I Ching: An Annotated Bibliography [Hardcover]

Edward Hacker (Author), Steve Moore (Author), Lorraine Patsco (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415939690 | ISBN-13: 978-0415939690 | Publication Date: February 22, 2002 | Edition: 1st

With over one thousand entries covering a diverse range of sources including books, articles, unpublished dissertations, taped lectures, devices and software, this is the most comprehensive annotated bibliography of English works on the " I Ching." This book will be indispensable for all scholars of the " I Ching," and an invaluable resource for those interested in this classic Chinese book.
Follow this link www.zhouyi.com to editor Lorraine Patsco's massive I Ching web bibliography featuring over 2500 I Ching-related websites

Editorial Reviews

Review

A lovely rummage sale of I Ching goods...An invaluable work of reference and also very readable from cover to cover for anyone with an interest in the I Ching...this is one of the most fascinating I Ching books I've read in a while.
–Steve Marshall Fortean Times, February 2003

The scope of the bibliography is astounding... the authors have done an excellent job in compiling English-language scholarly books, articles, and book reviews on the I Ching..
–Journal of Chinese Religions, 2003

About the Author

Edward A. Hacker is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Northeastern University. He is the author of The I Ching Handbook. Steve Moore is the author of The Trigrams of Han: Inner Structures of the I Ching. He also edits and published The Oracle: The Journal of Yijing Studies and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Lorraine Patsco is Director of Multimedia and Production for Revolution Media. She is webmaster of "I Ching Bookmarks," http://www.zhouyi.com.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition (February 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415939690
• ISBN-13: 978-0415939690
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,770,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Lives of the World's Oldest Book, June 11, 2002

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Fu Xi (Anyang, China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Ching: An Annotated Bibliography (Hardcover)

Actually, the I Ching is not the world's oldest book - some from Egypt, Babylonia, and even the Chinese Classic of Poetry are older. But it is something more important: the world's oldest book which has been in continuous use, an honor it shares with the earliest books of the Hebrew Old Testament. Most of the JudeoChristian Bible however is almost 1,000 years more recent than the I Ching whose earliest parts were recorded about 800 BCE, according to current scholarly opinion. The I Ching is also the all time best selling book published by Princeton University Press and consistently ranks quite high on Amazon's rankings.It is one of the books that everyone should read.How has the I Ching has been able to stimulate the imaginations of the ancient Chinese and modern Westerners equally? There is a mystery about this;one's first contact is likely to be a bit startling since much of the work is terse and obscure.One is inspired to meditate on what the Changes meant to readers three milennia ago and what its allure is today.

There is no better way to discover the extremely wide range of ideas stimulated by the Changes than this Annotated Bibliography.There are entries for all the established authorities such as Edward L. Shaughnessy and Richard Rutt but equal place is given to those who are distinctly unorthodox, even bizarre, in their views. Nearly all entries are annotated and in an objective manner.Doctoral disserations, journal articles and reviews are included.The effort that has gone into this is staggering and all interested in the Changes must be extremely grateful to the authors.

If you have any interest in the I Ching whether as a scholar of ancient China or for divination, or as significant element in the transmission of Eastern culture to the West, this work should be at the top of your list for related reading. A bibliography may sound as if it would be dry but the annotations are fascinating and give a idea of the range of thought regarding the I Ching which can be obtained in no other way.
Highly recommended.