For over 3,000 years, the Chinese have placed great value on the I Ching, turning to it for guidance and insight regarding past, present, and future events. For over a decade, researcher Robert Benson worked towards making the English text of this book easier to understand and appreciate. The result is an I Ching that stands alone, providing answers for anyone facing a time of personal crisis.
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I Ching for a New Age - "Benson has created an effective, practical, and contemporary guide to using the I Ching that many revolutionize the Western approach to this divination system." (New Age Retailer )
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Robert G. Benson is an information systems specialist, with a bachelor's degree in history and political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master's degree in political science from San Diego State.
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Poor interpretation; unraliable; fabricated not authoritative,
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This review is from: I Ching for a New Age: The Book of Answers for Changing Times (Square One Classics) (Paperback)
The author has not provided a new translation of the Chinese text. Instead he provides his personal interpretation of the meaning of the text that others have done the work to translate. He also provides a sneering introduction that is dismissive of the translators (from which his work is derived) and of other good-faith efforts to interpret the I Ching for an English-speaking audience. The result of his approach and his arrogance is a mess.
The best modern English version of the I Ching is that by Alfred Huang, and Huang's version is substantively in agreement with the older and commonly available Wilhelm translation. Other I Ching interpretations (not original translations) such as Brian Walker's also substantively agree with Huang and Wilhelm (although they often simplify on some points to provide a more clear, definitive interpretation). This Benson interpretation, however, tends to only tangentially relate to the scholarly translations or other interpretations. Sometimes it's similar but often it shoots off on a tangent. It is a wholly unreliable source for information about what the Chinese I Ching text is saying. Avoid it if your interested in the I Ching.
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