I Ching, David Hinton
I Ching, David Hinton
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I Ching
The Book of Change

Author: David Hinton

Narrator: Tom Zingarelli

Unabridged: 2 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/13/2015

Synopsis

In a radically new translation and interpretation of the I Ching, David Hinton strips this ancient Chinese masterwork of the usual apparatus and discovers a deeply poetic and philosophical text. Teasing out an elegant vision of the cosmos as ever-changing yet harmonious, Hinton reveals the seed from which Chinese philosophy, poetry, and painting grew. Although it was and is widely used for divination, the I Ching is also a book of poetic philosophy, deeply valued by artists and intellectuals, and Hinton's translation restores it to its original lyrical form.



Previous translations have rendered the I Ching as a divination text full of arcane language and extensive commentary. Though informative, these versions rarely hint at the work's philosophical heart, let alone its literary beauty. Here, Hinton translates only the original strata of the text, revealing a fully formed work of literature in its own right. The result is full of wild imagery, fables, aphorisms, and stories.

About David Hinton

David Hinton's many translations of classical Chinese poetry have earned wide acclaim for creating compelling contemporary poems that convey the actual texture and density of the originals. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, and has won the Thornton Wilder Prize for lifetime achievement from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ying on December 26, 2016

It's strange rating a non-fiction book, it's even more strange reviewing one that's a translation of a Chinese text that's over 2500 years old. Perusing this had been on my list for the last couple of years. This translation did not work for me, as the language was too abstract and philosophical. I u......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 02, 2022

I can't claim to have understood this book on my first reading, so it's hard to review. However, from my very basic understanding, the I Ching is an enumeration of a set of events, in a simple antecedent-consequent structure, though the causal/logical/contextual connective for the general reader is......more

Goodreads review by David on June 14, 2019

35th book of the year: I Ching as translated by David Hinton. Over 3000 years old, it’s the oldest of the Chinese classics and originally designed as a divination text which was later transformed into a cosmological text which Confucianism and Taoism are based. I decided to read it as I’m cautiously......more

Goodreads review by David on May 13, 2022

Generally I thought this book was really interesting and had some really valuable passages especially when it refers to depleteing versus adding to. Seek out distant wisdom and you will be granted great riches, truly invaluable and timeless wisdom in this book. How could you ever be led astray? I hav......more

Goodreads review by Danny on January 08, 2021

"If you drink wine with the dedication of a bird sitting on eggs, you never go astray. But even possessing the dedication of a bird sitting on eggs--if you founder, head underwater, you lose this in which." Line 6, Character 64: Failed Crossing "Walk in veneration, in reverence, and you will never g......more

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