I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi
"Oracle of the moon": © 2000 LiSe
Yi Jing, Oracle of the Moon
Shenshu oracle published!
The Shenshu oracle (second edition) can be ordered at "Boekenbestellen".
€ 29,95 + shipping.
Hardcover, 378 pages, 123 photos and 48 illustrations of the background stories.
Size: A5 horizontal: 14.8 cm. high, 21 cm. wide, 3,25 cm. thick.
Download a sample of
52 pages (pdf)
This publication is for Europe, next month (June 2019) I hope to have it available through Amazon US.
Many poems are based on interesting stories from Chinese history or myth. I added them, with illustrations, in between the explanations of the poems.
Soon:
The paperback of 378 pages, with the 384 poems of the Shenshu and for every poem the translation and an interpretation, 123 photos and 48 illustrations.
The paperback of 322 pages, with the complete text and 48 illustrations, but without photos.
The ebook with the complete text and 48 illustrations, but without photos.
The pdf with the complete text and 48 illustrations, but without photos.
Six pages of the hardcover Shenshu
There are many verses which are based on stories, paintings, poems or on historic happenings.
In the image: the qin player Yu Boja with his friend Zhong Ziqi, who could 'hear the sound'.
Or Liu An, a Han dynasty prince, who was "author-editor of the Huainanzi", a "bumbling rebel who took his life to avoid arrest", and a "successful Daoist adept who transformed into a xian and rose into the air to escape prosecution for trumped-up charges of treason and flew to eternal life".
'Tao Yuan'
The utopia-myth Tao Yuan, with the Peach-blossom land of bliss nobody could ever find again.
A famous battle with an unexpected victory thanks to the East wind, and a disastrous end for the much bigger army of the enemy.
Tigers and dragons and the turtle Ao.
An ancient family drama, which made its way into a famous opera, cinema and theater.
Riders on horseback and cities famous for their flowers.
Huang Feng, the Chinese Phoenix, which rather resembles Roc.