Reddit reviews The Complete I Ching ― 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Translation by Taoist Master Alfred Huang
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Thanks for this perspective, and for some context from your lived experience. I am happy (and my wallet sad) that you have included a link to a translation of the Neiye. Also, the video you link to is helpful in explaining why the Yijing is important in the study of, for instance, the Daodejing, with a nice concrete example.
As for the Yijing, I have been working my way through the Alfred Huang translation after having read the Tao Teh Ching translation by John C.H. Wu, to try to get some more background. Thanks for the confirmation that I'm at least partially on the right track.
i like your metaphors. there's a book that they reminded me strongly of, here. there's nothing specifically about loneliness, but it gives me a boost when i'm down.
Hexagram 10 is a tricky one, it denotes a dangerous situation, perhaps charged affectively by yourself. That's the proverbial tiger in it.
Regarding the changing lines and transformed hex: Devote yourself to probing the situation thoroughly before stepping, be dilligent, wary, try to have both internal and external clarity. Then act on it with integrity and will.
Use these resources for interpreting the castings:
- Amazing synthesis done by James DeKorne: The Gnostic Book of Changes
- Vastly superior to Willhelm's translation and commentary. Symbolically sound and historically informed (!): The Complete I Ching
I like this book, it contains a re-arranged TTC and excerpts from the Liezi and Zhuangzi:
Also, don't forget the I Ching. It's not just a fortune-telling thing, it's an attempt to categorize all things in the universe. Mainly a Confucian work but integrates into Daoism. For that I recommend the Wilhelm/Baynes translation, with the Huang translation acting more as a commentary to Wilhelm/Baynes discussing the historical and mythological background to the hexagrams and lines.
You can read the Wilhelm/Baynes translation here (except for the Ten Wings of Confucius and the more detailed re-translation, all three available in the book):