Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Understanding the Context of the Book of Changes
About the Translation
How to Use the Book of Changes

The Original I Ching

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  1 The Creative
  2 Earth, The Receptive
  3 Sprouting
  4 New Grass
  5 Waiting
  6 Strife
  7 With a Multitude of Followers
  8 Closeness with Others
  9 The Smaller Herd
  10 Stepping
  11 Peace
  12 Obstruction (Stagnation)
  13 Friendship
  14 Great Possession
  15 Modesty
  16 Excess
  17 Following
  18 Branching Out
  19 The Forest
  20 Gazing (Contemplation)
  21 Taking a Bite
  22 Elegance
  23 Peeling
  24 Returning
  25 Not False
  26 Great Nurturing
  27 Jaws
  28 Great Surpassing
  29 The Abyss
  30 The Net
  31 Reciprocity, Respect
  32 Duration
  33 Retreat
  34 Great Strength
  35 Advancing
  36 Wounded Light
  37 Family
  38 Double Vision
  39 Impeded
  40 Released (Untied)
  41 Decrease
  42 Increase
  43 Resolute
  44 The Royal Bride
  45 Gathered Together
  46 Pushing Upwards
  47 Exhaustion
  48 The Well
  49 Molting (Shedding)
  50 The Cauldron
  51 Thunder
  52 Stillness
  53 Gradual Progress
  54 Coming Home
  55 Abundance
  56 The Wanderer
  57 Calculation, Choosing
  58 Joy
  59 Dispersion (Spreading Waters)
  60 Limitation
  61 Sincere to the Core
  62 Minor Surplus
  63 After the Crossing
  64 Not Yet Across

About the Author

Margaret J. Pearson, Ph.D., studied Chinese literature with Hellmut Wilhelm, and history with Jack Dull and Chan Hok-la. She has taught Chinese history and thought, for over thirty years, at Skidmore College, the New School for Social Research, Pace University, State University of New York (Albany) and Marymount Manhattan College. She has been elected to life membership at Clare Hall, Cambridge University and to membership in the Early China Seminar at Columbia University.

Reviews

"Pearson's mission was to restore the text to its original form. Simultaneously, she kept an eye on the clarity of the text, concerned that it be comprehensible to non-scholars. Whether customers use the book for consultation, meditation, or scholarly research, having this ancient text restored to its original form is something very valuable indeed." --New Age Retailer

"Her interpretation and translation is unique, not only in the sense that she has made a meaningful separation of the original text from the commentaries ... but also in the sense that she approaches the text with an ungendered and holistic perspective." --Xinzhong Yao, Director, King's China Institute, King's College London

"A delightful and scholarly translation of what may be the oldest self help book ... Pithy, wise, and ever sensitive to context, the Book of Changes, in Pearson's translation, provides a new lens through which we can see the freshness of old things." --Terri Apter, Newnham College, Cambridge University; author of The Sister Knot