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cjgait

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I'm reading around in it. It's available on Kindle unlimited, so for the price of the Kindle edition you can read it for two months (while waiting for the paper edition, which I'll definitely add to my collection when it comes out).
 
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svenrus

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I've taken a closer look here and on his homepage without finding that there should be mentioned anything about a printed edition. On the contrary he writes on his homepage (#1) about the advantages with e-books (http://www.zhouyi.dk/e-books.html) and on Facebook I saw that about a printed edition would be an open question. But I hope for it as I'm mostly used with- and feels better with "old books".
 
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I've owned a Kindle literally since the day they came out and love to read on it, but I also love paper books, particularly the ones that form my Yi Jing collection, so I don't actually have a lot of Yi-related books on Kindle. The Chinese tradition is that it's lucky to have a copy of the Yi in the house. I believe I have the luckiest house in Virginia right now.
 

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Taken form Lars' page
(not framed as a quote for avoiding all the text be italicised)

Example of translation from the book
* Please note that the lines in italics are the author's interpretations

58 - Joy
There can be joy when things go well. Therefore, it will be beneficial to correct things.
Joy can come when all is well.

Beginning 9: Responding to joy is good.
To be happy we must be able to feel and respond to joy.

Second 9: Joy based on inner confidence is good and will make sadness go away.
True joy comes from within.

Third 6: Joy coming from others may turn bad.
Joy that is dependent on others is unreliable.

Fourth 9: Talking about joy, but there is still not peace. When harm is warded off there can be happiness.
Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.

Fifth 9: It is harmful to have confidence in what is decaying.
True joy is based on a solid foundation.

Top 6: Pull joy forward.
When everything is already well, but joy is still not there, just make it come.


Lars Bo Christensen


Read by columns from right to left.
EksempelH58.jpg

Source: http://www.zhouyi.dk/Translation-example.html

An here the received text (read from kleft to right), with pinyin and main english meanings.

H.58
兌亨利 貞
dui4 heng1 li4 zhen1
JOY FEAST PROFITABLE OMEN

58.1
初九 和 兌吉
chu1 jiu3 he2 dui4 ji2
FIRST NINE HARMONY JOY FORTUNATE

58.2
九二 孚兌吉悔亡
jiu3 er4 fu2 dui4 ji2 hui3 wang2
NINE SECOND RELIABLE JOY FORTUNATE REGRET PASSES

58.3
六三來 兌凶
liu4 san1 lai2 dui4 xiong1
SIX THIRD COMING JOY UNFORTUNATE

58.4
九四 商兌未寧介疾有喜
jiu3 si4 shang1 dui4 wei4 ning2 jie4 ji2 you3 xi3
NINE FOURTH COMMERCE JOY NOT-YET PEACEFUL INTRODUCING SICKNESS HAVE TO-BE-HAPPY

58.5
九五 孚于剝有厲
jiu3 wu3 fu2 yu2 bo1 you3 li4
NINE FIFTH RELIABLE AT PEELING HAVE DANGER

58.6
上六 引兌
shang4 liu4 yin3 dui4
ON-TOP SIX LEADING JOY

Charly
 

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