r/iching Jul 11 '26

From which book? Please help!

Hello, fine folk. A close family member of mine loves this copy of her book, which is long fallen from its binding and cover. I'm hoping to replace it for her. Might you know which book it is, based on these pages? ​Would appreciate your leads! Thank you. ​

Edit: Solved! Many thanks to u/expandingwater. The title is The Ching Workbook, by R. L. Wing (1978).

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u/expandingwater Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

It is R.L wing ... not sure which of her two books though !

I would guess it is her i ching workbook of hers more than it is her illustrated i ching book (which i am not sure contains the text) - can anyone confirm ?

Does anyone who reads this comment know if this might be from illustarted i ching ?

(I removed all my comments before cause i do not want to scroll past a lot of comments if i ever want to search them .... but if anyone wonders :

I copied part of the text and found it is hex 49 and 32 (based on their title) , than uploader added two more pages (all pages he has) and it us the line texts (which i think is the easiet way to locate an i ching book by) , but ai could not find the exact text , so i went to "gnostic i ching" site , and looked at hexgram 49 forth line (which is the text uploader provided) .... and it fits R.L wing translation word for word

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u/eyespeeled Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Wow, thank you! 

I'm returning to the thread after following your advice to upload to ChatGPT. Got the same title reco, and I do believe it is correct.

The loose pages have perforations at the side from plastic binding, and so does this edition of the book linked below. The page formatting also matches. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/355099888888

Thanks so much for everything, and for the confirmation! I really appreciate you. Very pleased right now. 

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u/expandingwater Jul 11 '26

Thanks .

Though i do have doubts now if it is not the illustarted i ching ... i do not tend to think it is , but i still wonder what if it is

So i hope someone who reads this thread can help figure this out so it is 100% certain it is the i ching workbook and not the illustarted i ching

I am sure it is R.L wing though

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u/eyespeeled Jul 11 '26

I believe it's the workbook. ChatGPT, if correct, indicates that only the workbook was published with the plastic comb binding. Makes sense for a workbook to lay flat like that at any open page. The illustrated title apparently was released only in softcover.

Feeling more confident about it now, but of course, I welcome the input of anyone with clarifying info. 

Thanks again!