Chinese Divination

The most literate of civilizations has produced very rich divinatory harvest. This sub-section contains short reviews of Legge's work on the I CHING, of Stephen Karcher's study of the same text, of Michael Nyland's translation of THE CLASSIC OF THE SUPREME MYSTERY, titled THE ELEMENTAL CHANGES in English, a synopsis of Richard J. Smith's FORTUNE TELLERS and PHILOSOPHERS and a brief review of Suzanne White's charming THE NEW CHINESE ASTROLOGY. This section was last updated on September 28, 2006 C.E.

1. I CHING A brief review of the 1986 Bantam printing of Legge's primary translation, as adorned with the lengthy introductory material by Ch'u and Winberg Chai.

2. Karcher's I CHING Brief review of Stephen Karcher's readable THE ELEMENTS OF THE I CHING.

3. Fortune Tellers and Philosophers Synopsis of Richard J. Smith's excellent work on Chinese Divination, especially of the Ch'ing Dynasty.

4. T'AI HSUAN CHING Brief review of Michael Nyland's translation of Yang Hsiung's work titled ELEMENTAL CHANGES in the translation.

5. THE NEW CHINESE ASTROLOGY Short review of Suzanne White's charming book.

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