I CHING – THE BOOK OF CHANGES:

For some time the I Ching has not only been known by experts, but from the 1970s in particular by a broader public as well.

The I Ching is one of the oldest books of mankind, whose oracle was consulted by Chinese emperors since more than three thousand years ago when important decisions had to be made. In the course of the following centuries it was augmented  with the flower of Chinese wisdom in the form of added commentaries by great scholars. Thus it became the fundamental philosophical text of Chinese culture. One might compare the significance of the I Ching in China with that of the Bible in Christian cultures.

In the West Richard Wilhelm's translation of the Book of Changes influenced a whole generation in the 1970s, who were seeking a deeper understanding of life. It remains a «perennial», which is reprinted over and over again.

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