I Ching Handbook

The I Ching Handbook is the very best compendium of study aids, technical resources, and useful information on the I Ching, or Book of Changes, the best-known and most widely read text from early Chinese culture. Dr. Hacker's text provides information that formerly has been available only to those who read Chinese, or to those having experience with formal logical systems.

The text describes the many views of the I Ching, particularly its use for prediction, its structure and origin, the function of yin and yang lines, emblems, and trigrams. The hexagrams are described in detail, each with an English name derived from the consensus of translators' insights. Also discussed are the nuclear trigrams, and the stories, ``flowers," and cycles that are formed by the textual sequence. Dr. Hacker has made deeper levels of meaning and insight from the I Ching accessible to the reader.

FEATURES:
· A comprehensive compendium of study aids to guide the reader through the most popular of ancient Chinese texts
· Excellent references and 2 bibliographies for further reading
· Glossary of technical terms to aid comprehension
· Authoritative author who is a qualified in psychology and Chinese philosophy

CONTENTS: Introduction: The Many View of the I Ching. The I Ching: Structure, Origin, And Interpretations. Yin and Yang Lines, The Four Emblems, And Triagrams. English Names of the Hexagrams. Classifying the Hexagrams. Nuclear Trtiagrams and Hexagrams. Hexagram Cycles, Stories, And Flowers. The Textual Sequence of the I Ching. Probability and the Hexagrams. Probability and the Hexagrams. Methods of Divination APPENDICES: The Binary System. Traigram Attributes from the Eighth Wing. Hexagrams: Number of Yang Lines. Pairs of Hexagram Opposites: Textual Sequence. Pairs of Hexagram Opposites: Binary Sequence. The Nuclear Hexagrams. Hexagram Stories. Hexagram Flowers. Hexagram Cycles. Yarrow-Stalk Method Probabilities. A Hexagram Line Analyzer. I Ching Devices and Equipment. Glossary of Terms and Proper Names. Wilhelm/Baynes Concordance. Annotated Bibliography: Books. Annotated Bibliography: Journal Articles. Index