Marshall, S. J. The Mandate of Heaven : Hidden History in the Book of Changes , Surrey: The Curzon Press, 2000.

First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0700712992 Dust jacket complete, unclipped (will be supplied in a clear protective sleeve.) Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 252 pages clean and tight. In the 11th century BC'the Mandate of Heaven was given to King We 1 to attack and overthrow the Shang dynasty and found the Zhou, but he died hefore he could complete the. task. Wen is also said to have created the. oracle known as the Y,ijing or Book of Changes. S J'Marshall uncovers and dates in the ancient text a previously unrecognised record of a total solar echpse that-was witnessed by Wen's son, King Wu, shortly after his father had died.-Wu regarded the eclipse as an omen signifying the transfer of the Mandate to himself, which prompted him to invade the Shang state immediately., Marshall provides an account of the . events surrounding the Conquest of the Shang and founding of the Zhou that has never been told before, showing how the earliest layer of the Book of Changes, the Zhouyi, has preserved a hidden history that has remained undetected for three millennia. (Book ref. 125787 )  £ 34.00

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