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Title

Ling chʻi ching : a classic Chinese oracle / translated, with commentary, by Ralph D. Sawyer and Mei-Chün Lee Sawyer.

Author

Dongfang, Shuo, 154 B.C.-93 B.C.

Publication

Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors

• Sawyer, Ralph D.
• Sawyer, Mei-chün.

Description

xv, 336 pages; 21 cm

Summary

"The Ling Ch'i Ching was first created by an unknown Chinese scholar who consciously sought to offer an alternative to the esoteric, complicated I Ching. For centuries the more accessible Ling Ch'i Ching has been a popular divination device for attaining self-knowledge and wisdom. Like its more famous cousin, the I Ching, the Ling Ch'i Ching is rich in poetic language and metaphorical imagery, linking the dynamic principles of heaven and earth with one's own life experience." "Ralph Sawyer's translation highlights the contemporary relevancy of the text, providing clear notes on the structure of the text and verses, explanation of the commentaries, a glossary, and a consoltation chart. And, there are no "moving lines" to interpret. Sawyer also includes selections from classical commentaries, as well his own commentary. This text is an effective tool for tackling the concerns of day-to-day life, and it provides inspiration for staying on a positive life course."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Ling qi jing. English

Alternative Title

Ling qi jing.

Subject

• Divination > China
• Fortune-telling > China

Contents

1. Great penetration -- 2. Gradual peace -- 3. Auspicious blessings -- 4. Wealth in abundance -- 5. Tao of pleasure -- 6. Fright and terror -- 7. Year of abundance -- 8. Slight wariness -- 9. Realizing ambition -- 10. Affairs proceeding -- 11. Talent advancing -- 12. Unfettered journeying -- 13. Anxiety and trouble -- 14. Cautious virtue -- 15. Implementing orders -- 16. Imminent loss -- 17. Spiritual protection -- 18. Imminent defeat -- 19. Ordering turbulence -- 20. Not yet returning -- 21. Guarding against greed -- 22. Resting in tranquility -- 23. Glorious auspiciousness -- 24. Success penetrating -- 25. Anxiety and happiness -- 26. Peaceful contentment -- 27. Expelling evil -- 28. Great harvest -- 29. Decline to minuteness -- 30. Avoiding disaster -- 31. Opening the concealed -- 32. Troubled by illness -- 33. Bright yang -- 34. Assistance of heaven -- 35. Respected and honored -- 36. Praying for intercession -- 37. Sending goods -- 38. Without difficulty -- 39. Respectful harmony -- 40. Contrary conquest -- 41. Perfected longevity -- 42. Firmness extending -- 43. Strongly flourishing -- 44. Surpassing beauty -- 45. Obtaining blessings -- 46. Coagulated and congealed -- 47. Evil dissipated -- 48. Uprightness above -- 49. The orphan impoverished -- 50. Submerged dragon -- 51. Beneficial friends -- 52. Wickedness excelling -- 53. Assistance of the spirits -- 54. Sacrificing for release -- 55. Repressing disaster -- 56. Praying for success -- 57. Following one's desires -- 58. Gains and losses -- 59. Rescue and assistance -- 60. Great unification -- 61. Sinking and obscured -- 62. Yin extending -- 63. Vanishing from the world -- 64. A mass of evils -- 65. Bitter constraint -- 66. Joy and delight -- 67. Just completed -- 68. Ghosts watching -- 69. Tardy blessings -- 70. Wary and cautious -- 71. Great completion -- 72. Supporting the endangered -- 73. Flowing blessings -- 74. Late accomplishment -- 75. Serving the ruler -- 76. Inevitable gains -- 77. Avenging insults -- 78. Abstaining from advancing -- 79. Abstaining from encounters -- 80. Bound up -- 81. Respectful caution -- 82. Tao of the emperor -- 83. Unsettled -- 84. Perverse insinuation -- 85. Caution over regret -- 86. Appropriate at the beginning -- 87. Confluence of blessings -- 88. Secret brigands -- 89. Good fortune and profits -- 90. Good fortune and happiness -- 91. Well arrayed -- 92. Negativity overturned -- 93. Not yet formed -- 94. Unstable and overturned -- 95. Shunning the world -- 96. Ghosts stirring -- 97. Slight loss -- 98. Coarse harmonization -- 99. Not plowed -- 100. Disaster from ghosts -- 101. Emptiness and loss -- 102. Uncooperative -- 103. Doubled abyss -- 104. Coming revolution -- 105. Lacking achievement -- 106. Disaster from rain -- 107. Disaster from drought -- 108. Distant attack -- 109. Theft by robbers -- 110. Lost standards -- 111. Cliques of villains -- 112. Disputes -- 113. Not yet bright -- 114. Shifting and flowing -- 115. Not yet peaceful -- 116. The image of death -- 117. Yang developing -- 118. Year of prosperity -- 119. Human affairs -- 120. Preserving the body -- 121. Transforming and nourishing -- 122. Profits of earth -- 123. Establishing lords -- 124. Escorting the end -- 125. The mysterious obverse.

ISBN

0813341744 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2004015151

OCLC

• 55846171
• ocm55846171
• SCSB-13628332

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries