The Complete I Ching - 10th Anniversary Edition

A revised edition of the definitive translation of the world's most important book of divination

• More than 64,000 copies sold of the first edition

• The first English translation from within the tradition by a Chinese Taoist Master

• Includes translations of the Ten Wings--the commentaries by Confucius essential to the I Ching's insights

Translated by the eminent Taoist Master Alfred Huang, The Complete I Ching has been praised by scholars and new students of the I Ching since its first edition. A native Chinese speaker, Master Huang first translated the original ideograms of the I Ching into contemporary Chinese and then into English, bringing forth the intuitive meanings embodied in the images of the I Ching and imbuing his translation with an accuracy and authenticity not possible in other English translations. However, what makes his translation truly definitive is his return to prominence of the Ten Wings, the commentaries by Confucius that are essential to the I Ching's insights.

This 10th anniversary edition offers a thorough introduction to the history of the I Ching, how to use it, and several new divination methods; in-depth and easy-to-reference translations of each hexagram name, description, and pictogram; and discussions of the interrelations between the hexagrams and the spiritual meaning of their sequence.

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A third-generation master of Wu style Tai Chi Chuan, Chi Kung, and Oriental meditation, Master Alfred Huang is a professor of Taoist philosophy who studied the I Ching with some of China's greatest minds--only to be imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution in 1966 and sentenced to death. For 13 years in prison Master Huang meditated on the I Ching and found the strength to survive. Released in 1979 weighing only 80 pounds, he emigrated to the United States. Master Huang is the founder of New Harmony, a nonprofit organization devoted to teaching self-healing, and is the author of The Numerology of the I Ching and Complete Tai-Chi. He lives on the island of Maui.

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**Acknowledgments

Preface

Ten Contributions of This Translation

About the Translation

How to Use This Book

Introduction

Flying with the I Ching

The Upper Canon

1. Qian - Initiating
2. Kun - Responding
3. Zhun - Beginning
4. Meng - Childhood
5. Xü - Needing
6. Song - Contention
7. Shi - Multitude
8. Bi - Union
9. Xiao Xü - Little Accumulation
10. Lü - Fulfillment
11. Tai - Advance
12. Pi - Hindrance
13. Tong Ren - Seeking Harmony
14. Da You - Great Harvest
15. Qian - Humbleness
16. Yü - Delight
17. Sui - Following
18. Gu - Remedying
19. Lin - Approaching
20. Guan - Watching
21. Shi He - Eradicating
22. Bi - Adorning
23. Bo - Falling Away
24. Fu - Turning Back
25. Wu Wang - Without Falsehood
26. Da Xü - Great Accumulation
27. Yi - Nourishing
28. Da Guo - Great Exceeding
29. Kan - Darkness
30. Li - Brightness

The Lower Canon

31. Xian - Mutual Influence
32. Heng - Long Lasting
33. Dun - Retreat
34. Da Zhuang - Great Strength
35. Jing - Proceeding Forward
36. Ming Yi - Brilliance Injured
37. Jia Ren - Household
38. Kui - Diversity
39. Jian - Hardship
40. Jie - Relief
41. Sun - Decreasing
42. Yi - Increasing
43. Guai - Eliminating
44. Gou - Encountering
45. Cui - Bringing Together
46. Sheng - Growing Upward
47. Kun - Exhausting
48. Jing - Replenishing
49. Ge - Abolishing the Old
50. Ding - Establishing the New
51. Zhen - Taking Action
52. Gen - Keeping Still
53. Jian - Developing Gradually
54. Gui Mei - Marrying Maiden
55. Feng - Abundance
56. Lü - Traveling
57. Xun - Proceeding Humbly
58. Dui - Joyful
59. Huan - Dispersing
60. Jie - Restricting
61. Zhong Fu - Innermost Sincerity
62. Xiao Guo - Little Exceeding
63. Ji Ji - Already Fulfilled
64. Wei Ji - Not Yet Fulfilled

A Brief History of the Zhou Dynasty

About the Author

Glossary

Index

Chart of the Trigrams and Hexagrams