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The first translation to honor the authentic Chinese spirit of the Book of Change For more than 3000 years the I Ching has been the most important book of divination in the world. Yet it has always been translated by Westerners who brought their own cultural biases to the work. Now, for the first time, an eminent Chinese scholar has translated the original ideograms of the I Ching into English. Imprisoned and sentenced to death during the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Master Alfred Huang studied the I Ching in secret with some of China's greatest minds. Released in 1979, he emigrated to the United States, where he discovered that no I Ching existed in English that truly understood the Chinese mind. This book is the product of his desire to left that situation.

To the Chinese, the I Ching is nothing without the Confucian commentaries known as the Ten Wings. Previous editions have given them only a minor place in the book, or have left them out altogether. In this new translation, they are restored to their central importance by Master Huang.

This book also emphasizes the intricate connections between the 64 possible hexagrams, and introduces several new methods for doing readings.

Dec 1998 - Intuition

The publisher's decision to call this 'the definitive translation' might at first seem presumptuous, given the fact that generations of readers have come to venerate the Wilhelm, Legge, and Blofeld versions. However, a careful comparison of Huang's translation with these prior classics reveals it superiority in nearly every respect. Readers interested in acquainting themselves with the I Ching for the first time need to look no further; those who have formed a deep personal attachment to a previous translation owe it to themselves to explore this one as well.

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Biography

A professor of Taoist philosophy and former Dean of Students at Shanghai University, Master Alfred Huang is a third-generation master of Tai Chi, Chi Kung, and Oriental meditation, wtih over 50 years of experince.  He is the founder of New Harmony, a non-profit organization devoted to teaching self-healing, and is the author of Complete Tai Chi.  He lives on the island of Maui.

Table of Contents

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. Xu * Needing

6. Song * Contention

7. Shi * Multitude

8. Bi * Union

9. Xiao Xu * Little Accumulation

10. Lu * Fulfillment

11. Tai * Advance

12. Pi * Hindrance

13. Tong Ren * Seeking Harmony

14. Da You * Great Harvest

15. Qian * Humbleness

16. Yu * 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 Xu * 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. Lu * Traveling

57. Zun * Proceeding Humbly

58 Dui * Joyful

59. Huan * Dispersing

60. Jie * Restricting

61. Zhong Fu * Innermost Sincerity

62. Ziao Guo * Little Exceeding

63. Ji Ji * Already Fulfilled

64. Wei Ji * Not Yet Fulfilled

A Brief History of the Zhou Dynasty

Glossary

Index

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The Definitive Translation by the Taoist Master Alfred Huang

Wu Wang & 239; Without Falsehood

Qian & 239; Heaven

Zhen & 239; Thunder

Name and Structure

Wu Wang literally means not untruthful. Wilhelm translates Wu Wang as Innocence (the Unexpected) and Blofeld as Integrity, the Unexpected. In this book I adopt the term Without Falsehood. In Chinese, Wu means not, and Wang is untruthful, dishonest, or insincere. Thus, Wu Wang means truthful, honest, and sincere, without any fabrication. It was considered to be the natural state of the individual.

Sequence of the Gua: When the turning point returns, there will be no untruthfulness and insincerity taking place. Thus, after Turning Back, Without Falsehood follows.

Wu Wang is an abstract term, very difficult to express with ideographs. There are, however, two ideographs for the name of the gua. The first resembles a person bending his back carrying a heavy load. This image, suggesting having no breath, is used to express no. The upper part consists of three strokes representing a heavy load; the lower part is the ideograph for a person, ren. The person is winded and eventually will run out of breath.

The second ideograph consists of two parts. The upper part, wang, provides the sound as well as the significance. Wang means to walk away. The ancients drew an ideograph of a person at the top. Underneath is a vertical stroke connected to a horizontal stroke, symbolizing the act of walking away. Beneath this image is an ideograph of a woman. The ideograph for woman is similar to the ideograph for person, except that there is a curved line in the middle representing the breasts of awoman. These two images together express that the woman is walking away. A woman walking away was an ancient symbol of falseness.

