Richard Wilhelm's 1924 German translation of the I Ching is the direct ancestor of the standard English Wilhelm and Baynes edition most Western readers know. Its strength is that Wilhelm worked directly with a native Chinese scholarly tradition through his own teacher, Lao Naixuan. Its limit is that Wilhelm read the ancient text substantially through the lens of the later Confucian commentarial tradition and his teacher's own views, so it represents one reading of the text's history rather than the text in isolation.
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Reliability Tier3
Reliability tier 3: a primary translation that became the direct ancestor of the standard English edition, read substantially through the lens of the translator's own teacher and the later commentarial tradition rather than the ancient text in isolation. NotesThe German translation from which the standard English Wilhelm/Baynes version descends. Wilhelm read the text largely through the later Confucian commentarial tradition and through his own teacher Lao Naixuan.
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AuthorRichard Wilhelm (trans.)
PublisherEugen Diederichs Verlag, Jena
Publication Year1924
Source Typebook
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- I Ching Hexagrams, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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