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<p><b>How the<i> I Ching</i> became one of the most widely read and influential books in the world</b><br><br>The <i>I Ching</i> originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago. In 136 BCE the emperor declared it a Confucian classic, and in the centuries that followed, this work had a profound influence on the philosophy, religion, art, literature, politics, science, technology, and medicine of various cultures throughout East Asia. Jesuit missionaries brought knowl
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- Author
- Richard J. Smith
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781283456999
- Category
- spirituality
- Subjects
- Taoism, Philosophy, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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