{"product_id":"the-taoist-classics-volume-four-the-collected-translations-of-thomas-cleary-9781570629082","title":"The Taoist Classics, Volume Four: The Collected Translations of Thomas Cleary","description":"This collection of Taoist texts includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Taoist I Ching: \u003c\/i\u003eThe classic \"Book of Change\" illuminated by the commentary of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Taoist adept Liu I-ming. The first part of the book is the text of \u003ci\u003eI Ching \u003c\/i\u003e proper with Liu's commentary. The second part is Liu's commentary on two additional sections--known as the Overall Image and the Mixed Hexagrams--added to the \u003ci\u003eI Ching \u003c\/i\u003e by earlier commentators, believed to be members of the original Confucian school. In total, the book illuminates the Taoist inner teachings as practiced in the School of Complete Reality. \u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eI Ching Mandalas: \u003c\/i\u003e A traditional program of study that enables students of the \u003ci\u003eI Ching \u003c\/i\u003e to achieve a deeper understanding of the meaning of this great classic. \u003ci\u003eI Ching Mandalas \u003c\/i\u003e presents diagrams as tools for whole-brain learning that help the student to visualize patterns and interrelationships among the trigrams and hexagrams of the \u003ci\u003eI Ching. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas Cleary holds a Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of more than fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473855844626,"sku":"9781570629082","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9357510-8304-44e6-bd9a-d110537df17c.jpg?v=1730204794","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-taoist-classics-volume-four-the-collected-translations-of-thomas-cleary-9781570629082","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}