The I Ching or Book of Changes - Richard Wilhelm and Cary F. Baynes

Title: The I Ching or Book of Changes

Author: Richard Wilhelm, translated into English by Cary F. Baynes, with a foreword by C. G. Jung

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Hardcover with dust jacket

Edition: Third edition, reset in one volume, eleventh printing, July 1974

ISBN: 069109750X

Category: Divination & Psychic Arts; Eastern & World Traditions; Philosophy & Thought

Condition: Second-hand. Fair to good vintage condition. The hardcover remains sound, while the dust jacket is heavily worn with rubbing, creasing, tears, chips and losses around the edges and spine. There is visible age-related wear and some toning. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

The influential Wilhelm-Baynes translation of the ancient Chinese classic of divination and philosophy, presented with C. G. Jung’s celebrated foreword and Hellmut Wilhelm’s preface to the third edition. This substantial one-volume edition contains the sixty-four hexagrams, traditional commentaries and the material commonly known as the Ten Wings.

Published as Bollingen Series XIX, this edition has long been one of the standard English-language versions of the I Ching. It will appeal to readers interested in Chinese philosophy, Taoism, Confucian thought, divination and Jungian approaches to symbolism and synchronicity.

About the Authors: Richard Wilhelm was a German sinologist and translator whose rendering of the I Ching became internationally influential. Cary F. Baynes translated Wilhelm’s German version into English. The volume also includes a foreword by Swiss psychiatrist C. G. Jung and a preface by sinologist Hellmut Wilhelm.