In The Biography of Prince Chun Shen, the famous historian Si-ma Qian of the Western Han dynasty (206 b.c. to 24 a.d.) referred to Wu Wang as not anticipated instead of not false. In ancient times the words anticipated and unfaithful shared the same sound but were written differently. This change bears a philosophical meaning: truthfulness is the Tao of Heaven. As a human being, one does the best one can. As for good fortune or bad fortune, blessing or calamity, events had to take their own course. One should not live in anticipation. This is the meaning of Wu Wang.

Wu Wang comes from Retreat (33) g. When the solid line at the top of Retreat retreats to the bottom, Retreat alternates to Without Falsehood (25). Thus Confucius’s Commentary on the Decision says, the firm comes from the outer and becomes the host of the inner . When the solid line at the second place of Contention (6) F interchanges with the yielding line at the bottom, Contention alternates to Without Falsehood. The yang element at the second place and the yin element at the bottom of Contention are not correct. After they change places, both of them are correct. This change is reasonable and equitable truthful.

The structure of the gua is Heaven 1 above, Thunder 2 below. The inner gua is Thunder, symbolizing motion; the outer gua is Heaven, indicating strength. The solid line at the fifth place is firm, central, and correct and corresponds to the yielding line at the second place, which is also central and correct. These two conditions provide a very auspicious picture of strength with motion a state totally free from untruthfulness, dishonesty, and insincerity. For this reason, this gua possesses the four supreme virtues yuan, heng, li, and zhen, the virtues of Heaven. The ancient sages considered thunder to be the sound of Heaven. The thunder rolling under Heaven proclaimed these virtues to myriad beings. Those who preserved and nurtured these virtues were naturally aligned with the will of Heaven and would be powerful and endowed with the potential to be successful. Thus Confucius’s Commentary on the Decision says, Movement with strength; the firm is at the central place and has a correspondent. Great prosperity and smoothness through its correctness. This is the will of Heaven.

Decision

Without Falsehood.

Sublimely prosperous and smooth.

Favorable to be steadfast and upright.

If one’s intention is not truthful,

There is trouble.

Unfavorable to have somewhere to go.

Commentary on the Decision

Without Falsehood.

The firm comes from the outer

And becomes the host of the inner.

Movement with strength;

The firm is at the central place and has a respondent.

Great prosperity and smoothness through its correctness.

This is the will of Heaven.

If one’s intention is not truthful,

One will fall into errors.

It is unfavorable for one

To have somewhere to go.

When truthfulness is gone,

Where can one go?

When the will of Heaven will not protect,

How can anything be done?

Commentary on the Symbol

Under Heaven, Thunder rolls.

An image of all things accompanied by truthfulness.

In correspondence with this,

The ancient king enriches his virtue in harmony with the time And nurtures myriad beings.

Yao Text

1. Initial Nine

Without falsehood. Going forward: good fortune.

Going forward with no falsehood.

His will will be fulfilled.

2. Second Six

Not counting on the harvest while plowing,

Nor on the results while tilling.

Then, favorable to have somewhere to go.

Not counting on the harvest while plowing.

One does not aim for wealth.

3. Third Six

A catastrophe of no falsehood,

As if a tethered cow is carried off by a passerby.

Passerby’s gain,

Villager’s loss.

The passerby gets the cow.

It is a loss to the villagers.

4. Fourth Nine

Appropriate to be steadfast and upright.

No fault.

Appropriate to be steadfast and upright.

No fault.

He is able to firmly hold fast his nature.

5. Fifth Nine

An illness for no falsehood.

No medicine.

A joyful occasion.

Medicine for no falsehood.

One should not try.

6. Top Nine

Without falsehood.

Take action; there is trouble.

Nothing is favorable.

Action without falsehood.

Misfortune is due to its dead end.

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