Download or read book The Mandate of Heaven written by S. J. Marshall and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The I Ching is one of the cornerstone texts of Chinese civilization and remains a tremendously popular book throughout the world. Scholars have increasingly dismissed the traditions surrounding the text, while many readers in both China and the West have been more willing to accept this divinatory work at face value. S. J. Marshall sets out to reconcile these opposing approaches.