The Original I Ching: An Authentic Translation of the Book of Changes

The China Institute in America presents a lecture with Margaret J. Pearson.

First among the ancient classics, the I Ching or Book of Changes is one of the world’s most influential books, comparable to the Bible, the Koran, and the Upanishads. The I Ching’s purpose is universal: to provide good counsel to its users in making decisions during times of change. Since its origins about 3,000 years ago, it has become a compendium of wisdom used by people of many cultures and eras.

This groundbreaking new translation by Dr. Margaret Pearson is based on the text created during the first centuries of the Zhou dynasty, study of documents showing how it was used in the dynasty, and on current archaeological research findings. Her translation removes centuries of encrusted inaccuracies to better reveal the I Ching’s core truths for today’s readers.

Margaret J. Pearson recently retired as Professor of History from Skidmore College after teaching there since 1980. She is a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, and a frequent researcher at the Needham Research Institute, also in Cambridge. She has directed the Asian Studies Program and chaired the History Department and the University Seminar on Traditional China at Columbia University. Dr. Pearson is the first woman scholar to complete a translation of the oldest Chinese classic, the Book of Changes.

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