Research Catalog

Title

Ling Ch'i 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

Cambridge, MA : Westview Press, 2004.

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Additional Authors

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

Description

xv, 336 p. : ill.; 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."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Ling qi jing. English

Alternative Title

Ling qi jing.

Subject

• Divination > China
• Fortune-telling > China

Note

• First published by Shambhala Publications, Inc., 1995.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-336).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• LING CH'I CHING 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. God 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

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library