{"product_id":"the-i-ching-a-biography-9780691145099","title":"The I Ching: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard J. Smith\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: I Ching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Smith's 'biography' of the \u003ci\u003eBook of Changes\u003c\/i\u003e delivers to us just what the series promised: it is wide-ranging, clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and entertaining.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jonathan D. Spence, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Modern China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e has had many guises and uses in what Richard Smith calls its 'transnational travels' during its three-thousand-year course. Smith's accessible book combines general orientation and fascinating detail in ways that enable readers to grasp the complicated, transcultural history of a vital, enigmatic little classic.\"\u003cb\u003e--Willard Peterson, Princeton University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Richard Smith synthesizes a great deal of information about the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e and presents it with admirable clarity. I know of no one else who commands the history of this text to the extent that he does, whether in China or especially in its global context. His excellent book will find a ready and wide readership.\"\u003cb\u003e--Edward L. Shaughnessy, author of \u003ci\u003eConfucian and Taoist Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This one-of-a-kind biography of the \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of scholarship for general readers as well as scholars and teachers. The first book in English to explain the history and impact of this ancient text from a global perspective, it will remain a must-read in \u003ci\u003eI Ching\u003c\/i\u003e studies for a very long time. A welcome and important contribution.\"\u003cb\u003e--Benjamin Wai-ming Ng, author of \u003ci\u003eThe I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45268555661463,"sku":"9780691145099","price":2946.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691145099.webp?v=1767308413","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-i-ching-a-biography-9780691145099","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}