A canonized Confucian classic, the Yijing is a composite text consisting of three distinct layers. Its first layer is comprised by the 8 trigrams and 64 hexagrams allegedly created by the mythical figure, Fu Xi . Its second layer are the hexagram statements and line statements allegedly written by King Wen and the Duke of Zhou during the 11th century BCE. Its third layer incorporates seven pieces of writings composed from 5th to 2nd century BCE. Divided into ten segments (hence, the name “Ten Wings”), the authors of these writings used the hexagrams to discuss cosmic patterns, the relations between humanity and nature, and the complexity of human life. By 125 BCE, these three textual layers were combined to form what we now call the Yijing.

English Translations

Complete Yijings (including all 10 Wings)

  1. Wilhelm, R., & Baynes, C. F. (1967). The I Ching, or, Book of Changes (Bollingen Series XIX) (Bollingen Series (General)). Princeton University Press.
  2. Lynn, R. J. (1994). The Classic of Changes: A New Translation of the “I Ching” as Interpreted by Wang Bi. Columbia University Press.
  3. Rutt, R. (1996). Zhouyi: A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes (Durham East Asia Series). Routledge.
  4. Legge, J. (1963). The I Ching: The Book of Changes (Sacred Books of China: The Book of Changes). Dover Publications.

Traditional translations

  1. Wilhelm, R., & Baynes, C. F. (1967). The I Ching, or, Book of Changes (Bollingen Series XIX) (Bollingen Series (General)). Princeton University Press.
  2. Lynn, R. J. (1994). The Classic of Changes: A New Translation of the “I Ching” as Interpreted by Wang Bi. Columbia University Press.
  3. Huang, A. (2010). The Complete I Ching ― 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Translation by Taoist Master Alfred Huang. Inner Traditions.
  4. Balkin, J. M. (2009). The Laws of Change: I Ching and the Philosophy of Life. Sybil Creek Press.

Modern scholarship

  1. Rutt, R. (1996). Zhouyi: A New Translation with Commentary of the Book of Changes (Durham East Asia Series). Routledge.
  2. Pearson, M. J. (2011). The Original I Ching: An Authentic Translation of the Book of Changes. Tuttle Publishing.

Other

  1. Barrett, H. (2016). I Ching. Arcturus Publishing Limited.
  2. Ritsema, R., & Sabbadini, S. A. (2018). The Original I Ching Oracle or The Book of Changes: The Eranos I Ching Project. Watkins Publishing.
  3. Karcher, S. (2009). I Ching: The Symbolic Life. BookSurge Publishing.
  4. Minford, J. (2014). I Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom. Viking.
  5. Dening, S. (1997). The Everyday I Ching. St. Martin’s Griffin.
  6. Deng, M.-D. (2006). The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life. HarperOne.
  7. Anthony, C. K., & Moog, H. (2002). I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way. Anthony Pub Co.

Links

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  3. Hermetica by Bradford Hatcher
  4. Yijing Dao by Joel Biroco
  5. The Essential I Ching by Kari Hohne
  6. The Gnostic Book of Changes by James DeKorne
  7. Wēngù - Chinese Classics
  8. No2Do by Karin Ulrike Soika
  9. Taoscopy - The I Ching commented by the oracle

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