I Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom Audiobook, by John Minford Play Audiobook Sample

I Ching: The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Oracle and Book of Wisdom Audiobook

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Read By: Caroline H. McLaughlin Publisher: Recorded Books: Gildan Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 12.33 hours at 1.5x Speed 9.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2015 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781469060811

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

135

Longest Chapter Length:

51:09 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

20 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

08:14 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

A landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom Pose a question, then toss three coins (or cast your yarrow stalks) to access the time-honored wisdom of the I Ching. The I Ching, or Book of Change, has been consulted through the ages, in both China and the West, for answers to fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. The oldest extant book of divination, it dates back three thousand years to ancient shamanistic practices involving the ritual preparation of the shoulder bones of oxen. From this early form of communication with the other world, it has become the Chinese spiritual book par excellence. An influence on such cultural icons as Bob Dylan, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Philip K. Dick, and Philip Pullman, the I Ching is turned to by millions around the world for insights on spiritual growth, business, medicine, genetics, game theory, strategic thinking, and leadership, and of course for the window it opens on China. This new translation, over a decade in the making, is informed by the latest archaeological discoveries and features a gorgeously rendered codex of divination signs—the I Ching’s sixty-four Tarot-like hexagrams. It captures the majesty and mystery of this legendary work and charts an illuminating path to self-knowledge.

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Awards

  • Longlisted for the 2015 PEN Literary Award

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About John Minford

John Minford studied Chinese at Oxford and has taught in China, Hong Kong, and New Zealand. His highly regarded translations from the Chinese include two volumes of the Penguin Classics edition of Cao Xueqin’s eighteenth-century novel The Story of the Stone. He is a coeditor of the landmark volume Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations and a coeditor of Seeds of Fire: Chinese Voices of Conscience.