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Tony Wang's Yijing Book are in ChineseThe Principles of the YijingandLiving YijingYLib
Title: The Principles of the Yijing (Yijing Yuanli) (written in Chinese) Author: Minghsiung Wang(Tony Wang) Add:\www.bakwa.com Publisher:Yuan-Liou Publishing Co.Ltd. 7F-5, 184, Sec. 3, Ding-Chou Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Tel:886-2-3651212 --702 Fax:886-2-3658989 URL:http://www.ylib.com.tw Current: NT$1,200 Date of Publication:Summer, 1996 The Yijing (traditionally translated as "I-Ching", or "the Book of Changes" ) is one of the oldest books in China. The author believes that traditional emphasis on Yi (virtual meaning) and Li (formal reasoning) by Confucian scholars did not serve to promote understanding of this classics, since the primary use of the Yijing has always been divination. In this one thousand page book, Tony Wang is introducing a non-interpretive approach to reading this book. He believes the best way to read the Yijing is to treat every line, phrase, and word as a method of thinking. Although promoting non-interpretion, he still writes a lot explanations which scholars not working in the practical fields can use. Main features of this book include: 1. An index of important terms of the Yijing, arranged in two different orders -- according to the phonetics of the first word of each term indexed and the order of its appearance in the Yijing. As far as I know, this is the first of its kind. This makes the book a handy reference for scholars. 2. An index of Chinese idioms which the author believes to have derived from the Yijing. 3. The most comprehensive collection of the principles of changes explained in terms of word, and phrase used in the Yijing. 4. Treating the Yijing as the meaning of meanings, rather than moral messages, the author also offered his own indept insights into the original religious functions as seen in each of the the 64 hexagrams. He especially emphasized such things as rites, ghosts, family lineages, besides divination. 5. The author is a fortune-teller, specializing in Ba-tse divination. He has written two fortune-telling books published by Shi-Bao (China Times) Publishing Co. in Taiwan. However, this Yijing book was intended to support theory, thinking methods, rather than the technical aspects of divination. He welcomes questions from scholars and practioners. If you send your birth data (hour, day, month, year of birth and questions you want to get an answer to him via the e mail, he will provide an answer from the Yijing perspective. (Only limited to the first five calls of the month). Questions sent to:kontz@tpts5.seed.net.tw The Most Important Publication in Yijing Field of this Century