I Ching or Book of Changes

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There are three kinds of shock—the shock of heaven, which is thunder, the shock of fate, and, finally, the shock of the heart. When the strong are outside and the weak inside, all is well and there is nothing out of balance, nothing extraordinary in the situation.

Publisher s black papered slipcase with label to one panel (wear,separation at opening to right panel, still solid, good or better).John" in the Bible, and the man(or as the Revelation describes, the child who was devoured at birth by the "Seven Headed, Ten Horned, Seven Crowned Red Dragon"-what was the "British Empire") who IS "the Lamb of God" is represented on the British Royal Mail stamps: "The Single European Market" issue of 13th October, 1992!

Even the policy makers of so modern a stateas Japan, distinguished for their astuteness, do not scorn torefer to it for counsel in difficult situations. A man is in contact with a strong will acting in the same direction as his own, and goes forward like one good horse following another. Moreover, he does not devote himself to it with all his strength but goes about with inferior people; therefore the execution of the work fails. Therefore it may safely be saidthat the seasoned wisdom of thousands of years has gone into themaking of the I Ching. But this a man can do only when he himself is not yet infected by the agitation, although its disastrous effects are already visible in those around him.Thus heaven has its perilous height protecting it against every attempt at invasion, and earth has its mountains and bodies of water, separating countries by their dangers.

As a result of this attitude he succeeds in finding strong and able helpers who complement and aid him in his work. After the large and fundamental problems are settled, certain minor reforms, and elaborations of these, are necessary. Through the clarity of his nature he causes the light to spread farther and farther and to penetrate the nature of man ever more deeply. The first volume has occasional pencil underlining and marginalia, and the binding is starting to separate at the rear hinge, thus only good in black cloth. In human affairs, aesthetic form comes into being when traditions exist that, strong and abiding like mountains, are made pleasing by a lucid beauty.Octavos, 394 and 376pp, publisher s black cloth decoratively stamped in gilt, top edge stained pale yellow (minor dusting to bulked edges, tight, very good to near fine). A man is in a society composed of inferior people, but is connected spiritually with a strong and good friend, and this makes him turn back alone.