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You can't agree that the sentence quoted is from Mitchell's translation? I assure you it is. I say nothing as to whether it's accurate or not. I wish I could r
by gruseom 16y ago
You can't agree that the sentence quoted is from Mitchell's translation? I assure you it is.
I say nothing as to whether it's accurate or not. I wish I could read the original like you. One of my dreams, in fact, is to do so someday.
"Good walk no tracks" is actually a fine translation as far as I'm concerned. It communicates a great deal, leaves a lot of interpretation out. It has that quality of mystery-combined-with-practicality which is essential to the whole book. I wish they'd publish a literal translation like that. Maybe you should!
Incidentally, can you also understand the original text of the I Ching? And commentaries on it?
- gbog 16y agoThe I Ching is not exactly a text, it is more like a beautifully organized list of named symbols, with their first-hand commentaries (attributed to Confucius), and comments on these comments (like in HN threads). The overall picture draws an interesting landscape of evolving configurations, but I fear some comments on the symbols may have lost their meaning, so no, I can't understand I Ching.