{"product_id":"stalk-divination-c-a-cook-9780190648459","title":"Stalk Divination: A Newly Discovered Alternative to the I Ching","description":"This book presents for the first time a full translation and analysis of a newly discovered bamboo divination manual from the fourth century BCE China, called the \u003cem\u003eStalk Divination Method \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eShifa\u003c\/em\u003e). It was used as an alternative to the better-known \u003cem\u003eZhouyi\u003c\/em\u003e (popularly known as the\u003cem\u003e I-Ching\u003c\/em\u003e). The \u003cem\u003eShifa\u003c\/em\u003e manual presents a competing method of interpreting the trigrams, the most basic elements of the distinctive sixty-four hexagrams in the \u003cem\u003eZhouyi\u003c\/em\u003e. This newly discovered method looks at the combination of four trigrams as a fluid, changeable pattern or unit reflective of different circumstances in an elite man's life. Unlike the \u003cem\u003eZhouyi\u003c\/em\u003e, this new manual provides case studies that explain how to read the trigram patterns for different topics. This method is unprecedented in early China and has left no trace in later Chinese divination traditions. \u003cem\u003eShifa\u003c\/em\u003e must be understood then as a competing voice in the centuries before the \u003cem\u003eZhouyi\u003c\/em\u003e became the hegemonic standard. The authors of this book have translated this new text and \"cracked the code\" of its logic. This new divination will change our understanding of Chinese divination and bring new light to \u003cem\u003eZhouyi\u003c\/em\u003e studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. A. Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190648457\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190648459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d","brand":"C. A. Cook","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47202621063423,"sku":"9780190648459","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43169e39-42c9-4f4c-930b-097adedecee5.jpg?v=1756832904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stalk-divination-c-a-cook-9780190648459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}