the Wade Giles system) as a source of contemplation and reflection. Marcel Granet has described it as “the Cosmos in capsule form”.
