I CHING - BOOK OF CHANGES - Translated by James Legge

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I Ching, Book of Changes, presents the Eight Diagrams attributed to Fu Hsi and explains their origin through markings on the back of a tortoise. The edition includes translation work by James Legge, with an edited introduction and study guide by Ch’u Chai and Winberg Chai. It also describes the system’s development into the hexagrams, shown in ordered plates, and provides publication and copyright details for this printing.

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Pages568

Reading Time14 h 35 min

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The Eight Diagrams and the Origin of the System

Fu Hsi and the creation of the Eight Diagrams

Plate I: The hexagrams in order

Plate II: Further figures and hexagram display

LT.WILLIAM J.WOLFGRAMMEMORIAL LIBRARYWidener UniversityFOLKLORE COLLECTIONOf J.JOSEPH EDGETTE,Ph.D.Professor of Education,Resident Folklorist,andUniversity Historian1979-2008 # I CHING BOOK OF CHANGES FU HSI INVENTING THE EIGHT DIAGRAMS Fu Hsi(2953-2838 B.C.),the first of the Five Emperors of the legendary period,is said to have been miraculously conceived by his mother who,after a gestationof twelve years,gave birth to him at Ch'eng-chi in Shensi.He taught his peopleto hunt,to fish and to keep flocks.He showed them how to split the wood of thet’ung tree,and then how to twist silk threads and stretch them to form rudemusical instruments. From the markings on the back of a tortoise,he is said to have constructedthe EIGHT DIAGRAMS from which were developed the whole system of I Ching. I CHINGBOOK OF CHANGES Translated by JAMES LEGGE Edited with Introduction and Study GuideBy CH'U CHAI with WINBERG CHAI DISCARDED MIDENER UNIVERSITV First Printing December 1964Second Printing January 1966Third Printing March 1969Fourth Printing July 1969 COPYRIGHT 1964 BY UNIVERSITY BOOKS,INC. Manufactured in the United States of America Except for the new material added by the editors,thetext of this edition is that published in a secondedition in 1899 by Clarendon Press as Volume XVIof "The Sacred Books of the East"and also designatedas Part II of "The Texts of Confucianism." 1120 PLATE I THE HEXAGRAMS,in the order in which they appear in the Yi,and were arranged by king Wan. 8 6 | 5 | 4 | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | 主 | | | | | | | | | | | hsü | mǎng | | 7 | | --- | 2 I | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | pi khien kun khwǎn sze sung I6 | 9 | | --- | | | | | | | | hsiao kh | II | 13 | | --- | | | | | | thung zǎn | | I4 | | --- | | | | tâ yú | I5 12 IO | | | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | thâi | | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | ph? | | | yü khien 18 | I7 | | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | 堂 | | | | | | | | | 23 | | --- | | | 24 22 2I 20 | | | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ku | | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | fu pf shih ho kwan lin sui po 26 | 32 | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | hǎng | | | | | | | | 3I_ | | --- | | 28 | | --- | | ta kwo | | 25 | | --- | 29 27 hsien wa wang khan ta khu 1 | 39 | | --- | 36 | 33 | | --- | | 37 | | --- | | | | | | 34 | | --- | | | | t kwang | khwei kien kia zǎn thun gin ming 1 46 | 47
khwǎn | | --- | | 43 | | --- | | kwai | | 42
4I | | --- | | | | 重主 | | | | 44 | | --- | | | | kâu | | 45 | | --- | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ghui ging shǎng yi y 56 | | | --- | | 53 | | --- | | | | 55 | | --- | | | | | | fǎng | | 52 | | --- | | | | | 54 kǎn kien kǎn ting kwei mei 61 64 | 58 | | --- | | | | | | 63 | | --- | | kf gf | 62 6o | 57 | | --- | | 59 | | --- | | | | hwan | | | | | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | hsiao kwo | kung fu | | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kieh | tui wei gf sun t慎y kwdi 量THE HEXAGRAMS,exhibited circlarand in a square,according to thenatural process of developmentfrom the whole and dividedlines,and the order ofarrangement ascribedto Fu-hsi. PLATE II FIGURE 1 1

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Who translated and who edited this version of I Ching?

The translation is attributed to James Legge, and the introduction and study guide are credited to Ch’u Chai with Winberg Chai.

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