The Book Of Changes Zhouyi A Bronze Age Document Richard Rutt by Richard Rutt 9780700704675, 0700704671 instant download after payment.

Modern research has revealed the Book of Changes to be a royal divination manual of the Zhou state (500100 BC). This new translation synthesizes the results of modern study, presenting the work in its historical context. The first book to render original Chinese rhymes into rhymed English

From Religious Studies Review:
‘For once, a publisher’s cover blurb is justified in hailing
a book as “the most significant contribution of its kind in
the twentieth century”. This is a monumental scholarly
exploration of the /-ching (Yijing, “Book of Changes”,
originally known as the Chou-I/Zhouyi). Virtually every
aspect of the Zhouyi and -its history, including Western
interpretations, is well covered....Rutt’s well-documented
analyses make this book mandatory reading that belongs
in all collections.’

From Asian Affairs:
‘This work presents an admirable syncretistic study and
translation of the Book of Changes...The enormous
corpus of explanations of related topics, the transparency
of Rutt’s translation, and the comprehensive synthesis of
traditional and modern scholarship make this book a fine
achievement and an important reader on the Book of
Changes as well as on ancient Chinese civilization.’